2015 IEEE Annual Election Candidates Booklet

2015 IEEE Annual Election

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Table of Contents

For the information of IEEE voting members: Candidates’ biographies, accomplishments, activities and statements are published as furnished and attested to by the candidates. The sequence of the candidates in this pamphlet are listed by election category determined by lottery and indicate no preference.

Please read the voting instructions that appear on pages 2-3.

IEEE President-Elect, 2016 PageKaren Bartleson .................................................6Frederick "Fred" C. Mintzer ............................10

IEEE Division Delegate-Elect/ Director-Elect, 2016

Division II F.D. "Don" Tan ....................................................12Hulya Kirkici.........................................................14

Division IV Tapan K. Sarkar ..................................................16Jennifer T. Bernhard .........................................18John T. Barr, IV ...................................................20

Division VILuke R. Maki .......................................................22John Y. Hung ......................................................24

Division VIIIDejan S. Milojicic ...............................................26Arnold N. Pears ..................................................28

Division XJohn R. Vig ...........................................................30Toshio Fukuda ....................................................32

IEEE Region Delegate-Elect/ Director-Elect, 2016-2017

Region 1Babak D. Beheshti ............................................34Gim Soon Wan .................................................36

Region 3Gregg L. Vaughn ................................................38John E. Montague .............................................40

Region 5Robert C. Shapiro ..............................................42T. Scott Atkinson ................................................44

Region 7Xavier N. Fernando ...........................................46Maike Luiken ......................................................48

Region 9TeÓfilo J. Ramos ................................................50José-Ignacio Castillo-Velázquez ....................52Enrique A. Tejera M. .........................................54

IEEE Standards Association President-Elect, 2016Robert S. Fish .....................................................56Forrest D. "Don" Wright ..................................58

IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors Member-At-Large, 2016-2017Philip B. Winston ...............................................60W.C. "Chuck" Adams, Jr. .................................62

IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors Member-At-Large, 2016-2017Paul Nikolich .......................................................64Stanley Krolikoski ..............................................66

IEEE Technical ActivitiesVice President-Elect, 2016Douglas N. Zuckerman ...................................68Marina Ruggieri ..................................................70

IEEE-USA President-Elect, 2016Karen S. Pedersen ............................................72Keith D. Grzelak .................................................74

IEEE-USA Member-At-Large, 2016-2017 Wole Akpose .......................................................76Daniel N. Donahoe ..........................................78

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For IEEE President-Elect, 2016IEEE President, 2017

KAREN BARTLESON(Nominated by IEEE Board of Directors)

Senior Director of Corporate Programs and InitiativesSynopsys Mountain View, California, USAwww.KarenBartleson.net

Karen Bartleson is a Senior Director at Synopsys, an electronic design automation company. Her responsibilities

include technical standards development, software tool interoperability, relationships with universities and research institutions worldwide, and customer engagement through social media.

Karen was 2013-2014 President of the IEEE Standards Association. As President, she led their new strategic plan, furthered the OpenStand™ market-driven standardization paradigm, and finalized IEEE’s membership in the Global Standards Collaboration. She chaired the IEEE Internet Initiative, whose charter is to raise IEEE’s influence in Internet governance, cyber-security, and cyber-privacy policy. She was also a member of IEEE’s strategy committee, overseeing the role of IEEE in global public policy.

She received the 2003 Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Automation Achievement Award and authored The Ten Commandments for Effective Standards: Practical Insights for Creating Technical Standards. She holds a BS in engineering science with an electronic engineering concentration from California Polytechnic State University.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities(S’78-M’80-SM’10)

My significant, recent contributions include:

• Chairing the IEEE Internet Initiative and driving the development of its mission, vision, and strategic plan to bring IEEE’s technical expertise to bear on Internet governance.

• Participating on the IEEE Strategic Planning Committee and leading the subteam for investigating the role that IEEE can play in global public policy.

• Leading the IEEE Standards Association in its creation of a new five-year strategic plan. This was accomplished in less than six months, following a highly-effective process demonstrating strong collaboration between volunteers and staff.

• Overseeing efforts under my administration as IEEE-SA President to successfully obtain full membership status for IEEE in the Global Standards Collaboration, which had been attempted for many years.

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• Promoting the "OpenStand" initiative for global, market-driven standards – a partnership between IEEE and four organizations which develop standards that make the Internet work.

