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REAL TIME WITH... IPC APEX EXPO 2019 SHOW & TELL MAGAZINE I I-CONNECT007 63 Cao Xi is the technical director of the advanced process lab and director of the assembly process technology committee at Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. He has more than 20 years of working experience in DFM, DFR, and process technology research and application of electronics production includ - ing consumer electronics. He has presided over a number of high-density assembly tech- nologies projects (package, module, board, and system level) from R&D to mass produc- tion. He is the main contributor of Huawei's electronics assembly technology platform and DFX standard system. He has 10 patents in the electronics assembly field, is chairman of the IPC 7-31 Standard Working Group in China, and is also a member of the IPC Board of Directors. Patty Goldman: Cao Xi, congratulations on receiving the very prestigious Dieter Bergman IPC Fellowship Award. Please tell me about your background. How did you get into the field of electronics, and how long have you been involved with IPC? Cao Xi: After my graduation, I first joined Delta Electronics Inc. where I worked for four years as a manufacturing engineer focusing on the elec- tronic assemblies. After that, I joined Huawei and have been working here for around 20 years. During that time, my focus was on electronic production design and manufacturing, and I am now the technical director in this field. I first contacted IPC 20 years ago when we joined as their member because we use lots of IPC stan - dards, so we wanted a connection to IPC. Goldman: Do you work with IPC mostly in China? Xi: Yes, mostly. But I am also on the IPC Board of Directors. Goldman: Will you be at IPC APEX EXPO 2019 to receive your award? Cao Xi, Technical Director, IPC Board of Directors 3