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are listed by election category determined by lottery and indicates no preference.
Please read the voting instructions that appear on pages 2-3.
IEEE President-Elect, 2017
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James A. Jefferies..............................................6
Wanda K. Reder..................................................10
Region 6
Ram Sivaraman..................................................44
Keith A. Moore....................................................46
IEEE Division Delegate-Elect/
Director-Elect, 2017
Region 8
Magdalena Salazar-Palma...............................48
Tariq S. Durrani...................................................50
Elya B. Joffe..........................................................52
Division I
Rakesh Kumar.....................................................14
Renuka P. Jindal..................................................16
Region 10
Stefan G. Mozar..................................................54
Akinori Nishihara................................................56
Division III
Vijay K. Bhargava................................................18
Alexander D. Gelman.......................................20
Ashutosh Dutta...................................................22
IEEE Standards Association
Board of Governors
Member-At-Large, 2017-2018
W.C. “Chuck” Adams, Jr....................................58
Mark Epstein........................................................60
Robert S. Fish......................................................62
Division V
John W. Walz.......................................................24
Sorel Reisman.....................................................26
Division VII
Bruno Meyer........................................................28
Nirmal K.C. Nair..................................................30
IEEE Technical Activities
Vice President-Elect, 2017
Susan “Kathy” Land...........................................64
Sergio Benedetto...............................................66
Division IX
James M. Irvine...................................................32
Alejandro “Alex” Acero......................................34
IEEE-USA President-Elect, 2017
Charles P. Rubenstein......................................68
Edward G. Perkins.............................................70
Sandra L. “Candy” Robinson..........................72
IEEE Region Delegate-Elect/
Director-Elect, 2017-2018
IEEE-USA Member-At-Large, 2017-2018
Wole Akpose........................................................74
Peter S. Winokur.................................................76
Region 2
Wolfram Bettermann........................................36
Murty S. Polavarapu..........................................38
Region 4
David Alan Koehler............................................40
Hamid Vakilzadian.............................................42
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For IEEE President-Elect, 2017
IEEE President, 2018
JAMES A. JEFFERIES
(Nominated by IEEE Board of Directors)
Retired
Denver, Colorado, USA
www.jamesajefferies.com
Jim Jefferies is a retired AT&T and Lucent Technologies
executive who in 33 years rose from manufacturing
engineer to vice president. He was responsible for teams
that transferred glass technology from Bell Telephone Laboratories and developed
fiber optic cables for AT&T. He also served as logistics vice president, responsible
for worldwide supply chains, Quality Assurance, and export planning. He has led
teams in major technology transfers, transitions of information technology, and
organizational change. More recently, he teamed with fellow Stanford Business
School graduates in an entrepreneur venture in San Francisco and served as Chief
Operating Officer. He was 2015 President of IEEE-USA supporting expanded
focus on public visibility, young professionals, and humanitarian outreach.
He earned his BSEE from the University of Nebraska, an MSES from Clarkson
University and is a licensed Professional Engineer (Emeritus). He attended
the Stanford University Business School as a Sloan Fellow earning an MS in
Management.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’72-SM’06-LS’12)
OFFICES/COMMITTEES: IEEE Board of Directors 2012-13 and 2015; IEEE-USA
President 2015; IEEE-USA Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy Committee
2008-16, Chair 2016; IEEE Employee Benefits and Compensation Committee
2015-16; Region 5 Director 2012-13; IEEE Audit Committee 2012-13, Chair
2013; IEEE-USA Board of Directors 2009-16; IEEE-USA Vice President –
Professional Activities 2009; IEEE-USA Vice President – Government Relations
2010-11; IEEE-USA Government Activities Committee 2006-11; IEEE-USA R&D
Policy Committee 2005-08; IEEE Member services Committee 2011.
REGION: Region 5 Director Elect 2010-11, Government Activities/Technology
Policy Director, 2006-09.
SECTION: Denver Section Chair, 2008; Vice Chair, 2007; Professional Activities
Committee, Chair, 2005-06.
AWARD: IEEE-USA Regional Leadership Award, 2007.
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As IEEE-USA President initiated a national Leadership forum event for Young
Professionals and supported unique, volunteer team mobile vehicle for
disaster response and STEM outreach.
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Acted as an effective public policy spokesman for IEEE.
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Led annual interactive Symposium with US Government agencies and US
Senate Committee on increasing support for small technology entrepreneurs.
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Developed innovative professional activities programs working with local
government, economic development agencies, and universities including
survey of impact of engineers on the economy.
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Initiated new programs for entrepreneurs including sharing of experiences
of successful entrepreneurs.
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Actively participated in developing roles and responsibilities for board
relationships focused on improving partnering and cooperation.
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Personally developed and executed member and industry direct outreach
surveys on needs, opinions, and workforce future.
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Restructured Government Relations budgets with flexibility to fund priority
activities and assure rapid response to emerging issues.
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Continuously embraced the importance of defining membership value in
the role of building careers and shaping public policy while supporting the
clearly appropriate globalization of these activities.
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Established partnering contacts with other leading professional societies.
I have served two separate board terms, provided valuable expertise to board
committees, maintained a future perspective and member focus and also
advocated for appropriate globalization.
Statement
As your president I will work with unencumbered time and dedication for a
secure future for IEEE.
IEEE has organizational breath, a powerful brand, enviable mission and a
defined future direction in its strategic plan. Our basic business models and
relevance as a membership organization must be tested and adapted to
change. Implementation of that strategic plan will require establishing priority
and accountability, making a commitment to innovation, and establishing a
clearly cooperative volunteer and staff relationship. The world’s leading technical
professional organization can grow that lead with a leadership focused on crisp
execution in
Building new and broader technical communities – more areas, more
communities, act as a multidisciplinary trendsetter
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Leading the way in emerging technology forums – provide trend analysis,
reestablish industry outreach, be a definitive source of indispensable content
Expanding our rich public policy voice globally – grow visibility with both
technology and policy worldwide, be a strong partner with other professional
groups, be a source that must be consulted
Renewing our focus on membership value – tailored value propositions,
openness to alternative membership models
I believe we are a professional membership organization. Members create
much of the value but they are also diverse in both their affiliations and needs.
Time must be devoted to understanding and delivering on needs of members
that are engaged in studying, teaching, practicing, inventing and advocating for
technology who also may be entrepreneurs and consultants, or have special
career needs such as young professionals or women. Focus on these areas is
assured by your vote.
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For IEEE President-Elect, 2017
IEEE President, 2018
WANDA K. REDER
(Nominated by IEEE Board of Directors)
Chief Strategy Officer
S&C Electric Company
Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.WandaReder.com
Wanda Reder is the Chief Strategy Officer at S&C Electric
Company, a global provider of electric power switching,
protection, and control solutions. She has responsibility for strategy, competitive
positioning, and acquisitions, and built an engineer-procure-construct
organization that has positioned S&C as a leader in wind, solar and energy
storage markets. Prior to S&C, she served as Vice President at Exelon, overseeing
asset management, engineering, planning and standards for electric utility power
operations in Philadelphia and Chicago.
Wanda is a strategically-minded, results-oriented executive who is a widelyrecognized inspirational leader with high energy. For example, she provided
leadership to launch the IEEE Smart Grid and the IEEE PES Scholarship Plus
Initiative–both first-of-kind activities that serve as models within IEEE.
An IEEE Fellow, Wanda serves on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Electricity
Advisory Committee, and was elected into the National Academy of Engineering
for leadership in electric power delivery and workforce development.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’98-SM’05-F’12)
My significant accomplishments:
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IEEE Smart Grid Chair and Founder 2011-2014
• IEEE Smart Grid has 90,000+ followers, is supported by 14 IEEE
Operating Units, and is a successful model that other IEEE multidisciplinary initiatives are replicating. It developed collaboration across
the Institute, built a trusted voice, attracted industry involvement, and
has facilitated social media adoption.
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IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) President 2008-2009
• As its first female President, provided leadership to rebrand, rename
and add value-added services. As a result, PES membership has
consistently grown to become the second largest IEEE society.
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yy IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative Chair and Founder 2010-2014
• Has attracted US$6.5M in charitable contributions, granted over 950
scholarships, attracted enthusiastic Young Professionals to IEEE, and
nearly doubled the pipeline of graduating power engineers. IEEE
Foundation Signature Programs are modeling it to enable IEEE
humanitarian efforts with philanthropy.
IEEE Board and Committee - a sample of my contributions:
yy IEEE Foundation Board of Directors 2014-Present
• Audit Committee 2016
• Nomination & Corporate Governance 2015
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IEEE Board of Directors
• Director, Division VII (Power & Energy) 2014-2015
• Industry Engagement Ad Hoc Committee 2014 (Chair); 2015
• IT Ad Hoc Committee 2014
• Future Directions Committee 2009-2015
• IEEE OU Conferences & Education Activities Cooperation Ad Hoc
Committee 2009
• Public Visibility Committee 2014-2015
• TA/MGA Visits Program 2009
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IEEE Technical Activities Board 2008-2009; 2014-2015
IEEE Power & Energy Society Governing Board 2002-2011; 2013-2015
IEEE Women in Engineering Board 2010
Awards – most recent recognition:
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2016 IEEE–Eta Kappa Nu Induction
2015 IEEE Chicago Section Distinguish Service Award
2014 IEEE Richard M. Emberson Medal
2013 IEEE Power & Energy Society Meritorious Service Award
2013 IEEE TAB Hall of Honor
2013 Electrical and Computer Engineering Heads Association Industry
Award
2012 IEEE Power & Energy Society Leadership Award
2012 IEEE Fellow
Statement
IEEE is an extraordinary community having global reach and technical breadth
like none other. By leveraging the Institute’s collective strength, IEEE will continue
to be predominate in advancing technology for humanity. Meanwhile, serving
evolving interests requires increased agility to remain relevant. IEEE Board of
Directors have been addressing this through strategic planning to prepare IEEE
for the future.
As IEEE President, I will advance the strategic plan into implementation by
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aligning priorities, resource allocation, and financial investment. My near-term
focus is on growth by increasing engagement and fostering greater relavancy
and membership value:
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Increase Global Engagement
…with a specific focus on industry. Global membership engagement is
important to IEEE’s vitality. Increased global focus is especially needed to
forge a deeper connection with industry and practicing engineers. In doing
so we can ensure their continued participation by better illustrating IEEE
benefits and providing services that are truly valued.
Improve Relevancy
…by remaining a leader in technical development that is made available
through improved tools that contemporizes and transforms content and
its delivery. Developing partnerships to enhance search engines, online
access, interactive capability and mobile device applications can greatly
enhance the access and delivery of relevant information.
Build More Value
…by offering competency-based education that supports career progression.
Engineering careers are increasingly collaborative, multidisciplinary,
entrepreneurial, and global, which is changing professional education
needs. IEEE can increase value for membership and industry by becoming a
career development partner that enables progression though competencybased education that is IEEE certified.
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For IEEE Division Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2017
IEEE Division Delegate/Director, 2018-2019
Division I (CAS, EDS, SSCS)
RAKESH KUMAR
(Nominated by IEEE Division I)
President and CEO
TCX Technology Connexions
San Diego, California, USA
Rakesh Kumar is an industry veteran, entrepreneur, and
now an educator. TCX offers consulting services in advanced
micro/nano-electronics and virtual operations. Clients have
been IC companies, mid-size and large Fortune 500 companies, and leading
research organizations. He serves as a Business and Technology Advisor at UC
San Diego’s Entrepreneurism Center. He has developed and teaches a very
popular successful entrepreneurship course to engineering undergraduates.
Authored “Fabless Semiconductor Implementation”, published by McGraw Hill.
He is an IEEE Life Fellow and long-term active volunteer. During his semiconductor
industry career Dr. Kumar has been the VP and GM of Cadence Design’s
worldwide Silicon Technology Services business, and held various technical and
management positions at Unisys and Motorola. He received the Ph.D. and M.S.
EE from the University of Rochester (1974 and 1971 respectively). He received
a BTechEE from IIT Delhi (1969), and an Executive MBA from the UC, San Diego
(1989).
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’70-M’74-SM’91-F’08-LF’13)
Committees/Board: Technical Activities Board: Member 2012-13, alternate
2006-11; TAB Strategic Planning 2014-16; Management 2016; Chair, Adhoc
supporting
2017/2014/2011 Sections Congress activities; Chair, SSIT
Turnaround Adhoc 2012-14; Representative, MGA Ops 2011; Ethics and
Conflict Resolution 2010; TAB FinCom 2007-09.
SSCS: President 2012-13; Vice-President 2010-11; Treasurer 2005-10; CICC
Representative to SSCS AdCom 2000-04; Nominations Chair 2014-15; Chair,
Magazine Advisory Board, 2014-present. Keynote/Plenary Talks: ASICON
2013, ASSCC 2011-12, ICE-ID 2013. CICC Committee 1991-2004: Steering/
Organizing, General Chair, Conference Chair, Program Chair, Exhibits Chair.
Major Accomplishments:
yy 46 years Member, 26 years active Volunteer
yy MGA Sections Congress – Led/leading 2017/2014/2011 SC TA efforts
yy Successfully led efforts to turnaround a Society
yy As SSCS President/President-elect, promoted outreach for global presence
• Facilitated formation of 12 new Chapters (15% growth in 2 years)
• Led programs that transformed declining Society membership trend to
positive annual growth (~2.5%) in 2 years
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Promoted volunteer recognition – Fellow nominations increased by
80%
• Enhanced educational activities – >15 tutorials/short courses available
online, 7 Distinguished Lecture "Tours" in Regions 8-10 (participated
in 3)
• Launched successful SSCS Webinar program Numerous Distinguished
Lectures on behalf of SSCS and EDS
• Supported GOLD/YP and WIE activities
• Championed/promoted member value
Spear-headed approval and launched SSCS Magazine focused on historical,
educational and newsworthy content (2005-06). Tutorials Editor for five
years.
Used Leadership skills that drove the formulation/approval of crossfunctional publications:
• RFIC Virtual Journal – Fostered cooperation between SSC/CAS/MTT/
ED/AP Societies
• JxCDC – Journal of Exploratory Computational Devices and Circuits
(sponsors SSCS/Magnetics/NanoTech C/CAS/Computer; technical cosponsors EDS/C Superconductivity/CEDA)
Fostered MGA and TAB cooperation – TAB rep on MGA Ops (2011), and
led/leading TAB role in 2017/2014/2011 Sections Congress
IEEE and TAB Financial knowhow – FinCom (2004-07), Society Treasurer
(2004-10). Coached two Societies/Councils having financial difficulties.
SSCS premier conference Program, Conference, General Chair 1997-99
Supported IEEE’s ethical standards, served on TAB Ethics and Conflict
Resolution (2010)
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Statement
Throughout my industrial/volunteer career I have been recognized as a
collaborator, and organization unifier/builder. As Division Director I will use my
inter-personal, technical and management skills to enhance communication and
cooperation among our Societies/Councils, and promote our key role in the
development of innovative microelectronics products. The technical solutions
for complex SoC’s used in these products, and my experience transcend the
Scopes/FOIs of our Societies/Councils. Formulating cross-functional offerings
for communities in these overlapping areas will increase Member Value, and
generate much interest in expanding membership.
An area for increased communication and cooperation is in our Division’s
globalization and outreach efforts - working together we can be more creative,
efficient, and accomplish loftier goals.
These are challenging goals that will require cooperation not only from TAB
volunteers but also MGA volunteers, and IEEE staff. I will leverage my experience,
demonstrated ability to collaborate, and leadership skills to bring Division I
Societies and Councils closer together. We will then be able to provide enhanced
value to our members and volunteers, improve community participation, and
membership.
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For IEEE Division Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2017
IEEE Division Delegate/Director, 2018-2019
Division I (CAS, EDS, SSCS)
RENUKA P. JINDAL
(Nominated by IEEE Division I)
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~rpj9919/rpj/index.htm
Dr. Renuka Jindal’s research and teaching interests lie in
the theory and practice of random processes applicable to
a wide variety of phenomena in electronic and photonic devices and circuits,
lightwave and wireless communications and biological systems.
Earlier, Dr. Jindal was with Bell Labs at Murray Hill, Princeton and Whippany, NJ
as a distinguished member of technical staff for 22 years bridging both technical
and administrative roles. Highlights include his pioneering work in developing a
physical understanding of noise in MOS devices with few hundred nanometers
regime channel lengths and ultra-low noise amplification of fiber-optic signals.
Dr. Jindal is known for his seminal work in reducing MOSFET noise by almost
an order of magnitude for analog and RF applications (elected IEEE Fellow
in 1991). He is also a recipient of the IEEE 3rd Millennium Medal. He is the
founding Editor-in-Chief of the nascent IEEE Journal of Electron Devices Society.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’77-M’80-SM’85-F’91)
Committees/Boards:
yy Member IEEE Technical Activities Board (2010-2011)
yy Division I EDS representative to the IEEE TAB Periodicals Committee (20022004, 2007)
Sections/Chapters:
yy Chapter Partner/Mentor/volunteer for EDS chapters in Region 10 (Asia and
Pacific) (1998 to Present)
yy IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecturer (1995 to Present)
Student Branches:
yy Mentor, region 10 (South Asia) – Helped initiate 4 EDS student branches
(2004-2012)
yy Mentor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette – Helped organize and
participated in local events (2010-2014)
Electron Devices Society:
yy Past President (2016 to Present)
yy Senior Past President (2014-2015)
yy Junior Past President (2012-2013)
yy President (2010-2011)
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yy EDS Nominations and Elections Committee: Chair (2012-2013); Member
(2014, 2010-2011)
yy EDS Fellow Committee (2012-2013)
yy EDS VP Publications (2000-2008)
yy IEEE Journal of Electron Devices Society: Founding Editor-in-Chief (2013 to
Present)
yy IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices: Editor-in-Chief (1990-2000); Editor,
(1987-1989)
Conferences:
yy Co-Chair, Steering Committee, IEDST 2009 and ICEE (2012 to Present)
As a 40 year veteran of IEEE with a dual career in industry and academia, Dr.
