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IPC COMMUNITY 18 SUMMER 2023 You don't have to be someone who likes to stand out in a crowd or aspire to committee leadership. Many of IPC's most influential committee supporters and leaders started by attending a few standards meetings, sit- ting quietly in the back, and taking it all in before they eventually became comfortable having a more vocal and active role. If my memory hasn't gone haywire yet, I seem to recall Scott quietly hanging out in the back of the meeting rooms many years ago. After 24 years as a member of IPC's Technical Depart- ment, most volunteers and leaders have told me it was worth making that jump into the water—for themselves, their company, and our industry. Scott has contributed to over 35 IPC task groups and subcommittees since 1996, and currently co-chairs the task groups respon- sible for IPC-6012, Qualification and Perfor- mance Specification for Rigid Printed Boards; IPC-A-600, Acceptability of Printed Boards; IPC-2228, Sectional Design Standard for RF/ Microwave Printed Boards; and the V-TSL- MVIA Microvia Reliability Subcommittee. Steven has contributed to more than 30 IPC task groups and subcommittees since 2012, and currently serves as co-chair, vice chair, or chair of task groups and subcommittees responsible for IPC-2223, Sectional Design Standard for Flexible/Rigid-Flexible Printed Boards; IPC-6011, Generic Performance Spec- ification for Printed Boards; the IPC-420X series of flexible/rigid-flexible material stan- dards; the Printed Board Base Materials Gen- eral Committee; and as past chair of the com- mittee responsible for IPC-T-50, Terms and Definitions for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits. Scott also received the IPC President's Award at IPC APEX EXPO 2023. I sat down with this father-son duo and asked them what it's like to support IPC's stan- dards development efforts together. How did you get involved in IPC standards development? Was there encouragement (or even discourage- ment) between the two of you? Scott: I got involved decades ago while work- ing as a PCB supplier when I saw what I believed to be ambiguity in the IPC performance spec- ifications, and differences in interpretation between suppliers and end users. I learned that I could contribute by bringing clarity to requirements as I actively participated in IPC standards development. I used to joke with Steven to not get involved in PCB fabrication because it's a very challeng- ing industry. When he didn't listen to his dad's advice, I recommended that he get involved