FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:     March 17, 2008. Clayton, California.     

                        RMV Technology Group, LLC, SDVOSB/8a Firm

                               Gets First Space Agency Subcontract!

RMV Technology Group, LLC, a home based business, received its first subcontract with a space agency prime, due to the tireless efforts of its founder, Bob Vermillion and Renee Mitchell. Bob has a proven track record in the solution of electrostatic related problems for the aerospace, defense, medical device, pharmaceutical, semiconductor and biotechnology industries.  According to Renee, Director New Business Development, our unrelenting persistence and ‘just being in front of people’ may now finally be paying off.  Since 2001, we have been attending local and national trade shows, capabilities briefings, telephone calls and emails always with the focus on government contracting while continuing to grow our commercial business.   

 Bob has developed advanced ESD technologies with issuance of a US Patent and several patents pending, in which one of his technologies has been qualified for a NASA Mars Mission.

 As a First Place Winner of the Institute of Packaging Professional’s AmeriStar Award for the electronics category, Bob was inducted into the IoPP College of Fellows in May 2007. In February 2008, Bob founded and chairs the ESD Task Force (Medical Device Packaging Committee   https://www.iopp.org/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1539

 During the ESDA 25th Anniversary, Bob was presented with the Volunteer Recognition Award by IBM’s ESD program manager for his many contributions to Industry Standards activities and the local ESD community. Until 2003, Bob served on the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley EOS/ESD Society for many years. In 2005, Bob joined the Advisory Board of Controlled Environment’s Magazine, a national technical cleanroom publication.  Industry training includes ESDiscovery 2000-2003 in the USA, Malaysia and Singapore. For the scientific community, Bob has lectured on the electrostatic properties of Inherently Conductive Polymers. In Mexico’s Silicon Valley, Bob has provided technical training for the engineering community, including contract manufacturing, procurement and management for both USA based and multinational companies.  

 Bob provides static control engineering, materials testing and facility auditing services, specification writing, 3^rd party test and evaluation of incoming packaging, and most recently anticounterfeiting solutions for corporate packaging initiatives, including ESD/ESA validation of equipment centers for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.  For the academic community, Bob is a guest lecturer for Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA (www.polypack.calpoly.edu) as part of his outreach efforts to increase awareness of the microchip’s effect on materials in the cleanroom, factory and for the consumer.      

Publishing extensively in the field of Electrostatics, Bob’s recent articles can be found in (Feb.08) Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News (www.pmpnews.com), Controlled Environments (www.cemag.us) and Conformity (www.conformity.com). Copies of these articles can be downloaded free off the respective websites.

 RMV Technology Group, LLC is a Member of the American Council of Independent Labs (ACIL), IEEE, ESDA and ASTM. Bob is an iNARTE Certified ESD and Product Safety Engineer,  Certified Lifetime Packaging Professional and board member of the Consultants Council & Medical Device Packaging Committee.  

Contact Information:   Bob Vermillion

                                      (925)-673-0225

                                      Email: bob@esdrmv.com