Jindal rose through the ranks as Editor, Editor-in-Chief, VP Publications, and EDS
President. He formulated the vision and mission of EDS enhancing member
benefits launching a plethora of initiatives reversing the decline in EDS
membership. Partial list of accomplishments is given below:
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United six societies and 1 council to launch highly successful IEEE Journal
of Photovoltaics
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Launched EDS webinar series serving the practicing engineers; adopted by
other IEEE societies
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Launched the 1st EDS Open-Access Journal J-EDS
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Founded QuestEDS for members to get authoritative answers to technical
questions
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Founded the EDS Celebrated Member program to honor Nobel Laureates
and other luminaries
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Mentored launch of high-school outreach program (EDS-ETC) across USA
and abroad
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Stimulated growth of EDS/Div I chapters in South Asia from 1 to over 20
Statement
To realize the IEEE Envisioned Future in serving humanity, we must leverage
our technical prowess and diversity. While the five units of Division I have
successfully pursued their Visions and Missions, the power of collaborative effort
needs revitalization. I will build upon the mutual synergies by launching joint
activities, developing a close-knit global community.
An increase in the number of active chapters across the USA and abroad
with emphasis on R10 countries with a strong IEEE membership growth will
be essential. Patterned on success of EDS, I intend to facilitate this thread for
Division I in other parts of the world.
To serve the needs of the global technical community, with input from Division
I Societies and Councils, I intend to provide actionable feedback at IEEE TAB
and BOD level. Also as Division I delegate to the IEEE Assembly, I will actively
voice the interests of Division I electorate. Our input will be critical in shaping the
future IEEE and will need your active campaigning to make this a reality.
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IEEE Division Delegate/Director, 2018-2019
Division III (Communications)
VIJAY K. BHARGAVA
(Nominated by IEEE Division III)
Professor
University of British Columbia – Vancouver
Vancouver, Canada
www.ece.ubc.ca/~vijayb
Vijay Bhargava is a Professor at UBC in Vancouver where he
served as the Department Head during 2003-2008. As a
distinguished speaker for IEEE entities he has lectured in 66 countries and has
rudimentary knowledge of several languages. He received his PhD from Queen’s
University, Canada. Vijay has held visiting appointments at Ecole polytechnique,
NTT Research Lab, Tohuku University, HKUST and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg. He is Honourary Professor at UESTC, Chengdu and Gandhi
Distinguished Visiting Professor at IIT Bombay.
Vijay served as Founder and President of Binary Communications Inc. (19832001). He is co-author of Digital Communications by Satellite (Wiley: 1981).
He co-edited Reed-Solomon Codes and Their Applications (IEEE Press:
1994), Cognitive Wireless Communication Networks (Springer: 2007),
Cooperative Wireless Communications Networks (Cambridge: 2011), Green
Radio Communication Networks (Cambridge: 2012) and Wireless-Powered
Communications Networks: Architectures, Protocols and Applications a
forthcoming Cambridge book. Vijay’s current area of research is on fifth
generation wireless systems.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’70-M’76-SM’82-F’92-LF’13)
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As the President of the Communications Society (2012-2013), facilitated
the creation of a number of new periodicals. These include the Wireless
Communications Letters, China Communications (joint publication
with the China Institute of Communications), Transactions on Cognitive
Communications and Networks (TCCN) and the Transaction on Molecular,
Biological and Multi-Scale Communications. Negotiated partnership with
sister societies in Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC), Transactions on
Big Data and the Internet of Things Journal. Introduced electronic products
such as ComSoc Technology News and Best Readings. New conferences
such as ICCC, Conference on Communications and Network Security
and regional conferences were introduced. ComSoc Standard Activities
completed two years and introduced several new standards.
IEEE Board of Directors (1992-1995)
IEEE Vice President of Regional Activities, now Member and Geographic
Activities. Helped to develop Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD),
now known as Young Professional Program. Assisted IEEE Presidents in
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negotiating sister society agreements in India, Japan and Russia.
yy Region 7 (Canada) Director (1992-1993). Facilitated the creation of IEEE
Canada.
yy Member, IEEE Technical Activities Board (2012-2013 and 2000-2002)
yy Member, IEEE Educational Activities Board (1992-1993)
yy IEEE India Ad Hoc Committee (2009-2011)
yy IEEE Honourary Member Selection Committee (2006-2008)
yy Chair, IEEE Teaching Award Committee (2007-2008)
yy Chair, IEEE Conference Committee (2001-2002)
yy Member, IEEE PSPB Wireless Periodical Working Group (2000-2001) which
led to the creation of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
yy President IEEE Information Theory Society (2000). Assisted in the
creation of Shannon Park in Gaylord, Michigan, the town where Claude
Shannon spent the first sixteen years of his life. A statue commissioned by
ITS was presented to the city.
yy IEEE Victoria Section Chair (1986-1987). Founded IEEE Pacific Rim
Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing.
yy IEEE Montreal Section Chair. Edited Current Phase Courante, its bilingual
newsletter.
yy IEEE Student Branch Counsellor, Concordia University (1976-1978).
Facilitated field trips to local and nearby industries.
Statement
The Division III Director is elected by members of the Communications Society
(ComSoc) to the IEEE Board of Directors. Just as I have done as ComSoc
President, I will work to ensure that our Society:
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Quickly contributes to emerging technologies by way of new periodicals
and conferences. As communications is ubiquitous, we may need to
partner with other societies. Examples include the TCCN where ComSoc
is the lead and TCC in partnership with Computer Society. We now have
similar opportunities with the GREEN ICT initiative.
Makes strategic alliances with sister societies for new publications and
conferences. Examples include, JCN with KICS, ChinaCom and ICCC with
CIC and NCC and ANTS in India.
Attracts and retains women and young professional members. ComSoc
Standing Committee on Women in Communication Engineering and Ad
Hoc Committee on Young Professionals should be charged with this task.
Shows engineers the benefits of joining ComSoc. The creation of a Standing
Committee on Industry Content in conferences, appointing a Co-EiC from
industry for ComSoc publication and educational products are the right
vehicle for it.
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IEEE Division Delegate/Director, 2018-2019
Division III (Communications)
ALEXANDER D. GELMAN
(Nominated by IEEE Division III)
CTO
NETovations Consulting Group
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
www.adgelman.net
Alexander D. Gelman received M.E. and Ph.D. (EE)
from City University of New York. Presently he is CTO of
NETovations Consulting Group. During 1998-2007 Alex worked as Chief Scientist
at Panasonic Princeton Research Laboratory; during 1984-1998 at Bellcore,
lastly as Director-Internet Access Architectures Research. Alex has numerous
publications and several patents. He pioneered Multimedia Bridging, Video on
Demand over Networks and XDSL-based Internet Access. He was among first
recipients of Bellcore President’s Award.
Alex co-founded eight IEEE conferences and two publications; initiated ComSoc
Standards Activities; initiated ComSoc Technical Committee and standardization
in Power Line Communications; chaired the Technical Committee on Multimedia
Communications; served four terms as ComSoc Vice President.
Alex served on IEEE-SA BoG and several terms on Standards Board, e.g.
representing TAB; chaired TAB Ad Hoc Committee on Standards.
Alex is a recipient of ComSoc Donald McLellan Meritorious Service Award, IEEESA Corporate Standards Sponsor Award and IEEE-SA Standards Medallion.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’82-M’86-SM’91-LS’15)
In over 34 years of IEEE volunteer activities I progressed from a line volunteer
organizing technical sessions at conferences and editing Feature Topics and
Special Issues in publications to chairing ComSoc Technical Committee, to
ComSoc and IEEE-SA governance serving on various IEEE, ComSoc and IEEE-SA
committees, to serving on IEEE-SA and ComSoc Boards of Governors, including
three ComSoc directorships, one term as CIO, and four terms as ComSoc VicePresident.
My range of IEEE activities spans:
Publications:
Served as guest-editor of several Feature Topic issues of the Communications
Magazine and special issues of JSAC
yy Served on the founding steering committee for IEEE Transactions on
Multimedia
yy Initiated and served as guest-editor of ComMag FT series IEEE Standards in
Communications and Networking
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yy Initiated the ComMag Communications Standards Supplement
yy Initiated and serve on the inaugural steering committee for IEEE
Communications Standards Magazine
Conferences:
Served as Organizing Committees chair and vice-chair, on TPCs for several
ComSoc portfolio conferences
yy Served on founding Steering Committee for IEEE-ICME, IEEE-SmartGridCom,
IEEE-CSCN
yy Initiated and co-founded IEEE-CCNC
yy Helped to acquire four conferences: IEEE-BlackSeaCom, IEEE-P2P
Computing, IEEE-SIIT, IEEE-ISPLC
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Standards Activities:
Initiated ComSoc Standards Board and served two terms as ComSoc
Director of Standards
yy Architected ComSoc Standards Activities Council and was elected first
ComSoc’s Vice President-Standards Activities
yy Served on IEEE-SA Board of Governors and several terms on IEEE-SA
Standards Board and its committees
yy Initiated and guided the Smart Grid Vision project sponsored by IEEE-SA
and implemented in partnership with 5 Technical Societies
yy Chaired the 2008 TAB Ad Hoc Committee on Standards
yy Served 3 terms as IEEE-TAB representative to IEEE-SA Standards Board
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For my volunteer contributions I received the ComSoc Multimedia TC Distinguished
Service Award, ComSoc Donald W. McLellan Meritorious Service Award, and
IEEE-SA Standards Medallion. On my watch, while serving as ComSoc Director of
Standards, ComSoc received the IEEE-SA Corporate Standards Sponsor Award.
Statement
It is critical for IEEE to enable volunteer communities to innovate and exercise
volunteer entrepreneurship and to utilize volunteer productivity in producing new
IEEE products and services. IEEE leadership and staff partners must cooperate in
creation of a proper ecosystem where volunteer innovation can flourish.
IEEE-wide initiatives in emerging technologies represent an effective mechanism
for proactive discovery of new opportunities in conferences, publications, training,
and standards. The Initiatives invest in industry-academia team-work including
white papers and technology vision publications, pre-standardization research,
operating virtual labs, testbeds, etc. Team-work that produces actual Intellectual
Property and proactively discovers standardization and business opportunities is
a new phenomenon for IEEE and requires proper governance policies to help
volunteers in these activities.
If elected I will work with TAB, IEEE-SA and BoD on policies for support of creative
team-work that will help to improve the IEEE initiatives’ return on investment.
I will work on improving attractiveness of IEEE initiatives to IEEE and Technical
Society members, on ensuring support for inclusive participation of able and
willing volunteers from industry and academia globally.
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IEEE Division Delegate/Director, 2018-2019
Division III (Communications)
ASHUTOSH DUTTA
(Nominated by IEEE Division III)
Director, Technology Security
AT&T Chief Security Office
Middletown, New Jersey, USA
www.AshutoshDutta.org
Ashutosh Dutta is currently Director Technology Security at
AT&T’s Chief Security Office in New Jersey. With a career
spanning more than 25 years, he held various positions including CTO of Wireless
at NIKSUN, Senior Scientist at Telcordia Research, Director of Central Research
Facility at Columbia University, adjunct professor at NJIT, and Computer Engineer
with TATA Motors. He authored over 80 conference/journal publications, three
book chapters, and 30 issued patents. Ashutosh co-authored “Mobility Protocols
and Handover Optimization: Design, Evaluation and Application,” published by
IEEE and John & Wiley. He is editor-in-chief for the Journal of Cybersecurity and
Mobility published by River Publishers. A long-time, dedicated IEEE volunteer,
he is the recipient of the IEEE MGA and IEEE-USA leadership awards. Ashutosh
obtained a BS in Electrical Engineering from NIT, Rourkela, India, MS in Computer
Science from NJIT, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University,
NY under the supervision of Prof. Henning Schulzrinne.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(AF’94-M’97-SM’03)
Major IEEE Accomplishments
1. During my tenure as Chair of IEEE Princeton/Central Jersey Section, I
established four new chapters: Education Society, Women in Engineering,
Signaling and Circuits Society, Broadcasting Technology Society and
established the sister section agreement between Princeton/Central Jersey
Section and Bangalore Section that strengthened the cooperation and
collaboration between Region 1 and Region 10.
2. As the Industry Relation Chair for Region 1 and MGA, I led the efforts in
strengthening the relationship between IEEE and Industry by organizing
Industry Days (www.ieee-industry.org) at different locations within Regions
1 and 10.
3. I helped establish 7 STEM clubs at various NJ high schools, helped to
implement an EPICS-HIGH project, and served as the General co-chair of
the IEEE Integrated STEM conference (http://ewh.ieee.org/conf/stem/) for
6 years after helping to co-establish the conference, in 2011.
4. As the IEEE Communications Society Director of Industry Outreach, I
created a framework for industry engagement and led a series of highly
successful high impact 5G Summits (www.ieee-5gsummit.org) at various
locations across the globe.
Awards/Activities
yy IEEE EAB Recognition Award for IEEE EPICS-HIGH (2015)
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yy IEEE MGA Leadership Award (2009)
yy IEEE Region 1 Award (2009)
yy Best Paper Award IEEE IMSAA (2009)
yy IEEE PCJS Section Leadership Award (2005)
yy Best Paper Award IEEE EIT (2005)
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yy MGA History Committee (2014)
yy MGA Pre-University Liaison for EAB (2013)
yy MGA Industry Relation Chair (2009-2012)
yy Member IEEE MGA Ad Hoc Public Visibility Committee (2009)
Region 1
yy Region 1 ECS Representative (2014-2015)
yy Region 1 Industry Relation Coordinator (2008-2011)
Princeton/Central Jersey Section
yy Vice-Chair/Chair, Communication Society (2010-Present)
yy Vice Chair/Acting Chair, Education Society (2010-Present)
yy Section Chair (2008-2009)
yy Vice-Chair (2006-2007)
yy Treasurer (2004-2005)
yy Secretary (2003)
Communications Society
yy Co-leader for IEEE GET5G initiative (2016)
yy Director of Industry Outreach (2014-Present)
yy Associate Technical Editor and Guest Editor of Communication Magazine
(2012-2013, 2016)
yy Chair Adhoc Public Visibility Committee (2009)
Statement
Communication Society should play a pivotal role in empowering its members
so they can contribute towards the advancement of technology for humanity by
way of invention, innovation, and humanitarian service. I will utilize my industry
and academic experience and my IEEE leadership, pre-university, and industry
liaison activities to promote ComSoc’s goals and objectives.
If elected, I will work with fellow colleagues and volunteers across the world to
develop the following core areas:
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Engage and empower IEEE members at the grass root level so that they
can contribute their best towards the advancement of humanity.
Enhance IEEE-Industry relationship that will help drive both the society’s
membership growth as well as professional growth of Industry members.
Encourage professional development initiatives through ComSoc’s
education and training programs through webinars and online courses
taught by industry and academia experts.
Expand on standards activities for rapid deployment of emerging
technologies such as 5G, SDN/NFV, Cybersecurity, 5G and IOT.
Extend ComSoc’s collaboration with IEEE entities such as MGA, EAB, and
TAB to deliver excellence by way of member engagement and enrichment.
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Division V (Computer)
JOHN W. WALZ
(Nominated by IEEE Division V)
Lucent Technologies (Retired)
Naperville, Illinois, USA
http://johnwalz.com
John W. Walz retired from Lucent Technologies/AT&T with
more than 20 years of management/coaching experience,
covering positions in hardware and software engineering,
quality planning and auditing, standards development and implementation,
and strategic planning. Walz has coauthored three books covering the use of
IEEE Software Engineering Standards to support CMMI, ISO 9001, and Lean Six
Sigma. He is also a contributor to the Computer Society ReadyNotes, industry
webinar programs, and IEEE 730:2015.
An IEEE Senior Member, Walz was the 2012 Computer Society (CS) president.
He was appointed to the CS Standards Activities Board and served as secretary
and chair, served on the IEEE Conference Publications Committee, was a
member of the CS Awards Committee, and served as the Hans Karlsson Award
Chair, among other positions.
Walz is a Golden Core member and recipient of the Distinguished Service and
Meritorious Service Award. He received an MS in electrical engineering from
Ohio State University.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’70-M’70-SM’04-LS’13)
My principle accomplishment in the IEEE has been to build a stronger and more
effective organization. I addressed and improved the vitality of organizational
units, boards, committees/sub-committees within the IEEE and in the IEEE
Computer Society. I brought contentious boards together, developed ways
of recruiting new volunteers, and promoted the Society to practitioners and
academics. I have served as your society president, technical activities and
conferences vice-president, standards boards, and as your current Division XIII
Director.
To the IEEE, I used my 20+ years of industry leadership experience to bring
volunteers together, help them make sound judgments and plans for the future,
while strengthening the IEEE structure. I have resolved contentions among
different parts of the IEEE and helped operating units be successful.
I have been particularly effective in communicating with volunteers and helping
them understand IEEE’s purpose and benefits. I have been successful in
helping members understand the value of the Society and the Institute, its goals,
policy, organizational design, project plans, budgets, measures, assessments,
improvement plans, and leadership.
