About​

Established in 1995​

From Experience

In 2000, a fire totally destroyed the home Michael Wurzman. While watching his home burn, Michael noticed that firefighters were covered in protective clothing, while he, his wife and onlookers were not.
Later, Michael learned that these first responders were protecting themselves against not only fire and smoke, but also toxic substances being released from computers, furniture, bicycles, insulation on electrical wire and many other sources.
Thus, in 2003, RSJ Technical Consulting was launched as a highly-specialized consulting firm to assist companies in cost-effectively complying with an emerging class of global regulations that 1) targeted hazardous substances in both consumer and business products and 2) aimed to reduce the impact of these products on human health and the environment. As a symbol of the new firm’s importance to Michael, “RSJ” stands for the first initials of his three children.

Mission​

RSJ seeks to be your trusted advisor as you comply with individual regulations; implement a Regulatory Compliance Management Process® to routinely comply with multiple regulatory requirements; and capitalize on the Compliance Value Proposition® for compliance-based revenue opportunities.

Vision​

RSJ assists OEMs and all-tiered suppliers to comply with REACH, Conflict Minerals, RoHS and ELV; to lower their short-term compliance risks and costs; and to leverage their compliance activities for greater profitability and competitive advantage.

Values​

Do it right​
Do it once​
Do it efficiently​

Michael Wurzman

Founder and President

Michael is a leading expert in environmental compliance for manufactured products. He has specialized in the reporting of materials substance data, beginning with the ELV directive for automobiles and expanding to include RoHS, REACH, Conflict Minerals and the entire global “alphabet soup” of product substance regulations that continues to evolve.
Mike is active with numerous industry organizations involved with setting standards, workforce training, and promoting professionalism in environmental data collection and reporting. He is a materials consultant to the IMDS help desk for North America; active in the AIAG committees for IMDS, REACH, greenhouse gas and conflict minerals; and a frequent presenter at AIAG Chemical Reporting and IMDS Summits and Greenhouse Gas Symposiums. Mike is currently involved in a global effort to simplify and improve the reporting process through supplier education, data format standardization and the development of simplified tools and processes.
Michael Wurzman holds a BSE engineering degree from Purdue and a Masters in Business Administration from Indiana University. Prior to becoming involved in the field of environmental compliance, he served as a sales and applications engineer in both the electronics and semiconductor industries.

Andres Vasquez

Operations Manager

As the Operations Manager at RSJ Technical Consulting, Andres works remotely to maintain client relationships, assign IMDS submissions to consultants, and develop new company procedures. His role involves ensuring all company data is securely backed up and using IMDS and CDX to help clients meet regulatory compliance, such as RoHS, REACH, ELV, and Prop 65. With 8 years of experience in the game industry and a strong background in agile practices, Andres leverages his attention to detail, excellent communication, organizational, time management, and people skills to keep clients happy and to build a strong, collaborative team.

Evandro Francischetti

Latin America Region Trainer

Evandro has more than 20 years of experience in Automotive industry, particularly in Quality Systems and Product Development for Tier 1 suppliers.  He has been providing IMDS data collection and management services since 2002.  Currently, Evandro conducts IMDS training in Portuguese and Spanish. He provides support services for ELV, RoHS, REACH and Conflict Minerals in both languages. At RSJ, Evandro’s goal is to prospect new opportunities in Latin America, providing full support services for ELV, RoHS, REACH and Conflict Minerals as well as for customers specific requirements, substance legislations, and hazardous substances review. Evandro has a Bachelor of Mechanical Production Engineering from Methodist University of Piracicaba-Brazil. Additionally, he completed post-graduation in Strategic Business Management at National Post-Graduation Institute and post-graduation in Automotive Development Components at Federal University of Santa Catarina – Brazil.

Heidi Wittenborn

VP Trainer

Heidi has more than 25 years of experience in law firms and state regulatory agencies where she specialized in creating and implementing databases and managing data collection and quality control. Her legal and regulatory background makes her adept at interpreting government regulations and assessing systems for conformance to standards.
At RSJ, Heidi’s goal is to provide the most appropriate solution for each client whether that is turn-key data and compliance management services or helping clients build their own internal competence and resources to manage compliance on their own.  She provides full support services for ELV, RoHS, REACH and Conflict Minerals as well as crafting processes to respond to customized compliance requests from a company’s customers.
Heidi also conducts training in IMDS, CDX and Conflict Minerals data collection for companies who wish to do their own work and, along with Michael Wurzman and Harvey Stone, is the author of International Material Data System (IMDS) – a Thorough Guide to Data Collection, Entry and Quality Review.  Since 2013 she has been a featured speaker on data quality review at the Automotive Industry Action Group’s (AIAG) IMDS & Product Chemical Compliance Conference.
Heidi has a Masters of Agriculture and a Bachelor of Science from Texas A & M University.