| OUR LABORATORY: |
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| SEL
is a UL Certificated Agency and the only one in the Bay Area
and Northern California. As such, SEL has been evaluated for its
ability to competently interface with UL on the administrative
front; and provide engineering services to companies, such as
preliminary product evaluation and testing to UL Standards. Many
companies place the UL mark on their websites, which is actually
against UL's policies, as it suggests some form of endorsement which
does not exist. Please visit our File
AG348 on UL's website to see our accreditation details.
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| OUR PEOPLE: |
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| Lee
Ould, III
serves as our
President. He joined the business full time after graduating
from Stanford University in 1992 with a Bachelor's degree in
International Relations with the focus on the European Union, with
engineering courses relating to product safety completed. He handles
much of the test/measurement/laboratory equipment, unusual ITE
products (new technologies), semiconductor equipment (SEMI), and
laser safety.
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| Anna
Ould is SEL's proud owner, Vice President and Treasurer, having
been part of the company since its inception in 1972. Anna has a
Masters Degree from Santa Clara University while her undergraduate
work was done at SJSU. |
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Rick Buck
joined us in September of 2001 with 20 years experience in product
compliance and certification. His experience includes working at UL for
3½ years, TUV Rheinland for 2 years, and 12 years consulting in product
safety in the Bay Area. Rick has his·BA in Philosophy and MBA in
Technology Management. He is a Founding Member and former Treasurer of the
IEEE Product Safety Society; a Member of the IEEE EMC, Communications and
Product Safety Societies; and is a Certified ISO Quality Auditor. Rick handles our EMC interfacing with CKC
Laboratories, for those clients who are interested in a single point
of contact for compliance efforts. |
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| Klaus
Ehrlich joined
us in December, 2006. Klaus has extensive experience in
regulatory compliance, having most recently been the manager of compliance
engineering at Lucent Technologies for the past 6 years. Prior
to that, Klaus worked for 17 years in various positions in product
compliance and engineering, including 13 years at TUV Rheinland as a
Senior Engineer. He was one of the first three engineers
involved in establishing TUV Rheinland’s initial foothold in North
America in the mid-1980s. In addition to product safety, Klaus can
manage the NEBs compliance process, by offering tips for "designing
in" compliance and testing at our partners’ facilities. |
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| Carol
Wahl typically handles the non-technical interfacing with our
clients, particularly on the billing side of things. Carol has been
an integral part of the SEL team for nine years. |
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| Mary
Costa
recently joined SEL, having worked in Silicon Valley for
several years, most recently at SBC Communications. Mary will be
working with the consultant team and provide non-technical support to the
group. |
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Our
Beginnings...
Our Founder, C. Lee Ould, Jr., received his B.S.M.E. from Santa
Clara University in 1969, worked at Underwriters Laboratories until
1972, and was a consultant in this field until his death in
1998.
Eulogy for Lee the Elder |
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