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COMMITTEES/BOARDS:
yy 2015-2016 Division VIII Director, 2014 Director-Elect
yy 2016 Chair, Audit Committee, 2015 Member
yy 2015 Board Holistic Information Technology Ad Hoc
yy 2015 Chair, TAB Strategic Planning Ad Hoc Communities
yy 2015-2016 TAB Finance Committee
yy 2015-2016 TAB, Financial Transparency Ad Hoc
yy 2014 Board Information Technology Ad Hoc
yy 2014-2015 Secretary/Treasurer, Life Sciences Technical Community
yy 2013-2015 TAB Conference Committee
yy 2015, 2009-2010 Conference Publications Committee
yy 2013 Chair, Conference Branding Ad Hoc
yy 2012-2013 Co-Chair, TAB Ad Hoc Attracting Industry Practitioners
yy 2011-2013 Chair, Life Sciences New Initiative, Member/Roadmap/
Branding Subcommittee
yy 2008 Co-Chair, TAB Ad Hoc on Standards
REGIONS:
yy 2014-2015 Co-Chair, Board New Initiatives Seed Grant on Chapters
Recordings and Distribution for R4 and R6
COMPUTER SOCIETY:
2012 President
2009-2010 VP, Technical & Conference Activities Board
2007-2008 VP, Standards Activities Board, 1985-2006 Secretary
2007-2016 Executive Committee
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OTHER:
2008-2011 Vice-Chair, P730 Software Quality Assurance Process Working
Group
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Statement
For IEEE and the Computer Society to provide benefits to you and to impact
our profession and humanity, we must make tough financial decisions, set
priorities for continued growth and membership support, and manage risks.
These benefits include offering innovative, relevant, affordable, quality products
and services to support the professional development of our diverse members,
including industry professionals, students, young professional, educators, and
authors/researchers.
As the majority of our members are industry practitioners, we will work to
understand their and their employers’ professional needs. These global and local
needs will be analyzed to design and deploy improved continuing education
resources for your next project or future job.
As your current Division Director XIII (Computer) and past Computer Society
president, I will continue to work with staff and volunteer leaders to improve IEEE
and its many units to become more responsive, agile, collaborative, transparent,
accountable, and supportive to our members and volunteers as measured by
their increased engagement.
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Division V (Computer)
SOREL REISMAN
(Nominated by IEEE Region 10)
Managing Director MERLOT
California State University Office of the Chancellor; and
Professor of IS, California State University – Fullerton
Long Beach, California, USA
http://tinyurl.com/S-Reisman
Sorel Reisman is Managing Director of the international,
higher education consortium MERLOT at the California State University Office
of the Chancellor, and Professor of IS at CSU Fullerton. He has held senior
management positions at IBM (Canada & US), Toshiba (US), and EMI (UK). He has
presented/published 90+ articles including the books Multimedia Computing:
Preparing for the 21st Century, and Electronic Learning Communities – Current
Issues and Best Practices. He is a Senior IEEE member, Computer Society Golden
Core member, member of Eta Kappa Nu, and is serving a second term on the
board of the Open Education Consortium (formerly the OCWC). He serves on
a number of IEEE and non-IEEE journal editorial boards. Reisman received his
EE degree, and MA, and PhD in Computer Applications from the University of
Toronto. Appointed a Fulbright Specialist in December, 2014
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(AF’06-M’08-SM’08)
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Computer Society President Emeritus – 2011
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Served on 3 different IEEE Boards: TAB (2011), EAB (2014-2015), PSPB
(2014-Present)
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Decades-long Computer Society volunteer; chaired and served on countless
committees, including VP, Electronic Products and Services, VP Publications,
2010 President-Elect, 2011 President, 2012 Past President
yy
Launched CS’s Strategic Plan (SP 7) aligning CS activities with IEEE initiatives
and initiatives critical to our profession. Created management/operational
processes ensuring ongoing realization of the objectives of such strategic
plans.
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Created/negotiated innovative/proactive intersociety activities/programs/
MOUs with ACM, Computer Society of India, Information Processing Society
of Japan, Brazilian Computer Society, Chinese Computer Federation, and
Italian Computer Society, bringing them closer to IEEE. Met IEEE sections/
chapters around the world, promoting IEEE membership programs/
activities.
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“Invented” the concept and policies of/for CS Special Technical Communities
(STCs), a new online, collaborative special interest group structure – now a
major CS initiative.
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yy Member-at-Large – CS Publications Board for many years; Chair of
Magazines Operations Committee for 2, two-year terms. Chaired many EIC
searches and served on the editorial boards of Software, Multimedia, and
IT Pro magazines. Instrumental in launching latter two; currently chair of IT
Pro Advisory Board. As CS Publications VP (2008, 2009) oversaw planning/
launching of the Transaction on Affective Computing. Also initiated CS’s
anti-plagiarism committee/policies/practices later adopted/incorporated by
IEEE. In that position initiated CS’s exploration of incorporating CSDL into
Xplore. As CS President oversaw the beginning of the evolution of CS’s print
products to mobile and to digital-only.
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EAB (2012-2016) – Continuing Education Committee, TAB representative,
member-at-large; EIC of IEEE eLearning Library Board, worked towards
organizing/formalizing eLearning course review processes; explored ways
generate course-based, revenue-generating certification products/services
yy
Elected Member-at-Large, IEEE PSPB (2016Present); member of Strategic
Planning Committee (2014-2016)
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COMPSAC Standing Committee Chair (2016Present) – General Chair
(2011), launched Computer Education/Learning Technologies (CELT)
Symposium
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Education Society member – co-creator/co-chair of CS-sponsored
Computing Education - TALE Conference (2015-Present)
Statement
It’s clear that melting polar ice caps will have a significant effect on society; and
it is also clear that many of our future members’ current addiction to social
networking will substantially affect their perception of IEEE’s value to them. While
there’s some, but not much IEEE can do about polar ice caps, there’s much we
can do to address the consequences of social networking addiction. We have
the opportunity now, to take action that can result in positive future membership
growth, or we can continue to develop programs/products/services appropriate
for a declining membership segment of Baby Boomers and their predecessors.
As computing professionals who invented many of the computing applications
that are dramatically changing society, I believe we have another responsibility
– to mentor and support lifelong learning and professional career development
of our young professional colleagues. As Division V Director, I intend to focus
on strategies that address value propositions that resonate with the needs of
our future members, to avoid sinking the ship rather than moving around deck
chairs to avoid a disaster.
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Division VII (Power & Energy)
BRUNO MEYER
(Nominated by IEEE Division VII)
Business Development Manager
RTE
Paris La Defense, France
Bruno Meyer is Business Development Manager at RTE.
He was previously CEO of ARTERIA (2011-2016), the
telecommunications subsidiary of RTE. There he launched
new products, increased the revenue by 50% and doubled profits.
He joined EDF in 1985 where he led several departments. He was responsible
for EDF’s R&D on Transmission & Distribution (USD$40M) after being department
director with a 150 strong team, covering power systems dynamics, economics,
design, and technology fields.
He published over 40 scientific papers including a book.
Throughout his career he favored innovation, and always being result driven. He
has shown the capacity to detect and foster new activities, and demonstrated
ability to build national and international-level partnerships with industry,
consultants and academics.
Board member of the French Society of Electrical Engineers (SEE) and the French
CIGRE National Committee. He was awarded CIGRE’s Technical Committee
Award.
Ph.D. Edinburgh, M.Sc. Sao Paulo, B.Sc. Unicamp.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’90-SM’97-F’08)
I have been actively involved in IEEE activities since 1990. Highlights of the
activities are:
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Candidate for Power & Energy Society (PES) President-Elect in 2015 (on
request of PES Nominations & Appointments Committee). I see these
nominations as a recognition by the Committee of my capability to preside
over one of the largest IEEE societies. I believe that my background (utility,
research, management and international experience) is a strong asset
which explains why the Committee asked be to run twice for presidentelect of PES.
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Candidate for PES President-Elect in 2013 (on request of PES Nominations
& Appointments Committee).
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Member of the Governing Board of PES (2006 to 2008) as Representative
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for Region 8. I have structured the relationships between PES in Region 8
and encouraged the recognition of volunteers, and favored membership
growth during that period.
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IEEE Power Tech: Member of the International Steering Committee. I have
helped to transform this regional conference into a recurrent IEEE one,
which gathers industry and researchers within Europe, but also outside
Europe.
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Member of PES Long Term Planning.
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Distinguished Lecturer for PES (since 2007). Thanks to this DL Program, I
was invited to give conferences on smart grids in Australia and New Zealand.
I was also invited in Tunisia to give talks to industry but also to Student
Sections.
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Member of the Board of IEEE French Section (2005-2010). There, I held
several positions, including being in charge of the relationship between
industry and academics.
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Chapter Representative for PES Chapters for Western Europe (2001-2005).
I have organized meetings between chapters in Western Europe, in order to
share best practices and encourage membership growth and recognition of
volunteers by their management.
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PES French Chapter Chair (1998-2000).
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Participation to numerous working groups, panel sessions and meetings of
PES.
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Member of both PES and Communications Societies.
Statement
I have served IEEE, and PES in particular, since 1990. I contributed to scientific
papers and conferences, organized meetings and encouraged work done by
volunteers worldwide but specifically in Region 8.
My professional background shows my ability to identify new activities, launch
new projects (such as Smart Grids activities in Europe) and detect innovation.
My proven track record demonstrates encouraged growth and attention to costbenefit analysis.
If elected, I will bring my 30-year experience for new activities but keeping cost
control, making sure our members and volunteers will gain more than expected
from their membership fees.
I was also strongly involved with Telecommunications for years. I will encourage
cross-fertilization with Telecommunications, but also with the Digital world in
order to make the most of this revolution which is a gigantic source of progress
for Division VII.
Finally, living/lived in Europe and in Latin America, and my professional
experience working with large international scientific network that included
teams from America, Asia and Africa, I will contribute to thrive the international
footprint of this fantastic worldwide association.
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Division VII (Power & Energy)
NIRMAL K.C. NAIR
(Nominated by IEEE Division VII)
Faculty of Engineering
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/n-nair
Nirmal Nair received his BE in Electrical Engineering from
Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India in 1990. He
completed his ME in High Voltage Engineering from Indian Institute of Science
(IISc), Bangalore, India in 1996. After a decade of professional engineering and
lecturing, he relocated to United States where he was awarded PhD in Electrical
Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2004. Thereafter, he is based at
University of Auckland, New Zealand (NZ).
During his professional career Nirmal has held various industry, research and
academic positions. Currently, he is Associate Professor and Energy Theme
Leader for Faculty of Engineering engaging with NZ stakeholders like generators,
distributors/metering, retailers, system operator, regulators, consultancies,
vendors and engineering associations. He volunteers in various roles for IEEE,
PES and CIGRE. His expertise is protective relaying, electricity markets, voltage
security and blackouts. He is passionate about life-long-learning, energy policy,
innovation, leadership excellence and energy media outreach activities.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’90-S’01-M’04-SM’10)
Nirmal got introduced to IEEE as a student member during 1989-1990. In his
formative career, he used IEEE standards for relaying and Transactions Journal for
HV impulse testing. Attending the 2001 PES winter conference for the first time,
he formally reconnected as Graduate Student member and ever since IEEE is his
“professional home”. He started giving back to IEEE through his various Chapter,
Section and Regional roles.
IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES)
yy PES Long Range Planning Committee 2014-present
yy PES Constitution and Bylaws Committee Chair 2011-present
yy Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Editor 2014-present
yy PES R10 South Chapter Representative 2015-present
yy PES N&A Member 2011-2013
yy PES Chapter Chair IEEE NZ North 2011-2014
yy Transactions on Power Delivery, Guest Editor 2015-2016
yy PES Life Long Learning Subcommittee (LLLSC): Secretary, Vice-Chair, Chair
2009-2014
yy Membership: Power System Operations, Power System Education, Power
System Dynamic Performance, Power System Communication 2000-present
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yy Section Vice-Chair 2007-2008
yy Section Chair 2009-2010
yy Section Immediate Past Chair 2011-2012
yy Section Student Activities Coordinator 2011-present
yy University of Auckland (UoA) Student Branch Counselor 2005-present
IEEE Region 10 (R10):
yy NZ Council Chair 2016-present
yy R10 Awards & Recognition Committee 2015
yy R10 Student/WIE/GOLD Congress, Coordinator 2011
yy Authored IEEE Centre for Leadership Excellence SB Counselor role 2011
Conferences:
yy PES POWERCON (Auckland), General Chair, 2012
yy PELS SPEC (Auckland), Finance Chair, 2016
yy PES POWERCON (Wollongong), Publicity Chair, 2016
yy PES ISGT-ASIA (Auckland), General Co-Chair, 2017
IEEE Awards:
yy R10 Outstanding SB Counsellor 2012
yy MGA Outstanding Branch Counsellor 2013
yy R10 Outstanding Volunteer 2014
yy Transactions on SMC Andrew P. Sage Best Transactions Paper Co-author
2012
Nominating IEEE NZ North Section groups and members:
yy UoA SB for Darrel Chong Student Activity Award (2007); R10 Exemplary
Certificate (2008); R10 Outstanding Certificate (2010); R10 Outstanding
Award (2011)
yy President’s Exceptional Student Humanitarian winner “OneBeep” (2011)
yy MGA GOLD Award (2011, 2013), R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award
(2013)
Statement
I represent one of 35,500+ PES and 110,000+ IEEE Region 10 (Asia, Pacific,
and Oceania) members, the largest and fastest-growing Society and Region
across 20+ countries. In 2016, IEEE governance is undergoing constitutional
amendments responding to the needs of a complex and changing world ahead.
Issues like low-carbon energy, innovative workforce and humanitarian technology
equity will require renewed impetus from societies like PES and Computer
Society, both of which by no coincidence has amongst the largest Chapter
membership. PES’s unique strength are its industry membership; standards
generation; life-long-learning opportunities; financial sustainability; Technical
Council (best kept secret); synergy with CIGRE and other national societies; an
exemplar that I will promote to IEEE Governing Board as it embarks on anchoring
its 2030 vision. I will bring back to PES members IEEE’s 2030 resource streams
of empowering discovery, development and delivery of cutting-edge products/
services to strengthen PES’s own recent initiatives on Innovation (Smart Grid),
Policy (QER, Cyber Security) and Energy equity (Smart Villages). I humbly seek
your support to help deliver my above vision and opportunity to serve.
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IEEE Division Delegate/Director, 2018-2019
Division IX (AESS, GRSS, ITS, ITSS, OES, SPS, VTS)
JAMES M. IRVINE, BEng PhD CEng MIET FHEA
(Nominated by IEEE Division IX)
Reader
Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, United Kingdom
http://www.jamesmirvine.org
Dr. James Irvine is a Reader at the University of Strathclyde
in Glasgow, where he leads the Mobile Communications Group. Currently
working on security for IoT applications, his recent projects have included
secure peer to peer storage on mobile networks, and detecting social networks
through mobile phones. He has co-ordinated a number of UK and European
research programmes between industry and academia, and was a Vice Chair of
WG1 of the Wireless World Research Forum for 5 years. His research interests
include security and resource management in wireless systems. He obtained his
BEng and PhD from Strathclyde University in 1989 and 1994. He ran his own
company, Modular Controls, from 1989 until its sale in 1997. In addition to over
150 research papers, he is a co-author of two text books, and 7 patents.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’96-SM’01)
An IEEE member for 20 years, he is a member of the Vehicular Technology
Society, ComSoc, Antennas and Propagation and Electron Devices Societies. In
VTS he has served as President, Executive VP and VP Publications, and has wide
knowledge of IEEE operations.
A theme of his activities is to deploy new technology to enhance member
value while supporting time-limited volunteers. He has been the volunteer lead
on several new initiatives benefitting members, from running the publications
pilot for PDF eXpress, through the revitalisation of the TryEngineering (http://
tryengineering.org/) portals, and most recently the new IEEE Standards University
site (http://www.standardsuniversity.org/). He has also helped develop tools for
conference authors and organisers.
IEEE COMMITTEES/BOARDS:
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Chair, Conference Publications Committee 2013-15
Chair, EAB/SA Standards Education Committee 2014-15
Chair, EAB Engineering, Computing & Technology Portals Strategy
Committee, 2013
Chair, EAB Engineering, Technology & Computing Portals Editorial Board
2010-12
Member of PSPB 2014-15 (as TAB representative)
Member of SA/EAB Standards Education Committee 2012-15
Member of TAB/PSPB Products & Services Committee 2010-15
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President, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) 2008-09
Secretary, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2016
Vice-President (Publications), IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2010-15
Executive Vice-President, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2006
Elected Member of the Vehicular Technology Society Board of Governors
2003-present
Member of the VTS Conference Committee, 2003-present
VTS Distinguished Lecturer, 2011-15
Member of VTS, ComSoc, APS and EDS
CONFERENCES:
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General Co-chair, IEEE VTC2015-Spring (VTS)
Publications Chair WPNC2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (VTS)
Publications Chair IEEE ICC2007 (ComSoc)
TPC Co-chair IEEE ISWCS 2006 (VTS & ComSoc)
Publications Chair ISWCS 2004 (VTS & ComSoc; pilot of IEEE PDF eXpress)
TPC Chair IEEE VTC2004-Spring (VTS)
Steering Committee Chair IEEE VTC2003-Fall
PUBLICATIONS:
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Editor-in-Chief, IEEE VT Magazine 2006-08
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE VTS News 1999-2005
Awarded Vehicular Technology Society Outstanding Service Award 2002
Statement
As Division Director, I promise to:
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Make the IEEE the ‘go to’ resource for technical content for all
engineers. Technical content goes beyond journal papers, where IEEE
already has an enviable reputation. In a world with free, but not necessarily
reputable, content widely available on the Internet, IEEE has to provide
useful information for its members. I was funding Editor of the IEEE VT
Magazine, providing general technical articles to a wide range of interested,
and as VP Pubs revived the VTS Mobile World e-newsletter.
yy
Increase the sense of community in IEEE activities. In a world where so
much interaction takes place online, active local conferences and chapters
are vital. I have served on over 20 conference committees, and was cochair of a sell-out VTC2015-Spring in Glasgow.
