2009 IEEE Annual Election Candidates - Standards Association

ANDREW L. DROZD
(Nominated by IEEE Standards Association)

President/CEO
ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC
Rome, New York, USA
www.androcs.com

Andrew L. Drozd is the Founder, President/CEO, and Chief Scientist of ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC.  He has over 33 years of company management and technical experience in the areas of electromagnetic environment effects (E³), electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), computational electromagnetics (CEM), spectrum engineering, multisensor information fusion, and automated target recognition (ATR).  He established ANDRO in 1994 to serve both defense and industrial markets focusing on R&D in the above technology areas.  Mr. Drozd's responsibilities include:  systems engineering, computer modeling/simulation, computational engineering and software model development, and engineering analysis directed at the study of E³ on complex systems.  This includes the analysis and prediction of electromagnetic interactions, propagation, and coupling to assess system-level EMC.  His other research areas have been on the development of knowledge-based information fusion architectures for multisensor ATR applications.  He has chaired working groups in the development of a first-of-a-kind standard and recommended practice for validating CEM tools/techniques.

IEEE Activities – (M’85-SM'96-F’02) COMMITTEE/BOARDS: IEEE Standards Association, IEEE Standards Board Standards Review Committee (RevCom), 2008-09.  Technical Activities Board, 2005-08.  SECTION:  Mohawk Valley Section, ExCom Member, 1997-99.  CHAPTER: Mohawk Valley Reliability/EMC Chapter, Chair, 1997-99.  SOCIETY: Electromagnetic Compatibility Society (EMC): Honorary EMC Society Life Member, 2008-09; Nominations Committee, Chair, 2008-09; C&BL Committee, Chair, 2008-09; Immediate Past President, 2008-09; President, 2006-07; President-Elect, 2005; Technical Services – Education & Student Activities Committee, Experiment Demonstrations Chair, 1992-2008; Board of Directors, 2002-04, 1999-2001; Communication Services, Web Manager, 2001-05; Member Services, Membership Committee, Chair, 1999-2001; Member Services, Vice President, 2001-04; EMC Standards Development Committee (SDCom): Chair, 2008-09; SDCom Member, 1999-2009; SDCom IEEE P1597.1 Working Group, Chair, 2001-09; SDCom IEEE P1597.2 Working Group, Chair, 2001-09; SDCom Audit Committee, Chair, 1999-2000.  COUNCIL:  Intelligent Transportation Systems Technical Council (ITS), 1998-2001.  CONFERENCES: 2010 IEEE International Symposium on EMC, Exhibits Chair, 2009; IEEE Mohawk Valley Section C3I Dual Use Conference, General Conference Chair, 1996-2007.  REPRESENTATIVES: EMC Society Representative Advisory Committee (RAC) to Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES), 2004-09; EMC Society RAC Representative to the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Technical Council, 1998-2001. AWARDS: IEEE EMC-S Honorary Life Member Award, 2008; IEEE EMC-S Certificates of Appreciation For Efforts on Behalf of Promoting Education Through the EMC Demonstration Experiments Special Session and as the Experiments Co-Chair of the IEEE International Symposium on EMC, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 1999, 1996, 1995; IEEE EMC-S Certificates of Appreciation for Service to the EMC Community as a Member of the EMC-S Board of Directors, 2005, 2002.  Certificate of Appreciation in Recognition of Fifteen Years of Valued Membership in IEEE, 2003.  IEEE Fellow, 2002.  IEEE EMC-S Laurence G. Cumming Award, 2000.  IEEE Outstanding Service Award for Inspiring Leadership and Lasting Contributions to the Dual-Use Conference and the Community it Serves, 1997.  IEEE Region 1 Award for Contributions to the 1997 IEEE Dual-Use Technologies and Applications Conference, 1997.  IEEE Certificates of Appreciation for Contribution to the C³I Dual-Use Technologies & Applications Conference, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993.

IEEE Accomplishments – As an IEEE Fellow and a dedicated member, Mr. Drozd has made a conscious effort to gain experience as well as contribute to all facets of IEEE volunteer opportunities at the chapter, society and Institute levels.  He has been active in the arenas of Standards, Technical, Membership, Communications and Conference Services.  This prepared him to deal with virtually all strategic and long-range planning activities at the Institute level.  He has primarily directed his attention and efforts on the technical and standards areas in order to ensure that these are well enabled to serve our members’ needs and to benefit the product community at large.  He has gone through the IEEE membership process starting at the grassroots section/chapter level and became a Society President (2006-2007, EMC Society).  He is a respected member and contributor to IEEE TAB and now is on the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board (SASB).  He is currently serving as a member of RevCom to assure that quality and procedural aspects of the standards development process are adhered to.  He has also been a driving force at the Society/Institute levels to align IEEE interests towards state of the art technologies, including advanced product development and specification conformance.

