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The following individuals are Sections Congress 2008 Speakers for the Red Track - Section Management.
Red Track - Section Management
Wahab Almuhtadi
Running Successful Section and Chapter Meetings
Dr. Wahab Almuhtadi is a Senior Member of the IEEE. He is actively involved in IEEE and holds many positions. Currently he is the Chair of the IEEE Ottawa Section, Chair of Ottawa IEEE Communications Society & Broadcasting Technology Society Joint Chapter, Chair of Ottawa IEEE Power Engineering Society Chapter, IEEE Eastern Canada PES Chapters Representative, Chair of the Ottawa Section Award Committee, and Counselor of the Algonquin College IEEE Student Branch. He also served as the Chair of the Engineers in Transition Committee and Chair of the Senior Membership Committee. He has organized and chaired many local and international engineering conferences, symposia, and workshops. He also has been recently nominated to IEEE MGA Vice Chair-Information Management. He received many engineering and precognition awards from IEEE. Also, he received several awards for academia and industry.
Dr. Almuhtadi has more than 12 years university and college teaching experience at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He also has more than 22 years in telecommunication and electrical engineering industries including R&D. He is currently a professor in the Photonics Engineering Program, School of Advanced Technology, at Algonquin College. He is a research coordinator and conducts several research projects in wireless, telecommunications and electrical power. Prior to Algonquin College, Dr. Almuhtadi worked with Nortel as a Team Leader in Optical Networks R&D. He worked as a Director of Operation with Canspect Corporation Canada. Also, he was a consultant with J.L. Richards & Associates Canada. With the Ministry of Electricity and Water in Yemen, Dr. Almuhtadi was the Advisor to the Minister on Technical Affairs and holds several positions as a Director of Research and Development Department and a Deputy Director of Planning, Statistics and Control Department. Dr. Almuhtadi worked as Adjunct Professor in the Electronics Department at Carleton University, Canada. He was a part time professor with the University of Sana'a, Yemen. In the Czech Republic, Dr. Almuhtadi worked as assistant professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering Technical University of Brno; also, he worked as a researcher with the Research Institute for Electric Power Engineering (EGU), Brno
Robert Anderson
Section Financial Management Relation ship with IEEE Business Processes
Rob has been a volunteer for the IEEE for fifteen years and a member for eighteen years. Currently he is the Treasurer for IEEE Canada (Region 7). Prior to becoming Treasurer in 2004, he was Chair of the Membership Development Committee for IEEE Canada. He has held the positions of PES/IAS Chapter Chair, Secretary, Vice-Chair and Chair for the IEEE Southern Alberta Section. He participated as the coordinator for the 1993 Alberta Power Quality Conference, sat on steering for the 1994 Alberta Power Quality Conference and was the facilities coordinator for the 1996 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering. Rob is part owner of a small business and management consulting firm in Calgary, Ardent Group Inc. Rob’s current role is Vice President, Market Development, where he uses his knowledge of the energy and technology industries to seek out and develop prospective business opportunities. In 2005, Ardent Group Inc., started a subsidiary company called SIMMARIX Inc which specializes in utility information management and bill validation services. Rob is a Senior Member in IEEE
Gary Blank
Resources Available for Program Planning - Educational, Professional, Standards
Gary Blank is the President of Engineering Update Institute. Dr. Blank is a full-time technical consultant in industry with over 30 years experience in power, electronics, control systems of page, motor control, navigation and guidance. He teaches and produces home-study engineering courses used by candidates preparing for the FE/EIT and Professional Engineering exams. He conducts seminars on how to start or expand a successful consulting practice.
He has held positions as a professor of electrical/electronic engineering at various universities. He has published and presented dozens of technical papers in journals and conference proceedings.
Gary was elected by the IEEE-USA membership to the position of Member-At-Large 2008-09 on the IEEE-USA Board of Directors. He is also the Chair of the AICN (Alliance of IEEE Consultants Networks) which includes over 40 IEEE Consultants Networks. He is responsible for the start-up of many of the present IEEE Consultants Networks which have attracted new members to the IEEE and have become Affinity Groups. He is the IEEE-USA representative on the IEEE Individual Benefits and Services Committee. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and is an S-PAC speaker.
He has also served as Vice President of Member Activities, IEEE-USA Board of Directors. Past committee activities include Pre-College Education, Awards and Recognition, Communications, and Employment and Career Services. Past Region activities include Student Activities Chair and Major Conferences Chair.
William B. “Bill” Clayton
Introducing vTools and How to Enhance the Volunteer Experience
Bill Clayton is presently the Section Chair of the Hampton Roads Section, Hampton Roads Webmaster, Virginia Council Vice Chair, Virginia Council Communications Committee Chair and Webmaster, SoutheastCon 2007 Treasurer, and Region 3 Communications Committee Vice Chair. He is an IEEE Senior Member. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from Drexel University in 1976. He served 11 years on active duty with the United States Army with assignments in Air Defense Artillery and Automated Data Processing. He is retired from the Army Reserve with the rank of Major. Currently he works for the United States Department of the Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Charleston, Suffolk (Virginia) Office, as an Electronics Engineer supporting command and control near-term improvements with the United States Joint Forces Command. He specializes in information technology systems, network and system security, and systems engineering.
John Conrad
Volunteer Recruitment
John Conrad is a Program Manager in the Intelligent Battlefield Systems Department at Textron Systems in Wilmington, MA. He graduated many years ago with a degree in Electronics Engineering from Leeds University in England and after working for Marconi Radar for ten years he moved to the United States where he has had varied career in the Defense Industry working on such products as aircraft landing systems and smart weapons.
John, who is currently the vice-chair of the Boston Section, discovered the benefits of the IEEE when he moved to Tampa in 1998 and quickly took on a variety of positions on the Florida West Coast Section, EXCOM ending up as Section Chair in 2003. While there, he gained valuable experience organizing conferences as the FWCS regularly hosts small to medium sized conferences with around 150 attendees. (They really extended themselves by hosting the last Sections Congress!) For many years John was treasurer of the annual Wireless & Microwave Conference, WAMICON, that grew out of the University of South Florida.
More recently, in Boston, he has helped organize Careers Fairs with the Boston Engineers Week Committee and is currently secretary of the conference organizing committee for a new Boston conference, the 2008 Conference on Technologies for Practical Applications for Robots, TePRA. Serving on multiple executive committees and conference steering committees has given him many insights into recruiting and retaining volunteers.
Gerald Engel
Conference Management-Planning a Conference?