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Provide value for money for members. As part of the VTS Finance
Committee, wise budgeting has allowed us to keep membership and
conference fees fixed for 7 years.
IEEE Technical Societies are ideally placed to make these things happen, as long
as they remain focused on their goals.
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IEEE Division Delegate/Director, 2018-2019
Division IX (AESS, GRSS, ITS, ITSS, OES, SPS, VTS)
ALEJANDRO “ALEX” ACERO
(Nominated by IEEE Division IX)
Senior Director, Siri
Apple
Cupertino, California, USA
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YdNmnJAAAAAJ
Alex Acero leads the speech team in Siri, Apple’s personal
assistant for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and
Carplay. Before joining Apple in 2013, he spent twenty years with Microsoft
Research, managing teams in Speech, Natural Language Processing, Information
Retrieval, Multimedia, Communication and Computer Vision. His team at
Microsoft Research built Bing Translator, worked on Xbox Kinect, and pioneered
the use of deep learning in large vocabulary speech recognition. From 19911993 he managed the speech team for Spain’s Telefonica. He has been granted
151 US patents.
He is IEEE Fellow and ISCA Fellow. Alex is co-author of the textbook “Spoken
Language Processing” and over 250 technical papers, with an h-index of 57
according to Google Scholar. Dr. Acero is Affiliate Faculty at the University of
Washington. Alex received an engineering degree from the Polytechnic University
of Madrid, a Masters from Rice University, and a PhD from Carnegie Mellon.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’85-M’90-SM’00-F’04)
Awards
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IEEE Fellow, 2004
IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award for paper “Contextdependent pre-trained deep neural networks for large-vocabulary speech
recognition”, 2012 IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language
Processing
Funded the annual IEEE Spoken Language Processing Grant (2004-2016)
IEEE Committees
During his tenure in the Technical Activities Board (TAB) in 2014-2015, Alex
played a key role in improving Financial Transparency for Society/Council
Presidents, being a member of a TAB appointed ad-hoc committee and an
IEEE level ad-hoc committee. Prior to this transparency effort, Society financial
data only showed Xplore revenue after corporate overheads, which are very
substantial and growing faster than Xplore revenue, leaving less money to
Societies that are publishing more pages and thus incurring more costs. This
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effort is critical to Societies’ long-term financial viability. Alex was a member of:
yy IEEE Ad-hoc Committee on Enhancing Financial Management (2015)
yy IEEE Code of Conduct and Policy Review (2014)
yy TAB Strategic Planning Committee (2007)
Signal Processing Society
During Alex’s tenure as President, Society membership grew from 17300 to
19500, two new journals started publishing, the first Signal Processing Cup for
students took place, SigPort and SigView got off the ground, the IEEE Fourier
Award was established. Alex oversaw the birth of Technical Committee Reviews
during his tenure as VP Technical Directions. Roles included:
yy
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Past President (2016-present)
President (2014-2015)
President-Elect (2012-2013)
Director Industrial Relations (2010-2012)
Vice President Technical Directions (2007-2009)
Board of Governors Member-at-large (2003-2005) and (2010-2012)
Chair of the Speech Technical Committee (2000-2002) and member
(1996-2000)
Editorial Board of IEEE Signal Processing Magazine (2008-2010)
Editorial Board of IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing
(2006-2008)
Associate Editor IEEE Transactions Speech and Audio Processing (20052008)
Associate Editor IEEE Signal Processing Letters (2003-2005)
Publications Chair, International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and
Signal processing, implementing electronic paper submission for the first
time.
Statement
IEEE members represent many countries, affiliations, and technical interests. I
have good exposure to such diversity, having been a member of IEEE for over
30 years, first as an undergraduate student in Spain, graduate student in the
United States, and then as a full member in industry in both Spain and the
United States. I have spent my career in industry, but also taught at a university,
and participated in the academic community through conferences and journals.
As a membership organization, it is imperative that we listen to our members
and address their concerns. Many members question IEEE’s value proposition
where the dues keep increasing, yet they don’t get much in return: many get
free access to Xplore through their institution and can’t take advantage of IEEE
discounts to conferences due to travel constraints. I’ll advocate for (a) more
networking and educational activities in chapters, and (b) cost reductions and
lower dues. Volunteers, IEEE’s most valuable asset, also need better support.
Additionally, I’ll explore avenues for collaboration among the 7 societies in
Division IX.
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IEEE Region Delegate/Director, 2019-2020
Region 2 (Eastern USA)
WOLFRAM BETTERMANN, Ph.D.
(Nominated by IEEE Region 2)
Graduate Faculty Member
Penn State Harrisburg
School of Science, Engineering and Technology
Middletown, Pennsylvania, USA
www.BettermannIEEE.org
Wolfram Bettermann received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical
Engineering from University Duisburg, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from
Technical University Aachen, Germany. In 1999 he joined Wake Forest University
in NC where he was involved in Research and Development of new medical
technologies for a large healthcare provider in the U.S. He has over two decades
experience in software engineering development and managing projects
nationally and internationally in research, industry and as an entrepreneur.
In 2010, Dr. Bettermann joined the faculty of Penn State Harrisburg, where he
specializes in teaching physics and electrical engineering (EE) courses. He is
actively involved in nanotechnology related research. He is also a faculty advisor
for EE students and is actively engaged with the mentoring of next generation
IEEE members.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’99-SM’12)
At the IEEE-USA level I was a delegate for Pennsylvania and for the first time, for
the Susquehanna Section, as Section volunteer (2013). I attended from 20132015 the IEEE-USA sponsored Congressional Visit Day, a promotional video of
the event was produced and published at the IEEE-USA website (http://www.
ieeeusa.org/POLICY/cvd/2013/video.asp).
On a REGION level, as the Region 2 Treasurer I restructured the Region’s
corporate finances. Committee funding process was streamlined and organized
more efficiently to create and fund more Region 2 activities. I recovered unused
funds and proposed with R2 committee Chairs new cost saving measures to
increase activities for our Sections and the Student Activity Committee. I managed
funding to support our practicing engineers and our young professionals.
At a SECTION level I was the Susquehanna Section Chair from 2012-2014
and Vice-Chair in 2013 and transformed the Section into a more efficient
organizational unit that led to increased local and national recognition. As the
Awards and Recognition Chair from 2012-2014 I initiated IEEE awards to
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recognize outstanding service of members to our local engineering community.
I served as the chair of Membership Development (2013) and chaired the
Professional Activity Committee of Engineers (PACE) (2013) initiating and
supporting Senior Membership drives, several PACE projects (South Central PA
Robotics Competition, https://turing.cs.hbg.psu.edu/robotics/), and the Annual
Signal Integrity Symposium sponsored by Penn State Harrisburg and the IEEE
Susquehanna Section and Region 2 (https://harrisburg.psu.edu/center-signalintegrity/symposium).
In 2014 I founded the IEEE Susquehanna Section, Technical Chapter in
Nanotechnology and have been serving as its chapter chair since 2014. I offer
and engage local industry oriented chapter member’s events in nanotechnology
related topics to inspire creating small businesses and strengthen local
economic development activities. I also offer a platform to local industry involved
in nanotechnology R&D to exchange ideas and form partnerships through
regular monthly chapter meetings (events calendar https://harrisburg.psu.edu/
calendar/event/genomics-semiconductor-nanotechnology).
Statement
As a Region 2 Director of IEEE, I will work continuously:
To increase Region 2 membership
I will increase our visibility in our Region, so we will be well known for the
outstanding activities we offer through our Sections and technical Chapters
events/programs. Our members will realize the full value of membership if they
are better engaged in Section level activities. I will work with Area and Section
Chairs to develop new Section events which can be duplicated by other Sections
within our Region.
To increase industry involvement for our practicing engineers
I will initiate professional development programs and webinars for practicing
engineers. Emphasis will be given to practical applications of emerging
technologies originated from academia and regional industries. The needs of our
practitioners are as important as the needs for our young professional members.
To make Region 2 and IEEE a member centered organization
My diversified national and international leadership experience in both private
industry and academia will enable me to create an environment in the Region
for those leaders you lead to succeed.
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IEEE Region Delegate/Director, 2019-2020
Region 2 (Eastern USA)
MURTY S. POLAVARAPU
(Nominated by IEEE Region 2)
Director
Eagle Management Group
Oakton, Virginia, USA
www.murtyp.org
Murty Polavarapu advises companies on defense
microelectronics, with emphasis on radiation hardening
and nanotechnology applications. Immediately prior he spent three decades
making significant contributions to advanced semiconductor logic and memory
devices for companies including BAE Systems, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Micron,
and Toshiba. He holds eleven patents and received numerous awards including
the BAE Systems Chairman’s Silver Award, Dominion Semiconductor President’s
Award and IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award. He is a Fellow of
Washington Academy of Sciences.
Mr. Polavarapu earned his Masters in Electrical Engineering from Howard
University and his Masters in Technology Management from University of
Pennsylvania. He is motivated to help young people learn and has a keen
interest in developing future engineers through STEM activities; he served as a
United States Peace Corps volunteer physics teacher in Fiji and co-founded a
non-profit organization to help bring computers to schools in Ethiopia. Murty is
an avid world traveler.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’97-SM’98)
IEEE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
yy Identified ways to better serve practicing engineers and young professionals
that are now incorporated into the Member and Geographic Activities
(MGA) plans for 2016.
yy Delivered the 2014 Sections Congress program that over 91% of attendees
rated “very” or “extremely” satisfying.
yy Spearheaded a knowledge bank for geo units on the IEEE Contact Center
in 2014 to answer frequently asked questions.
yy Led the Geo Unit Dashboard project that defined and implemented metrics
for local units vitality in 2013.
yy Increased professional activity programming in Region 2 (Eastern USA),
motivating 95% of Sections to conduct at least one professional activity in
2012.
yy Conducted volunteer training workshops all across Region 2 over the last
decade to revitalize the leadership and to recruit new volunteers.
IEEE ACTIVITIES
Boards/Committees
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yy IEEE New Initiatives Committee, 2015-2016
yy IEEE Ad Hoc Committee on Industry Engagement, 2016
yy MGA Board Vice-Chair, Strategic Management and Analysis, 2016
yy Electron Devices Society, Board of Governors, 2016
yy IEEE-USA Vice-President, Communications and Public Awareness, 2015
yy MGA Vice-Chair, Geographic Unit Operations, 2014
yy MGA Strategic Direction and Environmental Analysis: 2016 Chair; 2014
Member
yy MGA/TA/EA Cross-Organizational Unit Ad Hoc Committee on Member
Development, 2015 Chair
yy MGA Ad Hoc Committee on Industry Professionals and Young Professionals,
2015 Chair
yy MGA Geographic Unit Operations Support: 2014 Chair; 2011, 2015
Member
yy Sections Congress 2014 (Amsterdam), 2013-2014 Program Chair
yy MGA Ad Hoc Committee on Dashboard Metrics for Vitality, 2013 Chair
Region 2
Various roles including Vitality Coordinator, Professional Activities Chair, ExCom
Member, Area Chair, Employment and Career Services Coordinator, and PreCollege Education Coordinator.
Section/Chapter
Served as Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer and Secretary for Northern Virginia Section
and as Chair and Treasurer for Electron Devices Society, Society for Social
Implications of Technology and Nanotechnology Council Chapters.
Awards
yy James F. Strother Meritorious Service Award, 2007
yy IEEE Regional Activities Achievement Award, 2005
yy IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000
Statement
To increase the value of membership and improve member retention in Region
2, I will:
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Pioneer new, local professional, technical and community outreach
programs to engage members - especially students, industry professionals
and those in the early stages of their careers. I am already championing
several industry-focused initiatives, and the Geographic Unit Dashboard
project I led in 2013 will measure long-term effectiveness.
Recharge our volunteer corps with increased outreach to members, offering
greater incentives with less bureaucracy and more training. In the last
decade I coordinated several volunteer training events in Region 2 and
mentored several active leaders.
Promote - clearly and succinctly - IEEE’s purpose and contributions at the
section, region, and national level to members, industries, and academia in
the region. My professional experience and extensive involvement in
Member and Geographic Activities, Technical Activities and IEEE-USA
organizational units enable me to generate broad support and enthusiasm
for our mission and goals.
With your support, I look forward to enhancing your member experience and
advancing IEEE.
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For IEEE Region Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2016-2017
IEEE Region Delegate/Director, 2018-2019
Region 4 (Central USA)
DAVID ALAN KOEHLER
(Nominated by IEEE Region 4)
Senior Laboratory Manager-Western Area
Doble Engineering Company
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
http://davidakoehler.com/
David received his Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from
Indiana University and obtained his M.B.A. He is the Senior
Laboratory Manager-Western Area for the Doble Engineering Company Insulating
Materials Laboratory. He has 18 years of experience in the testing of insulating
fluids and management of analytical laboratories. He has provided numerous
technical presentations and published technical articles within the power industry.
David serves as the Doble Engineering Insulating Materials Committee Asst.
Secretary and on the ASTM D-27 Technical Committee on Electrical Insulating
Liquids and Gases. In 2011, David was an Executive Committee Member of the
Indiana American Chemical Society and remains active within the organization.
David, an IEEE Senior Member, is an extremely active volunteer within IEEE both
at the section and region level. He has continued to increase his responsibilities
within IEEE based on his effective volunteerism.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(A’07-M’07-SM’13)
Committees/Boards:
yy IEEE Regional Conferences Committee 2015-Present
yy 2015 IEEE Senior Membership Review Panel
Region 4:
yy Treasurer 2015-Present
yy Strategic Planning Committee 2013-Present
yy Executive Committee Member 2013-Present
yy Conferences Committee Co-Chair 2015-Present
yy Awards Committee 2013-Present
yy East Area Chair 2013, 2014
yy East Area Support Chair 2012
Section:
yy Advisor, Central Indiana Section 2016-Present
yy Director, Central Indiana Section 2015
yy Chair, Central Indiana Section 2012, 2013, 2014
yy Treasurer, Central Indiana Section 2010, 2011
Conferences:
yy 2012 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology
(EIT), Treasurer
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yy Power & Energy 2011-Present
yy Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation 2007-Present
Affinity Groups:
yy Women in Engineering
yy Young Professionals
Accomplishments:
yy David has effectively managed the Region 4 budget for the past two years.
His time spent working closely with leadership has provided him with the
necessary skills to further strengthen the Region and mentor its volunteers.
yy David established the annual Central Indiana Section IEEE EnCON
Conference in 2012 to increase society and affinity group activities within
the section to better serve IEEE members. EnCON is now an annual
conference each fall within the Central Indiana Section.
yy The Central Indiana Section was the recipient of the Outstanding Section
Membership Recruitment Performance Award due to the section’s activities
in 2012-2014.
yy As the Region 4 East Area Chair, David was instrumental in re-vitalizing the
Fort Wayne Section by adding new Executive Committee members and
increasing the section’s activities.
Statement
As the Region 4 Director-Elect, I will utilize my extensive IEEE and industrial
experience to increase membership in Region 4 and bridge the gap between
academia and industry. I will use this experience to:
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Establish University and Corporate Liaison positions at the Region level to
more effectively serve our members
Work with the Region and MGA staff to establish new tools, while increasing
the effectiveness of the current tools used by our volunteers
Initiate new programs within the Region to better serve both industry and
academia members
Devote more resources to assist with continued rejuvenation of all sections
within Region 4
Implement new initiatives to address the declining number of members
within the Region
Increase interaction with student members to increase retention and
encourage volunteer efforts after graduation
Support and develop Women in Engineering programs within the Region
(i.e. WIE Conference)
Support K-12 programs to promote interest in STEM careers at a young age
Achieve a balanced budget
For more information, visit:
yy http://davidakoehler.com/
yy www.linkedin.com/in/davidakoehler
yy www.facebook.com/DavidKoehlerIEEE
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IEEE Region Delegate/Director, 2019-2020
Region 4 (Central USA)
HAMID VAKILZADIAN
(Nominated by IEEE Region 4)
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL)
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
http://engineering.unl.edu/downloads/ECE/
Vakilzadian/2016Election-R4-HamidVakilzadian.pdf
Hamid Vakilzadian, a U.S. citizen, holds a BSEE in electrical engineering, and
MS and PhD degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) from the
University of Arizona. He worked as a design engineer, quality control engineer,
field engineer, and consulting engineer in the power area before receiving his
doctorate in ECE and joining UNL in 1985.
Vakilzadian is a tenured professor in the ECE Department at UNL, teaching
courses in digital systems and modeling and simulation (M&S) of discrete and
continuous systems and conducting research in teaching areas, neural networks,
informatics, and data mining.
Vakilzadian’s 30+ years of service to IEEE includes leadership roles in the
region, section, and chapter and an editorial role in the Education Society and
Transactions of M&S. Vakilzadian has been a guest professor at the universities
of Hamburg and INSA Rouen, senior member of IEEE, and editor of the special
issues of M&S in Education.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’82-M’84-S’85-M’86-SM’91-LS’16)
Professional Activities Committee for Engineers (PACE)
yy Contributed to the development of policies/practices, member of the
Annual Meeting Organization Committee (2007-10); speaker at annual
meetings.
yy Brought in additional IEEE-USA PACE funds to support more Region 4
projects.
