Dr. Zsolt Illyefalvi-Vitez received his diploma in electrical engineering and his dr. techn. degree from BME, the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary, in 1965 and 1974, respectively, and "Candidate of Technical Science" degree (PhD) from the Hungarian Academy of Science, in 1981. He worked at the Department of Electronics Technology for 56 years. He was the Head of the Department from 1995 to 2003. He retired in 2012. Since then, as scientific expert has been contributing to R&D&I activity of industrial companies and European Commission sponsored projects. In the field of education and research his activity includes topics like microelectronics, packaging, components and manufacturing technology. He has been member of the IEEE (CPMT, now EPS) since 1990, founder and officer of the Hu&Ro Joint Chapter, member of Steering Committees of annual conferences: ISSE (chairman 1996-2002) and SIITME (Publication Chair 2008-2015) and other scientific bodies.