Gerald L. Engel is Leonhardt Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Connecticut. His doctorate is from Pennsylvania State University, and prior to Connecticut held teaching and research positions at Old Dominion University, Christopher Newport College, and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. From 1991-95, he served as a program director in the CISE Directorate at the National Science Foundation, acting as deputy division director for Computer and Computation Research in 1994-95. His research interests have focused on computer science and engineering education, and social/ethical issues in the computing fields. He has been involved in the development of curricula in computer science and engineering going back to 1978. He was a co-editor of the 2001 curriculum volume in computer science. Engel served as CSAB President, a member of the Board of Directors of ABET, and currently is Vice President of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). Within the IEEE, Engel has served in a variety of roles including the following; Board of Directors 1994-95, Ethics Committee Chair 1995-96, Conferences Committee Chair 2007-08, Computer Society President 2005, Society on the Social Implications of Technology President 1999-2000.
He is a Fellow of IEEE, ACM, and CSAB, and as received numerous awards from these and other related organizations.
Lyle Feisel
Affinity Group Management (Life Members, WIE, GOLD and Consultants Network)
Lyle D. Feisel is Dean Emeritus (retired) of the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Following service in the U.S. Navy, he received his degrees in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University. From 1964 to 1983, Dr. Feisel was a member of the faculty of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and served as Head of that institution's EE Department from 1975 to 1983. In 1969-70, he was a National Visiting Professor at Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan, ROC, and in 1982, held the Wachtmeister Chair in Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute. He has had industrial employment with Collins Radio, Honeywell, IBM, and Northrop and has consulted extensively.
Dr. Feisel is a Fellow of the IEEE, ASEE and NSPE and has served as president of the ASEE, the IEEE Education Society, the Electrical Engineering Department Heads Association, the Electrical Engineering Division of ASEE, and the Association of Engineering Colleges of New York State. He has been Vice President – Educational Activities of IEEE serving on the IEEE Board of Directors for three years. He has also served as a member of the Technical Activities Board, the Publications Board and the Educational Activities Board of IEEE and many IEEE committees. Dr. Feisel has served as IEEE representative to the Engineering Accreditation Commission and the Board of Directors of ABET. He is the immediate Past Chair of the IEEE Life Members Committee and is a registered professional engineer (ret).
David Green
Compliance and Regulatory Issues Affecting Sections
David G. Green has been on the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) since 1981. His areas of interest include software engineering, collaboration systems, computer networking, and the engineering design process. He presently serves as part of the project management team for the university’s Active Directory projects. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (BSE, 1975; MSE, 1977) with an Electrical Engineering specialization. David Green has received numerous IEEE awards including the Region 3 Outstanding Service Award, Regional Activities Board Innovation Award, the USAB Regional Professional Leadership Award, IEEE’s Outstanding Branch Counselor, and the Region 3 Joseph Biedenbach Outstanding Education Award. He is a senior member of IEEE, a member of ASEE, HKN, and Tau Beta Pi, and a life member of ARRL.
IEEE Activities -- (S'74-M'76-SM'92)
COMMITTEES/BOARDS: IEEE Board of Directors, 2007; IEEE Executive Committee, 2007; IEEE New Initiatives Committee, 2003-5; IEEE Finance Committee 2003-6; Information Strategy Committee, 2004-7; IEEE N&A, 2001-2; IEEE-USA Secretary/Treasurer, 2003-4; RAB Treasurer, 2005-6; RAB N&A, 2001-2; Sections Congress Program Chair, 2005, Track Chair, 1999; RAB/TAB Section/Chapter, Chairman, 1996-97, Electronic Communications Subcommittee, 1995-98, 00-05, Chair, 97-98, 02-03; RAB/TAB Transnational Committee, 1997; RAB Awards and Recognition, 1993-95; RAB Membership Development, 1993-95; RAB Student Activities, 1988-97; Chairman, 1993-95; Past Chair, 1996-97; Vice Chairman, 1992; Faculty Support Subcommittee, Chairman, 1990-92; EMail, Chairman, 1990-97; Reorganization, Chairman, 1991; RAB Ad Hoc Committee on the Web, 1996-97; RAB/TAB/EAB Membership Definition Subcommittee, 1992-95; EAB N&A Committee, 2007; EAB Liaison Committee, 1994-97; Chairman, 1996; EAB Continuing Education Products, Chairman, 1997; IEEE Ad Hoc Electronic Communications Steering, 1996-97.
REGIONS: Region 3: Executive Committee, 1988-; Secretary 2000-; Treasurer, 1992-93; Awards, 1988-92; Communications, 1998-present, Vice Chair 2001-; Conference, Chairman, 1994-97; E-Mail, Coordinator, 1990-93; ECC: 94-97, 2000-; Finance, Chairman, 1992-93; Hardware Contest Review, 1992-02; Larry K. Wilson Student Membership Award, Chairman, 1988-91; Special Review, 1992-93; Student Activities, 1976-97; Chairman, 1988-91; Student Prize Paper Contest, 1979-81; Chairman, 1988-92.
SECTIONS: Alabama: Education, 1983-84; Long Range Planning, 1989; Prize Paper, 1986-87; Chairman, 1987-88; Program, 1982-83; Publicity, 1994-95. Huntsville: Executive Committee, 1978-81; Chairman, 1980-81; Vice Chairman, 1979-80; Program, Chairman, 1979-80; Treasurer, 1978-79; Industrial Applications Society Chapter, Past Chairman, 1987-88; Chairman, 1986-87; Vice Chairman, 1985-86.
STUDENT BRANCHES: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Counselor, 1982-; University of Alabama in Huntsville, Counselor, 1976-81.
CONFERENCES: SOUTHEASTCON'92, Executive Committee, Student Activities, 1992; Region 3 Student Conference, Host Counselor, 1992; SOUTHEASTCON'81, Executive Committee, 1981; Region 3 Student Conference, Host Counselor, 1981.
REPRESENTATIVE: Sections Congress, Alabama Section, 1990, 1993.
Member Computer Society, Education Society, Professional Communications Society, Management Society
Lawrence Hause
Running Successful Section and Chapter Meetings
EDUCATION
BSEE in Electrical Engineering, Marquette University, 1966
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, 1970 with research in the neurophysiology of electrical fields
BACKGROUND SUMMARY
Hause has twenty years of experience at the Medical College of Wisconsin involving:
- Research in microscopic imaging, medical instrumentation and electrophysiology
- Quality control in clinical and anatomic laboratories;
- Biomedical education.
- Author of 50 scientific papers and 45 platform presentations specializing in microscopic imaging and electorphysiology.
Hause more recently has 15 years of experience in the medical industry including completion of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant in medical imaging. Currently Hause is a Safety and Regulatory Engineer at GE Medical Systems including medical imaging and information systems.
