IEEE Annual Election Candidates - Division VI

D. (Dennis) R. Hoffman

D. (DENNIS) R. HOFFMAN
(Nominated by IEEE Division VI)

JSF AV R&M Engineering Integration Lead
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Fort Worth, Texas, USA

 

Mr. Dennis Hoffman is a highly experienced manager and technical expert with a strong background in reliability engineering, systems engineering, strategy planning, product development, proposals, and program management at Texas Instruments and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. His experience primarily encompasses defense programs, but includes industrial and commercial product programs. His significant technical contributions earned him recognition by Raytheon / Texas Instruments and by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. An innovative and visionary leader, Mr. Hoffman championed ties to state-of-the-art university research and transitioned that research into deployed capabilities. His positions as Director, Senior Manager, and Department Manager led to broad interfaces with various management levels within the companies, partner companies, and customers. Mr. Hoffman is an effective team leader, has participated in and managed numerous successful team projects, and reported to Vice Presidents. In addition, Mr. Hoffman has served on and chaired numerous industry-government teams.

 

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’63-M’66-SM’99-LS’09)

Mr. Hoffman is currently President of the IEEE Reliability Society (RS). In his leadership position, he has established and processed numerous initiatives and goals to aid the Reliability Society in being a very positive Society.

He became an IEEE member when he was a student in 1963, has been a member ever since, and is now a Life Member. As a student, he was an officer in the Student Chapter. He helped establish the Dallas RS Chapter and was its chair for a number of years.

He has served as an elected RS AdCom member and RS officer for many years (VP Meetings - 1995-1999; Secretary - 2000; President - 2001-2002; Jr. Past President - 2003-2005; Sr. Past President - 2006-2008; Jr. Past President - 2009-2010; President - 2011).

He initiated a RS sponsored system Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) conference in 2008 and gained sponsorship for the newly established China PHM Conference, initially held in 2010; chaired the management committee of an annual CAE Application Workshop for numerous years; and was a member of the Management Committee for the annual International Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) for a number of years with responsibility for the CAE Tract. Mr. Hoffman has been an invited speaker at numerous conferences and workshops.

IEEE recognitions include IEEE Dallas Section Reliability Society Chapter's Recognitions of Outstanding Service, IEEE Millennium Medal, and IEEE Reliability Society's "Engineer of the Year" Award.

 

Statement

My view is that a Division VI Director-elect needs to be a positive representative, as I have been for the Reliability Society (RS). In my leadership positions, I have established and processed numerous initiatives to aid the RS in being a recognized Society. Division VI needs to be a recognized division of contributing Societies. Each Society needs to be encouraged to support their Division by supporting each other and developing ways to make their positive contributions known.

IEEE approaches are for continued recognition of our professional organization. IEEE is focused on the Future Directions topics which rely on the involvement of multiple Societies. Division VI Societies are an excellent resource since our Societies are broad in scope. Membership growth is another IEEE focus in which I have been active.

I have good leadership experience, interface with IEEE staff and Society Presidents, have an excellent relationship with our Division VI Director, and have significant experience in establishing goals, developing plans, and leading their accomplishments.

I look forward to serve as your Division VI Director-elect.
 

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Gene F. Hoffnagle

GENE F. HOFFNAGLE
(Nominated by IEEE Division VI)

Research and Technology Strategist (Retired)
IBM Centers for Advanced Studies
Yorktown Heights, New York, USA

 

Held advanced technology and management positions in thirteen divisions and corporate headquarters at IBM since 1967, including lead software/systems architect, educator, curriculum developer, editor-in-chief for two refereed professional journals, senior manager, lead strategist, and director. Primary area of study and employment was software engineering, focusing on architecture, environments, and evolution.

Has wide experience as author, referee, adjunct professor, book series editor, conference organizer/speaker, and organization leader in professional and public service. Has had business connections in many countries, primarily establishing joint research/development projects for universities, governments, and IBM.

Received BS (Honors) (1967), Mathematics, from the Case Western Reserve University and MS (1976), Computer Science, from Johns Hopkins University. Is a senior member of IEEE and ACM, and emeritus member of Sigma Xi (National Science Honorary Society). Has received several IEEE service awards, the first R/A/D Award of Excellence, IBM Outstanding Innovation Award, and many editorial/publishing awards.

 

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’89-SM’98)

Selected Significant Accomplishments

• As IEEE Admission and Advancement (A&A) Committee chair, introduced strategy and process improvements for Senior Member Review Panels, and held Panels in all ten Regions and in Sections not previously visited.
• As IEEE Division V Director, encouraged new opportunities for TAB and RAB (now MGA) Directors to share their strategies and points of view and to reach consensus.
• As IEEE Executive Committee Coordinator for the History Committee, encouraged and helped design a new organization and finances for it and the History Center, creating more stability for these long-range activities and linking them with the IEEE Foundation.
• As Vice Chair for Conferences for the Computer Society’s Technical Council on Software Engineering (TCSE), encouraged and managed a doubling of its conference portfolio.

Selected Significant Services to IEEE

• IEEE: M’89, SM’98; active volunteer since 1991.
• IEEE Board of Directors, Assembly, Committees/Boards:

Division V Director-Elect, 2003; Director, 2004-05; Assembly, 2004-05; Executive Committee, 2005.
Technical Activities Board (TAB), 2004-05; Awards and Recognitions Committee, 2004-11, Chair, 2007; Strategic Planning Committee, 2004.
Admission and Advancement Committee (A&A) chair, 2007.
Awards Board, 2007; John von Neumann Medal Committee, 2007-11, Chair, 2010-11; Service Awards Committee, 2007-11, Chair, 2010-11; Nominations and Appointments Committee, 2011.
  

