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28 I-CONNECT007 I REAL TIME WITH... IPC APEX EXPO 2020 SHOW & TELL MAGAZINE veteran of IPC and was founding chair of the IPC Suppliers Council, resulting in the found- ing of IPC APEX EXPO. Dan was also chair- man of IPC's government relations committee and honored with various awards, including being inducted into the IPC Hall of Fame. He has spoken at numerous industry events and published hundreds of articles, columns, and webcasts. Dan also teaches computer technol- ogy for the Cyber Café and for S.C.O.R.E. His experience in international marketing, merg- ers and acquisitions, and technology-based business makes him uniquely suited to assist companies in today's highly competitive global environment. Pete Starkey Pete Starkey has over 45 years of experience in the PCB industry. An honours graduate in applied chemistry with a research back- ground in materials science, he worked in the development of proprietary metal finishing processes and progressed through technical service and sales with multinational supply houses. As the hands-on technical and managing director of a leading U.K. PCB fabricator, he was recognised as a trendsetter and innovator. In his retire- ment, Pete has become a respected technical writer. He is a Fellow and council member of the Institute of Circuit Technology, an Honor- ary Fellow of the European Institute for the PCB Com- munity, and a member of the European tech- nical committee of the SMTA. Nolan Johnson Nolan Johnson's experience includes a 30-year career focused almost entirely on electronics design and manufacturing. Nolan started his career as a software engineer at Mentor Graphics where he managed some of their initial OEM IC verification products. Later, Nolan managed and developed a series of technical training centers for ESI, Tektronix, and Synetics Solutions. In addi- tion, Nolan has also held a v ariety of marketing and leadership positions at Clarity Visual Systems, General Electric, Rumblefish, Planar Systems, and Sunstone Circuits. Nolan is now the managing editor of SMT007 Magazine and PCB007 Magazine. A graduate of Oregon State Univer- sity with a degree in computer science, a close inspection of Nolan's college transcript reveals that most of his elective courses were English, literature, film, and writing courses—the result of a lifelong love of history and storytelling. Andy Shaughnessy Andy Shaughnessy is the managing editor of Design007 Magazine. He has been a writer and editor for 27 years, has covered PCB design and EDA for 20 years and was formerly a crime reporter. He has a bachelor's degree in Eng- lish from the University of West Florida and is a proud Argonaut. S&T I-Connect007 Managing Editors