Pablo Herrero
Communicating the IEEE Message
Pablo Herrero was born in Spain, He received his B.S. degree in Telematics from the University of Alcala in 2003 and the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering (sp. Communications) from the University of Zaragoza in 2007. Currently he is pursuing a Master degree in Physics at the UNED University and a Ph.D. at the Institute for High Frequency Technology, TU-Braunschweig (Germany). Pablo Herrero was the recipient of the 2006 Larry K. Wilson Award presented by IEEE RAB and the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Research Award for 2007. He was SB VC, SB Chair, SSR and currently he is the IEEE R8 Student Representative.
Don Hill
Conference Management-Planning a Conference?
Don Hill serves as the Region 3 Conference Committee Chair; he also serves as the Lexington Section Treasurer, Membership Development, and PACE representatives. Don has been involved with Lexington Section of IEEE since 1971. In the past, Don has served in other Lexington Section capacities and the IEEE-USA PACE committee. Don received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kentucky. Don has worked for the University of Kentucky for over eighteen years. Don’s primary responsibility is construction and renovation. Don is an IEEE Senior Member.
Evelyn Hirt
Strategic Planning-How to Incorporate the IEEE and MGA Vision at the Local Level
For IEEE-USA President-Elect, 2009
EVELYN H. HIRT
(Nominated by IEEE-USA)
Project/Quality Manager
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Operated by Battelle for the U.S. Dept. of Energy
Richland, Washington, USA
Evelyn Hirt received the B.E.E., cum laude, University of Detroit and M.E.M., Washington State University. Her professional experiences bridge the industrial, government, and academic communities. Ms. Hirt's 35-year career in engineering is multi-disciplinary, and her interests center on systems and controls, and engineering management. She has published works in the application of laser ablation, test program requirements management, fault-tree-generation methodology, and time dissemination using GPS. Her honors include listings in ten "Who's Who" directories, Eta Kappa Nu (member and Board of Governors Member-at-Large), and thirteen outstanding performance awards from three different employers. At PNNL, she works on a wide variety of R&D and deployment projects, and management systems. She has prior experience with BDM International (engineering consulting); University of New Mexico (control analysis software); Sperry Defense Systems (flight/fire control systems); Rockwell Collins (GPS user equipment); USAF Wright Aeronautical Laboratories (man-in-the-loop flight simulation); and General Motors (product/process design and test).
IEEE Activities – (S'74-M'75-SM'81) OFFICES: Board of Directors, 2003-04; Region 6 Director, 2003-04. COMMITTEES/BOARDS: IEEE-USA,Region 6 Director, 2003-04; Board Member, 2003-04; IEEE-USA Assembly, Region 6 Delegate, 2003-04; R&D Technical Policy Committee, Member, 2004‑05; Career Policy Council, Career Equality Committee Member, 1985-97; United States Activities Board (USAB), Career Activities Council, Women and Minorities Task Force, Chair, 1986-88; Member and Geographic Activities Board (MGA Board) Sections Congress, Invited Speaker – Strategic Planning, 2008; Regional Activities Board (RAB), Director, 2003-04; Board Member, 2003-05; RAB Assembly, Region 6 Delegate, 2003-04; RAB Strategic Planning Committee, Vice-Chair, 2004-05; Past Vice‑Chair, 2006-07; Member, 2003‑07; Awards and Recognition Committee (ARC), 2006; Operating Committee, 2004-05; Finance Committee, 2004-05; Graduates of the Last Decade Committee (GOLD), Member, 2003; Sections Congress, Speaker, 2002; Publication Services and Products Board (PSPB), Board Member, 2007-08; Magazines Committee, 2004-08; Standards Association (IEEE-SA), Nanoelectronics Standards Roadmap Initiative (NESR), Co‑Chair, 2006-08; Technical Activities Board (TAB), TAB/PSPB Products and Services Committee, Member, 2007-08; Conference Publications Committee, Member, 2002; Educational Activities Board (EAB), Nominations and Appointments Committee, Member, 2007; Nominations and Appointments Committee, Member, 2005-06; Women in Engineering Committee, Member, 2006; IEEE Strategic Planning Committee, Member, 2004-05; Governance Documents AdHoc Committee, Member, 2004; Infrastructure Oversight Committee, Member, 2003; Meeting and Services Committee, Member, 2001-02; Awards Board,IEEE Eric Herz Outstanding Staff Member Award Committee, Member, 2005-07. REGION: Region 6,Past-Director, 2005-06; Director, 2003-04; Director-Elect, 2001-02; Operating Committee, Member, 1991-93, 2001-08; Executive Committee, Member, 2001-06; Women in Engineering Coordinator, 2007‑08; Nominations and Appointments Committee, Chair, 2005-06; Southwest Area, Chair, 1993; Underrepresented Minorities Committee, Chair, 1991-92; Professional Activities Committees for Engineers (PACE) Subcommittee, Career Enhancement Coordinator, 1987. SECTIONS: Richland Section, Awards & Recognition Committee, Co-Chair, 2007-08; Past-Chair, 2007-08; Chair, 2006; Vice-Chair, 1999; PACE Chair, 2000; Student Activities, Chair, 2005; Albuquerque Section,Chair, 1985-86; Vice-Chair, 1984-85; PACE Chair, 1982-83, 1989-90; Program Chair, 1984-85, 1988; Newsletter Editor, 1983‑84; Executive Committee, 1982-90; Cedar Rapids Section, PACE Chair, 1981-82; Student Activities Chair, 1980-81; Executive Committee, 1980-82. CHAPTERS: AESS Dayton Chapter, Vice‑Chair, 1979-80; Executive Committee, Member, 1978-80; Sensors Council Richland Chapter, Founding‑Chair, 2007-08; Executive Committee, 1995-2000, 2005-08. COUNCILS: Nanotechnology Council,Administrative Committee Member, 2001‑08; Constitution and Bylaws Committee, Chair, 2008; Standards Committee, Member, 2007-08; Conferences Committee, Vice President, 2004-06; Founding Secretary, 2002-03; Executive Committee, 2002‑06; IEEE Nanotechnology Virtual Community Administrator/Founder, 2002-08; Publications Committee, Member, 2002-03; Systems Council, IEEE Systems Journal, Board Member, 2007-08; Associate Editor, 2007-08. SOCIETY: Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS),Board of Governors, 2003-07; Publications Board, Member, 2004-08; IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Magazine, Editor-in-Chief, 2004-08. STUDENT BRANCH: University of Detroit Student Branch, Librarian, 1974‑75. CONFERENCES: IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), Organizing Committee, 2001-06, 2008; IEEE‑NANO 2003, Publications Committee, 2003; IEEE‑NANO 2002, Publicity Co-Chair, 2002; Columbia Basin Conference and Exposition (Richland Section), Treasurer, 1995-96; Committee Member, 1994-97; 5th Biennial IEEE Careers Conference, Session Chair & and Speaker, 1987; Ideas in Science and Engineering Conference (Albuquerque Section), Technical Program Chair, 1984-85, 1987-88; Publicity Committee, Chair, 1988-89; Technical Conference, Committee, 1984-92; 7th Annual Engineering Career Guidance Conference (Cedar Rapids Section), Conference Committee, 1981; Standardization In Military Avionics Systems Architecture (Dayton Section), AESS Conference Vice-Chair, 1979. REPRESENTATIVES: Women in Engineering Committee, RAB Representative, 2006; TAB, RAB Representative, 2006; Women in Engineering Committee, AESS Representative, 2006;Nanotechnology Council, AESS Representative, 2002, 2007‑08; Women in Engineering Committee, Region 6 Representative, 2007-08;IEEE‑NANO 2003, Region 6 Representative, 2001‑03. AWARD: IEEE Nanotechnology Council Distinguished Service Award, 2008.
