Doug Leschak is a highly experienced Product Safety Engineer with over 30 years of experience in product safety testing, compliance, and regulatory approvals. He has worked for several large technology companies including IBM, Sun Microsystems, Motorola, and Digital Equipment Corporation, where he established safety departments, constructed safety testing laboratories, trained engineers, and obtained worldwide safety certifications and approvals for a variety of product lines. Leschak is proficient in international safety standards and has extensive experience developing test procedures, performing design reviews, and providing safety requirements.

1. DOUG LESCHAK
2165 E. Yuma Ave
Apache Junction, AZ 85119
Cell: 490-220-9848 Home: 480-982-7118- lazarusdoug@gmail.com
Engineer
Product Safety ▪ Compliance ▪ Regulatory
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Highly respected Product Safety Engineer with extensive experience developing lab test procedures,
creating safety lab, performing design reviews, and providing safety requirements to design groups.
Maintained the highest level of safety testing and approvals for variety of product lines in multiple
environments. Highly experienced in training design engineers in applications of safety requirements
utilizing international safety standards. Proficient in MSOffice, StarOffice, Oracle, Adobe, etc.
IBM Corp. .. Contract position through CTG October 2009 to August 2010
Product Safety Engineer
Provided expertise for compliance group with self-certification status from UL and CSA in EN 60950
and associated standards for three phase mainframe ITE at 30 to 60 kW level and related factory and
customer support. Design evaluation at concept review, performed testing including air and water
cooled high end product and provided required process for witness testing from CSA and UL for CB
Certification and worldwide variations. Created UL, CSA and CB reports and related documentation.
Assembled and programmed digital pressure transducer and meter for pressure testing of water
cooled system, certified under ISO 17025.
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC., Burlington, MA 1992-2009
International ITE Corporation of 30,000 employees with $13 billion annual sales.
Principal Product Safety Engineer.
Provided design support to 12 development engineering teams for various product lines and obtained
all worldwide safety approvals. Conducted full test program at the Sun safety lab for each product.
Product sales area included over 30 countries. Charged with providing support and international
safety certifications for development product groups; factory support for agency audits and updates of
safety requirements for 12 factories in 5 countries. Highlights:
 Created online safety guideline document for quick reference to design engineers.
 Obtained agreement from CQC, a government regulatory agency in China, that dc-dc converters
rated less than 48VDC would not require CB certification or reports, resulting in substantial cost
and time savings.
 Created factory audit guideline for CCC audits from the CQC in China that was accepted and
authorized by the CQC for their quality and regulatory control in manufacturing.
 Developed process for certifying supercapacitors under UL810A standard to expedite the process
and reduce approval time period.

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MOTOROLA CODEX CORP., Canton, MA 1990 – 1992
International Telecom Company of 16,000 employees.
Regulatory Engineer
Performed safety analysis, testing and worldwide certifications for two-way radios and modems.
Observed EMC and telecom test and reports.
L-CAD, INC., Andover, MA 1986 – 1990
Start-up regulatory consultant company of 6 employees.
VP Engineering
Created procedures and test lab and organized the new department. Provided consultation in
obtaining regulatory approvals to various companies for various products, including medical
equipment, plasma equipment, laser equipment and information technology equipment. Also
provided seminar instruction service to development engineering groups for various companies in
regulatory requirements and design application. Clients included Bard Medical Co., Polaroid, and
Vitek.
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP., Maynard, MA 1982 – 1986
International ITE corp. of 22,000 employees with $9 Billion annual sales.
Senior Regulatory Engineer. Established safety department for new desktop product line,
including construction of safety test lab. Sent to Tokyo to provide assistance to laser printer vendor in
obtaining NCDRH registration in the US. Trained DEC engineers from Hong Kong and Taiwan in
product safety requirements, testing and approvals then returned with them to assist in the construction
of test labs and provided test procedure training.
Factory Mutual Research Corp. 1978 – 1982
Safety Approvals Division of Factory Mutual Insurance Co.
Hazardous Locations Equipment Certifications Test Engineer. Design evaluation,
testing, certifications and factory follow-up inspections for various manufacturers equipment for
use in hazardous locations under NFPA 70. Additional responsibilities included lab management,
budgeting and forecast and customer support.
EDUCATION
BSCS, Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH, 1989, Cum Laude
Mechanical Engineering Major (1 course short of graduation), Roger Williams College, Bristol, RI,
1985
ASEM, Electro Mech Engineering, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA, 1979, Cum Laude
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Product Safety Engineering Society
MILITARY
UNITED STATES NAVY ▪ Submarine Electronics Technician
Good Conduct and Combat Service Medals.