IEEE Annual Election - Region 3 (Southeastern USA)

Eric S. Ackerman

ERIC S. ACKERMAN
(Nominated by IEEE Region 3)

Assistant Dean and Associate Professor
Nova Southeastern University
Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
www.ericackerman.com

 

Eric S. Ackerman, Ph.D. has been active in the engineering and information sciences field for over 25 years. His experience includes teaching engineering/information science courses, managing academic programs, and consulting on educational and industrial engineering initiatives. He is also currently serving as the project director of the Emil Buehler Research Center for Engineering, Science and Mathematics at NSU. Eric has been involved in numerous engineering projects including designing space hardware that has flown on the Space Shuttle. He has received various IEEE section, council and regional awards including the Region 3 IEEE-USA Regional Professional Leadership award. Eric is a senior member of IEEE, a member of ACM, ASEE, AIS, AIAA, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.

 

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(S’91-M’93-SM’04)

I have served at all levels of the Institute over my years of membership. Among many responsibilities, my service has included General Chair for SoutheastCon 2005, Region 3 Student Activities Chair, and currently Region 3 and Florida Council Webmaster. I have over twenty years as an active IEEE volunteer who is dedicated to IEEE and the engineering community.

REGION: Region 3: Student Activities: Chair, 2006-10; Vice Chair, 2002-06; Webmaster, 2006-2011. SECTION: Broward Section: Chair, 1994-98; 2001-04; 2007-11; Industry/Student Liaison, 1997-99; 2007-11; Pre-College Education Committee, 1995-97; 2007-11; Lecture Series, Chair, 1995-96; 2003-08; Student Activities Committee, Chair, 1995-2011; Group/Society Coordinator, 1994; 2004; 2008-10; Newsletter, 1993-95, 2002, 2009; Vice Chair, 1993-94; Executive Committee, 1993-2011; Membership Committee, Chair, 1993; 1998; 2002; 2011. STUDENT BRANCH: Nova Southeastern University Student Branch: NSU/BC Chapter Advisor, 2005-11; Broward Community College NSU Partnership, 1995; Founding Student Member, 1992. COUNCIL: Florida Council: Chair, 2002-04; Vice Chair, 2000-02; Communications/Event Planner/Webmaster, 2004-11; Junior Past Chair, 2004-07. CONFERENCE: IEEE SoutheastCon 2005, General Chair. AWARDS: Numerous section and student branch awards, Region 3 IEEE-USA Regional Professional Leadership Award, 2003.

 

Statement

My many and varied leadership roles in the IEEE has given me the background to lead the region through the upcoming years ahead. I want to serve you and IEEE in the capacity of Region 3 Director as we pursue the IEEE mission. I look forward to the duties, challenges, opportunities, and responsibilities of leading the region in the years to come. I ask for your vote and support.

My goals for Region 3 are:

• Grow the membership.
• Practice prudent financial responsibility.
• Find new ways to increase membership value within IEEE.
• Raise awareness and relevance of IEEE with employers, government and educational institutions.
• Work with the sections, chapters and student branches to support their goals and objectives.
• Increase support to employment and services for job loss, career and employment changes.
• Develop effective programs for recruitment and retention of students and GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade).
• Work to increase the participation of younger members in leadership positions.
• Maximize sharing of “Best Practices” for member benefits.

For more information, please visit my web site at: www.ericackerman.com.
 

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Mary Ellen Randall

MARY ELLEN RANDALL
(Nominated by IEEE Region 3)

President/CEO
Ascot Technologies, Inc.
Cary, North Carolina, USA
www.maryellenrandall.com

 

Mary Ellen Randall is founder/CEO of Ascot Technologies, Inc., an award winning company which develops enterprise applications mobile data delivery technologies.

Previously, Ms. Randall held a variety of management and technical positions with IBM, including an international assignment, hardware & software development, digital video encoder & decoder chips, client/server services, network management, operating systems, and test design automation. She routinely managed projects on an international scale.

Ms. Randall formerly served as Board Chair for the Women’s Institute and President of the Business & Professional Women/Raleigh.

Ms. Randall’s outreach includes: Odyssey of the Mind coach and state judge, Science Olympiad judge, FIRST mentor and judge, DARPA Urban Challenge Middle School presentations and Girl Scout outreach.

Ms. Randall was named a top “Woman In Business” in the Research Triangle NC area and made Business Leader Magazine’s Impact 100 List. She has an MS Computer Science and Bachelors in Mathematics from Binghamton University.