IEEE Accomplishments – I have been an active volunteer for over thirty years from my undergraduate days with my Student Branch to the IEEE Board of Directors and beyond. As is demonstrated from my list of IEEE Activities, my volunteer activities have been far ranging and cross cutting. I have consistently worked to support IEEE goals and objectives while emphasizing the importance of providing value to the member. I always considered it an honor to identify and find ways to recognize corporations, and dedicated members and volunteers. I have been a mentor to many IEEE volunteers; helping them identify opportunities and navigate their issues and challenges. I can safely say that I am known for my dedicated and enthusiastic service to the IEEE by my volunteer peers.
Statement – IEEE-USA serves a vital function within the United States, similar to what is accomplished by other national societies around the world for our members. The key difference is that IEEE-USA performs this vital function as part of the IEEE and not outside of IEEE. Within the United States, IEEE-USA is the face of electrical and electronics engineering from supporting public policy and career interests to implementing programs that promote the profession to enable life-long careers. The challenge for IEEE-USA is to achieve this all within the global organization that is IEEE.
Under my leadership, I see IEEE-USA advocating policies and programs that will:
- provide value to both members and volunteers within the United States;
- continue to lead the IEEE worldwide in professional activities;
- re-vitalize the presence of the practitioner within the IEEE;
- continue to shape United States technology policy and provide technical advocacy;
- work to bolster the professional standing and careers of U.S. engineers; and
- collaborate with the IEEE Educational Activities Board on pre-university endeavors and university programs.
By-line–
Evelyn H. Hirt (Nominated by IEEE-USA)
www.EvelynHirt.com
Leadership to shape the future through technical advocacy and enabling life-long careers.
James Howard
Section Financial Management Relationship with IEEE Business Processes
James (Jim) Howard is a Supervisor of New Development Engineering at Lakeland Electric Company in Lakeland, Florida. Jim graduated from the University of South Florida with a degree in Electrical Engineering, and after working for Tampa Electric Company for 24 years, moved to Lakeland Electric.
Jim, who is currently a Senior Member of IEEE and serving as the Secretary-Treasurer for the IEEE USA and Vice-President of Membership on the Board of AESS, has held various positions within IEEE, including IEEE Audit Committee Chair, IEEE Membership Development Chair, Region 3 Director, Vice-President of Membership and Chapters for the PES, Section and PES Chapter Chair for the Florida West Coast Section, where he is still an active member, along with many other positions throughout IEEE. Jim joined IEEE as a Student Member and has been an active member with IEEE since his graduation.
Along with his many other IEEE positions, Jim has chaired multiple conferences and is still serving on the Board of SouthCon. Some of his more recent conference activity includes: Section’s Congress Chair 2005, Vice-Chair of the IAS Annual Meeting 2006, Chair of the PES General Meeting 2007, Vice-Chair of the IAS – I&CPS 2008.
Ronald Jensen
Introducing vTools and How to Enhance the Volunteer Experience & Strategic Planning-How to Incorporate the IEEE and MGA Vision at the Local Level
FOR IEEE-USA President-Elect, 2009
RONALD G. JENSEN
(Nominated by IEEE-USA)
Chief Engineering Manager
IBM Corporation
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Ron Jensen received the BSEE from Iowa State University and MSEE from Syracuse University. He continued with Ph.D. level courses from the University of Minnesota. He began his career in semiconductor process and chip development (East Fishkill, NY facility). He held positions in semiconductor applications and test (Rochester, MN facility) followed by many years of system design, system architecture and project management. He has been a leader through various management positions since 1983. He participated in an IBM Faculty Loan program for one year where he taught circuits and microprocessor design. He has been involved in the development of numerous IBM families of computers and servers and recently in Fulfillment systems. He is presently Chief Engineering Manager for data and process strategy with a team of people across 3 geographies covering IBM server hardware and software. Jensen is a member of Eta Kappa Nu and PMI, and a certified PMP.
IEEE Activities –(S’72-M’75-SM’99) OFFICES: Board of Directors, 2005-06. COMMITTEES/BOARDS: IEEE-USA Board of Directors, 2005-06; OpCom, Member, 2006; Audit Committee, Chair, 2006; Member, 2005, 2007; Conferences Committee, Member, 2003-05; Finance Committee, Member, 2007; Audit Committee, Liaison to Finance Committee, 2008; Information Strategy Committee, Member, 2005-08; Member and Geographic Activities Board (MGA), Finance Committee, Member, 2008; MGA IT Coordination and Oversight Committee, Member, 2008; MGA Operations Committee, Member, 2008; IEEE New Initiatives Committee, Member, 2007-08; IEEE Strategic Planning Committee (SPC), Chair, 2007-08; Spectrum Editorial Advisory Board, Member, 2007-08; Regional Activities Board (RAB), Finance Committee, Chair, 2007; Member, 2007-08; RAB Operating Committee, Member, 2007; RAB Strategic Planning Committee, Member, 2004-05; vTools Project, Project Leader, 2006-08; RAB Simplification Project, Project Leader, 2006-07. REGION: Region 4, Past Director, 2007-08; Director, 2005-06; Director-Elect, 2003-04; Vice Chair, 2003-04; Treasurer, 2000-02, 2007; Long Range Planning & Strategic Planning, Chair, 2000-04; Area Chair – West, 1997-2000; Nominations & Appointments Committee, Chair, 2007-08; Regional Policy & Procedures Review Committee, Member, 2007-08; Pre-College Education Committee, Chair, 1999-2001. SECTION: Southern Minnesota Section, Chair, 1996-99; Vice Chair, 1995-96; Membership Development Committee, Chair, 1999-2003, 2006-08. CHAPTER: Computer Society Southern Minnesota Chapter, Chair, 2004-07. CONFERENCES: Sections Congress ’96, ’99, ’02, ’05; Speaker, ’02, ’05, ‘08. REPRESENTATIVE: IEEE Conferences Committee, RAB Representative, 2003-04. AWARDS: Third Millennium Medal, 2000; RAB Achievement, 2001.
