BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC presented IPC Rising Star Awards at Apex Expo to Steven Bowles, L-3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems; Stan Rak, Continental Automotive; Matt Turpin, Zentech Manufacturing; and Peter Zhou, Huawei Technologies.

Recipients were recognized for their leadership and support to IPC standards, education, advocacy and solutions to industry challenges.

Bowles was honored for his leadership of the 2-30 Terms and Definitions Committee that recently issued IPC-T-50M and membership on nearly 20 additional technical committees, including the Committee Chairman’s Council and the Technical Activities Executive Committee.

Rak was recognized for strengthening ties between IPC and Continental, as well as the automotive industry and European region. He aligned Continental’s locations for an IPC corporate membership, acted as coordinator for Continental’s IPC training initiatives, and is encouraging Continental’s global technical experts to contribute to IPC Standards Working Groups.

Turpin earned a Rising Star Award for contributions to the Government Relations Steering Committee, attendance at IPC’s annual GR event, IMPACT, hosting Congressman Chris Van Hollen at Zentech’s manufacturing facility in Baltimore, and leading the company’s pursuit of the first qualified manufacturer listing to the IPC J-STD-001 Space Addendum and IPC J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 QML under IPC’s Validation Services Program.

Zhou was honored for leadership of the IPC-1401 technical group tasked with developing supply chain social responsibility management guidance. He invited 160 expert volunteers from 10 industry associations and 80 electronics manufacturers to join the group and facilitated eight group meetings in two years to develop the standard, which will be released later this year.