Additionally, I contributed to numerous activities including:

• Global Public Policy Committee 2015• Public Visibility Committee 2015 • IEEE-SA Strategic Planning Committee 2015• Internet Governance Chair 2014 • Strategic Planning Committee 2014• Open Access Summit 2014• IEEE-SA Strategic Planning Advisory Group 2014• IEEE-SA Ad Hoc Council 2013-2015 • IEEE Board of Directors 2013-2014• President, IEEE Standards Association 2013-2014• IEEE Branding Committee 2013-2014• IEEE Foundation Signature Program Review Committee 2013-2014• IEEE-SA Finance Committee 2013-2014• IEEE-SA Appeals Committee Chair 2013-2014• IEEE-SA Standards Education Committee 2013-2014, 2007• IEEE-SA President-elect, Past President 2012, 2015• IEEE-SA Board of Governors 2011-2015• IEEE Board of Directors-elect 2011-2012• Women in Engineering 2011-2012, 2014-2015 • Publication Services and Products Board 2011-2012• TAB/PSPB Products & Services Committee 2011-2012• IEEE-SA Nominations & Appointments Committee 2011• Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award Committee 2010-2012• IEEE-SA Audit Committee 2010• IEEE-SA Awards and Recognition Committee 2010• IEEE-SA Standards Board 2009-2010• IEEE-SA Procedures Committee 2009-2010• IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group 2008-2011• IEEE-SA New Standards Committee 2008-2009• Computer Society Design Automation Standards Committee 1995-2014

Statement

As President of IEEE, I will work constantly to:

Bring greater visibility to our profession

We are responsible for the greatest technological advancements of the human race. I will increase our visibility, so we are well-known and highly valued throughout the world. I am involved in three globally-visible initiatives in which IEEE is already making progress. The Internet Initiative’s goal is to help restore trust in the Internet, given spying, hacking, identity theft, and other misuses that threaten our way of life. We are becoming involved in global public policy, bringing our expertise to policy makers. Our global standards are enabling technologies and industries such as Smart Cities, the Smart Grid, and the Internet of Things.

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Bring you greater value from your membership

The needs of our practitioners today are equally as important as those of our students and young professionals, our future technologists. I will direct my attention to both, ensuring you are aware of the breadth of member benefits available; encouraging you to take full advantage; and enhancing benefits globally wherever possible.

Bring IEEE to more global and local communities

IEEE is growing in regions all over the world, and I believe this is key to our future. There is a difference between IEEE being global – everywhere with uniform goals – and globalizing IEEE – addressing diverse needs at local levels. I will lead IEEE in enabling technologies that span multiple societies, providing technology-related insights into public policy, and using powerful communication tools, so we are both global and globalized.

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For IEEE President-Elect, 2016IEEE President, 2017

FREDERICK "FRED" C. MINTZER(Nominated by IEEE Board of Directors)

IBM (Retired)IBM T.J. Watson Research CenterYorktown Heights, New York, USAwww.FredMintzer.net

Fred Mintzer received a BSEE from Rutgers University and a PhD in EECS from Princeton University. He joined IBM’s

Thomas J. Watson Research Center in 1978. Beginning in the middle 1980s, he managed a team that developed new technologies for image database applications and validated them in projects with cultural institutions that included the Vatican Library, Russia’s Hermitage Museum, and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. From 2001 until 2005, he managed the Visual Technologies Department which developed new technologies for digital imaging, computer graphics and data visualization. From 2005 until retirement in 2013, he was the Program Director for IBM’s Blue Gene Watson facility, which once included the world’s second fastest supercomputer.

He produced over fifty publications, twenty-five patents, and key features of several IBM offerings. His honors include recognition as an IEEE Fellow, membership in the IBM Academy of Technology and twice being named an IBM Research Master Inventor.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities(S’75-M’78-SM’91-F’99-LF’14)

COMMITTEES/BOARDS: IEEE Board of Directors, 2012, 2008-09. Technical Activities Board (TAB): Member, 2011-13, 2008-09, 2004-05; TAB Strategic Planning, Chair, 2013; VP Technical Activities and Chair, TAB and TAB Management Committee, 2012; IEEE New Initiatives Committee, 2013; TAB Ad Hoc on a New Level of TAB Recognition, Chair, 2012; TAB Nominations and Appointments, Chair, 2011. IEEE Nominations and Appointments, 2011. IEEE Governance, 2010. Employee Benefits and Compensation Committee, Chair, 2009. IEEE Audit Committee, 2008-09. Membership Development Committee, 2007.

SOCIETY: Signal Processing Society (SPS): Past-President and Nominations and Appointments Committee Chair, 2006-07; President, 2004-05; President-Elect and Chair of SPS Technical Directions Committee and Long Range Planning Committee, 2002-03; Board of Governors, Member-at-Large, 2000-01; Vice President - Finance, 1996-99.

