our members of the PSMA Board of Directors are elected at the Annual Meeting held every year during the APEC conference. Each Director serves a three year term and is eligible to be reelected for one additional term.

In this issue we would like you to meet Ernie Parker, who was elected to his first term at APEC 2011.

Ernie Parker is Director of Technology and interim Director of Engineering for the Power Solutions organization within Crane Aerospace & Electronics.

Ernie’s involvement with power electronics began accidentally in 1980 with an assignment at his first post-graduation employer, Sundstrand Aviation. He has been involved in power electronics for commercial aerospace and military applications ever since, remaining in a design role through most of the 80’s before transitioning into engineering management.

Crane Aerospace & Electronics Power Solutions products are used to provide power to or within electronic systems on a variety of commercial aerospace, military and space platforms. Their products are used in applications from post-generator to point-of-use, spanning a range from > 100 KW to < 10 W and are marketed to the high reliability industrial, commercial aerospace, defense, and space markets via the brands: ELDEC™, Interpoint™, and Keltec™. They provide both Standard Power Products and Custom Power Products through facilities located in Redmond and Lynnwood, Washington; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; and Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Ernie has been involved in PSMA for several years; he has come to greatly appreciate the relationships and industry knowledge that this involvement has provided. He is currently Vice President of the association, co-chair of the Packaging Committee and active on the Nanotechnology and Technology Roadmap committees, including co-chairing Industry Sessions on Packaging and Nanotechnology at APEC 2011, 2012, and 2013 that were organized by these committees. He has personally enjoyed this involvement and the people that it has given him the opportunity to meet, and believes he can bring value to PSMA from his experience and knowledge of the harsh environment, high reliability applications of power electronics that has defined his career. Ernie wants to help PSMA continue to thrive and adapt to the changing environment so as to be increasingly relevant to the power electronics industry.

Provided by Ernie Parker, Director of Technology, Crane Aerospace & Electronics, Power Solutions

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