Board of Governors &
Executive Committee
As the governing body of PSCS, the board of governors ensures the highest standards of membership across all chapters. Regular updates are provided to both the board and committees on a rolling basis. This commitment to transparency and communication fosters a dynamic and responsive organizational culture within PSCS.
Executive Committee
President
Regan Arndt
Thermo Fisher
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Regan is President of the IEEE Product Safety and Compliance Society (IEEE PSCS) and a global regulatory affairs leader with more than 30 years of experience helping organizations safely bring complex technologies to markets worldwide.
In his professional role at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Regan provides strategic regulatory leadership supporting global product certification, product safety, EMC, international market access, and regulatory compliance for scientific and laboratory technologies.
As IEEE PSCS President, Regan works across industry, regulatory bodies, certification organizations, and the international standards community to advance product safety, compliance, and global regulatory best practices. He is also actively engaged with the IEC, U.S. Technical Advisory Groups, helping shape international standards that enable innovation while protecting users and facilitating global market access.
Regan enjoys gourmet cooking, organic gardening, traveling, golf & tennis.
Past President
John Allen
Product Safety Consulting
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John Allen is the Founder and President of Product Safety Consulting. The company is in its 38th year. Over the last 40 years John has obtained worldwide Certifications on a diverse list of product categories including lighting, consumer electronics, small and large electrics, medical, industrial controls, machinery, gas appliances, Robotics, ITE, New and Innovative and many more.
He is truly a Jack of All, Master of Many product categories. John also has been doing Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessments for over 20 years and serves as a senior advisor on product safety to a number of global companies. John is deeply involved in the Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Product Safety and Compliance Society (PSCS) since the beginning of his career in 1985. He is Past Chair of the PSES Chicago Chapter, past
Chair for the PSES’s flagship Symposium ISPCE 2015, has held various positions on the Board of Governors including two terms as President, 2017-2019 and 2024-2025. Serving as Past President for two years after each Presidency term. He is also the Founder of Compliance 101 and is Chairman of the Compliance 101 Technical Committee.
The Mission of the IEEE’s PSES is to transfer knowledge to Designers and Compliance Engineers and make it easy to understand. The goal is 10,000 members in 10 Years and to have Product Safety and Compliance in Universities Engineering curriculums around the world. John is passionate about Product Safety and Compliance and often speaks to various Trade Associations, Chamber of
Commerce and a variety of IEEE Conferences.
VP of Conferences
Maja Bland
UL Solutions
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Maja Bland is a global product compliance and market access professional who helps technology manufacturers navigate international regulatory requirements and bring innovative products to markets worldwide. Her expertise includes wireless and connected technologies, medical and laboratory equipment, and global certification strategies across diverse regulatory environments. Maja works in a role of Sr. Product Specialist for Market Access at UL Solutions.
Maja is passionate about advancing product safety and compliance through education, collaboration, and industry engagement. She has helped develop programs for ISPCE and SPCE and has recruited distinguished keynote speakers, including Dr. Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ph.D., a five-time NASA Space Shuttle astronaut and member of the National Academy of Engineering, as well as leaders from the FDNY, UL Solutions, government agencies, and industry. Through these efforts, she helps connect product safety and compliance professionals with thought leaders addressing emerging technologies and global challenges.
Outside of work, Maja enjoys international travel and folk dancing, and values opportunities to connect with people and cultures from around the world.
VP of Publications
Samir Sharma
Lindsay Corporation
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Global Technical Executive with extensive experience leading product safety, regulatory compliance, EHS, quality, and global market access for innovative organizations ranging from startups to some of the largest enterprises across diverse industries. Expert in managing the full product safety and compliance lifecycle, from concept and design through manufacturing, commercialization, operations, and end-of-life, with deep expertise in safety engineering, EMC, functional safety, risk management, certifications, standards, environmental compliance, telecom, and regulatory strategy. Experienced across renewable energy, robotics, autonomous and electric vehicles, machinery, industrial equipment, medical devices, consumer electronics, energy, IoT, and power systems, with extensive global certification and market-access experience. Active contributor to UL, IEC, NFPA, and other international standards bodies, with executive education from Stanford Graduate School of Business and Arizona State University.