PUBLICATIONS: Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Technical Community Spotlight, 2013-14.

CONFERENCES: 1995 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing,

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Finance Chair. 1984 IEEE Digital Signal Processing Workshop, Technical Co-Chair.

AWARDS: IEEE Fellow, 1999. IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000. IEEE Signal Processing Society’s Meritorious Service Award, 2009.

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

I joined with leaders of MGA (Member and Geographic Activities) and PSPB (Publication Services and Products) to successfully advocate a new collaboration platform to enable IEEE members to better network, collaborate and create – all within a centralized hub.

I championed the three-pronged Open Access strategy that was endorsed by the IEEE Board of Directors and helped IEEE move forward in this space. We are now seeing Open Access successes.

Under my leadership, Technical Activities:

• increased its efforts in emerging technologies. • created on-line communities, free to all, that are centered on its emerging

technology activities. They now have over 30,000 members.• created an e-magazine, IEEE Technical Community Spotlight, free to all

members, that republishes Magazine articles on emerging technologies and tells readers how to participate in emerging technology activities. I also served as its first editor-in-chief.

Statement

The needs and expectations of today’s technology professionals are changing. Today’s tech professionals – especially young professionals – expect more and higher quality interactions within the IEEE and its communities. They also expect greater opportunities to engage with emerging technologies, which are homes of tomorrow’s jobs.

We need to create and provide more value for today’s members. Let me share some ways we might do this.

• Evolve our collaboration platform to support new types of communities – including volunteers, practitioners, and entrepreneurs.

• Create and strengthen offerings that target members employed in the private sector.

• Expand our emerging technology efforts and more broadly share their results.

• Increase our humanitarian efforts. Many members take great pride in their membership because of them – and they demonstrate our commitment to our mission.

• Develop crisper value propositions for key member audiences. Four of special importance are: industrial employees, young professionals, author/researchers, and tech professionals in emerging economies. They are our membership base and our membership growth opportunities.

If elected, I will support these and other ideas that create more value for members.

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For IEEE Division Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2016IEEE Division Delegate/Director, 2017-2018

Division II (CPMTS, DEIS, IAS, IMS, PELS, UFFCS)

F.D. “DON” TAN(Nominated by IEEE Division II)

Distinguished Engineer and Senior Staff ManagerNorthrop Grumman Aerospace SystemsIrvine, California, USAhttp://tpe101.strikingly.com/

Don is a Distinguished Engineer and Senior Staff Manager with Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. He earned his

PhD from Caltech and is an IEEE fellow. He is a chief technologist, a researcher in power electronic systems, and an authority in space power management.

His accomplishments include 2 national standards, 4 industry firsts, 5 editorial positions, 7 professional educational and under/graduate courses, 15 patents and trade secrets, recipient of more than 30 awards, served on >70 industry and professional leadership positions, authored >100 research and technology articles and presentations, and >300 technology insertions and product developments with >1,800 space flight designs delivered without a single on-orbit failure. His Adiabatic Point-of-Load program has attracted US$15M customer funding in 5 years and his power product line values at greater than US$200M. His double forward technology was licensed to a major telecommunications company. His technology for in-space electric propulsion is being licensed to industry.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’89-M’95-SM’98-F’07)

BOARD/COMMITTEE: Technical Activities Board (TAB), 2013-2014. TAB Awards and Recognition Committee (TABARC), Division II Representative.

COUNCIL/SECTION/CHAPTER: LA Council, Chapter Program Chair/Vice-Chair/Chair, 1996-2001. PELS Regional Distinguished Lecturer, 2001-2004.

POWER ELECTRONICS SOCIETY (PELS): Nomination Committee Chair, 2015-present. PELS President, 2013-2014. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, EiC (founding), 2013-present. Vice-President Operations, 2009-2012. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics: Associate Editor, 1996-2000; Guest EiC, 2011. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications: Guest EiC, 2012. Fellow Committee, 2010-2013.

CONFERENCES: Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC): Steering Committee Chair, 2001; General/Program/Assistant Program Chairs, 1996-2000. Steering Committee Member of: Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2009-present; ECCE Global Series, 2009-present;

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ECE-Europe Series (EPE), 2010-present; ECE-Asia Series (IPEC/IPEMC/ICPE), 2011-present; Power Electronics for Distributed Generation (PEDG), 2009-present. Honorary General Conference Chair of: 2015 International Future Energy Electronics Conference; 2015 International Conference on Power Electronics – ECCE-Asia; 2014 International Power Electronics Conference – ECCE-Asia; 2013 International Future Energy Electronics Conference; 2013 1st IEEE Workshop on Wide Band-Gap Power Device Applications.

