Abstract: Because Counterfeiters are opportunistic, taking a systematic approach to Supply Chain Security using an Industry Standard is the best way to thwart their efforts. Building upon the only industry-wide traceability standard, IPC-1782 has now been expanded beyond electronic parts to include four levels defining External Security attributes of shipping packages of those electronic parts. These four levels define the stakeholders, their roles, and their responsibilities. This presentation will provide the updates to IPC-1782 and how they enable a systematic approach to dealing with Counterfeiting.

Bio:  Cameron Shearon is a Principal Materials Engineer with Raytheon’s IDS Division. Prior to his current role he was the owner of Shearon-Consulting, co-chair of IPC 1782, and a SMTA Distinguished Speaker. Cameron has given invited speeches at many international events. He earned a BS and MS in Materials Science and Engineering from North Carolina State University. He obtained a Physics minor for his BS and a Solid State Science minor for his MS. Cameron initiated and chaired the development of IPC 1782, a global component traceability standard that contains four traceability levels for materials and four independent traceability levels for the process that was completed in record time with the help of many outstanding contributors, IPC Staff support, and his leadership. As a result of his contribution to this standard, Cameron received a Committee Leadership Award from IPC at IPC APEX EXPO 2017.

He has also worked as a Process Engineer in a Wafer Fab, Failure Analysis Engineer and Product Safety Engineer in an R&D Environment, a Lead Quality Engineer with AT&T’s Global Supply Chain, and a Reliability Engineer with AT&T Labs. ETSI adopted and published his contribution in early 2016, which established the fundamental foundation for his current work of developing a standard portfolio of very granular in situ custom probe level metrics, as well as, an expandable & extendable framework for those metrics along with an associated governance structure for the new global software defined telecommunications networks that can be used by Big Data groups among others to help make everyday decisions. Cameron is chairing the Multi-Standard Development Organization (SDO) metric effort for TM Forum and includes members from ETSI, NIST, and QuEST Forum. In addition, he chaired the NFV Metric Landscape effort for Quest Forum. Cameron has participated as a member in a multiple phase TM Catalyst project that has won several awards (e.g.; Best Technical Contribution, Best In Show, etc.).