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SHOW & TELL MAGAZINE 2018 I I-CONNECT007 37 IBM and Intel. I was consulting over the last year and right now I am currently the chief ticketing officer at an organization called Vet- erans Tickets Foundation, which is a 501(c)(3) that provides event tickets to various sporting events, concerts, performing arts and family activities to currently serving military, veterans of eras and family members of KIAs. Goldman: That's interesting. Tell me a little about your involvement at IPC over the years; I'm sure it's been many years. Tisdale: From an IPC perspective, I've been involved in I would say upwards of probably 15–20 different committees, ranging anywhere from semiconductor reliability, to printed cir- cuit board materials, the halogen-free subcom- mittee; I have chaired or co-chaired numerous committees over the years as well. Goldman: When was your first IPC meeting? Tisdale: Probably back in the early '80s. Goldman: And I take it you are still involved in those meetings, right? Tisdale: That is correct. Goldman: So right now, are you mostly involved with the halogen-free subcommittee, and are there others that you contribute to? Tisdale: I co-chair the 4-34b committee which is the marking symbols and labeling committee, vice chair of the B10a committee, a member of the 175X committees, and there are probably two or three from a circuit board standpoint I'm on as well. I don't recall the committee numbers off the top of my head. Goldman: What are some of the contributions you've made over the years, to different stan- dards, specifications, etc. Tisdale: Basically, I've been looking at the cir- cuit board materials, and a lot of it was driv- ing different committees on halogen-free reli- ability. Some of the circuit board testing and different formats of the testing like ICT test- ing and things like that, mostly involved from the standpoint of looking at reliability issues, whether it was in the semiconductor package area or in components substrate materials and board assembly. I worked on the TR584, which is the halogen-free white paper. I was involved in the IPC-4101 and the IPC-1752; that's the environmental compliance standard series, it's 175x because its 52, 53, 55. Those are the more recent ones that I've been involved in. Goldman: Since you have participated in numer- ous committees at IPC meetings, what advice would you give to others, perhaps for people first getting involved? Tisdale: I would say get to know the people who are involved and some of the more promi- nent people and companies that are involved in some of the standards activities. Kind of shirt- tail some of them, so to speak, see how the veterans handle different situations that come up that warrant some mutual concessions in order to move forward. Goldman: That's interesting. I can always pic- ture the near fisticuffs and arguments. People are passionate about our industry, aren't they? Tisdale: Absolutely. Goldman: I assume that you got a phone call from John Mitchell, telling you about the award; what were your thoughts? Tisdale: Well, after I got up off the floor, obvi- ously I was very thankful and happy to receive it—honored to receive it. I knew Dieter very well, and I know a lot of the guys who have received this award the past few years, and then to be considered in the same company with them is quite an honor. Goldman: We all know that Dieter is a tough act to follow. Every now and then he would run through his schedule and you'd be exhausted just listening to it. Now that you're semi-