Dr. Kim Parnell is a Stanford PhD in Mechanical Engineering, a Fellow of ASME, and an IEEE Life Senior Member. He has been a CNSV Director continuously since 2010, and also in 2005 and 2007. Dr. Parnell was CNSV Chair in 2008-2009 and Vice-Chair in 2006. He was 2011 Chair of the IEEE-SCV (Santa Clara Valley) Section (the largest IEEE Section in the world), and has been IEEE-VTS (Vehicular Technology Society) SCV Vice-Chair, and Secretary/Treasurer since 2013. Dr.Parnell is an active Expert Witness for litigation involving patents, medical devices, reliability, failure analysis, product liability, and personal injury.