OTHERS: Department of Defense/IEEE Joint Working Group on Open Systems, Chair, 1997-2004. Standards Association: IEEE std 1515, IEEE std 1573.


1. As founding Editor-in-Chief, I helped lead the IEEE JESTPE launch in July 2013 and succeeded in getting it indexed by Thompson Reuters in January 2015.

2. Instrumental in securing TAB approval of the new IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification (four participating societies).

3. Leadership in launching IEEE Power Electronics Magazine within record time (less than 3 months – something many thought was impossible). As the first president from industry, I provided leadership in establishing PELS inaugural Industry Advisory Committee to ensure that the magazine is truly for practitioners.

4. As Operations Vice-President, my efforts in revitalizing PELS technical activities led to streamlined structure and more autonomy. Now PELS technical committees are unprecedentedly vibrant and organize their own conferences, special issues, and paper awards.

Statement

Having volunteered for 20 years, I know that members and volunteers are the life blood of the IEEE. They deliver conferences and publications that distinguish IEEE as the global power house in technical innovation and in technical information curation.

The first priority, if elected Division II Director, is to provide our volunteers with easy processes for conference operation, reporting and closure, and effective tools for publications to monitor financial health.

Another priority is to enhance Division II society collaborations and better representation. For instance, last year, I strongly supported a motion for our Sister Society Meeting to include the Dielectric and Electrical Insulation Society. Similar synergies should be explored for other societies.

Finally, I have many years of experience as a mid-level functional manager for a diverse group of employees. I am a doer with an established record of “getting things done.” I intend to meet with every society. By listening to you and developing our priorities together, we can maximize our service to our members and volunteers, which in turn will fuel our future successes.

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Division II (CPMTS, DEIS, IAS, IMS, PELS, UFFCS)

HULYA KIRKICI(Nominated by IEEE Division II)

ProfessorElectrical and Computer Engineering DepartmentAuburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama, USAwww.eng.auburn.edu/~kirkih/DivisionI I_Director_Candidate.html

Hulya Kirkici is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University, USA. Dr. Kirkici received the B.S. and M.S. in physics from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey; and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Polytechnic University (NYU - Poly), Brooklyn, NY, USA in 1990. She was a visiting scientist/engineer at NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, USA (1999-2000) and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, USA (2014-2015). Dr. Kirkici’s research interests are in dielectrics and electrical insulation, high-frequency dielectric breakdown in space/aerospace environments, cold plasmas, and repetitive pulsed power. She has published numerous journal and conference papers and given invited talks in these related topics (in USA, Turkey, Japan, South Korea, China). Dr. Kirkici is a Senior Member of IEEE, and members of American Physical Society (APS), Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society, Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society, and American Association of University Women (AAUW).

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’86-M’88-S’89-M’89-SM’97)

Boards/Committees:• Member, IEEE Finance Committee, 2012-2014• Member, TAB Strategic Planning Committee, 2013• Member, TAB Finance Committee, 2011-2014• Member, IEEE Conferences Committee, 2011-2012• Treasurer and Finance Chair, IEEE Publication Services and Products Board

(PSPB), 2012-2014• Member-at-Large, IEEE Publication Services and Products Board (PSPB),

2011-present• Member, TAB/PSPB Products and Services Committee, 2015-presentIEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS):• President, 2009-2010• Vice President Administrative, 2007-2008• Vice President-Technical, 2005-2006• Secretary and ExCom Member, 2000-2004• Ad-Com Member, 1998-2004• Ad-Com Corresponding Member (DIEIS rep.), IEEE Industry Applications

Society, 2014IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Society:• Distinguished Lecturer IEEE Sensors Council:• Vice President of Technical Operations, 2014-present

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• Ad-Com Member-at-Large, 2013, 2009-2012• Chair, Distinguished Lecturer Program, 2014-presentConferences:• Chair, Technical Program Committee, 2014 IEEE International Power

Modulator and High Voltage Conference (IPMHVC), 2014• Chair, Executive Committee, IEEE IPMHVC 2005-2014• General Chair, IEEE Power Modulator Conference, 2004• Vice-Chair and Treasurer, IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and

Dielectrics Phenomena (CEIDP), 2004-2005Publications:• IEEE Access Editorial Board, 2014-present• Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 1997-

