David Nobile Contec, Inc.

With over thirty-six years of experience in developing products and processes for cleanroom as well as industrial applications, Mr. Nobile is a key technical resource in contamination control for the pharmaceutical, biomedical, microelectronic, disk drive, aerospace, and other critical manufacturing industries. He is currently Technical Services Manager for Contec, Inc.

Mr. Nobile has conducted numerous seminars, presentations, and webinars including “Wiping Theory and Techniques,” “Cleaning the Cleanroom,” and “The True Value of Presats.” He has written several articles related to cleanroom contamination control, and co-authored the technical paper “The Cleanliness of Wiped Surfaces: Particles Left Behind as a Function of Wiper and Volume of Solvent Used.” As a product development engineer, he has received multiple design patents for innovative cleanroom products.

Mr. Nobile is currently the Technical Vice President for the Contamination Control division of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST) and is the past chair of the IEST Working Group to revise the IEST RP-CC-004 test methods “Evaluation of Wipers Used in Cleanrooms and Other Controlled Environments,” to be published in 2019.

Previously, he was Engineering Manager for Coventry Manufacturing, and holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State Polytechnic University.