On my very first meeting, the Secretary of CISPR asked me If I would possibly be open to being a candidate for the position of CISPR Chair. The job included EMC standardization which led me to attend CISPR meetings.

Colleagues at the Swedish regulation agency asked me if I wouldn’t want to move to Sweden and work for them, which I did eight years ago.

Within the Agency, I then switched to standardization for radio technology, taking part in the telecoms standardization body, ETSI. I then worked in industry before joining the Frequency Regulation Agency in Germany which gave me regulatory experience, linked to the International Telecommunication Union ( ITU). Studying electrotechnology was a no-brainer for me, but I realize that this is still quite an unusual situation. My mother was already an electrotechnical engineer, so I had a great role model to follow, and I obtained my degree diploma when I was 23. CISPR Chair Bettina Funk is working to make all of them aware of necessary changes.Ĭan you tell us a little about your background?Īs my family name indicates, “Funk” meaning “radio” in English, I was predestined to be a radio engineer! I studied electrotechnology at university, specializing in radio and communications technology. Updates of the current EMC standards are required to limit these disturbances, yet not all stakeholders agree on how these should be adjusted. As we move towards an all-electric and connected society, the interference from electro-magnetic (EM) waves is expected to grow extensively.

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