Region 4
Conferences/Workshops
yy Organizer/General Chair of 2005 and 2017 International Conference on
Electro Information Technology (eit); organizer of professional and technical
activities for practicing engineers; member of Conference Committee
(2015-present) and eit Organizing Committee (2004-present).
yy Reviewer of technical papers (2003-present); Best Paper Award judge
(2003-2006); Organizer/General chair of International Conference on
Simulation in Engineering Education (1992-1998); organizer of workshops
on Leadership Skills (2004-2009), Project Management for Engineers
(2004-2005), and Power Quality (2005, 2013); contributor to the
organization of other technical workshops in R4 sections.
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Technical Activities Committee Chair
yy Helped to develop proposal for IEEE funding of technical workshops in R4
sections for practicing engineers/technologists, helped in organization of
five workshops (2011) in R4 sections, have continued to promote workshop
organization in sections, and contribute to sections’ technical activities,
growth, and vitality (2011-present).
PACE Committee Chair
yy Organized professional workshops; recommended precollege, professional,
and government activities projects for Region support; promoted
participation in annual meetings; provided training at Region meetings;
supported programs benefiting K-12 students, university student branches,
and professional members, resulting in the steep PACE activities growth
(2007-2010).
West Area Chair
yy Coordinated sections’ activities including training, membership development,
professional development, and interaction with student branches (20032006).
Strategic Planning Committee
yy Helped to develop the Region’s short- and long-term goals and ways to
achieve them (2003-2006 and 2015-present).
Nebraska Section
yy Chair, 2003; Vice-Chair, 2002; Secretary/Treasurer, 2001; Nominations and
Appointments Chair, 2004; Student Senior Designs Projects reviewer/
judge, 2003-2005; Computer Society Chapter Chair, 1998-2000,
2012-present.
Society
yy Reviewer, IEEE Education Society, 1999-2004.
Awards
yy IEEE-USA Regional Professional Leadership Award; Nebraska Section
Leadership and Management Award; R4 eit Conference Committee Awards,
2005-2015.
Statement
While developing new and creative ways to enhance value to IEEE members
is of prime importance, we must take on the challenge of engaging young
professionals, new graduates, and small businesses in section/region activities.
We should regard this challenge as an opportunity to develop new programs and
business models. My broad range of service to IEEE has provided me with a
knowledge base regarding the organizational, financial, and operational structure
of the Region and the Institute. Capitalizing on my many years of professional
experience working with students and all levels of academia and industry, I will
seek membership input on opportunities, concerns, and potential solutions. I will
work to develop closer ties among and between sections, chapters, and student
branches by expanding membership services, promoting high-quality and
relevant conferences, encouraging joint section-student activities, and promoting
student participation. With more than three decades of involvement in IEEE
activities, including strategic planning, finance, region and section leadership,
and chairing both large and small conferences, I have the experience, vision, and
plan to move Region 4 forward.
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IEEE Region Delegate/Director, 2019-2020
Region 6 (Western USA)
RAM SIVARAMAN
(Nominated by IEEE Region 6)
Program Manager
Morpho Detection, LLC
Dublin, California, USA
Ram Sivaraman is a Program Manager at Morpho Detection
LLC in the field of aviation security. Mortho Detection builds
scanners used at multiple levels of screening bags at the
airports and also in screening passengers. He is also working on developing a
medical device and has set up his company to work on designing and building
the device. The company is also currently in the process of building the prototype
that will be used in blind testing in labs across the country. Prior to this, Ram
was in the semiconductor field working on designing and building metrology
inspection equipment used by the device manufacturers. His professional
experience includes work in the field of optical communication designing and
building the first polymer based optical switch. He received a Ph.D. in Materials
Science and Engineering and worked on developing OLED’s and blue LED’s for
use in the display and storage industry.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’02-SM’07)
Major Accomplishments:
1. As Santa Clara Valley Membership Development Chair, I have been able to
recruit new members and reinstate delinquent members, and achieved the
Section membership goal for the first time. I received the Section award for
this in 2015.
2. I served in many regional IEEE leadership positions including Section Chair,
Vice-Chair, Treasurer and Secretary (Santa Clara Valley Section). I also served
as Central Area Chair and various Photonics Chapter positions.
3. While it is still a work in progress, as Central Area Chair, was able to bring
together more student participation than we had in the past by making the
meetings more relevant to the students (ex: introducing the hackathon as
part of the fall meeting).
4. Authored initial proposal for hosting the IEEE Sections Congress in San
Francisco in 2011. Authored successful proposal that led to 2013 and
2014 GHTC in the San Francisco Bay area. Served as a member of both
Local Organizing Committees.
5. Led the Santa Clara Valley Section as Chair to win the 2009 Silicon Valley
Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Leadership. The Silicon Valley
Engineering Council is an umbrella organization of engineering societies in
the Silicon Valley area.
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Committees:
yy SBIR workshop Vice-chair: 2004
yy Local organizing committee and lead bid proposal author for Section
Congress: 2011
yy GHTC proposal author for holding the conference in the bay area: 2012
yy GHTC Local Organizing committee: member 2013; committee co-chair
2014
Region:
yy Central Area Chair: 2010 to 2014
yy Industry Relations Chair: 2015-Present
Santa Clara Valley Section:
yy Secretary: 2005; Treasurer: 2006; Vice-Chair: 2007; Chair: 2008
yy PACE Chair: 2009
yy Chapter Revitalization Committee: 2009-Present
yy Membership Development Chair: 2014-Present
yy Corporate Liaison Chair: July 2015-Present
Santa Clara Valley Photonics Chapter:
yy Treasurer: 2002
yy Secretary: 2003
yy Vice-Chair: 2004
yy Chair: 2005
yy Program Chair: 2006-2008
Conferences:
yy 2011 Section Congress Local Organizing Committee
yy GHTC Local Organizing Committee: Member 2013; 2014 Co-Chair
Statement
Region 6 is a collection of large and small IEEE sections with different needs
and interests. If elected, I’ll work with current/past directors on making the IEEE
relevant to our members. I’ll represent their needs and aspirations before the
IEEE, and help them define/create the future. I believe my volunteer experience
will give R6 what it needs to interact with the larger IEEE organization. Initiatives
I’ll support:
1. Make R6 and IEEE activities more relevant to Young Professionals.
2. Create a support structure for sections to be well represented at area/
region meetings.
3. Create venues and support for member job creation and employment
searches.
4. Continue the plan to make R6 technical meetings available remotely for
members worldwide. This raises attention to the great work IEEE members
carry out daily.
5. Improve accessibility of IEEE’s publications databases to members.
6. Invest in IEEE expansion into new technical areas; ensure IEEE’s leadership
in relevant emerging technical areas within life sciences and software.
7. Attract more students, including graduate students, with clear focus on postgraduation retention.
8. Increase volunteer-base through shorter, flexible and more modular
volunteer assignments.
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For IEEE Region Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2017-2018
IEEE Region Delegate/Director, 2019-2020
Region 6 (Western USA)
KEITH A. MOORE, PE
(Nominated by IEEE Region 6)
Senior Engineer
US Army Information Systems Engineering Command
Fort Huachuca, Arizona, USA
https://keithmoorer6directorelectcandidate.wordpress.
com/
Keith Moore currently works for the US Army Information
Systems Engineering Command as a senior engineer at Fort Huachuca,
Arizona. Keith’s career has taken him all over the world to establish and
maintain computer and communications systems. Keith holds a bachelor
degree in electrical engineering and a master in business administration and
management information systems. Keith maintains professional engineer status
with the Arizona State Board of Technical Registration.
Keith has served in a number of volunteer and other organizations to work with
others for the good of all stakeholders.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’02-SM’06)
IEEE Activities
COMMITTEE/BOARD: IEEE-USA PACE (Professional Activities Committees for
Engineers) Board, Member, 2014-2015.
REGION: Region 6 PACE Chair 2014-2015, Region 6 Southwest Area Chair
2012-2013.
SECTION/CHAPTERS: Fort Huachuca Treasurer 2002, Webmaster 2003, Secretary 2001, Vice Chair 2006, 2015, PACE Chair 2008, and Chair 2009.
STUDENT BRANCH: Founding counselor for the University of Arizona in Sierra
Vista Student Chapter 2015.
SOCIETIES: Founding Chair of the AZ Reliability Society Chapter 2014-2015;
Consumer Electronics Society Industry Relations Officer 2008.
CONFERENCES: IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference Technical
Program Chair 2011, Vice Chair 2012, Chair 2013.
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OTHERS: Founding Chair for the Fort Huachuca Women In Engineering Affinity
Group 2011; Humanitarian Student Design Competition Judge 2011; Future
City Competition Mentor 2002-2010.
Major Accomplishments
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Established the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference’s (GHTC)
technical program as the first Technical Program Chair and continued to
lead the conference as Vice Chair and Chair for the conference to
successfully manage budget and conference goals and hand off to
volunteers who continued to grow the conference.
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As local Section Chair, the Chair of a Region sponsored conference (GHTC),
the Area Chair, and the Region PACE Chair, I have had close interaction,
planning, and work with the local Sections, Region and National staff to
complete successful tasks and initiatives for the Region. As Region Director,
I will continue to work with the local, region, national, and international staff
and members to advance IEEE goals in the region and throughout the
world to the betterment of IEEE, its members, and humanity.
yy
Introduced expedited PACE Project approvals and tracking for more efficient
and expedient project funding.
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Founding Chair of the IEEE Arizona Reliability Society Chapter.
yy
Founding Chair of the Fort Huachuca Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity
Group.
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Managed and judged the Global Humanitarian Student competition.
Statement
If elected I will work to create more collaboration opportunities across the local
sections, societies, the region, IEEE-USA, and internationally. I will use the staff,
systems, policies, and procedures in place as well as augment with new ones
that will enable the vision of the region to come to fruition. I will budget to reward
members, student branches, local sections, and society chapters to fulfill the
goals of the region. I will work to eliminate tedious overhead and bureaucracy
that stifles initiative, and empower those who have a spirit of industrious energy
who will strive to better the members, the organization, and all of humanity.
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IEEE Region Delegate/Director, 2019-2020
Region 8 (Europe, Middle East and Afrida)
MAGDALENA SALAZAR-PALMA
(Nominated by IEEE Region 8)
Professor
Department of Signal Theory and Communications
Carlos III University of Madrid
Madrid, Spain
http://magdalena-salazar-palma.com
Magdalena Salazar-Palma received EE, MS and PhD
degrees from Polytechnic University, Madrid, Spain, where
she has been Associate Professor. In 2004 she joined the Department of
Signal Theory and Communications, Carlos III University of Madrid, where she
is Professor, co-director of the Radiofrequency, Electromagnetics, Microwaves
and Antennas Research Group, and served as Department head. Her research
deals with numerical methods for microwave components and antennas, and
passive devices advanced synthesis methods. She co-authored 2 European/
USA patents, 7 books, 27 book contributions, 103 journal papers, and 370
international conferences papers. She delivered numerous invited presentations
and short courses. She participated in 93 projects and contracts financed by USA,
European, and Spanish institutions and companies. She served in evaluation
panels of USA, EU, and Spanish institutions, and as associate editor and reviewer
of several journals. She has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Aalto
University, Finland. She received other awards and recognitions.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’89-SM’01-F’14)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
yy As Section Chair, stimulated formation of Chapters, Student Branches, and
first WIE Affinity Group worldwide. Strengthened links between units.
Stimulated member recognition and increased volunteers.
yy As Spain AP-S/MTT-S Chapter Chair, Chapter revitalization.
yy As WIEC Chair, stimulated membership increase, affinity groups and
activities worldwide.
yy As AP-S President, recognized national and regional differences to better
serve members. Worked to harmonize AP-S with related Societies.
yy Successfully chaired Sections Congress 2014.
COMMITTEES/BOARDS:
yy WIEC: Chair, 2003-2004; Member, 2000-2007.
yy Ethics and Member Conduct Committee: 2002. History: 2007-2008.
Fellow: 2016. SIGHT Communities of Practice: 2016.
yy MGAB: 2016. Geographic Unit Operations Support: 2008-2009.
yy TAB: 2011. Society Review: 2013-2015. N&A: 2015-2016. Hall Honor:
2016.
yy Service Awards: 2012-2015. Honorary Membership: 2013-present.
yy Sections Congress: Chair, 2014; Member, 2016. Participant: past 5
editions.
REGION 8:
yy R8 Committee: 1997-2001; Meeting Host/Organizer, 2001.
yy N&A: 2001-2002. Conference Coordination: Chair, 2003-2004.
yy Strategic Planning: 2015-2016.
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SECTIONS/CHAPTERS:
yy Spain AP-S/MTT-S Chapter: Vice Chair, 1989-1991; Chair, 1992-1996.
yy Spain Section: Chair, 1997-2001; Officer, 2002-2011, 2014-present;
BoD Meeting Host, 1997.
yy Spain WIE (first AG worldwide), Founding member, 1999.
SOCIETIES:
yy Member: AP, Communications, Education, Magnetics, MTT, WIE.
yy Numerous Journals: Review Panel/Associate Editor: 1993-present.
yy AP-S:
• AdCom: 2004-2006, 2010-2015.
• President-Elect, 2010; President, 2011; Past President, 2012-present.
• Nominations: Chair, 2012; Member, 2012-2015. Transnational: 20072010; Distinguished Lecturer Program: 2010-2014. History: Chair,
2013-present. New Technology Directions: 2015-2016. Bylaws: Chair,
2015; Member, 2016. Field Awards: 2015-2016.
yy MTT-S:
• Technical Committee #15: 2006-present. Education: 2013-present.
• AdCom: 2015-present.
• Image & Visibility, Inter Society Liaison, MGA, Publications, SIGHT:
2015-present. Operations: 2016.
STUDENT BRANCHES:
yy Speaker: Spain National Congress, 2001, 2015. R9 Symposium, 2002.
Ecuador National Meeting, 2006. R8 SB/GOLD Symposium, 2006. Iberian
Congress, 2015.
CONFERENCES:
yy Numerous IEEE and other: Author: 1988-present. Member, Technical
Program/Steering/Organizing
Committees/Session
Organizer:
1990-present.
yy European Microwave Conference: TPC Chair, 1993.
yy MELECON 2004, EUROCON 2015: Organizing Committee.
yy Finite Element Workshop 2004, Co-Chair. 2018 European Microwave
Week, General Chair.
Statement
IEEE is a successful organization founded on a technological innovation spirit and
a collaboration culture. As new challenges arise in this world, I pledge to work to
improve IEEE, globally and locally and to increase value for each member. I will
devote the best of my ability to:
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yy
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Utilize Region 8 geographic and cultural diversity to create a fruitful
environment for exchanging ideas, practices and experiences, leading to
innovation and rejuvenation.
Support the initiatives of Chapters, Student Branches, Young Professionals,
Women in Engineering and Life Members.
Establish wider and closer cooperation with national and regional
organizations throughout Europe, Africa and Middle East.
Introduce initiatives for closer cooperation with industry, listening to their
needs, catering for career advancement, professional training and continuing
education.
Organize regional events where members from neighboring countries will
meet and collaborate.
Create a collaborative atmosphere within and between countries,
recognizing cultural and income level differences, knowledge, social and
professional networking needs.
Stimulate Humanitarian Activities and SIGHTs region-wide.
Promote transparent procedures to ensure fair opportunities for everybody
to be heard and be equal.
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IEEE Region Delegate/Director, 2019-2020
Region 8 (Europe, Middle East and Africa)
TARIQ S. DURRANI
(Nominated by IEEE Region 8)
Research Professor
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, United Kingdom
www.tariqdurrani.org
Tariq Durrani has been Professor at Strathclyde
(1982-present); Department Head of one of the largest in
UK (1990-1994), Deputy Principal (2000-2006) with major responsibilities for
large-scale strategic developments. His research interests cover Communications,
Signal Processing, Technology Management. He has authored 350 publications;
conducted collaborative research with industry, partnered in major European
research programs; supervised 40 PhDs. His Visiting Appointments include
Princeton, University of Southern California, Stirling (Scotland) and Chengdu
(China).
Tariq has held Directorships of eight organizations, including UK National
Commission for UNESCO; Glasgow Chamber of Commerce. Served as
consultant/advisor to the Governments of UK, Netherlands, Portugal, UAE
and European Union. He was Vice President (International) Royal Society of
Edinburgh (2012-2016).
Tariq is Fellow: IEEE, UK Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society of
Edinburgh, and IET. In 2003 Queen Elizabeth conferred on him the title OBE
(Order of the British Empire) ‘for services to electronics research and higher
education’.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’82-M’86-SM’87-F’89-LF’13)
A Volunteer for over thirty years, Tariq has served in most areas of IEEE Activities
and IEEE Boards, delivering achievements with long term impact:
Region 8: Vice Chair Technical Activities (2003-2004). Promoted industry
liaison, Section reviews.
Chair, Conference Coordination Committee (2001-2002);
Member Industry Relations Committee, (2003-2004); Member Chapter Chair
Coordination Committee (2007-2008).
Vice President IEEE Educational Activities Board (2010-2011):
yy Instigated key programs that support educational needs worldwide at preuniversity, university, and professional levels. Promoted the multilingual
IEEE flagship portal TryEngineering.org for pre-university students, parents,
and school counsellors.
yy Promoted Teacher-in-Service Program (TISP). Currently reaching over
624,000 students annually through teachers receiving hands-on training on
engineering lessons.
yy Fostered global accreditation to improve engineering education quality in
South America, the Caribbean, India, and China.
yy Oversaw expansion of IEEE eLearning Library for continuing education of
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Popularized EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) – now
in 24 countries – extending global reach of the IEEE.
Regional Director IEEE Communications Society for Europe, Middle East
and Africa (2009-2011). Established Young Researcher Award, recognizing
talented young members in Region 8.
