Design Leadership Council 

Electronic designs are more complex and require close attention to design rules, software tools, manufacturing capabilities, and collaboration across the supply chain. To address these issues the IPC Design Leadership Global Industry Council (DLC) has been established. 

Vision Statement

Providing thought leadership and premier solutions for standards, events, and education in the silicon-to-systems electronics industry. 

DLC Objectives

  • Develop industry consensus and roadmap the future of DESIGN in electronicsAssess Standards landscape and provide proposals for future needs
  • Build-up IPC DESIGN community with committee member proposals
  • Guide and support with hands-on the IPC DESIGN Competition
  • Identify training needs for DESIGN topics
  • Support the content and planning of new DESIGN events
  • Assess IPC DESIGN for Manufacturing (DFM) profiles and support implementations in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software

Segments

  • Communication
  • Medical
  • Defense
  • Aerospace
  • Automotive 

Recently Delivered

CTC-DLC White Paper


The Design Leadership Council is a collection of the electronics top industry leaders in design across the value chain representing, OEM, EMS, PCB, EDA, Design Houses and Training Centers. They come from industry sectors for communication, medical, defense, aerospace and automotive. 

Current DLC Membership consists of 13 thought leaders from Europe, Asia Pacific, and North America. Their technology roles:

  • Design Fellow
  • Director of Design Engineering
  • Technology Director
  • Senior Applications Engineer
  • Senior Strategy Engineer
  • Product Manager Software
  • Senior Design Engineer

Council Chair - Peter Tranitz, Senior Director Technology Solutions 

Council Members

  • Steve Watt, Zuken
  • Pietro Vergine, Leading Edge
  • Ellefen Jiang, NCAB
  • Susan Kayesar, Siemens
  • Flyover Guo, Huawei
  • Steven Roy, Roy Consulting
  • Savita Ganjigatti, Sienna ECAD
  • Jesus Castane, MBDA
  • Huseyin Anac, NCAB
  • Dale Lee, Plexus
  • Thomas Romont, IFTEC
  • Kevin Kusiak, Lockheed Martin
  • John Watson, Altium
  • Igor Bulavitchi, Flex