BANNOCKBURN, IL — Steve Pudles led a long list of executives and engineers feted by IPC during its annual trade show last week.

The trade group cited Pudles, president of API Defense USA, for 20 years' of contributions and leadership, specifically his cofounding of the IPC EMS Council, leadership on the IPC board of directors and in certification activities.

Awards were also presented to individuals who made significant contributions to IPC and the industry through work on standards committees.

For leadership and exceptional contributions to several IPC programs and committees, Rajesh Kumar, DDi Corp., and Michael Moisan, TTM Technologies, were honored with Special Recognition Awards for their work with the IPC DoD Task Force, the IPC DoD Roadmap, and the E-20 IPC Intellectual Property Committee that developed IPC-1071, Best Industry Practices for Intellectual Property Protection in Printed Board Manufacturing.

For outstanding contributions to the Process Consumables Statistical Subcommittee, Don Walsh, Uyemura, received a Distinguished Committee Service Award.

For the IPC D-22, High Speed/High Frequency Board Performance Subcommittee that developed IPC-6018B, Qualification and Performance Specification for High Frequency (Microwave) Printed Boards, Mahendra Gandhi, Northrop Grumman, and Michael Luke, formerly with Raytheon, were honored with Committee Leadership Awards. D-22 committee members recognized with Distinguished Committee Service Awards were: Lance Auer, Raytheon; Denise Chevalier, Amphenol; Patricia Dupuis, Raytheon; Ty Gragg, Unicircuit; Michael Green, Lockheed Martin; Thomas Kemp and Thomas Murry, Rockwell Collins; Clifford Maddox, Boeing; Rene Martinez, Northrop Grumman; James Monarchio, TTM; and Marybeth Perrino and Jose Rios, Endicott Interconnect Technologies.

For the IPC 5-33b Soldermask Performance and D-13b Flexible Circuits Covercoat Materials Task Groups that developed IPC-SM-840E, Qualification and Performance Specification of Permanent Solder Mask and Flexible Cover Materials, Steve Musante, Raytheon; Doug Pauls, Rockwell Collins; and David Vaughan, formerly with Taiyo America, were honored with Committee Leadership Awards. Task group members Robert Sheldon, Pioneer Circuits, and Clark Webster, ALL Flex were given Distinguished Committee Service Awards.