President IEEE Signal Processing Society (1994-1995). Established IEEE
Jack Kilby Medal (1995). Created the highly successful IEEE Signal Processing
Letters.
President IEEE Engineering Management Society (2006-2007). Fostered
technology management activities, extended services to members across IEEE
Technical Societies.
Vice Chair IEEE Publication Services and Products Board and Chair TAB
Periodicals Council (1996-1997). Founded Periodicals Review Committee
for improving quality and timeliness of IEEE Transactions.
Member IEEE Awards Board (2006-2008). Partnering with Royal Society of
Edinburgh, established joint IEEE/RSE Maxwell Medal.
Attracted Major IEEE Conferences to R8 as General Chair:
yy IEEE Signal Processing Society flagship Conference: ICASSP ’89 (1600
attendees);
yy IEEE Communications Society keynote Conference: ICC-2007 (1500
delegates);
yy IEEE International Engineering Management Conference: IEMC-2002
(280 participants);
yy IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2015-Spring (800 delegates).
Statement
To position Region 8 as the leading entity in the IEEE, I undertake to:
Promote Members’ Careers and Industry Engagement
yy Enhance Skills base of Engineers from Industry and Young Professionals
through career enhancement initiatives, continuing education and
management skills development programs.
yy Promote Metropolitan Area Workshops to support capacity building for
practicing engineers.
yy Encourage practitioner-oriented conferences.
yy Establish Advisory Panel of Industry Leaders for strategic engagement
with industry.
yy Nurture Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Region 8 talent pool.
Energize the Region
yy Increase nomination of Regional experts for IEEE Medals, Prizes and
Fellows.
yy Promote closer integration between Sections, Chapters and Members for
Section Vitality.
yy Strengthen linkages between Sections and Technical Societies.
yy Highlight opportunities for Women in Engineering to grow and flourish.
Enhance Globalization
yy Drive towards affordable member rates in Region 8 through new
membership models and progressive benefits.
yy Deliver IEEE’s Humanitarian Vision by partnering with global humanitarian
institutions, including UNESCO, World Federation of Engineering
Organizations, Engineering for Change.
yy Provide authoritative advice on Public Policy Issues in R8.
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IEEE Region Delegate/Director, 2019-2020
Region 8 (Europe, Middle East and Africa)
ELYA B. JOFFE
(Nominated by IEEE Region 8)
President and Principal EMC Specialist
Elya Joffe – Electromagnetic Solutions, Ltd.
Hod Hasharon HaMerkaz
Israel
www.ElyaJoffe.com
Elya B. Joffe is the President and Principal EMC Specialist of
“Elya Joffe – Electromagnetic Solutions, Ltd” since 2014. With a total of over 30
years of professional experience, his work focuses on consulting and training in
EMC and Electromagnetic Effects Engineering.
Elya is a Registered Professional Engineer, an iNARTE-Certified EMC Engineer,
EMC Master Design and ESD Control Engineer. He has authored/co-authored
over 30 papers and is the Main Author of the book “Grounds for Grounding”
(IEEE Press & Wiley), ca. 2009.
Elya also served as Chair of the Board of Directors of “Exemplar Global” – a nonfor-profit Personnel certification company.
Elya is a member of IEEE Eta-Kappa-Nu (HKN) and the “dB Society”.
Elya also enjoys playing Music (Tenor Saxophone) and loves long distance
running. He is happily married and is proud of his 27 years old daughter.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’81-M’81-S’83-M’88-SM’90)
IEEE Activities – COMMITTEE/BOARD: Technical Activities Board (TAB):
Board Member, 2008-09; TAB Awards and Recognition Committee, EMC
Corresponding Member, 2009. Member and Geographic Activities Board
(MGAB), MGA Geographic Unit Operations Support Committee, 2009. REGION:
Region 8, Chapter Coordination Subcommittee Chair, 2013-14; Strategic
Planning Subcommittee, 2015-16. CHAPTER: Electromagnetic Compatibility
Society Israel Chapter, Chapter Chair, 1995-2001. SOCIETIES: Electromagnetic
Compatibility Society (EMCS): President, 2008-09; President-Elect, 2007;
Vice President – Member Services, 2005-06; Vice President – Conferences
and Symposia, 2003-04; Board of Directors, Director-at-Large, 2006-08, 19992004; EMC Standards Advisory and Coordination Committee, Chair, 2001-06.
Product Safety Engineering Society (PSES): President, 2012-13; PresidentElect, 2011, Vice President – Conferences and Symposia, 2004-05; Board of
Directors, Director-at-Large, 2004-10. CONFERENCES: 2014 IEEE International
Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science, and Technology, Founder and
General Chair, 2003. IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic
Compatibility, General Chair, 1995-2003. 1992 IEEE Regional Symposium on
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Electromagnetic Compatibility, Technical Program Chair, 1990-92. AWARDS:
RAB Larry K. Wilson Transnational Award, 2005. IEEE EMC Society Honorary Life
Member Award, 2004. IEEE EMC Society Technical Achievement Award, 2004.
IEEE EMC Society Symposium Chair Award, 2004. IEEE EMC Society Laurence
G. Cumming Award for Outstanding Service, 2002. IEEE Third Millennium
Medal, 2000.
IEEE Accomplishments – Since joining IEEE I have consciously toiled to
contribute at all IEEE tiers, chapters, Societies and Regions, consistently focusing
on adding value to members. My activities have been cross-cutting: Membership,
Regional, Conferences, Technical and Educational.
Nobody accomplishes anything alone and I gratefully acknowledge the
excellent cooperation of fellow volunteers. With that proviso, I am proud of my
accomplishments:
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Spearheaded strategic planning in several IEEE Societies
Enhanced global outreach and visibility, across all activities
Promoted Inter-society and Cross-IEEE cooperation with the notion of “One
IEEE”
Enhanced Ethics awareness, through foundation and chairing the first crossdisciplinary IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in ST&E
Member, membership and Chapter and development
Statement
I am honored to be considered for Region 8 Director-Elect, and humbly bring
forth my vision.
My position tag line is “Benefit from Diversity.” As Director-Elect, I will focus on
bringing members to work together across a range of geographic, ethnic and
religious boundaries under the core IEEE vision of “Advancing Technology for
Humanity”.
Furthermore, I will actively pursue the following strategic challenges:
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Increase IEEE’s visibility across the Region, particularly for enhancing the
study of engineering among young professionals;
Enhance partnership between academia, government, industry and
professional societies (vis-á-vis IEEE) to better address the future needs of
our profession and society;
Facilitate a collaborative atmosphere between IEEE Sections within Region
8, respecting cultural, economic and social diversity, recognizing professional
networking needs;
Tighten collaboration of regional and technical activities across IEEE,
especially through the broad talents of professionals in Region 8;
My leadership experience in multiple societies provides me a broad perspective
to enhance the value of IEEE within Region 8 and for seeking new opportunities
within and beyond the global IEEE community.
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IEEE Region Delegate/Director, 2019-2020
Region 10 (Asia and Pacific)
STEFAN G. MOZAR
(Nominated by IEEE Region 10)
CEO
Dynexsys
Sydney, Australia, and
Adjunct Professor
Guangdong University of Technology
Guangdong, China
Stefan obtained his engineering degrees from the University of New South
Wales in Sydney, Australia, and his MBA is from University of Technology Sydney.
He is a Fellow of the IEEE, and of the Institution of Engineers, Australia. He is a
Chartered Professional Engineer.
Stefan has extensive experience in industry and academia. He has held senior
leadership roles in Technology companies, and has taught for a number of
Australian, Asian, and British Universities. His work has resulted in inventions,
patents, and publications. In R-10 he has lived and worked in Australia, China,
Hong Kong, Singapore and worked on projects in India, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Thailand, and Vietnam. He is the editor of the 6th edition of the McGraw-Hill
Electronics Engineering Handbook to be released in 2017.
He has made contributions to advancement of the IEEE in R-10 and globally.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’88-SM’92-F’15)
IEEE Awards
yy 2015 IEEE Region 10 (Asia and Pacific) Outstanding Volunteer Award
yy 2015 IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Outstanding Service Award (I am
the only person to have received this award twice)
yy 2014 Award for Chairing the inaugural IEEE Region-10 Tencom-Spring
Conference, presented by Region 10
yy 2013 IEEE Service Award for contributions towards the ISCE-Symposium,
Taiwan
yy 2012 IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Administrative Committee Service
Award
yy 2009 IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Outstanding Service Award (TAB
award)
yy 2009 IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Administrative Committee Service
Award
yy 2006 IEEE Engineering Leadership Award (CE Society)
yy 2000 IEEE Millennium Medal
Technical Activities Board (TAB) Representative to Conferences Committee
yy Chaired ad hoc on “conference naming” (2012)
yy Chaired ad hoc on “Conference finances” (2013)
yy Invited POCO presentations (2012-2013)
TAB Global Initiatives Committee
yy Committee Member (2013-2014)
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TAB Life Sciences Initiative
yy Education Chair (2014-2016)
Service on Section Committees:
yy Innovations Committee Chair
yy R-10 Sections Congress Chair
yy Singapore
yy NSW, Australia
yy Hong Kong
Society Activities:
Consumer Electronics Society (CE Soc):
yy Distinguished Lecturer (2015-2016)
yy President CE Soc (2013-2014)
yy VP Conferences (2010-2013)
yy VP International Affairs & Chapter Relations (1998-2009)
yy Founder of the award winning CE Magazine
yy Associate Editor CE Magazine
yy Associate editor CE Newsletter
yy Associate editor Transactions on CE
Product Safety Engineering Society (PSES):
yy VP Conferences (2015-2016)
yy Director-at-large (BOG) (2011-2016)
yy Associate Newsletter Editor
Reliability Society (Rel Soc):
yy Chair Maintenance Technical Group (2001-2008)
Communications Society (ComSoc):
yy Associate Technical Editor Communications Magazine
Chapter experience:
yy Founder of the Consumer Electronics Chapter in Singapore
yy Co-founder of the Engineering Management Chapter Singapore
yy Founder of the Engineering Management Chapter in NSW, Australia
yy Chapter Chair of the Hong Kong Consumer Electronics Chapter
yy He held various chapter positions: Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer
Conferences:
yy He started 7 conferences in R-10, and 4 outside R-10.
yy He started 4 conferences outside R-10
yy He served as the inaugural General Chair of Tencon-Spring in 2013
(renamed to Tensys).
Statement
Region 10 is playing a significant role in the IEEE. Yet it seems that the Board
of Directors has not woken up to the implications of these changes. Our region
has 27% of the total IEEE members that is more than any other region. We
have 42% of women and 37% of student members. Compared to other
regions we don’t have the strength in representation. Our region has and is
growing in membership, and economic significance. Some of the world’s leading
economies are in Region-10. There is enormous growth in conferences, which
is driven by our region. Growth in IP is also very significant in our region. The
significant growth and contribution towards learned society activities form R-10
will continue.
Why vote for me? Through my contributions in the IEEE, I have gained visibility,
and have built a network that will not only enable me to bring the growing
significance of R-10 to the board, but my network will also support me in bring
positive changes to the IEEE that will benefit our region.
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IEEE Region Delegate/Director, 2019-2020
Region 10 (Asia and Pacific)
AKINORI NISHIHARA
(Nominated by IEEE Region 10)
Professor
Human Assets Promotion Program for Innovative
Education and Research (HAPPIER)
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo, Japan
http://AkinoriNishihara.com
Akinori Nishihara received the B.E., M.E. and Dr. Eng. degrees in electronics from
Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1973, 1975 and 1978, respectively. Since
1978 he has been with Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he is now Professor
of Human Assets Promotion Program for Innovative Education and Research
(HAPPIER). His research interests are in signal processing and educational
technology. He published more than 300 technical papers in refereed
international journals and conferences. He received IEICE Best Paper Award
(1999), IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000), Distinguished Service Award for
IEEE Student Activities (2006), Tokyo Tech Best Teacher Award (2009), Tokyo
Tech Best Engineering Teacher Award (2013), IEEE Region 10 Outstanding
Volunteer Award (2015), and Commendation for Science and Technology by
the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2016). He
is an IEEE Fellow, an IEICE Fellow, and a member of AACE, APSIPA, and JSET.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’82-SM’97-F’03)
BOARD/COMMITTEE: RAB Student Activities Committee Member (19951996), EAB Committee on Global Accreditation Activities (2003-2006).
REGION: Student Activities Committee Chair (1995-1996), Treasurer (19992000), Educational Activities Committee Chair (2001-2004), Bylaws and
Operations Manual Coordinator (2007-2008), Strategic Planning Coordinator
(2009-2010), and History Coordinator (2016). He started Student Branch
Leadership Training Workshops in the Region in 1996.
SOCIETY: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II Associate Editor (19961997), CAS Society Board of Governors (2004-2005).
COUNCIL: Japan Council Executive Committee Member (1999-2004, 20092010, 2016), Women in Engineering Affinity Group Adviser (2005-2016), he
helped Shin-Etsu Section for its establishment in 2006. He was the founding
Secretary of the Japan Council Long Range Strategy Committee from 2001 to
2003, and identified the role of Japan Council. He is now serving again in the
same committee for Japan Council to have better role in the new era.
SECTION: Tokyo Section Executive Committee Member (1995-2004, 20092010, 2016). He continued the Student Branch Leadership Training Workshop
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in Japan for 11 years, and contributed to increase the Branches and helped
improve Branch activities. He has been contributing to various Section activities,
especially for young members. Since 2004, he has been the founding adviser of
the IEEE Tokyo Young Researchers Workshop (renamed as IEEE TransdisciplinaryOriented Workshop for Emerging Researchers since 2014), where young
researchers exchange ideas for the future using poster presentations. He
contributed to sister Section relationship between Boston Section and Tokyo
Section, and took six students from Tokyo and nearby Sections to Boston in
September 2004. He also helped Prof. Miki Haseyama to establish Sapporo
Section WIE affinity group in 2007.
CHAPTER: Circuits and Systems Society Japan Council Chapter, Vice Chair
(2004-2005), Chair (2006-2007).
MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: He successfully nominated 26 IEEE Senior
Members.
Statement
Region 10 has more than a quarter of total IEEE members and is still
growing. IEEE and Region 10 are quite vibrant in their technical and
social activities, but to further stimulate local and global activities I will do
my best to achieve the following goals:
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Expand benefits and services to members
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Increase prestige, recognition and visibility of Region 10 members
among IEEE community
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Enhance value of membership and member satisfaction with proper
services
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Empower and reward Sections/Chapters by stimulating local/global
activities
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Expand humanitarian technology activities by supporting local/global
level programs
Promote better achievements of geographical units in the Region
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Increase synergy by providing Region support to local leadership
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Establish new geographical units in emerging countries and revive
inactive units
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Empower industry practitioners, young professionals, students, and
women in engineering
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Encourage collaboration between Sections and Chapters, and between
academia and industry
Contribute to the IEEE operations
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As a representative of Region 10, I will contribute to proper operations
of IEEE by doing my duties.
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Member-at-Large, 2017-2018
W.C. “CHUCK” ADAMS, JR.
(Nominated by IEEE Standards Association)
Distinguished Standards Strategist
Huawei Technologies
Plano, Texas, USA
Chuck Adams, Huawei Technologies Distinguished
Standards Strategist, is a member of Huawei’s Corporate
Standards and Industry Development office. Chuck has
global responsibility for standards strategy, policy, and development.
Chuck is Past President of the IEEE SA and currently serves on the IEEE Standards
Board and Corporate Advisory Group, along with multiple SA committees,
strategy teams and development programs.
Chuck was employed by IBM for forty-one years, with his last ten years being
responsible for worldwide standardization / open source / intellectual property
management. His IBM experience includes communications, networking,
software development, strategic business planning, finance, and marketing.
Chuck received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and a
Master’s degree in Management Science from Lehigh University and a Doctorate
in Business from George Washington University. He is an IEEE Eta Kappa Nu Life
Member, an IEEE Life Senior Member, and a member of the IEEE Computer and
Communications Societies.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’65-M’68-SM’07-LS’12)
Chuck is the 2009-2010 Past-President of the IEEE Standards Association.
He organized the SA Corporate Advisory Group, serving as its first Chair and
broadening the integration of SA industry involvement. He has served on the
Corporate Advisory Group, Standards Board, Board of Governors, multiple
committees, ad hocs, and policy teams. Chuck was instrumental in structuring
and expanding the SA’s International Strategy and Business Development and
Global Market Visibility programs and was involved in development of the IEEESA intellectual property policies.
As a member of the IEEE Board of Directors, Chuck was the founding chair
of the IEEE’s Public Visibility Committee. Chuck was also a member of the
BOD’s international outreach team, developing the initial IEEE European strategy,
resulting in the establishment of the IEEE’s European office. He was also involved
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in the early planning and staffing for the IEEE Asian offices. He supported the SA
in developing the European and China standards model.
Chuck is actively involved in the development of the IEEE-SA IoT (Internet of
Things) and Open Source strategies, serving as the initial strategy team chair,
and was a founding member of the IEEE IoT P2413 development program.
He also served as the SA’s organizing Smart Grid lead, representing the SA
in communities such as the SGIP and addressing several IEEE Smart Grid
conferences on the role of IEEE standards.
Chuck has authored several papers, spoken on various panels, and coordinated
governmental speaking engagements within the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa
promoting the IEEE SA, and addressing the importance of SA standards in
supporting industry, technology market development models. He has served
on the IEEE SA Strategy Committee, including the strategic re-focus developed
in 2014.
