Biography 

Robert Dervaes has more than 20 years of design and manufacturing engineering experience in the electronics manufacturing industry, working for both the commercial and defense industries.  He has been with FCT Assembly for over 8 years and currently directs the technical development and engineering efforts for its Fine Line Stencil and FCT Solder divisions as V.P. of Technology.  He is a member of the IPC Stencil Design Task Group and has published multiple white papers tackling solder paste printing challenges and methods of improving SMT assembly yields.  Robert holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University.