Tauno Jokinen

Oulu University

Ph.D. Tauno Jokinen has 25 years industrial experience from construction and
telecommunications businesses. The experience includes management positions in R&D,
manufacturing operations and product marketing. Since 2002 Tauno Jokinen has hold an office as a
professor of quality and project management at University of Oulu. Tauno Jokinen is the chairman of
Northern Test Center – a collaborative research forum focusing on various areas of testing related
to ICT industry.

Jokinen’s own research interest is strategic management of testing; how testing should be
managed and optimized over the innovation life cycle from research to disposal.

Michael J Smith

Teradyne

Michael J Smith is currently a technologist for Teradyne’s Assemble Test Division based in
North Reading Mass. He has over twenty years of experience with Automatic Test Equipment starting
with simulator based functional test systems in the early 80’s, through to traditional electrical
inspection systems, image based inspection systems and process monitoring and control. He has
written numerous papers and articles as well as being the National Electronics Manufacturing
Initiative (NEMI) Roadmapping Chair for Test and Inspection in 2000 and 2002 and IPC Technical
Committee Member for APEX 2002,2003 and 2004. With a European background in technical support and
sales he has been actively involved in product development based on his relationships with major
customers worldwide.