Statement
The IEEE Standards Association is recognized by industry, government and
academia as a premier global technology standards community. My goal is to
promote the expanding global relevance of the IEEE SA and to ensure the SA is
positioned for the future. The standards environment is becoming characterized
by broadened cross industry and cross technology integration; by a recognition
of the value of cross SDO collaboration; and by the leveraging of new industry
driven support models (e.g. test beds, open source implementation, compliance,
etc.) to better position standards in the marketplace. While maintaining the
value and integrity of our SA model, we need to ensure the visibility, awareness,
and development of a strong member community in future positioning, while
ensuring the balancing and leveraging of the IEEE and the IEEE SA resources in
achieving our long term objective of being the premier 2020 community.
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Member-at-Large, 2017-2018
MARK EPSTEIN
(Nominated by IEEE Standards Association)
Senior Vice President – Development
Qualcomm Incorporated
San Diego, California, USA
Mark Epstein received a Ph.D. from Stanford and M.S. and
B.S. degrees from M.I.T. He has been a Fellow at Harvard.
As a Senior Vice President at Qualcomm, he is involved
with standards activities and the development of wireless communications
products. Previously, Mark was Deputy for Communications, Command, Control
and Intelligence (C3I) in the Office of the Secretary of the Army, where he guided
the Army’s electronics programs. Earlier, he had engineering management
responsibilities at Computer Sciences Corporation and Northrop.
Mark currently is on the IEEE-SA Board of Governors and the SA Corporate
Advisory Group, and he has served on the Standards Board. Outside the IEEE,
Mark is on the Boards of ATIS, TIA and the US ITU Association. He is a trustee at
MIT and the Washington D.C. Shakespeare Theatre Company.
Dr. Epstein has 5 publications and 1 patent.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’60-M’68-SM’84-LS’09)
I am a member of the IEEE Power and Energy, Communications and Computer
Societies.
My IEEE standards involvement began with my working on 802.20, a standards
project for an advanced wide area wireless communications system. This led to
my being a member of RevCom, NesCom and then the Standards Board. On
these committees, I have tried to encourage keeping the standards process as
easy and as fast as possible.
My Standards Board responsibilities evolved to membership on the IEEESA Corporate Advisory Group, where I encouraged standards working group
participation on either individual or a company bases. I also supported increased
IEEE global outreach activities. My Standards Board activities led to my election
to the IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors and many leadership roles
on its committees and that of the IEEE.
I chaired the SA Strategic Planning and Portfolio Management Committee for
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many years and led efforts to provide better service to our members. I also
served on the IEEE New Initiatives Committee and these SA Board of Governor
committees:
yy Awards and Recognition Committee
yy Board of Governors Ad Hoc Council
yy Fellows Committee
yy Nominations and Appointments Committee
yy Corporate Advisory Group
yy SA Representative to the ISTO Board of Directors
yy ICAP Steering Committee
yy Standards Conduct Committee
yy Strategic Planning Advisory Group
yy Global Coordinating Committee
yy Chair of Ad Hoc on Global Standards Collaboration
yy Chair of Ad Hoc on Corporate Member Value Proposition
yy Chair of Ad Hoc on Member Retention
In all of the above committees, I encouraged the Standards Association to
improve services to its members and provided my perspectives on manufacturing,
intellectual property rights and international activities. My objective is always
to ensure that the IEEE Standards Association remains the best place for
standardization of new ideas and technologies.
Statement
As a member of the IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors, I will
continue to strive to further enhance the international recognition of the IEEE
and the reputation of the Standards Association as the best place for technically
excellent and market relevant standards. It is important that the IEEE-SA receive
perspectives outside the IEEE in the areas of manufacturing, IPR and international
activities. Future technical standards will be increasingly affected by changes in
policies that will be influenced by court rulings, actions of government agencies
and rulings of international organizations. I will bring to the Board of Governors
my long experience in all these key areas through my involvement in outside
standards-related organizations such as ATIS, TIA, USITUA, GSC and the ITU.
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For IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors
Member-at-Large, 2017-2018
ROBERT S. FISH
(Nominated by IEEE Standards Association)
NETovations Group, LLC; and
Department of Computer Science
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Robert S. Fish (SMIEEE) received his Ph.D. from Stanford
University. Currently, he is President of NETovations Group, LLC, a consulting
company specializing in networking technology innovation. He is also on the
faculty of the Computer Science Department of Princeton University. Previously,
he was Chief Product Officer and Senior Vice President of Operations at
Mformation Technologies, Inc. creating software for mobile device management.
From 1997 through 2006, Dr. Fish was Vice President and Managing Director of
the Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratories with labs in Princeton, San Jose,
Santa Barbara, and San Diego which invented and promoted the standardization
of technologies for embedding networking into consumer devices. Prior to that,
Rob was Executive Director of Multimedia Communications Research at Bellcore
after starting his career at Bell Laboratories. His department created some of
the US’s earliest broadband video communications and residential broadband
networking trials. He holds 17 patents and has numerous publications.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’93-SM’07)
Dr. Fish is a long time volunteer within the IEEE. He was a member of the IEEESA Board of Governors (SA-BoG) and is VP - Industry & Standards Activities for
the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc). He was a founding member of
the IEEE-Standards Association Corporate Advisory Group (CAG), and has been
chair of SA’s Global Coordination Committee (GCC) and of the SA Standards
Conduct Committee. In all these roles he has strongly promoted attracting
and maintaining corporate and individual membership and global support and
participation in the IEEE SA standards process.
Prior to becoming VP - Standards, Rob was secretary of the ComSoc Standards
Development Board (Com-SDB). Within ComSoc, Rob has been a strong
advocate for increasing the resources the society devotes to standards
activities. For instance, while on COM-SDB, he helped initiate the P190X
series of communications technology related standards. Seeking to give more
visibility to IEEE standards, he was a co-editor of the series “IEEE Standards
for Communications and Networking” published in IEEE Communications
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Magazine. The success of this series has now been followed by the
inauguration this year of an ongoing Communications Standards supplement to
Communications Magazine. In addition, bringing industry and advanced research
together has been a priority. One example of this is the IEEE Conference on
Standards in Communications and Networking (IEEE-CSCN), planned for Berlin
this year, featuring both industry and academic contributions to communications
standards.
In other IEEE activities, Dr. Fish was a member of ComSoc’s Board of Governors
and Chair of the ComSoc GLOBECOM/ICC Management and Strategy
Committee. He represents SA on the IEEE Conferences Committee where he
chairs an ad-hoc on industry engagement. Rob co-founded the IEEE Consumer
Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC) and serves as Chair of
the CCNC steering committee. In 2007, Dr. Fish received the Distinguished
Service Award from ComSoc’s Multimedia Technical Committee.
Statement
As a unit of the nonprofit IEEE, IEEE-SA is truly an impartial player in voluntary,
non-governmental standardization, serving to create broadly available and
broadly supported technical standards. As an SA BoG member, enhancing the
partnership between SA volunteers, corporate members, and staff will be a
top priority. Initiatives that nurture global industry outreach and stable entity
membership are highly desired. Global recognition for IEEE-SA’s standardization
process must remain a priority. SA should cultivate relationships with other
global standards organizations based on mutual recognition.
Follow-up on recent initiatives in Smart Grid, Cloud Computing, IoT, and SDN
should be pursued. Initiatives on topics such as the 5G mobile communications,
“Big Data,” and augmented reality present a great potential for new standards by
mobilizing the deep technical resources and intellectual firepower present within
IEEE. In addition, new additions to the traditional standardization processes, for
instance, support of “open source” processes, should be considered.
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For IEEE Technical Activities Vice President-Elect, 2017
IEEE Technical Activities Vice President, 2018
SUSAN “KATHY” LAND
(Nominated by IEEE Technical Activities)
Program Manager
US Department of Defense
Huntsville, Alabama, USA
www.SusanKathyLand.com
Ms. Land is a program manager supporting the US
Department of Defense. Ms. Land has served two terms on
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Board of Directors. She
has also served on the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) Board of Governors
and in a variety of volunteer positions having previously served as the 2009
president of the IEEE-CS. She served as a member of the IEEE-USA Board
of Directors (2013, 2016) and in 2007, she was the recipient of the IEEE
Standards Association Standards Medallion. She has more than 25 years of
industry experience in the application of software engineering methodologies,
the management of information systems, and leadership of software
development teams. Ms. Land is the author or co-author of a number of texts,
papers, podcasts, webinars all supporting sound software engineering principles
and practical application of software process methodologies. For additional
information please visit: www.SusanKathyLand.com.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(A’01-S’01-A’04-SM’04-GSM’12-SM’12)
My recent contributions:
Served as Technical Activities Board representative to the IEEE Internet
Governance Initiative ad hoc, working with Standards Association to develop a
strategic plan for IEEE’s long-term involvement in internet governance.
As a member of the Women in Engineering Committee (WIE), I analyzed and
was primary author of recommendations for an effective Committee reporting
and operational structure that included the proposal to move WIE’s reporting
from the Board to MGA. The subsequent approval of the proposal has had
significant positive impact on WIE and other IEEE stakeholders.
As President of the IEEE Computer Society, I led efforts for financial recovery
and future growth. I am directly responsible for the generation of a balanced
budget and elimination of US$3.7M deficit. As the primary author of the
2008 Computer Society strategic plan, we changed the process, incorporating
measurable organizational and governance goals.
IEEE leadership roles and activities:
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IEEE Board of Directors: Division V, 2014-2015; Division XIII, 2011-2012
IEEE-USA Board Member 2013, 2016
IEEE 2030 Ad Hoc, 2015-2016
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yy New Initiatives, 2016
yy Awards Board N&A, 2013-2015
yy Women in Engineering: TAB Representative, 2010-2012; IEEE-CS Liaison,
2008
yy Ethics and Member Conduct Committee (EMCC), 2010, 2016
yy Infrastructure Ad Hoc, 2014
yy Internet Governance Ad Hoc, 2014
yy Technical Activities Board (TAB) Committees:
• Strategic Planning, 2015-2016
• Finance, 2013-2014
• Technical Management, 2012-2014
• Society Review, Member 2012-2014
• Ethics and Conflict Resolution: Chair 2010; Member 2008-2011
• Industrial Ad Hoc, 2012
• Structure Ad Hoc, 2011
yy Computer Society (IEEE-CS):
• President, 2009
• 1st Vice President 2007-2008
• 2nd Vice President, 2006-2007
• Board of Governors, 2005-2008
• Conferences and Tutorials Vice President, 2007-2008
• Standards Activities: Vice President, 2004-2006; Standards Activities
Board (SAB), 2002-2008
• Software and Systems Engineering Standards: Management Board
(S2ESC), 2001-2005; Executive Committee (S2ESC), 2001-2008
yy Region 3 Awards Chair, 2016
yy Standards Association, Member, 2000-present
yy P1490 Standards Working Group, Chair, 2002-2004
Statement
If elected to serve as the Vice President for Technical Activities I will:
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Work to provide value to each member by leveraging the diversity and
breadth of the IEEE technical community. I believe strongly that our
diversity requires a flexible framework not a ‘one-size fits all’ solution. I will
work diligently to ensure that we continue to provide products at their
premier quality level and to increase our professional membership and
prestige worldwide.
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Encourage interaction and communication among the IEEE operating
units and within the Technical Activity community. There is still much
work to be accomplished to support IEEE as a whole and to sponsor
technical activities that support collaboration, interoperability, marketing,
and expansion. I will enthusiastically support the development of new
services and products, bringing an optimistic outlook to long-term planning.
yy
Continue to support efforts to clarify financial reporting and promote
fiscal responsibility. It is crucial that we work with others within IEEE so that
the efforts within Technical Activities are prioritized within the IEEE goals and
vision, while providing the most benefit to our membership. The IEEE and
TAB are working to deliver increasing value to our members and I will
continue to support those efforts.
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IEEE Technical Activities Vice President, 2018
SERGIO BENEDETTO
(Nominated by IEEE Technical Activities)
Professor
Politecnico di Torino
Torino, Italy
Sergio Benedetto is a professor at Politecnico di
Torino. Active for over 30 years in the field of digital
communications, he coauthored 4 books and over 250
papers. He received the “Premio Siemens per le Telecomunicazioni” in 1973,
the “Premio Bianchi” of AEI in 1974, the “Premio Bonavera” in 1976, the “Gold
Medal Award of Siemens Telecomunicazioni” in 1993 and 1995, the “Italgas
International Prize for Research and Technological Innovation” in 1998, the
“Cristoforo Colombo International Award for Communications” in 2006, the
“IEEE Communications Society Edwin Howard Armstrong Award” in 2008 and
the “2015 Communication Theory Outstanding Service Award”. He has been
Chair of the Communication Theory Technical Committee, was TP Chair of the
Communication Theory Symposium at ICC 2000 and ICC 2006, and General
Chair of the 2004 Communication Theory Workshop. An IEEE Fellow, Sergio has
been Area Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications and a Distinguished
Lecturer of ComSoc.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’76-M’89-SM’90-F’97-LF’15)
IEEE ACTIVITIES: IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB): 2014-2015, IEEE TAB
Periodicals Committee; 2008-2011, PSPB Strategic Planning Committee; 20142016, IEEE Ad Hoc on the Future of Information and Convening; 2015, IEEE Ad
Hoc on Infrastructure; 2014, PSPB Member-at-Large: 2016-2018.
SOCIETY ACTIVITIES: Sergio has been Vice President of Technical Activities
of IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) in 2006-2007, Vice-President for
Publications in 2008-2009, Vice President for Member Relations in 2010-2011,
President of the IEEE Communications Society in 2014-2015.
As a member of the Periodicals Committee of IEEE TAB I worked with
society presidents in making the process of launching new periodicals more
transparent and easier to follow, through an internal Sub-Committee of the
Planning Committee aimed at tutoring the proposers of new periodicals during
the submission of Phase 1 and 2 proposals. Within the IEEE PSPB Strategic
Planning Committee, I contributed to the issue of IEEE positioning in the Open
Access arena. Some of my major accomplishments have been within the IEEE
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Communications Society, for which I have served in 3 Vice President positions
and as President. In the latter position, I have been able in 2015 to bring the
society to break even from a previous year (2014) deficit of about US$1,000,000.
Also, as President, I enhanced the collaboration with IEEE Standards Association
introducing new standard groups and adding a Standard Supplement to
Communications Magazine. I revamped the whole Society strategy to increase
industry participation in ComSoc by inviting industry members to Publication
and Conference Boards. In TAB as President of the Communications Society, I
have been one of the leaders of the societies Presidents movement advocating
a better financial transparency in IEEE budget. The result has been so far
very effective, bringing benefits to Organizational Units in the identification of
weaknesses and strengths in their business, and also to IEEE as a whole.
Statement
Technical Activities are at the very core of IEEE activities. They provide the
“products” that generate most of the IEEE’s revenues, thanks to the dedication,
competence, and hard work of thousands of volunteers. It is within TAB that
the volunteers are engaged in the various Organizational Units (societies in
particular), interact between them and the IEEE leadership, and it is crucial that
this interaction be constructive, fair to all parties involved and endowed with
mutual respect. If elected, one of my goals will be to improve the relationships
between TAB and societies, to further enhance the process of making transparent
the IEEE budget in general (and TAB in particular) that I started successfully with
some society Presidents already in the past years.
In the archival publishing and conference organization arena dotted with more
agile, rapidly reacting and sometimes less impartial competitors, IEEE has an
invaluable asset: the best scientists in the IEEE fields of interest willing to serve
their community as volunteers. If elected, I will engage in those goals with the
positive and factual attitude that characterizes engineering work: never rely on
hearsay or impressions, but on facts, and take decisions based on experiments
and trials and never on ideologies.
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IEEE-USA President, 2018
CHARLES P. RUBENSTEIN, PhD, CEng
(Nominated by IEEE-USA)
Professor of Engineering and Information Science
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, New York, USA
www.CharlesRubenstein.com
Charles Rubenstein is a tenured professor of engineering
and information sciences at Pratt Institute in New York and
has been a visiting professor at Farmingdale State College (SUNY), Farmingdale,
New York. He has an earned doctorate in bioengineering (Polytechnic Institute
of New York) and a master’s in library and information science (Pratt Institute).
An internationally known distinguished lecturer for IEEE’s S-PAC program and
Engineering Management and Computer Societies, he has delivered workshops
and tutorials on Android Application Design, IEEE Leadership Skills, HTML and
eCommerce, wireless technology, as well as “Scalability of IEEE Membership”
presentations world-wide.
He continues to have leadership roles in Region and technical Society executive
committees. Currently Chair of the IEEE-USA Conferences Committee, he was
responsible for increasing IEEE-USA’s conference portfolio from a few technical
co-sponsorships to a three-year average surplus of over US$50,000 across a
dozen financially co-sponsored conferences - several of which he created and
chaired.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’66-M’69-S’71-M’80-SM’82-LS’13)
My creative strategic thinking coupled with hands-on tactical leadership and a
depth of knowledge of the IEEE and IEEE-USA activities comes from serving
four years on the IEEE-USA Board of Directors, on the IEEE Board of Directors
(Region 1 Director 2010-2011), and as a member of the Educational Activities
(EAB), Member & Geographical Activities (MGA), Publication Services and
Products (PSPB), and Technical Activities (TAB) Boards.
My more than 30 years of exemplary IEEE volunteer leadership planning
and accomplishing IEEE activities have earned me IEEE’s Robert S. Walleigh
Distinguished Professionalism Award, the IEEE-USA Citation of Honor, Centennial
Outstanding Young Engineer Medal, Third Millennium Medal, and the Regional
Activities Board Innovation Award.
