Peter Panaguiton, Engineer, GIDEP

Bio: Peter Panaguiton is GIDEP’s failure and counterfeit SME. His government experience includes working on the Sunset Supply Base Program and the Navy Material Readiness Database. Prior to civil service he worked at Boeing Human Space Flight & Exploration and at Hughes Aircraft Electron Dynamics Division.

Abstract: GIDEP will demonstrate with examples that there is a noticeable increase in new types of suspect counterfeit product as a result of increased awareness, training and improved procurement practices: increased awareness of counterfeit prevention programs & guidance from industry best practices, standards, networking and conferences, improved authentication and detection methodologies at company FA failure analysis laboratories and test houses, Retesting of inventory & receiving-inspection tests that utilize revised approaches for identifying suspect counterfeits product Finally, GIDEP will emphasize the importance of reporting suspect counterfeits to GIDEP (DFARS Case 2016-D010, FAR Case 2013-002 pending), and sharing the information amongst Government agencies and industry members.