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IEEE NAMES JEFFRY W. RAYNES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Raynes to Head Staff of World's Largest Technical-Professional Organization

Jeffry W. Raynes

Piscataway, N.J., 11 July 2005 -- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) today announced the selection of Jeffry W. Raynes, CAE, as its new executive director.

Raynes, 51, will assume the position by November. He will serve as chief operating officer and will manage the IEEE staff organization, which consists of approximately 900 employees in several U.S. and overseas locations.

"Jeffry's 25 years of experience as a chief staff officer of professional associations makes him a natural fit for the world's largest technical-professional organization," said 2005 IEEE President and Chief Executive Officer W. Cleon Anderson. "The Board and I are confident that his demonstrated expertise in association leadership will help position the IEEE to not only meet, but exceed, the needs and expectations of its members worldwide."

Since 1995, Raynes has served as executive director and chief operating officer of APICS -- The Association for Operations Management, an Alexandria, Va.-based international educational society that represents nearly 60,000 members in 20,000 companies around the world.

His previous positions include executive vice president and chief executive officer of the North American Die Casting Association, Wheeling, Ill., president and chief executive officer of the Better Home Heat Council of Boston, and director of marketing for the Association Management Corporation, Springfield, N.J.

Raynes is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) and was the 2000-2001 chairman of the board of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). He was inducted as an ASAE Fellow in 1987.

A graduate of the University of Maine, Raynes also is an honorary life member of the University of Maine Alumni Association Board of Directors.

He succeeds former IEEE Executive Director Daniel J. Senese, who retired in December.

With more than 365,000 members in over 150 countries, the IEEE is the world's largest professional society dedicated to the advancement of technology. Through its members, the IEEE is a leading authority on areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics. The IEEE produces 30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, and has developed more than 900 active industry standards. The organization also sponsors or cosponsors more than 300 international technical conferences each year. Additional information is available at www.ieee.org.

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