• IEEE Societies:

Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT): 2003-11; Board of Governors, 2004-09; Conference Committee Chair, 2007-11.
Professional Communication Society (PCS): 1992-11; Administrative Committee, 1996-01.
Computer Society (CS): 1989-11; Board of Governors, 1997-05; Awards Committee, 2000-11, Chair, 2008; Audit Committee, 2001, Chair, 2001; Technical Activities Board (TAB), 1996-02; Technical Council on Software Engineering (TCSE), 1989-11, Chair, 1996-00, Conferences Vice Chair, 1991-96, Executive Committee, 1990-11.
 

• IEEE Conferences with continuing long-term involvement:

SSIT International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS).
CS International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE): Steering Committee, 1996-11.
CS Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture (WICSA): Steering Committee, 2002-11.

 

Statement

The six Societies and one Council in Division VI form the most diverse of the ten Divisions, with expertise in education, communication, safety, management, reliability, electronics, and social implications.

This diversity adds strength for IEEE. It allows the six Societies’ members to pursue their professional interests within the robust framework of IEEE, and it allows all IEEE members to extend their professional breadth and knowledge into new areas without leaving that framework - an important and very useful role for IEEE.

As a former IEEE Division Director (2005-06), having served in many other positions across IEEE, including two Division VI Societies, Gene has seen the varied and changing ways in which Division VI has been both supported and undermined.

As Division VI Director, he would work with other Directors and the six Society and single Council leaders to create stable and predictable missions and funding for Division VI. That will allow the Division VI leaders and members to focus on technologies and professional skills that drive their strategies, careers, and value to society and IEEE.
 

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Bogdan (Dan) M. Wilamowski

BOGDAN (DAN) M. WILAMOWSKI
(Nominated by IEEE Division VI)

Professor and Director of AMNSTC
Alabama Micro/Nano Sciences and Technology Center
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama, USA
www.eng.auburn.edu/~wilambm/dd

 

Dan Wilamowski, MS 1966, PhD 1970, DSc 1977, became a Full Professor in 1987 and over a 20 year period served as Department Head for Solid State Electronics, Director of the Institute for Electronic Technology in Gdansk as well as a group leader in two R&D Centers in Poland. He held visiting positions at Tohoku University for 3 years and at the University of Arizona for 2 years. He was tenured at both the University of Wyoming and the University of Idaho. For the last 8 years he has served as Alumni Professor and Director of the Alabama Micro/Nano Science and Technology Center at Auburn University. He is the author of 4 textbooks, 5 handbooks, 325 refereed publications, 29 patents and has directed 140 graduate students to completion of their degrees. For his commitment to research and education, he has received several national and international awards.

 

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(SM’93-F’00)

For more than 25 years, Prof. Wilamowski has fostered IEEE activities in the areas of education, conferences, publications and membership. Specific accomplishments include:

• As Treasurer of the Neural Networks Council and Computational Intelligence Society, he instituted procedures that placed these units in excellent financial shape.
• As Treasurer and then President of the Industrial Electronics Society (IES), he increased the financial worth of the Society from about US$200k to approximately US$6M, resulting in the IES becoming one of the healthiest societies with the lowest membership dues.
• He was the founding Chair of the IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal with annual awards of US$20k. He has ensured the sustainability of this award in perpetuity, by procuring more than US$650k from various industries.
• As the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, he led the effort to increase the Impact Factor of this journal from a value of below 1.0 to one above 5.0. Now this journal is not only one of the largest journals within the IEEE, but it is also one of the highest ranked.
• He served as Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Education and was a TAB representative to the Educational Activities Board (EAB) in 2008.
• As IES president he was instrumental in creating two new publications: the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII) and the IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the TII.
• He has organized over 10 IEEE conferences, serving as General Chair in each.
• As a recognized researcher/educator, he is frequently invited to be a keynote speaker at numerous international conferences. The most recent keynote speeches include: GCIS'11 Guangzhou, INES’11 Poprad, HSI'11 Tokyo, ICIT'11 Auburn, ISIE'10 Bari, ISRCS'10 Idaho Falls, ICIT'10 Gdansk, AINA’10 Perth, WIS'09 Budapest, POWERENG'09 Lisbon, and INES'09 Barbados.

 

Statement

Division VI comprises a variety of educational, management, communications, and scientific endeavors. This interdisciplinary character provides a productive synergistic environment as well as a foundation for worldwide leadership in our fields of interest. If elected, I will work with my colleagues to:

• Foster new opportunities to enhance our societies by linking our scientific accomplishments, educational responsibilities, and interdisciplinary interactions for the benefit of our members and our profession.
• Minimize membership dues by reducing IEEE overhead. This is especially important when many of our members are facing economic difficulties. Much of this can be done by improving IEEE financial operations.
• Enhance the portion of our organizations that will benefit from international cooperation. Having spent many years in Europe, Japan, and the USA, I feel well-equipped to enhance the global character of our Division.

It would be an honor and privilege to be part of fulfilling these important objectives, sharing my experiences, and promoting the worldwide operations and collaborations for Division VI.

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