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Dr. Bill Olson
Director, International and Environmental Research and Development

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Our test standards contributions and research leadership demonstrate Motorola’s commitment to the environment.”

Environmentally Focused, Fiscally Sound

Dr. Bill Olson wants the world to know that Motorola is a good global corporate citizen. Bill first joined Motorola’s automotive group, where he implemented the first VOC-free conformal coating for engine controls. He also drove a variety of cost reduction teams for the engine auto body/control businesses.

Then nine years ago he joined Corporate Research, where he now heads two teams working in International and Environmental Research. Bill’s team in Europe conducts testing on hundreds of Motorola products to insure they meet environmental regulatory requirements of the EU (WEEE/RoHS), American and Asian markets. His lab in Tianjin China works closely with manufacturing engineering and the supply chain to achieve improvements in factory productivity, yield and product reliability.

Advancing Sustainability Efforts

Now more than ever, creating sustainable products is important to the world. Bill is leading a key corporate initiative called ECOMOTO, which focuses on the realization of environmentally sound, seamless ECOMOTO mobile products. ECOMOTO seeks to deliver sustained business impact and brand advantage through green materials and innovative ecodesign practices. The REAL test lab in Europe helps insure that Motorola products comply with current local, state and national environmental regulations. His team provides global RoHS test standard leadership through international standards bodies.

What Does Bill’s Work at Motorola Mean?

It means that Motorola will continue to act as a global environmental steward. One initiative, the DSS Supply Chain R&D, is helping transform how Motorola works with Asian suppliers and customers to improve the quality, performance and reliability of our products. Our international environmental standards work impacts the entire electronics industry by providing a consistent set of methods and tests for assessing the restricted material’s content and the environmental performance of electronic products. ECOMOTO will help differentiate and transform Motorola products for a sustainable future.

Selected Publications and Invited Papers

Jad Rasul, Bill Olson, “Flip Chip on Paper Assembly Utilizing Anisotropic Conductive Adhesive,” Proceedings of the IEEE 52nd Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), San Diego, CA, May 2002

Jad S. Rasul, William Olson, “Anisotropically Conductive Adhesive for Flip Chip on Paper Assembly,” Proceedings of the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) 35th. International Symposium on Microelectronics, Denver, CO, Sept. 2002

Bill Olson, “Green Supply Chain and Ecodesign,” International Workshop on Greening Supply Chains and EcoDesign, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China, October, 2004

Bill Olson, Bill Hoffman, “Test Methods and Compliance with Product Substance Bans,” Proceedings of the Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) International Conference, Chicago, IL, Sept. 2005

Bill Olson, Jim Liu, “Six Sigma R&D and the Supply Chain,” Proceedings of the Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) International Conference, Chicago, IL, Sept. 2005

Technology Focus Area
International and Environmental Research and Development

Location
Schaumburg, IL

A Motorola Innovator Since
1992

Number of Issued Patents
Over 17

Industry Leadership
Has written over 30 technical publications

Presented at the First International Conference on Green Manufacturing in Shanghai, China

Motorola Master Black Belt and Fellow of the Technical Staff

Alumnus of University of Wisconsin-Madison

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