Eliminating Counterfeit Risks in Aerospace & Defense

Adam Hook has built his career in high reliability electronics manufacturing across DFMA, process improvement, supplier development, and field reliability. As a DFMA Engineer supporting a global contract manufacturer, he helped deliver high yield production across hundreds of unique circuit assemblies and supported corporate quoting teams by turning yield commitments into measurable results. He also designed custom soldering tools that improved quality 14 times over while increasing throughput 2.5 times.

Adam is the co-founder of chipsID, where he reduces counterfeit risk by combining rigorous component authentication, including die level evidence, with practical supply chain workflows. His work helps manufacturers move from suspicion to defensible proof. A prolific technical writer, Adam has co authored multiple counterfeit mitigation guides, presented at numerous SMTA events, and earlier this year released “Mastering PCBA Reliability: Material Compatibility Defects in Electronics Manufacturing”.

Experienced Product Manager with a demonstrated history of success in the data, information and analysis industry, covering military/A&D, oil & gas, financial services, electronic components and more. Strong product management professional skilled in Marketing, Sales, Customer Relationships, Training, and Documentation.

Lam Nguyen is the Founder and CEO of chipsID, a technology startup that provides exceptional engineering services in preventing and mitigating counterfeit electronic components throughout the entire process of part selection, and also aims to create a collaborative golden samples database for all companies. This will enable them to maintain inspection control down to the die level and ensure the quality and authenticity of their components.