Supply Chain Fuel Cell

Aron I. Viner

Ashland, MA (***) ***–**** (H) ****.*****@*******.*** 774-***-**** (C)

SUMMARY

Professional with extensive experience in the electronic industry focused on Regulatory Compliance, Quality, Testing and Certification worldwide. Background includes positions both at large global corporations and start-up companies.

. Qualifications:

Diversified knowledge and extensive experience in design, testing and certification of the Telecommunication, Information Technology, Medical and Fuel Cell equipment

Development and maintenance of company Quality System

One of the founders and leading member of the BPL/PLC industry standards initiative that resulted in the creation under IEEE umbrella of the family of the BPL and PLC standards

Member of the various IEEE-SA Standard Development Working Groups including Power Line Communication Standard Development Committee

Patent: US8847826 “Grid Node”

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Upstart Power Holding, Southborough, MA01772 5/21 – 6/24

Energy equipment company that design and manufacturing cost effective Small Solid Oxide

Fuel Cell Generators that works with renewable energy sources

Manager, Regulatory Compliance and Quality

Managed all activities related to design and implementation all features that has been

provided clear pass to meet complex regulatory requirements for Stationary Fuel Cell

Systems.

Work together with Engineering to develop testing procedures to evaluate compliance of the entire family of Upstart Power Fuel Cell Generators according CSA/ANSI FC1,

UL 62368-1, FCC Part 15, UL Type 3/UL Type 3R, ISO13849, IEC 61508 standards

Managed all third party testing activities that included TUV, Intertek, Bureau Veritas and Eurofins.

Developed company pre-testing Fuel Cell, EMI, Safety and Environmental evaluation capability that results in significantly reduced the non-compliance issues during official testing by third party labs. As results of the pre-testing, the certification of the latest model of the Upstart Fuel Cell System has been completed in one month

Managed Compliance team that make significant contribution in developing

certification set of the documentation: Functional Safety assessment, Product Manuals, Test Reports, Critical Components Listing

Mevion Medical Systems Inc., Littleton. MA 7/19 – 5/21

Medical equipment company that design and manufacturing the image guided proton radiotherapy systems.

Consultant, Regulatory Compliance Design and Certification

Analyze the system compliance gaps for the following Safety and Electromagnetic Compatibility standards: IEC 60601-1, IEC 60601-1-2, IEC 60601-1-3, IEC 60601-2-54, IEC 60601-2-68, IEC 60601-1-6, ISO 14971, ISO 13485

Define the design and regulatory features to meet the EU MDR and other international Regulatory Bodies requirements

Collaborate with Engineering to initiate the System modifications to meet Standards and Regulatory compliance requirements

Manage system testing and certifications by third party laboratories

908 Devices Inc., Boston, MA 6/17 – 6/19

Start-up company that develop and make scientific analytical equipment

Consultant, Regulatory Compliance

Performed review and establish roadmap to bring all company products under regulatory

compliance and certification

in 6 month successfully exercise all defined tests in the third party laboratories

provided recommendations to products design that allow all of them to become compliant

with Safety, EMC and Environmental rules and regulations in US, EU and worldwide.

Ericsson, Inc., (formerly Ambient Corporation), Newton MA 12/03 – 04/17

Manager III, QA & Regulatory Compliance

(Ericsson, Inc. acquired Ambient, the Smart Grid communication equipment manufacturer, in 10/14)

Positions at Ambient Corporation:

Vice President Compliance & Standardization, 07/11 - 10/14

Director Compliance & Standardization, 06/05 - 07/11

Principal Radio Frequency (RF) Engineer, 12/03 - 06/05

Managed all aspects of regulatory compliance, homologation and standardization activities worldwide for all Ericsson Smart Grid Communication (IoT) and Metrology platforms

oCollaborated with Regulatory Bodies and testing labs, developed the plans for EMC, safety and environmental evaluation and certification

oManaged evaluation and testing of the platforms wireless communication subsystems, including antennas, and cellular carriers certification for US,

Europe and Latin America

Evaluated and prepared submissions for the trade compliance agencies responsible for Compliance department planning, budget and staff

Established company Quality System for the ISO 9001 certification

Chair of the IEEE Standard development WG :

oIEEE WG P1909.1 Recommendations for Testing and Installation Requirements for Smart Grid Communication Equipment

oIEEE Standard for Powerline Communication Equipment: Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Requirements, Testing and Measurements Methods

Aura Communications Inc., Wilmington, MA 11/01 - 11/03 Start-up company that made semiconductors chipsets for the magnetic field wireless communications.

Principal Compliance Engineer

Created the regulatory strategy for US and worldwide acceptance of the magnetic field wireless data transmission products in the band below 30 MHz, based on Aura's family of the highly integrated semiconductor devices

As a member of the European Communication Committee Expert Team, initiated and

led the Compliance Study for the new Regulations for low power magnetic field radio communications applications in the frequency band below 30 MHz

Provided design review, pre-compliance testing, troubleshooting and certification for various wireless data transmission systems in the frequency band below 30 MHz

Partnered with customer base to cover all regulatory and compliance matters

Responsible and performed the DVT testing of all Aura's design semiconductor devices as well as reference design applications

Organized and maintained the EMI pre-compliance test laboratory

Ennovate Networks Inc., Boxborough, MA 03/01 - 10/01

Start-up company that made Virtual Private Network equipment for the Internet providers

Principal Compliance Engineer

In three months, successfully solved all product compliance issues (EMC, Safety, Telecom and NEBS) in start - up company environment

Homologated company VPN IP switches for domestic and international market

Key responsibilities: design review for compliance for subassemblies and final products, certification of several networks interfaces, such as: T1, E1, T3, E3 OC-3, POS, Fast Internet, Gigabit Internet, pre-compliance EMC evaluation and testing, NEBS testing, compliance support for sales, marketing and manufacturing.

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Multilink Inc., Andover, MA 01/00 – 3/01

Manufacturer of audio conference equipment for the telecom carriers

Principal Compliance Engineer

Scope of responsibilities: EMI/EMC, Telecommunications, Safety and Environmental (NEBS) Testing and Certification of the Audio Teleconferencing T1/E1 ISDN Equipment for 40 companies globally

Performed engineering review, pre-compliance testing and trouble-shooting for all new products, compliance analysis for new components and subsystems, organization and 3

management the EMI testing facility, international marketing and sales technical support

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Electronic Retailing Systems Int., Boxborough, MA

Manager Product Compliance; Senior Engineer

Responsible for all testing and evaluation activities for the RFID Wireless Data Communication Systems in 2.4 GHz band, which was include EMI, EMC and Safety certification globally

Provided engineering review of the development products to perform recommendation for compliance and identify all required system tests and evaluation

Provided technical and regulatory support for sales and marketing

Participated directly and was a major contributor in the US and European regulatory and standards development group for RFID spread spectrum devices.

Intertek Testing Service, Boxborough, MA

EMC Engineer

Responsible for conducting EMI, Bellcore and type approval testing, debugging and evaluation for a wide range of the information technology, industrial, medical, wireless and wireline telecommunication equipment.

oThis requires a working knowledge of EMC and Telecom regulations in the U.S.A., Europe, Japan and worldwide.

Columbia Technical Service, Worcester, MA

Engineering Technician

Responsibilities included both testing and troubleshooting of the electronic systems, mainly utilized in the PCB and semiconductor industries

EDUCATION

M. S., Electrical Engineering, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Major: Design, technology and manufacturing of radio equipment

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION

Member, IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility, Communication and Power Engineering Society

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