2007, 2012-present• Guest Editor, IEEE Trans. Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Power

Modulators Special Issue, Aug. 2009• Guest Editor, IEEE Trans. Plasma Science, Power Modulators and Repetitive

Pulsed Power Special Issue, Aug. 2004 • Guest Editor, IEEE Trans. Plasma Science, Pulsed Power Science and

Technology Special Issue, Oct. 2002Other:• IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, “Novel Dielectrics and Advanced Electrical

Insulation Technology,” 2011 IEEE Panel of Conference Organizers (POCO) meeting, (Beijing, China)

Awards:• Sol Schneider Award “for continuing technical and administrative

leadership in the power modulator and high voltage communities” presented at 2010 IEEE-IPMHVC.

• William G. Dunbar Award “for continuing contribution to high-voltage and high frequency insulation research and engineering education” presented at 2014 IEEE-IPMHVC.

Memberships:• IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society• IEEE Industry Applications Society• IEEE Electron Devices Society• IEEE Photonics Society• IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Society

StatementI am interested in this position because I want to give back to the IEEE community. I joined IEEE as a graduate student and I have been continuously nurtured, supported and mentored by many IEEE volunteers and colleagues. As this is a leadership position, my focus will be to foster dialogue among the communities/societies, support the growth to advance technologies, enhance the collaboration between the societies, elevate the technical strength of our scholarly work, support financial transparency, and continue to be part of this great community that makes IEEE what it is.

I will work towards nurturing communities across cultures to further its reach and innovations in technology for the benefit of humanity. IEEE volunteers and members, are the drivers behind the technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of communities. As the Division II Director, I will continue to support IEEE’s mission to the fullest, by listening, engaging, and working together alongside the societies. I will continue to strengthen the financial health and technical strength of societies through publications and technical conferences.

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Division IV (APS, BTS, CES, EMCS, MAGS, MTTS, NPSS)

TAPAN K. SARKAR, PHD, PE(Nominated by IEEE Division IV)

ProfessorDept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceSyracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York, USAhttp://ecs.syr.edu/faculty/sarkar/

Tapan K. Sarkar received B.Tech. (IIT, Kharagpur, India), M.Sc.E. (University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada) and M.S. and Ph.D. (Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY). He was an engineer at General Instruments, a faculty member at RIT, Rochester, NY and a research fellow at Gordon McKay Laboratory, Harvard University. He is now Professor at Syracuse University. He has authored or coauthored more than 360 journal articles and numerous conference papers, 32 chapters in books and 15 books. He has an H-index of 60 with 14,901 citations. He received three Doctor Honoris Causa degrees from Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand, France, in 1998; Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, in 2004; and Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, in 2012. He is president of OHRN Enterprises, Inc., a small business incorporated in New York State (1985) performing research for government, private and foreign organizations in system analysis. He is a professional engineer registered in New York.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’69-M’76-SM’81-F’92-LF’14)

COMMITTEES/BOARDS:• Member, Electromagnetics Award Board, 2004-2007.• Member, TAB-PSPB Committee, 2013.

SECTION/CHAPTER:• Chairman, IEEE Syracuse Section AP-S/MTT-S Joint Chapter, 1995-2000.

SOCIETY:• Distinguished Lecturer, Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S), 2000-

2003, 2011-2013.• Elected Member, AP-S AdCom, 2005-2007.• President-Elect, AP-S, 2013.• President, AP-S, 2014.• Chair, AP-S Nominations Committee, 2015.• Chair, AP-S Past-Presidents Council, 2015. • Associate Editor, Feature Articles, Antennas and Propagation Newsletter,

1986-1988.• Associate Editor, Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2004-2010. • Associate Editor, Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 1986-

1989.

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CONFERENCES:• Chair, Technical Program Committee (TPC), IEEE Antennas and

Propagation Society International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting, 1988.

• Member, TPC, numerous IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposia and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meetings.

• General Chair, Plenary Speaker, Tutorial and Short Course Speaker, and Session Chair, many AP-S sponsored conferences.

• Chair, Technical Program Review Committee #1, IEEE International Microwave Symposium, 2008-2010. Member (before 2008 and after 2010).

• Organizer, Panel Session, IEEE International Microwave Symposium, 2012. • Initiated three new AP-S financially sponsored conferences (Antenna

Applications and Measurements, Computational Electromagnetics and RADIO), while serving as AP-S President and President-Elect.

OTHERS:• IEEE Fellow, 1992.• Associate Editor, Digital Signal Processing – A Review Journal. • Best Paper Award, Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 1979.• Started three membership initiatives: in Region 9 under AP-S Region 9

Coordinator, in ASEAN countries, Region 10, and in Africa, Region 8, to promote IEEE and also Electromagnetic research and education.