Statement – As a member of the IEEE-SA Board of Governors, I will work diligently to ensure that the quality and accepted procedures of the IEEE standards development process are maintained to the highest degree.  When the standards development process begins, the bar must be kept high to assure that technical accuracy, process implementation, and meaningfulness to users including product developers remain intact.  It is incumbent on a member of the IEEE-SA Board of Governors to make certain that standards and recommended practices in process cover subjects which are of a timely nature, eliminating the pitfalls associated with non-starter or obsolete technologies or applications.  We need to be vigilant of leading-edge technologies and how standards development will play a role in their evolution.  It is equally important to be mindful of instituting the proper governance and actions that will engage the international community in developing joint standards.

T. W. (TED) OLSEN
(Nominated by IEEE Standards Association)

Manager, Technology
Siemens Energy, Inc.
Wendell, North Carolina, USA

He began his career with Allis-Chalmers (now Siemens Energy) in 1968.  He has held various positions in the Switchgear operation, including application engineering, marketing, components merchandising, materials, and design engineering.  Since 1999, he has been Manager of Technology, responsible for consulting on technology, standards, and market requirements for medium voltage metal-clad switchgear, motor control, and retrofit products.

He is a major participant in several standards developing organizations for switchgear and medium voltage control products.  He has been active in IEEE PES Switchgear Committee since 1994, including the Switchgear Assemblies and LV Switchgear Devices subcommittees.  He serves on numerous working groups, with chair or vice-chair positions in several.  He is a member of the USNC TAG for IEC TC17, SC17A, and SC17C, and UL STP1558.

He has co-authored papers for the 1991 and 2003 IEEE PCIC conferences, and the 2001 IEEE PES T&D conference, and for IEEE PES Transactions in 2004.

IEEE Activities – (S’65-M’68-SM’02)  COMMITTEES/BOARDS: IEEE-SA Board of Governors, 2008-09.  IEEE-SA Standards Board, 2009, 2004-06.  IEEE-SA Standards Board: New Standards Committee (NesCom), 2004-09; Standards Board Audit Committee (AudCom), 2008-09; Standards Board Awards & Recognition Committee (ArCom): Chair, 2009; Member, 2006-08.  SOCIETY: Power & Energy Society (PES), Switchgear Committee: Member, 2002-09; Participant, 1994-2009; Secretary/Treasurer, 2009; Switchgear Assemblies Subcommittee: Chair, 2006-08; Member, 1995-2009; Low Voltage Switchgear Devices Subcommittee, 2002-09.

IEEE Accomplishments –

IEEE Membership:

• Student Member 1965, Member 1968, Senior Member 2002 

IEEE Standards Activities:

• IEEE-SA Standards Board – member 2004-2006, 2009
• IEEE-SA New Standards Committee (NesCom) – member 2004-2009
• IEEE-SA Audit Committee (AudCom) – member 2008-09
• IEEE-SA Awards and Recognition Committee (ArCom) – member 2006-2008, chair 2009
• IEEE PES Switchgear Committee – member 2002-2009, secretary/treasurer 2009
  • Switchgear Assemblies Subcommittee – chair 2006-2008, member 1995-2009
  • Low Voltage Switchgear Devices Subcommittee – member 2002-2009
  • Administrative Subcommittee – member 2006-2009
  • Education, Recognition, and Publications Subcommittee – member 2006-2009
  • Working Groups – member or officer in numerous working groups on IEEE standards for switchgear assemblies and switchgear device standards, including:
    • Present:
      • Vice Chair of PC37.20.2, PC37.20.7, PC37.20.1
      • Member of PC37.06, PC37.13, PC37.16, PC37.17, PC37.20.2, PC37.20.3, PC37.20.4, PC37.27.
    • Previous:
      • Chair of C37.26-2003
      • Vice Chair of C37.20.1-2002, C37.20.1a-2005, C37.20.1b-2006, C37.20.2-1999, C37.20.7-2001, C37.20.7-2007, C37.59-2007
      • Member of C37.13.1-2006, C37.20.3-2001, C37.20.4-2001, C37.21-2005, C37.23-2003, C37.24-2003, C37.59-2002.
• Recipient, IEEE-SA Standards Medallion, 2005.  Citation: “… for major contributions to the development of IEEE C37 switchgear standards, including championing the ASC C37 standard coordinating committee”.
• IEEE Papers:  Author or co-author of technical papers presented at 2003 IAS PCIC and 1991 IAS PCIC (Toronto), 2001 PES T&D, and an IAS Transactions paper (2004).

Statement – I am a candidate for Member-at-Large of the IEEE-SA Board of Governors for the 2010-2011 term.  As a participant in the IEEE process of creating standards for many years, I have come to appreciate the intricacies of moving a project through the entire process.  As a member of the IEEE Standards Board for four years, and of NesCom since 2004, I have worked to make the process more transparent, particularly for the first-time working group chair.  I have served as a mentor on a number of projects involving several sponsor committees, to help the sponsors obtain approval of PAR submissions in NesCom.  I have served in a similar role for a number of projects sponsored by the Switchgear Committee of the Power & Energy Society.  If elected to the Board of Governors, I intend to work further to make the IEEE Standards Association a more user-friendly organization.