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 Industrial Science 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