IEEE Accomplishments – Ron Jensen began as a chapter and section chair and feels a responsibility to the success of his section and region as well as IEEE and that must come through innovation and improvements in the engagement and support of our membership.
- Developing an initiative to support society membership in sections that do not have a chapter of their society with internet support using speakers that are remote.
- Leading the vTools project which provides new tools for volunteers and benefit members.
- Encouraged use of internet to support members that are remote or unable to attend local meetings.
- Developed a Regional strategic plan with goals and objectives to improve the operation of the region to support members.
- Lead SPC to transform the Committee and support the IEEE Board of Directors. SPC is very active providing great leadership to IEEE. This has given insight into the opportunities that are open to members and IEEE including new opportunities for IEEE-USA.
- Served on RAB board and treasurer during the transformation of RAB into MGA with a greater focus on members and the relationship/engagement of members and volunteers.
- Utilizing New Initiatives Committee and ITSC membership to encourage new projects.
Statement – Each of us have “our” reasons to join or renew our IEEE membership, we see something in IEEE and IEEE-USA that reflects our interests and engages us. Those interests change throughout the lifecycle of membership (grade school to retirement). IEEE-USA has helped members build careers with professional activities and the career web site.
- We must take charge of our career by investing to stay technically and professionally current. You and I must build a professional network whether face to face at local meetings, MemberNet or LinkedIn.
- We can expect multiple careers- moving to a new job, taking a new assignment, moving into consulting, or creating our own business. IEEE-USA has volunteers and programs in areas that will support us as we make those moves. IEEE-USA must continue building on those strengths, utilizing knowledge and technology to get support to members quickly, inexpensively and timely.
- All of us in technology have a responsibility to lend our support to public policy; policy decisions must be informed and non partisan.
If elected, I will provide leadership, but IEEE-USA needs your engagement as a participant, a volunteer or by being informed. Please support me by becoming more involved- start by voting.
By-line–
Ronald G. Jensen (Nominated by IEEE-USA)
www.JensenIEEE.org
Utilizing leadership, innovation, and collaboration with the great assets of IEEE to engage members and volunteers to build a stronger IEEE-USA for member careers.
Elizabeth Johnston
Communicating the IEEE Message
Mrs. Johnston received her Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering in December 2006 and her Bachelor of Arts in Russian Studies degree in May 2007, both from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Ms. Johnston’s professional activities include experience working for university, state, and federal government. She worked for three years for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on military projects. In 2005 she worked with IEEE-USA as a Washington Internships for Students of Engineering public-policy intern, writing a policy paper on the future of hybrid electric vehicle technology. In 2006 she served as an honors intern for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, working for the International IT Support Unit. Currently she works as an architectural electrical engineer for a firm in Fairbanks, Alaska. She is an active IEEE volunteer serving at student branch, section, and regional levels. She is also a competitive fencer.
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COMMITTEES/BOARDS: (S'02, GSM’07) Regional Activities Board (RAB), Regional Student Representative Region 6, Student Activities Committee, 2005-present; Chair, SAC Awards Committee, 2008-present; Chair, IEEEXtreme 2009 Organizing Committee, 2008-2009;Chair, RSR Steering Committee, 2006-present. Publication Services and Products Board (PSPB): Student Editor, Potentials Magazine, 2006-2008.
REGIONS: Region #6: Regional Student Representative, Student Activities Committee, 2006-present. SECTIONS: Alaska Section Secretary, 2008.
BRANCHES: University of Alaska Fairbanks: Chair, 2004-2005.
OTHER: Member, Women in Engineering Affinity Group; Member, Society on Social Implications of Technology; Member, Industrial Electronics Society.
Statement – I have worked with students and members at many levels of IEEE since I first became a student member in 2002. In my experience there is a different level of energy between student members and higher grade members. This is reflected in the gap between a student’s graduation and their renewal of their IEEE membership. The IEEE SAC committee shares many joint meetings with the GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) committee. I feel that there are unique needs that young or fresh professionals have that IEEE can work to meet in order to increase membership value and retention. My goal as an IEEE volunteer is to help members see the value of their IEEE membership. I do this by promoting the value of participation as a volunteer in IEEE and supporting activities which add membership value.
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Elizabeth has served at the Branch, Regional and global levels. Lise was the Branch Chair of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. She serves as the student editor for IEEE Potentials. She is also active on the RAB Student Activities Committee (SAC) where she has worked to create new student benefits like the new IEEEXtreme programming contest. She also works to increase communication with the student branches. This includes creating a student branch training CD and promoting the new Section Student Representative position as a means of communicating with student branches.
Lise has supported IEEE Student Competitions including the: Regional Paper Competition, Regional Micromouse Competition. She has promoted the publication of Student Paper Contest papers in IEEE Potentials. She also has participated in the creation and start up of the new IEEEXtreme programming contest.
Lise has continuously emphasized Professional Activities as an important topic and encourages participation of student branches in holding SPAC/SPAV events. She participated in the 2006 Region 8 Student Branch Congress by providing student leadership training and leading break-out workshops on professional development. This event brought together over 320 IEEE volunteers from all over the world.
Kathy KowalenkoCommunicating the IEEE Message
Kathy Kowalenko has been the editor of The Institute member newspaper since 1999. She has been an IEEE employee since 1992. Before joining The Institute, she was IEEE’s internal communications coordinator for four years. In that position, she was editor of IEEE’s quarterly employee publication, The Staff Circuit, and was responsible for creating and editing the weekly employee online newsletter, Circuit Board. In addition, she developed and was the Webmaster of the company’s intranet, Eye on the Institute. She also has held positions in IEEE’s Sales & Marketing and Corporate Communications departments.
Kathy earned a bachelor’s degree in communications in 2003 from Rider University, in Lawrenceville, N.J. and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in corporate and public communication from Monmouth University, in West Long Branch, N.J.