• Initiated two new Journals while serving as AP-S President: • Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques (AP-S & MTT-S;

Phase I proposal approved).• Electromagnetics in Medicine and Biology (AP-S, MTT-S & EMB-S,

Letter of Intent approved, Phase I proposal prepared).

Statement

I will stimulate outreach efforts to increase IEEE members and chapters in those countries of Regions 8, 9 and 10 specially needed and to project IEEE as a member-friendly society, devoting time and effort to analyze member needs. Another goal will be to identify, encourage, nominate and mentor candidates for higher volunteer positions within IEEE. Also facilitate communication and cooperation among the seven societies and councils in Division IV which in turn will help resolve any conflicts and will promote communication, cooperation and problem resolution across IEEE in general.

I will favor projects related to educational tools and tutorials, very much needed nowadays in multidisciplinary areas. A better integration of industry members is also needed so that they are aware of the advantages of working in the frame of IEEE. I will try to facilitate the communication of needs, concerns, and actions between TAB and IEEE Board of Directors.

I will promote future directions initiatives involving multiple societies focused on manufacturing real products and directed towards humanitarian technology along the line of IEEE SIGHT initiative.

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JENNIFER T. BERNHARD(Nominated by IEEE Division IV)

Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer EngineeringAssociate Dean for Research, College of EngineeringUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbana, Illinois, USAhttp://antennas.ece.illinois.edu

Jennifer T. Bernhard (S’89, M’95, SM’01, F’10) earned the B.S.E.E. degree from Cornell University in 1988.

She earned the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Duke University in 1990 and 1994, respectively, with support from a NSF Graduate Fellowship. From 1995-1999, Prof. Bernhard was an Assistant Professor in the ECE Department at the University of New Hampshire, where she held the Class of 1994 Professorship. Since 1999, she has been with the ECE Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she is now a Professor. In 2012, she was named the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering. Prof. Bernhard’s research interests include reconfigurable and wideband microwave antennas and circuits, wireless sensors/sensor networks, high speed wireless communication, and electromagnetics for industrial, agricultural, and medical applications, and has five patents in these areas. She has authored over 250 publications and has advised 59 graduate students.


COMMITTEES/BOARDS:• PSPB, Member-at-Large, 2014-Present.• Women In Engineering Committee, PSPB Representative, 2014-Present.• PSPB, TAB Representative, 2012.• TAB, Ad hoc Committee on Affiliates, 2012.• TAB Strategic Planning Committee, 2009-2011.• TAB, Antennas and Propagation Society President, 2008.

SECTION/CHAPTER:• NH IEEE State Executive Committee, 1996-1998.

STUDENT BRANCH:• UNH IEEE Student Branch Advisor, 1996-1998.

SOCIETY: IEEE Antennas and Propagation (APS): • Distinguished Lecturer Committee, 2011-2014.• Constitution and Bylaws Committee, 2011-2014; Chair, 2003-2007.• Past Presidents Council, 2009-Present.• Nominations Committee, Chair, 2009.• URSI Liaison, 2009-2011.• Administrative Committee, 2007-2012.• President, 2008.• Administrative Committee, 2004-2006.

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PUBLICATIONS:• Guest Editor

• Special Issue on Antenna Design and Integration in Smart Sensors, IEEE Sensors Journal, August 2014 (Joint between Sensors Council and IEEE APS).

• Special Issue on Antenna Systems and Propagation for Cognitive Radio, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, March 2014.

• Special Issue on Multifunction Antennas and Systems, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, February 2006.

• Associate Editor• IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2001-2007.• IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2001-2005.

CONFERENCES:• Technical Program Chair, IEEE International Workshop on Antenna

Technology: Small Antennas and Novel Metamaterials, 2006.• Technical Program Chair, IEEE APS Conference on Antennas and Propagation

for Wireless Communications, 2000.• Nearly 20 international steering/technical program committees for IEEE

meetings.

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Led major modernization of the APS Constitution and Bylaws, 2003-2005.• As APS President:

• Led successful AP Publications/Society reviews.• Established the Editor-in-Chief position for website.• Initiated membership of APS in Council on Electronic Design

Automation and Sensors Council.• Initiated first outreach program to Region 9, including new Chapters,

Distinguished Lecturer visits.• Introduced double-blind review process for the AP Symposium’s student

paper competition, resulting in significant increases in authors from Regions 7-10 and women authors from all regions being recognized as finalists/honorable mentions (from 0% to nearly 30%). Advised organizers of the IEEE-MTT International Microwave Symposium in double-blind review implementation.

