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John R. Vig IEEE President and CEO (email)	Pedro Ray IEEE President-Elect (email)	Lewis M. Terman IEEE Past President (email)	E. James (Jim) Prendergast IEEE Executive Director (email)

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2009 IEEE President and CEO

John Vig is President and CEO of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) worldwide. IEEE is the world's largest scientific, educational and professional society with over 370,000 members in more than 160 countries. Through its members, the IEEE is a leading authority in areas ranging from aerospace, computers and telecommunications to biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics.

He has been awarded 55 patents, and has published more than 100 papers and nine book chapters.  He serves as a volunteer in his home town - as an Environmental Commissioner and trustee of the Friends of the Library.  In his spare time, he and his wife of 45 years enjoy ballroom dancing.

IEEE Activities – (M’72-SM’84-F’89) OFFICES:  Board of Directors, 2008-09, 2005, 2002-03; IEEE President, 2009; IEEE President-Elect, 2008; Vice President, Technical Activities, 2005; Director, Division IX, 2002-2003. 

COMMITTEES/BOARDS:  Investment AdHoc Committee, 2003; Investment Committee, 2002-03; Marketing and Sales Committee, 2005-07; Trust & Communications Working Group, 2003; Technical Activities Board (TAB), 1998-2005; TAB Chair, 2005; SPARC Chair, 2004; Ethics & Conflict Resolution Committee, 2006; TAB Representative to Investment Committee, 2004; Chair, Investment Advisory Ad Hoc Committee, 2003-04; Nominations & Appointments Committee, 2002-03; Finance Committee, 2001; Electronic Products & Services Committee, 2002; Business Simplification Team, 2002-03; New Technology Directions Committee, 1998-2002; Ad Hoc Committee on Globalization, 1999; Focus Group on Public Image of Engineers, 1999; New Financial Model, 1999; Membership Development Committee, 1999; Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Sensors, 1998-99.  Standards Coordinating Committee 27 on Time & Frequency: Chair, 1995-99; Vice-chair, 2000-07. 

SOCIETIES/COUNCILS:  Sensors Council:  Main proponent, 1998-99; Founding President, 2000-01; Associate Editor, Sensors Journal, 2003-05; Senior Editor, Sensors Journal, 2006-08; Special Issue Guest Editor, 2005; AdCom member representing the UFFC-S, 2006-07; VP, Conferences, 2002; Publicity Chair, 2001-08; Exhibits Chair, 2002-03; Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society (UFFC-S):  President, 1998-99; AdCom (elected twice), 1995-97, 1986-89; Transactions on UFFC, Associate Editor, 2002-07; Special Issues Guest Editor, 1998, 1987-88; Publicity Chair, 2006-07; Constitution & Bylaws Review Committee, 2005-08, 1995-98; Founding Web Editor-in-Chief, 1996-2004; Nominating Committee, 1986-92; Publications Committee, 1997-2003; Frequency Control Standing Committee, 1983-2006; Standards Committee Vice-chair, 1998-2007; Time and Frequency Standards Subcommittee, Chair, 1988-99; History Committee, 2006;  Instrumentation & Measurement Society:  Committee on Time and Frequency (TC-3): Chair, 1999-2001; Vice-chair, 1979-99. 

CONFERENCES: Int’l Frequency Control Symposium: General Chair, 1996-97, 1983-88; Technical Program Committee (TPC), 1972-2007; TPC Chair, 2002; Editorial, Chair, 1989-2003; Ultrasonics Symposium, Technical Program Committee, 1986-2006; Sensors Council VP for Conferences, 2002; IEEE SENSORS 2003: TPC and Publicity Chair, 2003; IEEE-NANO TPC, 2001-02.

REPRESENTATIVE: Hoover Medal Board of Award, 1991-2005. 

AWARDS: Sensors Council 2007 Meritorious Service Award; UFFC-S Distinguished Service Award, 2005; UFFC-S Achievement Award, 2000; C. B. Sawyer Memorial Award, 2006; W. G. Cady Award, 1990; UFFC-S Distinguished Lecturer, 1992-93; IEEE Fellow, 1989.

2009 IEEE President-Elect

Pedro Ray successfully completed the Harvard Business School OPM program, class of 2001. He received his BSEE and MSEE degrees from Georgia Tech.  He is a licensed professional engineer.

He is President of Ray Engineers, a professional services corporation with over 90 employees.

He is also Owner and President of various corporations dedicated to the development of commercial and residential real estate projects.

He was Chief Examiner in charge of revision to the Puerto Rico Electricity Pricing Structure (2000), and was named Puerto Rico’s Electrical Engineer of the Year 2000. He was awarded 2005 IEEE PES Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award.

Mr. Ray is also a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), a group of 10,000 young leaders from around the world.

IEEE Activities – (S’83-M’83-SM’95) OFFICES: Board of Directors, 2009, 2006-07, 2003-04, 2000-01; ExCom, 2006-07, 2003-04; IEEE President-Elect, 2009;Treasurer, 2003-04; Regional Activities Board (RAB), Vice President, 2006-07.  