Marsha Longshore
Communicating the IEEE Message & Media Training for Section Leaders
Marsha Longshore is senior manager of IEEE Corporate Communications, where she directs internal and external communications, advises staff and top level volunteers on strategic communications issues, and has responsibilities for brand and reputation management.. She is a member of the IEEE Public Visibility Ad Hoc Committee and is staff co-chair of the IEEE 125th Anniversary project. She has more than 20 years experience in public relations and corporate and marketing communications, having served agency clients in technology industries and other fields before moving to IEEE in 1995.
Marsha holds a Bachelor’s degree in English and a Master’s in Developmental Reading, both from the State University of New York at Albany and is an adjunct professor at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg, New Jersey. She is a member of IEEE and the IEEE Professional Communications Society, the Public Relations Society of America and the American Society of Association Executives.top of page
Charles Lord
Leadership Development
Charles J. Lord, P.E., is presently serving as Leadership Development Chair and Member Engagement and Development Chair for Region 3, Educational Activities Chair for the NC Council, and PACE chair for the Eastern NC Section. He has been involved with local IEEE organization since 1986. In the past, Charles has served as Section Chair and Chair of the NC Council (as well as all other officer positions in both). He has chaired his local Computer, Engineering Management, and Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society chapters. Other positions held at the regional level include Conferences Chair and Archives Chair. He has served positions with both the EMBS and Awards Boards, as well as led numerous special projects at the local, council, region, and board levels. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC. Along with providing training in leadership and management skills in Regions 2-6, Charles has taught web management, computer security, on-line collaboration, USB development, and wireless networking. He has over 30 years experience in industry in embedded systems, communications systems design, medical and military systems design, and quality assurance. He is President and Owner of Triangle Advanced Design and Automation, Inc., a start-up company that provides design and training services to clients across North America. He is an IEEE Senior Member.
top of pagePeter Magyar
Running Successful Section and Chapter Meetings
Peter Magyar (M´92, SM´04, F´07) received the Dipl. eng. and the Dr. tech. degrees from the Budapest University of Technology, Hungary, in 1967 and 1975, respectively. From 1967 to 1991, he was with the Department of Automation of the same university as an assistant professor and a research associate. From 1982, he led the Laboratory of Microprocessor Controlled Drives of the same department. His research interest focused on mathematical modelling and digital control of electrical drives. In 1981, he was recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, Bonn, Germany. From 1991 to 2003, he was head of development drives with Hanning-Works and with D-Tech Ltd., Germany. Currently, he is with the Advanced Development at Hella Co., Germany. His working fields are electric drives and automatic car parking maneuver systems.
Dr. Magyar has been member of the Hungarian Association of Electrical Engineering since 1966. He is Member of five IEEE Societies and Member of the IAS Technical Committees Industrial Drives and Industrial Power Converter. From 1998 until 2004 he was Secretary, Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Joint IEEE IAS/PELS/IES German Chapter. Dr. Magyar has been the Chapter Coordinator of the IEEE Germany Section since 2005 and the Division II delegate to the R8 Chapter Coordination Subcommittee since 2007. He has served the IA Society as Chapters Area Chair R8 since 2004, as Member-at-Large of the Executive Board since 2005 and as Chairman of the Inter-Society Cooperation Committee since 2006. Dr. Magyar is recipient of the IAS Distinguished Service Award, 2006.
Howard MichelIntroducing vTools and How to Enhance the Volunteer Experience
Howard retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1994, having served as a pilot, satellite launch director, engineer and engineering manager, including a tour in the People’s Republic of China where he served as a senior U.S. Government technical representative enforcing technology-transfer control plans and procedures during satellite launch operations. Other achievements include successfully launching seven satellites by directing launch-base test and integration involving booster, satellite, and range hardware; and developing DoD engineering processes for mission-critical computer systems. Howard is currently Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He has secured over $550,000.00 in external funding from NSF and NOAA, and graduated one Ph.D. student and 20 MS students. He holds two and has published a textbook, nine refereed journal papers, 52 conference papers or posters. Howard is also a consultant for the U.S. Navy in the area of embedded instrumentation and architectures.
IEEE ACTIVITIES
COMMITTEES/BOARDS:IEEE Board of Directors, 2008
- IEEE Governance Committee, 2008;
- Chair, “Improving OU to OU Relationships” ad hoc committee, 2008
- IEEE-USA Board of Directors, 2008
- Member and Geographic Activities Board, 2008
- Chair, “Member MGA Join/Renew Web-experience” ad hoc committee, 2008
- MGA Strategic Direction and Environmental Assessment (SD&EA) committee, 2008
- RAB/TAB Section/Chapter Support Committee 2007
- RAB Strategic Planning Committee, 2007
- “Vtools” (formerly OU management) ad hoc committee, 2006-08
- “Eta Kappa Nu Increased Cooperation” ad hoc committee, 2006-08
- Chair, Rejuvenation Subcommittee of the RAB/TAB Section/Chapter Support Committee, 2006-07
- RAB Awards Committee, 2006-07R
REGIONS:
- Region 1 Director, 2008
- Region 1 Director-Elect, 2006-07
- Region 1 Educational Activities Chair, 2004-05
- Region 1, Area A Chair, 2004-05
- Region 1 ExCom Member, 2004-08
- Central New England Council Chair, 2004
- Central New England Council Vice Chair, 2003
SECTIONS/CHAPTERS:
- Chair, Providence Section, 2003-04
- Vice-Chair, Providence Section, 2002
- Chair, Providence Section Educational Activities, 2002-07
- Providence Section PACE Chair, 2000-01
- Providence Section Program Activities Chair, 2005-07
- Providence Section ExCom member, 2000-08
- Vandenberg Section Chair, 1990
- Vandenberg Section Vice Chair, 1989
STUDENT BRANCHES:
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Student Branch Counselor, 2000-05
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- As Chair, “Member MGA Join/Renew Web-experience” ad hoc committee, I lead a team of volunteers and staff that identified over 70 specific changes required to improve the web-based join/renew software for the 2009 cycle. All this was accomplished on a very rapid schedule (February to June 2008) so that changes could be made and tested prior to the 2009 renewal kickoff.
- As member of the MGA Strategic Direction and Environmental Assessment (SD&EA) committee, I have been an active participant in discussion leading up to ten descriptions of what MGA will look like if we are successful in the transformation from RAB to MGA.
- As a member of the RAB/TAB Section/Chapter Support Committee, I chaired a working group that looked at metrics to define “healthy” sections. The result of this work lead to a pilot program to change the incentive part of the rebate formula used to distribute rebates to sections. Currently the rebate is based on reporting meetings. The pilot process is based on achieving section-defined goals. We are piloting that in Region 1 this year.
