About Foresite

A legacy of investigative service

Our team of investigators has decades of experience solving reliability issues. With in-depth assessments and consultations, our ultimate goal is to educate clients about the effects of residues on product reliability.

“Everything is fixable, you just have to understand what’s causing the problem.”

Foresite’s Story

Foresite began in 1992 in Kokomo, Indiana as a small veteran-owned business. While still small and veteran-owned, Foresite has become a leading influence in the field of reliability with major breakthroughs and discoveries that have helped hundreds of companies today. Through technological advances such as our patented C3 and world-wide lessons on the effects of dendrite on electronics, we have continued growing and teaching our clients best practices.

Meet the Team

Our team of experts not only complete analytical projects in our own laboratory, we also consult and train our clients in a variety of fields. Whether that be automotive, aeronautical, medical, telecommunications, or consumer products—our investigators lead the field in electronic reliability analysis and consulting.

The Experts in Reliability

  • Terry Munson

    PRESIDENT & FOUNDER

    Terry Munson, the founder and president of Foresite, is the primary developer of ion chromatography analysis for use in the electronics manufacturing industry. Read more about his extensive background in the field of reliability here.

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  • Eric Camden

    LEAD INVESTIGATOR

    Eric has been with Foresite for over twenty years and is responsible for cleaning processes and parameters, PCB and PCBA process optimization and troubleshooting, and on-site investigations. Eric is a regular presenter at industry events and conferences.

  • Paco Solis

    LEAD INVESTIGATOR

    Paco has been a technical consultant with Foresite for seventeen years, primarily responsible for materials analysis and root-cause/failure analysis investigations.

  • Kirk Davis

    CHEMIST

    Over the past fifteen years with Foresite, Kirk has been developing and utilizing analytical techniques in ion chromatography, C3 and FTIR analysis.

  • Terra Burns

    CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIALIST

    Terra has been with Foresite for over fourteen years and is responsible for all project quotes, shipping coordination and report communication.

  • Tony Musall

    PROJECT ENGINEER

    Tony has been with Foresite over 11 years and works in conjuction with the laboratory to ensure sample are processed. Tony is Foresite’s primary report writer and interfaces with Foresite’s clients.

  • Andrew Renshaw

    CONSUMABLES-PRODUCT COORDINATOR

    Andrew has been with Foresite over 10 years. Andrew handles all aspects related to the C3 consumables, inventory, quality, assembly, and prepping orders.

Industries We Serve

Using proven testing methodologies and investigative approaches, we have solved residue-related concerns for over 2,000 clients – from large OEMs like Bayer, GE, and Delphi to small subcontractors. When facing a new challenge, such as a new failure mode, we experiment and develop new analytical, testing and/or cleaning methods.

Aerospace

NASA and NASA subcontractors

Commercial

Stanley Tool, Maple Chase, Coleman

Equipment Vendor

Electrovert, UnitDesign, Westek, ECD, Technical Devices

Instrumentation

General Electric

Military

JG-APP, Navy, Air Force, Hughes, Rockwell

Automotive

Delphi, Valeo, Ford, Chrysler, GM

Board Fabricators

Nanya, Circuit Wize, Electrotek

Component Fabricator

Amkor, National Semiconductor, Intel, Analog Devices

Computer

Dell, Compaq, IBM, Intel, Seagate, Texas Instruments, Hewlett Packard

Governmental

Sandia National Labs, Low Temperature Soldering Task Force

Material Vendor

Kester, Alpha Metals, Indium, Multicore, Amtech

Telecommunications

AT&T, Pensar, Nortel, Nokia, Quincy, Nextel, Boeing, Hughes, Raytheon, Universal

Contract Assemblers

Hibbing Electronics, Controls Inc, Kimball, Plexus

Educational

Georgia Tech, IPC, IUPUI, EMPF, Univ. of Maryland

Industry Consortium Teams

EPA Alternative Finishes, LRSTF

Medical

Bayer, LifeScan, Hill-Rom, Stryker, Guidant