Statement

While Division IV encompasses a wide range of fields, we often address similar technologies and face common challenges. These challenges include finding new and efficient ways to increase member value, to develop interdisciplinary technical cooperation, and to steward resources. To strengthen and deepen ties between our Societies, I will bring our Division together to build a set of best practices in the areas of member benefits/outreach, volunteer engagement, inclusion and recruitment of members of underrepresented groups, open/accountable governance, and new technology directions. Critical to the success of these efforts will be the establishment of robust communication pathways between Society leaders. Additionally, I will organize representatives from across the Division to develop partnerships to advance emerging interdisciplinary technical activities. Finally, I will promote transparency in operations, finance, and planning at every level within the IEEE. This transparency allows our volunteers, the foundation of our Societies, to be confident that the resources and results produced by their hard work and dedication are allocated wisely toward the IEEE’s overarching goals of technical excellence and service to the global community.

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JOHN T. BARR, IV(Nominated by IEEE Division IV)

R&D Manager/Director (Retired)Agilent Technologies / Hewlett-PackardSanta Rosa, California, USAwww.johntbarr.net

John Barr received a BSEE from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1971, a MSEE in 1974 from Stanford

University and a MS in Engineering Management in 1982, from Stanford. Co-Op at Scientific Atlanta 1967-70. Retired after 37 years from Agilent Technologies / Hewlett-Packard in 2008. He served in various engineering R&D roles, including as the R&D Manager/Director for Agilent’s Wireless Semiconductor Test Solutions. Later served as Agilent’s EEsof Product Marketing Manager for RFIC EDA.

John’s technical activities started with the development and design of RF & Microwave component measurement systems, including design of RF downconvertors, IF detectors and automation of these systems. This work in conventional and six-port network analyzers led to five patents and ten published papers covering vector error correction, time domain conversion and multi-parameter measurement systems. This evolved into a concentration in the development of high throughput manufacturing semiconductor test systems for RFICs and wireless communications ICs.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’69-M’74-M’81-SM’84-F’02-LF’14)

Committees/Boards• IEEE Board of Directors 2013-2014• IEEE Treasurer 2013-2014, FinCom 2007-2015• Investment Committee 2010-2014• Ideation Committee 2013-2015• Infrastructure Strategy and Growth AdHoc 2014-2015• Technical Activities Board (TAB): Member 2002, 2005-2006, 2009-2012;

Treasurer 2009-2012; FinCom 2005-2015; Management Committee 2005, 2009-2012

• MGA Individual Benefits and Services 2013• TAB/PSPB Products & Services: Member 2002-2006, Chair 2005-2006• Publication Services and Products Board (PSPB) 2005-2008; Finance Chair

2007-2008; Vice-Chair 2006; Strategic Planning 2005-2008• New Initiatives 2008• Marketing & Sales 2006• Large/Small Societies Issues AdHoc 2006

Regions/Sections/Chapters• Redwood Empire Subsection: Co-Founder 1982, Chair 1984, Program

Chair 1985-1986• Georgia Tech Student Chapter, Vice-Chair 1970-1971

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Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S)• AdCom 1994-2005• President 2002, Vice-President 2001, Treasurer 1998-2000• Numerous chair roles: Membership Development 1992-1993; Membership

Services 1994-1995; Operations 1996-1997; Long Range Planning 2004; Conferences 2008; Memorials 2014-2015; Parliamentarian 2014-2015

• T-MTT & L-MWC Reviewer 1986-Present• Also member of “Instrumentation and Measurement Society” and “Society

on Social Implications of Technology”

IEEE Conferences • International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2006 General Chair• Radio & Wireless Week (RWW) 2012 General Chair • RWW2011 TPC Chair• IMS TPRC (Microwave Measurements) 1990-2001, 2008-2015• IMS Technical Session Chair - multiple times

Others• IEEE Fellow 2002• IEEE-Stds-378 Scattering Coefficient Measurements 1988-1992• IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award Committee 2005-2008

Major Accomplishments1. Successful IMS2006 general chair. Led large committee (60+), 11,000+

attendees, 1,000+ technical presentations and 900+ exhibition booths. Also MTT-S Radio Wireless Week TPC Chair and General Chair (2011-2012), a multidisciplinary conference with cross-society sponsorship/participation (APS/ComSoc/EMBS).