- As a member of the RAB Strategic Planning Committee, I was instrumental in identifying 22 functions that define the core functions of the Regions. I have begun an “functional audit” of R1 to test and validate these functions.
- As a member of the “Vtools” (formerly OU management) ad hoc committee, I was a key member and co-developer of web-based software to reduce volunteer effort and improve volunteer efficiency in all tasks associated with local unit (sections and chapters) efforts. Specifically, all the tasks associated with running a meeting, creating a web presence, financial operations, local elections, etc. Some of these products are in beta testing now and others will be released in the coming year.
Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou
Resources Available for Program Planning-Educational, Professional, Standards
E. (Litsa) MICHELI-TZANAKOU is IEEE Vice President for Educational Activities, Professor II and Director of the Computational Intelligence Laboratories, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University. Till 2000, Dr Tzanakou was Chair of the Department for 10 years and established the Undergraduate curriculum in the same. Her latest book “Supervised and Unsupervised Pattern Recognition: Feature Extraction and Computational Intelligence” was published by CRC Press in January 2000. Dr. Tzanakou co-authored a book with S. Deutsch on "Neuroelectric Systems", published by New York University Press, in 1987. She has edited 7 books as Book editor in the Springer/Plenum Press Biomedical Engineering Series. She has published over 280 scientific papers in journals, conference proceedings and book chapters.
Litsa has graduated over 50 PhDs and MS students and currently she supervises 5 graduate students.
Litsa was elected IEEE Fellow in 1992; elected Founding Fellow, American Institute for Medical & Biological Eng. (AIMBE), in 1993; Fellow, Douglass College member of Sigma Xi and Eta Kappa Nu; Honorary Member of the British Brain Research Association, Honorary Member of the European Brain and Behavior Society.
IEEE Positions: Director Div X, Awards Board Chair, President of CIS, Interim President Of Biometrics Council; Associate editor and / or on the editorial board of several Scientific and Engineering Journals, and as a chair or co-chair of several conferences.
Has received several awards including: Meritorious Service Award, IEEE-CIS, 2006 ;NJ Women of Achievement Award, 1995;Featured in the “Notable Twentieth Century Scientists, 1994;Achievement Award, Society of Women Engineers, 1992; Outstanding IEEE Branch Advisor/Counselor Award, 1985
Karen Panetta
Affinity Group Management (Life Members, WIE, GOLD, and Consultants Network)
Karen Panetta is a Fellow of the IEEE and an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tufts University and Director of the Simulation Research Laboratory at Tufts University. She is also the co-founder of BA Logix Inc. and serves as the companies Chief Research Scientist. Dr. Panetta received the B.S. in Computer Engineering from Boston University, and the M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University.
Before joining the faculty at Tufts, Dr. Panetta was employed as a computer engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation. Her current research in Simulation and Modeling has won her research team five awards from NASA for “Outstanding Contributions to NASA Research” and “Excellence in Research”. She is a NASA Langley Research Scientist “JOVE” Fellow, is a recipient of the NSF Career Award and won the 2003 Madeline and Henry Fischer Best Engineering Teacher Award. Dr. Panetta was also awarded a Mass High Tech All-Star by Mass High Tech Magazine. She is the recipient of the 2006 Boston University Outstanding Alumni Award and was a recipient of the “Be The Change” award from the Massachusetts Conference for Women.
Karen is the Director for the IEEE Women in Engineering Committee, the world’s largest professional women’s engineering and science organization. With over 190 WIE Chapters worldwide, Dr. Panetta is responsible for driving this organization’s strategic plan, overseeing the budget and developing programs to help attract, retain and support women in engineering at all stages of their careers. She is also the Editor-In-Chief for the award winning, IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine and Co-editor for the WIE Newsletter.
Karen is the Chair for the IEEE Educational Society, Central New England Section. She has been the advisor for the Tufts IEEE Student Chapter for 14 years. As the IEEE advisor, Karen has helped her students organize IEEE SPAC (Student Professional Awareness Conferences), participate in; interdisciplinary engineering competitions, IEEE student paper and design competitions and the IEEE Micromouse robotics competition. Her students have won awards in all categories, including a silver medal for their IEEE student chapter website. She is the IEEE Boston Section Student Activities director and is on the IEEE Boston Section Treasurer.
Dr. Panetta serves on the Boston University Engineering Alumni Board and is a board member for the Center for Balance by Design. She is also a member of the ACM, SWE, SPHE and ASEE and the Society for Computer Simulation.
Dr. Panetta is dedicated to promoting women in engineering and has created the nationally acclaimed “Nerd Girls” program, where undergraduate engineers research renewable energy topics and serve as role models for younger students. This program is aimed at breaking down the barriers that prevent women from entering the engineering disciplines and bridging the gap between attracting girls into engineering and sustaining them through their engineering curriculum. It strives to help undergraduate students build confidence in their skills, while preparing them for professional careers. The Nerd Girl program has successfully promoted engineering to students, educators and government officials. Dr. Panetta and her team have presented their work to over 8000 Massachusetts school children and educators. The team is also the recipient of the Alt-Wheels Festival “Best Exhibit” for their renewable energy research in transportation.
Believing that real world experience is critical for engineering education, Dr. Panetta maintains consulting positions in industry and brings her experience back to the classroom. She is a Design Consultant for Tycoelectronics,M/A-Com Inc. and consults for Massachusetts school systems and Science Museums across the United States to inspire engineering and technology education.
top of pageRobert Reilly
Leadership Development
Rob Reilly Ed.D. is currently the Chair of the IEEE Berkshire Section. He has been a Member of the Executive Committees of both the IEEE Boston Section and IEEE Berkshire Section. Rob is also the Chair of the IEEE Education Society’s (EdSoc) Chapters Committee. He became Chair of the EdSoc Chapters Committee in May 2003 when there were 9 chapters. Since then he has been directly involved with the planning, creation and evolution of 58 additional Education Society chapters. He also began the EdSoc’s quarterly newsletter, established a Student Activity Committee, and a Distinguished Lecture Program.
Rob received his Doctoral and Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his Master’s from Springfield College. He was a Post Doctoral Research Associate for 2 years at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and, was a Visiting Scientist at the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for 6 years.
In 2006 he received the IEEE-MGA’s Larry K. Wilson Transnational Award. Also in 2006, he received the IEEE Education Society’s Edwin C. Jones Jr. Meritorious Service Award. In 2003, he received the IEEE Computer Society’s Distinguished Contributions in a Pre-College Environment Award. He has authored a large number of papers in educational technology and pedagogy, and, in 2001, he received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference of Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT). He is a member of the program committee for a number of engineering education conferences throughout the world and is a frequent keynote speaker.
