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.

 

Mr. Komal Laul

President

(2026-2028)

Senior Principal Engineer

Delta Airlines

Atlanta, GA

Dr. Filofteia-Laura Toma

Vice President

(2026-2028)

Fraunhofer Institute Material and Beam
Technology (IWS)

Dresden, Germany

Dr. Bala Balachander 

Secretary/Treasurer

(2024-2028)

Principal Engineer

Delta Airlines

Atlanta, GA

Dr. Andrew Ang, FASM

Immediate Past President

(2026-2028)

Senior Research Engineer

Swinburne University of Technology

School of Engineering

Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Fan Zhang, FASM

ASM Board Liaison

(2026-2027)

President

Computherm LLC

Middleton, WI

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, FASM

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. Bertand Jodoin, FASM

Member

(2026-2029)

Professor

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, ON, Canada

Mr. Andre O’Czerny

Member

(2025-2028)

Sales Director

Thermal Spray Latam

Miami, FL

Dr. Atin Sharma, FASM

Member

(2023-2029)

President

Siemens Energy Inc.

Charlotte, NC

Dr. Kentaro Shinoda

Member

(2026-2029)

Leader, Coatings and Interface Engineering Research

Group Core Manufacturing Technology Research Institute,
National Institute of Advanced IndustrialScience and Technology (AIST)

Tsukuba, Japan

Dr. Daniel Sordelet, FASM

Member

(2021-2027)

Technical Steward for Surface Engineering

Caterpillar Inc.

Dunlap, IL

Mr. Caleb Griffin

Student Board Member

(2025-2027)

University of Strathclyde

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Mr. Ali Eskandari

Student Board Member

(2026-2027)

PhD Candidate

University West

Trollhattan, Sweden

Mrs. Nicole Hale

Director, Membership & Affiliates

ASM International

Materials Park, OH

Mrs. Mary Anne Jerson

Administrative Assistant

ASM International

Materials Park, OH