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140 I-CONNECT007 I REAL TIME WITH... IPC APEX EXPO 2019 SHOW & TELL MAGAZINE he started a collaboration program with Robert Bosch GmbH on lead-free soldering. In 2012, Dr. Welzel joined the Automotive Electronics Division of Robert Bosch GmbH where he now leads a team in the Engineering Assembly and Interconnect Technology Department responsi- ble for assembly and interconnect technology integration for high-performance logic Auto- motive electronic control units. Dr. Welzel is also responsible for standard- ization activities for IPC and IEC. For IPC, he serves as co-chair of the 5-21M (Cold Joining Press Fit) and 7-31BV (A610/J001 Automo- tive Addenda) tasks groups; at IEC, he is the chair of Technical Committee TC91 (electron- ics assembly technology). Dr. Welzel's support and leadership in standardization have been recognized by the IEC 1906 Award in 2014 and the IPC Rising Star Award in 2017. Mark Wolfe, John Deere Electronic Solutions Mark Wolfe currently leads electronics sup- ply chain activities for John Deere Electronic Solutions. Wolfe joined John Deere Electronic Solutions (formerly known as Phoenix Interna- tional) in 1995 as the BP of sales and market- ing. Since that time, he has held a number of executive positions including general manage- ment, operations, quality, and most recently supply management. Before joining his cur- rent company, Wolfe was director of sales and marketing for EMD Associates. He received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota. Wolfe has been involved with IPC and the EMS Executive Council for nearly 30 years, currently serves on the IPC Board of Directors and is chairman of the EMS Steering Commit- tee. In addition, he has been directly involved in the development and launch of key EMS- related IPC programs: program manager certi- fication and EMS industry contracting. Election of Officers: Four-year Term Through February 2023 Second-term Nominees Peter Cleveland, VP of the Law and Policy Group, Director of Global Public Policy (GPP), Intel Corporation Peter Cleveland is VP of the Law and Policy Group and director of Global Public Policy (GPP) at Intel Corpora- tion. Cleveland oversees a team of attorneys and policy professionals worldwide and acts as the company's public policy liaison to foreign governments and regulatory bodies as well as the U.S. Congress and Trump Admin- istration in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the New York and the District of Columbia Bars and the Council on Foreign Relations. Jeff Timms, CEO, ASM Assembly Solutions Americas Jeff Timms has more than 35 years of experi- ence in the electronics industry. Timms started his career at Universal Instruments Corporation in 1984. Then, he joined Siemens as a global account manager in 1997 and grew through the ranks until reaching the position of division VP of assembly solutions under the Siemens Energy and Automation Operating Company. From there, Timms joined Microscan Corpo- ration in 2008 as president. In September of 2011, he accepted an opportunity to lead ASM AS Americas. He has supported IPC by hold-