VP of Membership
Jong-Moon Chung
IEEE
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Jong-Moon Chung is an IEEE Fellow and has published numerous IEEE journal papers and the books “Emerging Secure Networks, Blockchains and Smart Contract Technologies” and “Emerging Metaverse XR and Video Multimedia Technologies” based on invitations from Springer Nature, and is listed in the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in electronic engineering from Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea) and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA, USA). Since 2005, he has been a Professor with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Yonsei University, where he is also the Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and a Professor with the Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine. From 1997 to 1999, he was an Assistant Professor and Faculty Instructor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University. From 2000 to 2005, he served as a tenured Associate Professor with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University. He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK) and the IEEE Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) honor society. Dr. Chung’s courses in Coursera have over 2.2 million independent visitors/users and have been listed in the top 33 industry re-education courses. Prof. Chung has much experience in research and development for industry (which include companies like Samsung, LG, Hyundai, Kia, Hanwha, Qualcomm, LIG Nex1, etc.) including product safety and compliance engineering for new advanced systems and products. His hobbies are art drawing and playing the guitar (a little). He participated in track competitions (until high school) and enjoys sports (e.g., basketball), and tries to go to the gym twice a week (or more).
Members at Large
Member at Large
Grant Schmidbauer
Nemko
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Grant Schmidbauer brings more than 40 years of experience in international product safety compliance and global market access. A graduate of the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Vancouver, he has built a distinguished career with leading organizations including Nemko, TÜV SÜD and CSA. He currently serves as Senior Vice President of Nemko Group and President of Nemko North America, Inc. and Nemko USA, Inc. Nemko is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, and has more than 850 employees in over 20 locations worldwide.
A Senior Member of IEEE, Grant has served multiple terms on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Product Safety and Compliance Society (PSCS), formerly the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society (PSES). He has also chaired key Society committees, including the Technical Program committee for ISPCE and SPCE and the Awards committee. Outside of work, he is a proud husband, father of three and grandfather of four. He enjoys a healthy lifestyle and keeping up with his grandkids’ many activities.
Member at Large
Bansi Patel
BRP Consultants
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Bansi Patel brings more than 40 years of experience in product safety certification and product compliance. He serves on the Executive Board as Emeritus and is highly active within the Product Safety and Compliance Society (PSCS). From 2020 through 2024, he served as the Society’s Vice President of Conferences and now serves on the Executive Board as Emeritus and on the Board of Governors.
Bansi co-founded the Society’s Orange County and San Diego chapters and has chaired the San Diego Chapter since 2019. He also serves on the IEEE San Diego Section Executive Committee as Vice Chair and elected Member at Large for 2025 to 2026.
An IEEE Life Senior Member, Bansi retired as a product safety consultant with BRP Consultants in California in 2016. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from California State University, Sacramento (1971).
Member at Large
Steven Brody
Product EHS Consulting
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Member at Large
Carsten J. Pinnow
Pinnow & Partner GmbH
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Carsten J. Pinnow studied electrical engineering at the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin), graduating with a degree in engineering (Dipl.-Ing., specializing in digital
technology, communications engineering and power electronics). He has been CEO of
PINNOW & Partner GmbH in Berlin since 1994, head of the VDI/VDE Working Group on
Safety, Security and Sustainability, chairman of the board of “Elektrotechnischer Verein (ETV) e.V. Bezirksverein Berlin-Brandenburg im VDE“. As publisher and editor in chief of
the web magazine “datensicherheit.de” Pinnow is also active as a journalist. He regularly gives lectures, teaches at universities, moderates events, and is the author of various
technical papers as well as publisher of specialized books.
He further holds a German Amateur Radio Operator License (Class A), Call Sign: DL3CJP
and is an avid home cook in his spare time.
Welcome new BoG members and Society Admin!
New Member
John Werner
IBM
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John Werner is an electrical engineer and product safety and compliance leader with more than 16 years of experience developing and certifying mission-critical computing systems. At IBM, he leads the product safety and compliance team supporting IBM Z, Power, Storage, AI, Cloud, and Quantum platforms. His experience spans the full product lifecycle, from integrating safety and compliance requirements into early system architecture and design through laboratory validation, certification, global market access, and customer readiness. John is also an IBM Master Inventor with more than 350 filed patents. Outside of work, John enjoys traveling, weightlifting, playing guitar, and spending time with his dog.
New Member
Ted Eckert
Microsoft
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Ted has been a compliance engineer for over 30 years. He is currently a Principal Engineer at Microsoft where he works on products including computers, game consoles, and augmented reality headsets. Ted is responsible for the safety and energy certifications of Microsoft’s consumer products. He is currently the chair of the EU Game Console Voluntary Agreement, responsible for ecodesign regulations of game consoles in Europe. He was previously a staff engineer at APC/Schneider Electric where he was responsible for compliance for datacenter power distribution and cooling equipment.
