Regulatory Markings – So What Who Cares?

Mar 11, 2015

Jim Blaha will provide an overview of Regulatory Markings you see every day on Information Technology Equipment (ITE) and on Industrial Scientific and Medical (ISM) Products. Many of these Markings are required due to Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC). The outcome of this presentation is a conceptual understanding of Why EMC is so very important and Why Markings are more than just Marks.

Against The Grain

Clarion Inn

5826 University Ave.

Cedar Falls 50613

Jim Blaha

Jim Blaha is Strategic Accounts Manager for National Technical Systems (NTS). 

Previously Jim was the Global EMC Lab Manager at GE Healthcare in Wisconsin. In addition, Jim managed the GEHC International EMC Labs located in Beijing – China, Hino – Japan and Buc – France.  Responsibilities included acting as the Quality Manager for the Wisconsin EMC Lab to maintain ISO 17025 Laboratory Accreditation.At Ingenium Testing EMC Lab in Rockford, Illinois, Jim served as the Quality Manager and developed the Quality System to achieve ISO 17025 Laboratory Accreditation. The Scope of Accreditation included DO-160 / MIL STD 461 / Wireless and Commercial EMC Testing Standards. Jim also managed the EMC Lab expansion that included the construction of a 10 meter semi-anechoic Chamber for Commercial Testing.At LS Research Jim acted as an ISO 17025 Quality Manager and developed LS Research into an Internationally Recognized Radio Testing / Certification EMC Lab.Jim also has a long history with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) including positions of IEEE Milwaukee Section Chairperson 2004, 2013 and 2014; IEEE Milwaukee Section EMC Chapter Chair 1998 to present; Marketing Chair for the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on EMC, and also as the IEEE Milwaukee Section Representative to IEEE Sections Congress in  2005, 2008 and  2014.