 

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’85-SM’01)

Positions:

• IEEE-USA Awards & Recognition Committee Chair 2010-2011
• IEEE Awards Board 2010-2011
• IEEE Awards Board Awards Planning & Policy Committee 2010-2011
• IEEE Region 3 Leadership Development Chair 2011
• IEEE MGA representative to WIE Committee 2008-2009
• IEEE Region 3 Awards & Recognition Chair 2005-2009
• IEEE MGA/RAB Awards & Recognition Committee 2006-2008
• IEEE WIE Committee Chair 2005-2006 and Past Chair 2007
• IEEE Eastern NC Section Chair 2004 (3,000+ members)
• IEEE Eastern NC WIE Affinity Group Founder and Chair 2001-2005

Accomplishments:

• During my tenure as WIE Committee Chair, WIE Affinity Groups grew from 61 to 134 worldwide and WIE membership grew to over 12,000 members worldwide
• Strengthened financial position of section serving over 3,000 members with 11 active society chapters
• Chair, Professional Development Seminar: Managing Your Career in Challenging Times
• Significantly increased region and society participation and synergy with WIE Committee
• Planned and executed Region 3 Awards & Recognition Program and Celebration for 3 consecutive years
• Led Leadership training for Region 3 volunteers
• Founder of the WIE Affinity Group in Eastern NC Section
• Rolled out first www.girlsgoengineering.org event in NC
• Student Software Competition judge and committee member
• Conference paper reviewer
• Outstanding Volunteer – Eastern North Carolina Section 2005

 

Statement

In these economically challenging and energy constrained times, there is the need to serve our members by assisting with skills enhancement, leadership development, job placement, enhanced industry partnerships, and to serve the future through our outreach activities. All this must be done in a fiscally responsible way.

Eleanor Roosevelt said, “It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.” My experiences in large corporations, entrepreneurial ventures, technical product development, innovation management, recognizing members, and broad outreach activities, uniquely qualify me to develop and execute a plan to meet members’ needs, fueled by your input and insights and transformed into organizational actions.

Aristotle said, “The energy of the mind is the essence of life.” Please use the energy of your mind and vote in the election. It would be a privilege to serve you as Region 3 Director-Elect. I ask for your vote and rest assured I will put my high energy to work for you.
 

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Percy F. (Butch) Shadwell

PERCY F. (BUTCH) SHADWELL
(Nominated by IEEE Region 3)

Principal Consultant
Shadwell Technical Services
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
www.linkedin.com/in/butchshadwell

 

Butch Shadwell has been working as Principal Consultant at Shadwell Technical Services since 1995. His consulting practice has spanned many different technologies and industries, as has all of his professional career going back to 1973. His new product development work has included: a laser gun system, flight control module for the Army Predator UAV, very low level magnetic field sensors, and many projects in the area of energy use reduction and LED lighting. He has done R&D for G.D. Searle Radiographics in gamma imaging, opto-electronic sensors for BRK Electronics, and electronic warfare for Northrop Defense Systems Division. Mr. Shadwell is also a popular speaker at universities around the U.S. and abroad where he does lectures on a variety of technical subjects, and entrepreneurship in engineering.

His education includes studies of electrical engineering at the US Naval Academy, physics and neurophysiology at Florida State University, and opto-electronics at Northwestern University.

 

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’78-SM’94)

Mr. Shadwell has been an active member of the IEEE for more than 33 years, having originally joined the institute while working in the Chicago area of Region 4. Moving back to Florida in 1979, he immediately became active in the Jacksonville Section and started serving as the Florida Council delegate. Working with the Florida Council he has become an important part of the student program in that state. In 2009 at the National Academy of Sciences he was elected the chair of the Humanitarian Technology Challenge – Reliable Electricity. A program sponsored by the IEEE and the United Nations Foundation.

• Member since 1978
• Member of Board of Directors Jacksonville Section since 1980
• Member of the Florida Council of the IEEE since 1980
• Nominated by Section as Young Engineer of the Year in 1982
• Vice-Chairman of Jacksonville Section 1982-1983
• Chairman of the Jacksonville Section 1985-1987, 1992-1993, 1999-2003, 2006-Present
• Publishing a technical column monthly since 1991
• Nominated by Section as Engineer of the Year in 1992
• Awarded Senior Member Grade 1994
• Elected Vice-Chairman Florida Council of IEEE 1995-1996
• Jacksonville Section Student Branch Mentor 1995-Present
• Elected Chairman Florida Council of IEEE 1997-1999
• Student Activities Chair for Florida 2000-Present
• Region 3 Membership Development Chair 2000-2002
• IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine editorial board 2001-2008
• Award of Excellence in Technical Publications 2001-2002
• Region 3 Sections Congress Coordinator 2002-2005
• Jacksonville Section Education, PACE, and Membership Chair 2003-Present
• Region 3 Outstanding Service Award 2003
• Nominated as a candidate for Region 3 Director in 2006 and 2010
• Kiyo Tomiyasu Award Committee Member 2004-2009
• Kiyo Tomiyasu Award Committee Chair 2007
• Finance Chair, International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation 2007
• Elected chair Humanitarian Technology Challenge – Reliable Electricity Committee 2009-Present

 

Statement

Ever since joining the IEEE, I have worked to make the Institute more relevant to the rank and file member. Most of our membership is out there every day doing all of the tasks that must be done with careful attention to detail and technical competence, to keep our technological society moving ahead. These special people make the technology that everyone takes for granted, and keep it functioning. The IEEE is all of us; the working engineers, the students, the academicians, and all of the thousands of amazing volunteers that serve the Institute on committees of all sorts. I am convinced that the IEEE can be the technical home for power and electronics engineers, computer scientists, biomedical engineers, and virtually all applied physical scientists. Multiculturalism has become a popular term in some circles. I want to help the IEEE redefine the word in scientific and technical terms.
 

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