Bob Willis currently operates a training and consultancy business based in England. Bob is the Technical Director of the SMART Group and a member of the technical committee. Although a specialist for companies implementing Surface Mount Technology Mr Willis provides training and consultancy in most areas of electronic manufacture. In the last 10 years focusing on lead-free manufacture which has eared him the SOLDERTEC/Tin Technology Global Lead-Free Award for his contribution to the industry He has worked with the GEC Technical Directorate as Surface Mount Co-Ordinator for both the Marconi and GEC group of companies and prior to that he was Senior Process Control Engineer with Marconi Communication Systems, where he had worked since his apprenticeship. Following his time with GEC he became Technical Director of an electronics contract manufacturing company where he formed a successful training and consultancy division.

As a process engineer, he was involved in all aspects of electronic production and assembly involved in setting up production processes and evaluating materials;...