Certified Professionals

Benson has been in the ESD Control Profession more than 2 decades.

He is an iNarte Certified Engineer, TR53 Certified Technician/Auditor as well as a Certified ESD Program Manager.

He started his career in ESD Control, working as an ESD Control Engineer for handling Harddisk HSA MR head Assembly in an established MNC since 1997.

Benson has spent more than 16 years in Dou Yee Enterprise and played with all the latest ESD Control Measuring Equipment. ESD Control Equipment Product Brands like SIMCON-ION, Novx, Prostat, Trek, ETS, Monroe Electronics, Onfilter and Megalin are what he is supporting in his day to day work.

He has assisted many in ESD Control applications, not only on the equipment hardware aspect but also on the methodology and measuring standards to be used with.

He has worked closely with ESD Champions of various companies in the Electronic Manufacturing Sector.

Bernard is the Corporate ESD Program Manager at United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC) and has more than 25 years of experience in the area of ESD control management. He is responsible for the ESD control program at UTAC and was previously also responsible for the ESD control program at the Integrated Circuits Business Division of Hewlett-Packard Singapore. Bernard is an iNARTE certified ESD Engineer and is also an EOS/ESD Association TR53 certified ESD Technician. He has published technical papers at various symposiums organized by the EOS/ESD Association and also participates in the organizing and technical program committees for these symposiums. As a certified professional ESD Program Manager, Bernard is now leading different factories within the UTAC group of companies for the ANSI/ESD S20.20 facility certification.

Besides being active in the area of ESD control, Bernard has also contributed technical papers in the area of failure analysis. He has published technical papers in IEEE sponsored symposiums, ASM International sponsored symposiums, the Semiconductor International journal and the HP Journal. Bernard has also held various committee appointments in the IEEE Singapore Rel/CPMT/ED Chapter, and also in the organizing committee and technical program committee of the IEEE sponsored International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits (IPFA).

Bernard graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a BS in Electrical Engineering (Distinction and Honors).