Anita Ricketts
Compliance and Regulatory Issues Affecting Sections Volunteer Recruitment
Anita Ricketts is the director of IEEE International Corporate Regulatory Compliance, where she directs regulatory compliance activities, advises staff and volunteers on regulatory issues that impact IEEE businesses and has responsibility for policies, procedures and practices to ensure compliance with global laws and regulations in over 160 countries. She has more than 10 years of experience at the IEEE, with emphasis on United States federal contracts, business analysis and program development.
Anita holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Stanford University. She is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, the Open Ethics and Compliance Group and the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives.
top of pageC Satish
Volunteer Recruitment
C. Satish received the B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Osmania University (1965), and the M.Tech in Industrial Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (1977), both in Hyderabad, India. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. Mr. Satish’s retirement as Manager ( Electrical ) in 2002 follows 30 years service in Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited and 6 years in AP State Electricity Board. His areas of interest include the application, operation and maintenance of electrical equipment and energy systems, electrical safety, power quality, energy efficiency / conservation, power electronics in industry. He presented many papers in these areas in IEEE and other conferences.
Mr. Satish has made outstanding contributions to the continuing education of professionals in the areas of electro technology in India. During the past 24 years, his leadership and ingenuity resulted in organizing over thirty continuing education programs in the IEEE Hyderabad Section. The high quality of technical content and organization of these programs made IEEE the most respected and valued source for affordable and quality tutorials in India, especially in Hyderabad. Mr. Satish was the founder Secretary of the IEEE Hyderabad Sub-Section (1981); Chairman of the Hyderabad Section (1989-1990); founder Chairman of the PES / IAS Hyderabad Chapter (1992-1995). He is at present Area Chairman of IAS for Region 10 West.
Satish was the recipient of following IEEE Awards:
1991 IEEE RAB Innovation Award, 2002 IEEE IAS Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee Electrical Safety Excellence Award, 2002 IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement Award In Continuing Education, 2005 IAS Distinguished Service Award.
Wam Gim Soon
Affinity Group Management (Life Members, WIE, GOLD and Consultants Network)
Soon Wan is the 2007-08 MGA GOLD Committee Chair. He has been serving IEEE GOLD Community since 2000 when he founded Boston GOLD Affinity Group. Soon has established Boston GOLD to be one of the most active GOLD groups in IEEE, and it received the IEEE Regional Activities Award in 2001. Soon became the Region 1 GOLD Coordinator in 2005, and led Region 1 GOLD to win the Best Regional GOLD Award in 2006. Soon also has served as a member of the IEEE Membership Development, Region 1 Strategy Planning Committee, and Boston Section. Soon received the 2006 RAB GOLD Achievement award for “outstanding leadership and dedication to improving the Region 1 GOLD program by establishing best practices”. Soon received the Richard E. Merwin Scholarship from IEEE Computer Society in recognition of his exemplary involvement in Student Branch activities and his excellent academic achievement.
Soon graduated from Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Singapore) as the top student with highest merit diploma in Electronic and Computing Engineering. In 2000, Soon graduated with Summa Cum Laude in Electrical Engineering degree at Merrimack University, and again as the top graduate student. Soon was featured as a technology whiz kid on the Mass High Tech magazine in 1999. He was the Merrimack President's Scholar recipient, and received Brian S. Lowery, O.S.A. Award and Merrimack highest Academic Distinction.
Currently, Soon is a Senior Design Engineer at VICOR Corporation to design and develop high power density DC/DC power converter with innovative technologies and patented topologies.
Enrique Tejera
Running Successful Section and Chapter Meetings
Section Manager
Panama Canal Authority
El Dorado, Panama
Born in Panama, received the B.Sc. in Electrical and Mechanical engineering degree from University of Panama (1982) and MSc Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington (1983).
In 1979 he joined IRHE, Panamanian electrical utility, as Student Assistant and later as Planning Engineer, until 1990 when he became Chief of T&D Planning responsible for the system expansion plans.
In 1992, he joined the Panama Canal Commission, a US Government Agency responsible for operation of the Panama Canal; later transferred to the Panamanian Government (1999). He worked at the Engineering Division and later in the Electrical Division, now Energy Division, where he presently works as Section Manager.
He provides services as consultant for transmission, distribution and generation projects; electrical design for residential, commercial and industrial installations.
He also worked as part-time professor at Panama Technological University.
He has papers on power systems expansion plans, protective relaying interconnection schemes, distribution protection, O&M Strategies, and others, presented in major conferences in Latin America and US, and published in technical magazines
IEEE Activities – (S’80-M’81-S’83-S’85-M’86-SM’93) IEEE: N & A Committee Member at Large, 2005-07. REGION: Region 9 Technical Activities Committee Chair, 2006-2007; Region 9 Student Activities Committee Chair, 2004-05; Treasurer/Secretary, Region 9 Central America and Panama Council, 1994-95; Chair, SAC Ad Hoc Globalization Committee, 2004-05 SECTION: Secretary, Panama Section, 1998; Chair, Panama Section, 1992; Vice-Chair, Panama Section, 1991; Treasurer, Panama Section, 1989. CHAPTER: Counselor, Universidad Tecnológica de Panama Student Branch PES Chapter, 1997-98; Counselor, Universidad Santa Maria la Antigua Student Branch, 1988-89. SOCIETIES: Vice President, PES Membership and Chapter Activities, 2004-08; Representative, Region 9 PES Chapter North Area, 2000-03; TAB Representative to GOLD Committee, 2005-06. CONFERENCES: Technical Program Coordinator, ALTAE 05, 2005; Technical Exhibition Committee Chair, CONCAPAN XXII, 2002; Chairman, CONCAPAN XVI Organizing Committee, 1996; Secretary/Treasurer, CONCAPAN X Organizing Committee, 1990; Secretary/Treasurer, LATINCON 86 / CONCAPAN VI Organizing Committee, 1986; Student Volunteer, CONCAPAN I Organizing Committee, 1980. AWARDS: CAPANA Council “Ingeniero Eminente” 2006; Region 9 Theodore W. Hissey Award 2006; Region 9 Outstanding Volunteer, 2005; PES Region 9 Outstanding Engineer Award, 2001; Panama PES Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award, 2000; IEEE Panama Section Most Active Member, 1996; As PES Chapter Rep Runner Up for the Outstanding Chapter Award for the Panama Chapter in 2002 and 2003; As Chapter Rep Outstanding Chapter Award for the Puerto Rico & Caribbean Chapter in 2000.
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