COMMITTEES/BOARDS:  Public Visibility AdHoc Committee, Member, 2007-08; Member and Geographic Activities Board (MGAB), Member, 2008; IEEE Executive Director Search AdHoc Committee, Member, 2008; RAB Treasurer/RAB Finance Committee, Chair, 2002; Finance Committee, Member, 2002-06; Investment Committee, Member, 2003-04; Infrastructure Oversight Committee, Member, 2005; Nominations and Appointments Committee, Member, 2002; Compensation Committee, Member, 2006-07, 2003; Employee Benefits Committee, Member, 2003-04; AdHoc Investment Committee, Member, 2003; AdHoc Financial Simplification Committee, Member, 2003; AdHoc Committee on the History Center, Member, 2006; Pricing Study for Electronic Products, Member, 2001; Transnational Committee, Member, 2000-01; Educational Activities Board, Member, 1999; Membership Development Committee, Member, 2000.

REGION: Region 9, Director, 2000-01; Director-Elect, 1998-99; Website Editor, 1997. 

SECTION: Puerto Rico & Caribbean Section, Chair, 1995-96.

AWARD: IEEE PES Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award, 2005.

2009 IEEE Past President

Lewis Terman received the B.S. in Physics and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in EE from Stanford in 1956, 1958, and 1961 respectively.  He joined the IBM Research Division in 1961, where he worked on solid-state circuits, semiconductor technology, memory design and technology, digital and analog circuits, and processor design.  He did two tours of duty on the Research Division technical planning staff, 1979-1980 and 1991-1993.  He was manager and senior manager of groups working in MOS logic and memory design and technology, and was involved in a number of programs leading to products.  He received nine major IBM technical awards, including three Corporate awards.   He was elected to the IBM Academy of Technology in 1991, and served as president in 2001-2003.  He became Associate Director, IBM Research Systems Department in 2003, and retired in 2006.  He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering. 

IEEE Activities– (S’58-M’61-SM’74-F’75-LF’97) OFFICES: IEEE Board of Directors, 2007-09, 2004-05, 2001; IEEE Past President 2009; IEEE President, 2008; IEEE President-Elect, 2007; Division I Director, 2004-05.

COMMITTEES/BOARDS:  Vice President Technical Activities Board, 2001; Nominations and Appointments, 1993-94; Strategic Planning, 1998-99, 2005; Awards Board, Vice Chair, 1996-97; Awards Planning and Policy, Chair, 1996-97; Proceedings of the IEEE Editorial Board, 1989-2004; Proceedings of the IEEE, Guest Co-Editor, 1995; IEEE Spectrum Editorial Board, 1999-2005; PSPB Treasurer, 2003; Technical Activities Board, Member, 1990-2002, 2004-05; Treasurer, 1995-98; Technical Meetings Committee, Chair, 1993-94; Strategic Planning and Review, Chair, 1999; Restructuring Committee, 1991-92; Ad Hoc Budget Review, Chair, 1992; Blue Ribbon Committee on Restructuring, 1996-97; TABARC, Chair, 2003-04; Society Review Committee, Chair, 1995. 

SOCIETIES:  Solid-State Circuits: President, 1998-99; Vice President, 1996-97; Treasurer, 1988-89; IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Editor, 1974-77, Special Issue Guest Editor, 1972, 1973; Awards, Chair, 1986-87; Electron Devices:  President, 1990-91; Vice President, 1988-89; Awards, Chair, 1988-89; IEEE Electron Devices Transactions, Special Issue Editorial College, 1979, 1980, 1985; Circuits & Systems:  Board of Governors, 1981-83; Long Range Planning, 1995. 

CONFERENCES:  International Solid-State Circuits Conference, Program Chair, 1983; Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems, and Applications, Technical Program Co-Chair, 1985, 1987; Symposium on VLSI Technology, Chair, 1985-86, Technical Program, Chair, 1987; Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Co-Chair, 1988-89, Technical Program Co-Chair, 1987; Symposium on Low Power Electronics, Chair, 1995. 

AWARDS:  IEEE Fellow 1975; Solid-State Circuits Technical Field Award, 1995; Electron Devices Society Distinguished Service Award, 1995.

IEEE Executive Director

Prior to joining IEEE, Jim served as Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for DuPont Electronic & Communication Technologies, a four-billion dollar global enterprise. His broad technical background leveraged DuPont's strong materials and technology base to accelerate growth in the 'high-tech' markets of electronics and communications. In this capacity, he led the research and development functions, coordinating long-term applied research efforts in corporate R&D centers and searching out new opportunities for growth. New business ventures emerging from this work, in flat-panel displays, PV, fuel cells and photonics, were incubated under Jim’s guidance. In February 2003, he was elected to the DuPont Photomasks (DPMI) Board of Directors and remained through the successful acquisition of DPMI by Toppan in April 2005.

Previously, Jim was Vice President and Director of Motorola’s Physical Sciences Research Laboratories. During his tenure he directed long-range research in future integrated systems (memory, semiconductor materials, nanostructures, quantum devices, etc.), energy (thermoelectrics, fuel cells, etc.), lab-on-a-chip (microfluidics, DNA analyses, etc), and various speculative 'reach-out' initiatives. Other assignments at Motorola included directing the Wireless Research & Development Laboratory, leading the Microcontroller and Mixed-Mode Technology Center and serving as Chief Technologist and Director of Strategy, all within Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector (now Freescale Semiconductor).

Jim’s first role following his doctorate was leading the development, importation, installation and support of process and device modeling tools for silicon and GaAs technologies for AT&T Bell Laboratories.

An IEEE Senior Member, Jim earned a Bachelor's degree in science and a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, both from Sydney University in Australia. He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Cambridge University.