ITC Eurasia

The EurAsia training operation is headquartered at our Stockholm, Sweden thermography center. There the team develops and implements training tools, programs, and certification for countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. In combination with their subsidiaries and training partners, ITC Eurasia delivers local language programs in over thirty countries.

	Lisa West Åkerblom ITC EMEA and Asia-Pacific Lisa West Åkerblom holds a B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering, an international executive MBA and a M.Sc. degree in finance. She worked for Pacific Telesis and Intel before joining FLIR Systems in 1992. Lisa spent her first 6 years as an applications engineer and technical manager, traveling around the world in support of customers. Since 1998, Lisa has served in several strategic positions within sales and operational management, moving from Portland to Sweden after the merger of FLIR and Agema. She is responsible for the ITC business unit. Lisa is an ISO standards working group expert within training and thermography. She has published numerous articles and is an active member of the infrared community, both as a speaker and committee member.
	Dr. Raphaël Danjoux ITC Eurasia Program Development Manager 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. He became the ITC manager for the French subsidiary in May 1999, after the merger with Inframetrics. In January 2006, he assumed the role of Program Development Manager for ITC Eurasia in Stockholm. In this role, Raphael responsibilities include course development and guidance for ITC licensed trainers and training centers. He is also active on technical committees working to develop thermographer certification standards under ISO.
	Hans Hallin Technology Manager, Level II Thermographer 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 electronics for the highly successful 470 and 900 systems. Today, Hans manages the applications laboratory in Danderyd, works with the design and building of Level 1 and 2 Applications labs, teaches software, and provides technical support for the FLIR sales force and customers.
	Jon Willis ITC UK, Technical Training and Support ITC Level II In 1992 Jon completed a 4 year Electronic Engineering Apprenticeship and was awarded an HNC. An 8 year career in IT followed initially supporting desktop computers then leading to network and infrastructure support in the city of London. In 2000 Jon joined FLIR as Technical Support and training and is responsible for the UK training market.
	Christiane Buchgeister ITC Eurasia Product Manager ITC Level I, EN 473 Level 2 Christiane Buchgeister joined FLIR Systems GmbH in Germany in August 2003 after more than 8 years in the semiconductor business. She holds a M.Sc. in Engineering Physics, an MBA in marketing, and has a broad experience from R&D, customer support, and teaching in both industry and university. She is responsible for the program offered by ITC Germany and holds the contact to IR related committees and organizations. In February 2007, she will be moving to new responsibilities at ITC Eurasia.
	Roberto Rinaldi ITC Italy Technical Training and Support ITC Level III 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.
	Marcel Wiechmann Manager ITC Germany Marcel Wiechmann joined FLIR Systems GmbH in Germany in January 2007 after 13 years in the optical disc business. He worked the last 7 years as a technical instructor for optical disc replication lines and holds a degree in Engineering. He has a broad experience in product training, customer support, and after sales service in industry. Marcel is responsible for the program offered by ITC Germany and is ITC’s German contact for IR related committees and organizations.
	Carina Krantz ITC Coordinator Carina has a degree in psychology and pedagogy. She joined FLIR in 2002 and became the coordinator for ITC in Europe and Asia in 2006. Carina is the primary contact for customers, sales and ITC licensed partners in addition to the coordination of all training support.