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Charles Packard

Position:

Member, Board of Directors

Contact Information:

Email: businessccp@roadrunner.com

Biography:

Mr. Packard is currently Chairman Emeritus of ECC Corp, U.S. administrative body for the IECQ, having served as its Chairman from 1992 to 2003.

From 1995 to 1997 Mr. Packard served as Vice President of the Electronic Industries Quality Registry, heading the Advanced Quality Initiatives (AQI) Division. AQI was charged with the continuing development and implementation of process based electronic industries quality validation programs associated with ANSI/EIA 599 (National Process Certification Standard) and ISO 9000.

From 1988 to 1995 Mr. Packard was employed as a Senior Professional Consultant, Reliability and Quality Assurance, by the Government Systems Group of Unisys Corporation. His responsibilities included the development of advanced strategies and processes related to the acquisition of materials, components and COTS. He also held responsibility for Government/Industry interface on matters concerning quality systems and component/technology standards. Mr. Packard served as a Senior Examiner for the first four years of the Unisys Corporate Chairman's Quality Award (Unisys implementation of the Baldrige National Quality Award).

Mr. Packard retired from the IBM Federal Systems Division in 1988 after 31 years of service in a variety of management and staff positions in the fields of electronic component engineering, advanced electro-optic technology development, process engineering and quality assurance. During that period he played a significant role in the development and application of "flip-chip" technology, reliable space computers (Gemini-Titan and Saturn-Apollo programs), the development of advanced solid state lasers and their application to defense systems and in the development of standards associated with these technologies. In 1959 he recognized the need for and implemented the first defense industry physics of failure laboratory.

During his tenure at IBM, Mr. Packard chaired the "Multi Association Government/Industry Planning and Implementation Team for the Resolution of Microcircuit Acquisition Issues (P & I Team). In this capacity he lead the development of the "Standard Military Drawing" and the joint industry initiative for shared supplier assessments. In recognition for these achievements he received an "Outstanding Achievement Award" from IBM and an"Outstanding Professional Achievement Award" from the National Security Industries Association (NSIA). He was also recognized by IBM with an
"Outstanding Contribution Award for his earlier work in establishing the failure analysis laboratory.

Mr. Packard has participated in and chaired numerous government/industry committees associated with standards development and process quality and has authored many papers in these fields. He holds a patent entitled "Brush Encoder Contact Noise Testing".