John W Mitchell

JOHN W. MITCHELL, President and CEO of the global electronics industry's trade organization, IPC, began his engineering career at General Electric Aerospace before moving into leadership positions at Alpine Electronics and Bose. Just prior o joining IPC, he served as the CEO of Golden Key International Honour Society, the world's premier collegiate honor society, with more than 2 million members from more than 190 nations.

Dr. Mitchell's academic credentials include a doctorate in higher education management from University of Georgia's Institute of Higher Education, a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University, and a Bachelor of Science in electrical and computer engineering from Brigham Young University. In addition to his academic credentials, Dr. Mitchell holds a patent in GPS navigation systems.