Lisa West Åkerblom holds a B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering and computer science. She worked for Pacific Telesis and Intel before joining FLIR Systems in 1992. Lisa spent her first 6 years as an applications engineer, and traveled extensively in support of customers. She leads ITC EurAsia with real world experience in technology, products and applications. She has published numerous articles and is an active member of the infrared community, both as a speaker and committee member.

Mr. Hallin graduated from the Technical High School of of Stockholm in Electronics and Telecommunication. He worked for BOFORS in the design of A/D hardware and software for air fighter systems and ground/vehicle based fire control systems before joining AGEMA in 1984. Hans designed the electronics for the highly successful 470 system. In addition to running the international ITC, Hans manages the applications laboratory, teaches software, and provides technical support for the FLIR sales force and customers.

After studying electrical engineering, Mr Cronholm received two B. Sc. dregrees in economics and business administration at universities in Uppsala, Sweden and Texas, USA. He worked for ABB and Xerox before joining AGEMA as product manager for condition monitoring products. Since 1992 he has consulted in thermography and training. Mikael is an active member of many thermography associations, and has been working strategically with issues like certification and standards to achieve increased awareness for IR technology.

Dr. Schönbach has a M.Sc. degree in Physics and Ph.D. in Applied Physics. He joined Agema in 1992 as technical support and now has responsibility for the itc facility in Germany. Dr. Schönbach offers a full course schedule including Level I, Level II and Application Seminars, as well as instructing at the University of Kaiserslautern and Rostock in the European NDT norm, EN 473. He is one of the few individuals certified ASNT Level III outside of America.

Raphaël has worked with thermography since 1983, first as a doctoral student, then in companies designing and fabricating special machines and control equipment. He received his PhD in sciences in 1988 submitting a thesis titled "Pulsed photothermal radiometry applied to the nondestructive testing of materials". Raphaël joined FLIR Systems in 1998 as the Automation representative for France and started with training and technical support in May 1999 after the merger with Inframetrics.

Roberto joined FLIR Systems in 1987 as a service engineer in Italy. He attended several training courses at FLIR Stockholm on how to repair and maintain IR equipment, and therefore has had the opportunity to follow IR technology and instrument evolution of the past several years. A few years later, he began to commission new equipment at customer sites and collected field experience on many IR applications. Roberto started providing technical support to both customers and sales personnel in 1994. Today, Roberto performs Level I training to the Italian market after joining ITC in 2000.

Ms. Annerhög studied marketing and communication, and later Law at Stockholm University. She has worked for AGEMA since 1986, first creating marketing materials, and then working in product marketing with responsibility for technical documentation and manuals. Maude manages our international ITC business, coordinates all training activities and materials, and is the primary contact for our customers.