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Currently, as charter Chair of the IEEE-USA Conferences Committee, in four
years I increased IEEE-USA’s conference portfolio from a few technically cosponsored events with essentially no income to a dozen financially co-sponsored
conferences, several of which I created, with an average of US$30,000 in annual
surpluses and a total income of about US$165,000.
Not just planning and coordinating, but doing has been my trademark. I am the
creator/coordinator of the IEEE Booth (a joint Region 1, IEEE-USA and EAB effort)
at what will be five annual World Maker Faire New York events (2012-2016).
I serve as IEEE conference 2016 treasurer for IEEE ETHICS, Wireless in Space
and Extreme Environments (WISEE), International Conference on Connected
Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE), the IEEE-USA Young Professional’s Future Leaders
Forum and, as a Women in Engineering (WIE) member, the WIE USA Forum
East - a joint WIE, IEEE-USA, IEEE Region 1 and Region 2 effort in its second year.
My leadership roles this year include being member of the IEEE Conferences
Committee, IEEE Region 1 Student Activities Chair, Region 1 Conferences
Coordinator and Sections Congress 2017 Coordinator and Member-emeritus of
the Technology and Engineering Management Society AdCom.
Statement
Our IEEE-USA President is the face of IEEE-USA’s activities, mission and goals
to the public and our spokesperson in matters of the American engineer and
technologist to the US Congress and external organizations as well as internally
to IEEE’s technical and geographic units.
My priorities as your IEEE-USA President include working with YOU, staff and
Congressional leaders to revamp the H-1B ‘guest’ visa program - addressing
its abuses and pushing for green cards and immigration paths to increase and
protect US JOBS! Equal jobs for Equal pay !
With so many alternatives to IEEE membership in the US, growing membership
by re-establishing a strong grassroots infrastructure (USA for PACE) is a natural
priority.
Critical also is stabilizing and maintaining IEEE-USA Conference offerings as
well as working with and empowering our Students, Young Professionals, WIE
and Life Members. In the not too distant past IEEE-USA was IEEE’s professional
activities training and political networking arm. Nearly all leadership in the
US stemmed from IEEE-USA programs resulting in MANY of IEEE’s current
leadership. Positioning IEEE-USA as a catalyst in technology-related global policy
issues is all the more critical to our role within a more global IEEE.
Working together, we will accomplish these goals and others!
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IEEE-USA President, 2018
EDWARD G. PERKINS
(Nominated by IEEE-USA)
Consultant
Tualatin, Oregon, USA
http://edwperkinsblog.wordpress.com
Edward G. Perkins received the BSEE and MSCS degrees
from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), and the MS
ECE degree (2004) from Portland State University.
Ed consults in IT Governance, enterprise risk management and risk auditing;
process automation; and technology documentation and holds a Certified
Internal Auditor designation and Certified Enterprise Risk Manager certification.
He has over 30 years industry experience, in electronic design automation,
program and project management, mixed-signal test development, design
services management, chip architecture development, software development,
and real time systems programming. He has worked as design services manager
for a telecom start-up, as a program manager in the Virtual Test Division of
IMS in Beaverton, Oregon, and 16 years at Digital Equipment Corporation, 10
years in the central engineering CAD department where he was responsible for
management of CAE services and support to engineering groups worldwide and
before that as principal software engineer in real-time operating systems.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’69-M’74-SM’02-LSM’16)
IEEE ACTIVITIES:
IEEE COMMITTEES/BOARDS: MGA Membership Recruitment and Recovery
Committee, Chair 2013-14; IEEE Board of Directors, 2011-12; IEEE Audit
Committee, Chair, 2012; IEEE Conferences Committee, Member 2009-10; IEEE
Publication Services and Products Board, Member 2009; IEEE Admissions and
Advancement Committee, Member, 2006-08.
IEEE-USA COMMITTEES/BOARDS: Vice-President, Professional Activities,
2013-14; IEEE-USA Board of Directors, 2011-14; IEEE-USA Career and
Workforce Policy Committee, Chair, 2007-08; Vice Chair Policy 2009-10;
Resource Member 2011-14; Member, 2005-06.
REGION: Region 6: Director 2011-12; Conferences, Chair 2009-10, 2015;
Membership Development Committee, 2005-08.
COUNCIL/SECTIONS/CHAPTERS/AFFINITY GROUPS/SECTIONS: Oregon
Section, Chair, 2003-04; Professional Activities Committees for Engineers
(PACE), Chair, 2001-02, 2005-08; Worcester County Section, Chair, 1981-82;
CHAPTERS: Oregon Section CPMT/CAS Chapter Secretary 2013-15; Computer
Society Chapter and Communications Society Chapter, Program Committee,
Member, 2000-01, 2007-08; Worcester County Computer Society Chapter,
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SOCIETY/TECHNICAL COUNCIL: Nanotechnology Council, Secretary, 2012-16.
IEEE-HKN: Member, Gamma-Delta Chapter.
CONFERENCES: IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech),
Chair, 2013-2014, Program Chair 2015; IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology
Conference (GHTC), Advisory Committee 2010-16.
AWARDS: Region 6 Director’s Special Award, 2014, 2009; IEEE-USA Citation of
Honor, 2008; IEEE-USA Regional Professional Leadership Award, 2005.
IEEE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
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IEEE-USA VP Professional Activities: led revamping of PACE funding process,
instituting the concept of direct grants, revised the Committee charter to
add a focus on training; directed rebranding and refocusing of Student
Professional Activities, re-launching in 2014 as SPA-x for its 35th year.
Founded the IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech).
As Region 6 Director, supported development of the flagship IEEE Global
Humanitarian Technology Conference, now in its 5th year.
Created “Career Survival in the New Millennium”, workshop for IEEE-USA
Career and Workforce Policy Committee (CWPC). Seminar became model
for Careers Program at MGA Metro Area Workshops.
Led development of CWPC Immigration Position on H-1B guest worker and
EB (Green Card) visa reform.
Statement
IEEE-USA faces challenges. A slow decline in yearly U.S. membership reduces
funding. New and younger members are looking for a professional awareness
experience, and expect to interact using modern means. Essential work in policy,
STEM and careers in Washington is not translated effectively to the local level.
Concrete steps are required to address these challenges and improve IEEE-USA’s
relevance:
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Improving communication about what IEEE-USA does for members.
• Reinvigorate communication pathways for the 21st century.
• Provide alternate delivery mechanisms for materials and messages.
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Play to strengths; shore up weaknesses
Strengths: National efforts in support of the Profession
Weaknesses: translation from national efforts to local actions
• Local member groups to provide a focus for actions.
• Mobilize members to address pressing policy issues.
• Provide Volunteer Training opportunities at Regions & via web.
• Develop Conferences addressing key focus areas: Policy, R&D, IP,
Workforce, Careers, etc.
I am honored to be nominated and am committed to ensuring that IEEE-USA is
responsive to the needs of our members, practitioners, students and the public. I
will provide hands-on tactical leadership for IEEE-USA to address our challenges.
I have the track record of results and experience to make this happen. I would
appreciate your vote.
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For IEEE-USA President-Elect, 2017
IEEE-USA President, 2018
SANDRA L. “CANDY” ROBINSON
(Nominated by IEEE-USA)
Software Engineering Manager
Lockheed Martin MST
Midlothian, Texas, USA
www.candyrobinson.com/2017-2
Candy Robinson is currently a Software Engineering Manager
for Lockheed Martin MST, assigned to the F-35 program.
She worked as a design and software engineer for Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, the Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory, and for the Boeing
Company. She has published papers at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium
and for the SWE National Convention. She is a Distinguished Toastmaster, ACM
member, IEEE Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP), and Life
member of SWE. She has served in many career guidance activities, including
MathCounts, TISP, Girl Scout badge workshops, science fair judging, career fair
presentations, Expanding Your Horizons conference chair and presenter, and
Future Cities judge. She received a BSEE degree from the University of Texas
at Austin (1977), an MSCS degree from the University of California at Davis
(1986), and an MBA in Engineering and Technology Management from the
University of Dallas (1999).
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’76-AF’94-M’99-SM’03)
IEEE ACTIVITIES:
COMMITTEES/BOARDS:
yy Audit Committee Chair, 2011
yy Audit Committee Member, 2010
yy Member, Institute Advisory Board, 2009-2011
yy Member, EAB Pre-University Education Coordinating Committee, 2009
yy Member, GOLD Committee, 2009
yy Chair, MGA Pre-University Committee, 2008-2009
REGION:
yy Region 5 Government Activities Coordinator, 2014-2015
yy Region 5 Director, 2010-2011
yy South Area, Chair, 2006-2007
yy Women in Engineering Coordinator, 2004-2005
SECTIONS/CHAPTERS:
yy Fort Worth Section Membership Development Chair, 2014-2015
yy Computer Society Fort Worth Chapter Vice Chair, 2008-2010
yy Dallas Section Chair, 2002-2003
yy Dallas Section Vice Chair, 2001-2002
yy Dallas Section Treasurer, 2000-2001
yy Dallas Section Secretary, 1999-2000
yy Computer Society Dallas Chapter Chair, 1998-1999
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yy IEEE Metrocon Cutting Edge Technologies Track Co-Chair, 2013
AWARDS:
yy Regional Activities Board Achievement Award, 2005
yy Region 5 Outstanding Member Award, 2003
yy Outstanding Service Award, Computer Society Dallas Chapter, 1998
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
yy As Director of Region 5, responsible for strategic leadership, organizing and
leading several executive committee meetings per year, as well as oversight
and management of the Region budget and Region business. Served on
Board of Directors for IEEE, IEEE MGA, and IEEE-USA.
yy As first Women in Engineering Coordinator for Region 5, created a listserv
and increased the communication and dialog among women in the Region.
Awarded 2005 Regional Activities Board Achievement Award for this work.
yy Successfully led the Dallas Section as Chair resulting in Outstanding Large
Section award in 2003.
yy Spearheaded Teacher-in-Service training program for IEEE members in the
Dallas area, resulting in recruiting strong leaders who annually orchestrate
outstanding Teacher training days in Fort Worth.
yy Created Government Activities committee in Dallas. Served as Region 5
Government Activities Coordinator, and recruited Region 5 members to visit
D.C. each year.
Statement
As IEEE-USA President, I will serve the USA members, the profession, and the
public.
IEEE-USA must continue to support the professional careers of its members
by understanding economic issues that impact members, and making policy
recommendations that support members from employment through retirement.
Providing greater public awareness of engineering will strengthen our profession
and have a positive impact on society.
IEEE-USA must better understand member needs at the local level and enable
Sections to serve those needs. Members must be aware of the work the IEEEUSA does for the profession and the benefits available. IEEE-USA must continue
to communicate sound technology policy recommendations to Congress that
promote U.S. prosperity, including immigration reform, intellectual property
protection, and innovation incentives.
We nurture the future of our profession through Washington student Internships,
precollege outreach activities, and strong IEEE student branch connections.
A strong partnership that involves industry, academia, the public, and IEEE-USA
staff creates a powerful and dynamic team that truly serves USA members,
the profession, and the public. The key to our effectiveness is more member
involvement and engagement.
If I am provided the opportunity, I will serve with integrity and accountability to
the best of my ability.
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WOLE AKPOSE
(Nominated by IEEE-USA)
Founder & CEO
6igma Group
Seattle, Washington, USA
Wole Akpose is the Founder & CEO of 6igma Group, a
cybersecurity design and management consulting firm
helping organizations design and implement effective
protection solutions. A cyber security architecture and metrics expert, Wole helps
organizations design, measure and deploy robust, efficient and cost effective
cyber strategies focused on value delivery and risk optimization.
Wole spends his spare time volunteering for IEEE and other organizations
and has served in various leadership roles over the last 15 years. He has the
distinctinction of volunteering in Regions 2 and 6. He is the current chair of IEEE
vTools Committee.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’01-SM’06)
IEEE ACTIVITIES:
COMMITTEES/BOARDS: VTools Committee Chair (2015), VTools Committee
(2013-2014), Transnational Committee (2004), GOLD RAB (2004-2006),
ITC&O (2009-2011), Membership Development (2008-2010), Individual
Benefits & Services Committee (2010-2012), IEEE-USA Employment & Career
Services (2006-2008).
REGIONS: (Region 2) GOLD Coordinator (2004-2006), Employment and
Career Services (2006-2008), Membership Development (2008-2010),
Information Management (2013-2014).
SECTIONS/CHAPTERS: Northern Virginia, GOLD Secretary (2001-2002);
Baltimore, Founding GOLD Chair (2003-2004).
SOCIETY: Baltimore Section Computer Society Chair (2009-2014); IEEE P2030
Working Group; IEEE P1363 Working Group.
CONFERENCE: Computer Society Morgan State University National Cyber
Security Awareness Workshop (October 2010).
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OTHER: Consultants Network Affinity Group, Baltimore Chapter, Future of
Information Participant (2009).
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Helped create solution to adequately respond to Sections Congress
recommendation (23) to enhance vTools for better usability by volunteers,
and provide a training program for sections to the sections.
Computer Society/Morgan Student Branch Workshop on GENI (2012)
Baltimore-NOVA-DC Consultants Network Workshop on Patents (2011)
IEEE Computer Society Cyber Security Workshop - Baltimore (2010)
Founded the Baltimore Consultants Network (2010)
Founding Chair, Baltimore GOLD (2003)
Statement
As our members continue to grapple with career and life challenges, we as an
organization must continue to help by providing services and opportunities that
help them along the way, throughout the cycle of life and career.
There is no better time to be an engineer, as the world races to solve new
problems and as advances in technology and science creates new opportunities
and new frontiers. IEEE is poised to help our members seize these opportunities
and make a stake for the evolving frontiers. But we must do a better job of
communicating our approach and the available resources to our members and
help them take advantage of, and enhance their career options.
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For IEEE-USA Member-at-Large, 2017-2018
PETER S. WINOKUR
(Nominated by IEEE-USA)
President
Integrated Safety Solutions, LLCIEEE
Rockville, Maryland, USA
Dr. Peter Winokur was appointed by President Bush to
the 2006 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board and by
President Obama in 2010 to serve as its 3rd Chairman
for a term expiring October 18, 2014. On his retirement from federal service in
2015, Peter formed a consulting business that provides important perspectives
on balancing mission and safety, worker protections, and industrial and process
safety.
Peter spent the first fourteen years of his career as a research physicist at the
Harry Diamond Laboratories. In 1983, he joined Sandia National Laboratories
where he led efforts to develop radiation-hardened technology for use in military
and space systems. From 2001-2004, he served as an IEEE Congressional
Fellow.
Peter received his B.S. in Physics from The Cooper Union and his Ph.D. in
Physics from the University of Maryland. He received numerous awards and
recognitions, most recently as the Chairman Emeritus, Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board.
IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’82-SM’86-F’91-LF’15)
COMMITTEES/BOARDS: Member-at-Large, Nuclear and Plasma Sciences
(NPSS) Radiation Effects Technical Committee (1985-1986); Vice-Chairman
(1991-1994), Chairman (1994-1997), Past Chairman (1997-2000), Radiation
Effects Technical Committee; NPSS Finance Committee (1994-1997); IEEEUSA Aerospace Policy Committee (1996-1999); IEEE New Technologies
Directions Committee (1998-1999); IEEE Fellow Committee (1998-2000);
IEEE-USA R&D Policy Committee (1999-2005); TAB Products Committee
(2001-2002); IEEE Future Directions Committee (2001); Member (19992003), Vice-President (2000), President (2001-2002), and Past President
(2003-2006), NPSS; Chairman, NPSS Fellow Evaluation Committee (20072010); Chairman, NPSS N&A Committee (2003-2006); Chairman, NPSS
Awards Committee (2007-2008); IEEE Awards Planning and Policy Committee
(2009); IEEE Awards Board (2009); Chairman, TAB Awards & Recognition
Committee (2009-2011); TAB Representative to IEEE-USA Board of Directors
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(2009); TAB Representative to IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Committee
(2009-2010); TAB Representative to IEEE-USA WISE Program (2009-2010);
IEEE-USA Government Fellows Committee (2007-2008); IEEE Global Public
Policy Ad Hoc Committee (2015); IEEE Global Public Policy Committee (2016).
TECHNICAL COMMITTEES AND CONFERENCES: Guest Editor, December
Issue of IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (1983-1984); General Chairman
(1985), Technical Program Chairman (1984), and Local Arrangements Chairman
(1983), IEEE Semiconductor Interface Specialists Conference; Technical
Program Chairman, IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference
(1989); Organizer/Lecturer of IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Short Course
on “Radiation Effects in Accelerator Electronics and Detectors” (1991); Editor
(US), Proceedings of Third European Conference on Radiation and its Effects on
Components and Systems (1995).
AWARDS/HONORS: IEEE Fellow (1991); IEEE Millennium Medal (2000);
Outstanding Paper, IEEE Nuclear & Space Radiation Effects Conference (1976,
1984, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2001); IEEE Congressional Science Fellow
(2001-2004).
Statement
I have been a dedicated volunteer in IEEE/IEEE-USA throughout my 46-year
career in government and contractor organizations.
As an IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow, I learned first-hand the legislative and
political processes that are so important to advancing the interests of IEEE-USA
Members.
I fully understand the important role that technology plays in the well being
of our nation and the extremely difficult job of educating the public about the
critical role that engineers play in providing technology solutions to the nation’s
problems. If elected Member-at-Large (MAL), I will work with IEEE-USA policy
committees to support major U.S initiatives in homeland security, cyber security,
energy, water, and transportation.
Although I am an IEEE Life Fellow, I am familiar with the challenges faced by
young engineers seeking employment and sustaining challenging careers. If
elected MAL, I will support efforts to remove obstacles that hinder women and
minorities from contributing to the engineering profession.
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