Ivan Retana

Ivan Retana is a Senior Compliance Engineer at Illumina, having joined the company in October 2025. Prior to this role, Ivan served as EMC Technical Lead at TÜV SÜD, where responsibilities included managing EMC Test Labs operations and providing technical input for sales quotes. Ivan's experience also includes positions as System Test Engineer at Rain Bird Corporation, where duties involved verifying functionality of irrigation product firmware and hardware, and as EMC/Wireless Test Engineer at TÜV SÜD, conducting EMC emissions and immunity testing. Earlier roles at Rain Bird, Foxconn, and Sony focused on system testing, design review, and ensuring product quality. Ivan holds a Master of Business Administration in Management from CETYS Universidad and a Bachelor's degree in Electronics from Universidad Autónoma de Baja California.