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TSS Board of Directors

The ASM TSS Board Mission statement:

TSS shall be the leading global source for thermal spray information.
TSS …. Your thermal spray information partner.

Dr. Andrew Ang
President

(2024-2026)

Associate Professor
Swinburne University of Technology School of Engineering

Melbourne, Australia

Mr. Komal Laul
Vice President

(2024-2026)

Senior Principal Engineer
Delta Airlines

Atlanta, GA

Dr. Bala Balachander 
Secretary/Treasurer

(2024-2026)

Principal Engineer
Delta Airlines

Atlanta, GA

Dr. Rogerio Lima, FASM
Immediate Past President

(2024-2026)

Senior Research Officer
National Research Council of Canada

Boucherville, QC, Canada

William Jarosinski, MBA, FASM
ASM Board Liaison

(2025-2026)

Retired Director of R&D Materials
Linde Advanced Materials Technologies, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN

Mr. Dominique Billieres
Member

(2022-2028)

Business Development Manager
Saint Gobain Coating Solutions

Avignon Cedex, France

Dr. Jan Cizek, FASM
Member

(2022-2027)

Senior Research Fellow

Institute of Plasma Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences

Prague, Czechia

Dr. Satish Dixit
Member

(2024-2027)

Director of Engineering

Plasma Technology Inc.

Torrance, CA

Mr. Jonathan Gutleber
Member

(2025-2028)

Technical Leader

Oerlikon Metco US

Westbury, NY

Prof. Thomas Klassen
Member

(2020-2026)

Helmut Schmidt University

Hamburg, Germany

Mr. Andre O’Czerny
Member

(2025-2028)

Sales Director
Thermal Spray Latam

Miami, FL

Dr. Atin Sharma
Member

(2023-2026)

President
Siemens Energy Inc.

Charlotte, NC

Dr. Daniel Sordelet, FASM
Member

(2021-2027)

Engineering Fellow
Caterpillar Inc.

Chilicothe, IL

Dr. Filofteia-Laura Toma
Member

(2020-2026)

Fraunhofer Institute Material and Beam
Technology (IWS)

Dresden, Germany

Mr. Caleb Griffin
Student Board Member

(2025-2026)

University of Strathclyde

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Ms. Emma Peleg
Student Board Member

(2024-2026)

PhD Candidate
Stony Brook University

Brooklyn, NY

Mrs. Nicole Hale
Director, Membership & Affiliates

ASM International

Materials Park, OH

Mrs. Mary Anne Jerson
Administrative Assistant

ASM International

Materials Park, OH