2. Worked with TAB/PSPB on R&D funding mechanism for IEEE Xplore.3. In various roles led efforts to increase data-driven, fact-based decision

making: including “most read content” periodical revenue distribution and IEEE Reserves Policy based on needs (versus arbitrary percentage).

4. As IEEE Treasurer provided BoD improved financial reporting transparency / understandability including the implications of their actions.

5. TAB mentor to SSIT’s society re-engineering process.

StatementDivision IV is a diverse group of eight societies/council based on fundamental principles of engineering and foundational as engineering and academic study is increasingly multidisciplinary. As Division Director, I would encourage inter-society events, enhancing the value of the IEEE to these communities.

Many members are unsure of the IEEE value to them. The IEEE and Societies are working to addressing this, and if elected, I would support the societal efforts and work within the BoD to provide the needed organizational and financial support to address these unmet needs.

The most valuable IEEE asset is our volunteers. We need to improve the volunteer experience, provide better training, mentorship and less bureaucratic overhead – these are areas the BoD and Division Directors can have a positive impact.

With a long history of interacting with many societies, past BoD member, a deep understanding of the IEEE interworkings and a passion for the success of the IEEE mission – I will be an effective Director and worthy of being your BoD representative.

I look forward to being a part of an ever more successful IEEE.

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Division VI (ES, IES, PSES, PCS, RS, SSIT, TEMS)

LUKE R. MAKI, P.E.(Nominated by IEEE Division VI)

Senior Network ArchitectThe Boeing CompanyPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USAhttp://lukemaki.net

Mr. Luke Maki, BSME ’78, MSCS (EE, Computing Systems) ’84, is a registered Professional Engineer. He has been

involved with data communications technology implementation, and technical process development and execution, for 30+ years. Prior employment included GTE South (now Verizon) as a Data Specialist in Marketing, and the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, supporting flight simulation. His demonstrated individual and team leadership has been tapped to: justify the use of 10Mbps Ethernet to transfer, with the simulation cycle-time, aircraft state information between multiple simulators (1984 AFIT Master’s Thesis); develop data communications and systems proposals; develop and execute the process for ensuring production support readiness for new network products and services; develop common design approval processes; design and manage test networks for technology investigations; lead WAN design, new technology investigations, and deployments; lead regulatory compliance activities relative to network change management; and, foster a corporate strategic alliance with IEEE.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (A’94-M’98-SM’03)

IEEE Professional Communication Society• 1999-Present: PCS Member

• 1999-2007 Administrative Committee, Member• 2003: IPCC 2003, Publications Chair• 2003: IEEE PCS Emily K. Schlesinger Award (outstanding service

to the society)• 2004-2005 Vice President, Meetings Chair• 2006-2007 President• 2007: IPCC 2007, Publications Chair

• 1999-2007: Liaison from PCS to IEEE-USA Committee on Communications Policy (CCIP)• 2003-2004: Chair of IEEE-USA CCIP• 2005: IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award

• 2008: PCS Representative, Technology Management Council BoG• 2015: Co-Chair, PCS Chapter, Philadelphia Section

IEEE Technology Management Council• 2008-2014: Board of Governors, IEEE Technology Management Council

• 2008: PCS Representative on TMC BoG • 2008-2010: Chair, Communications Committee• 2009: President-Elect (Executive Committee)• 2010-2011: President (Executive Committee), Structure Options

AdHoc

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• ITMC 2012, Publications Chair• 2012-2013: Past-President (Executive Committee), Secretary, and

Nominations Committee Chair• ITMC 2013, Vice-Chair, established initial MOU with ICE Conference

in Europe• IEEE Ethics 2014, Launch Event Team Member, Publications Chair• IEEE ITMC 2014, Conference Committee

IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society• 2015-2016: Member-At-Large, AdCom

• 2015: Secretary, ExCom• 2015: Conferences Committee

• IEEE ITMC 2015 and 21st ICE Conference: Vice-Chair• IEEE Ethics 2016: Conference Committee

IEEE-USA • Committee on Communications Policy (CCP; formerly the Communications

and Information Policy Committee, CIPC)• 1999-2007: Liaison from IEEE PCS to IEEE-USA CIPC

• 2003-2004: Chair of IEEE-USA CIPC• 2005: IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award

• 2008-2014: Liaison from IEEE TMC to IEEE-USA CCP• 2006-2010: Critical Infrastructure Protection Committee• IEEE RFID 2007: Launch Event Team• IEEE RFID 2008: Pubs Chair• Government Relations Committee

• 2011-2012: Vice Chair• IEEE Ethics 2014, Launch Event Team, Pubs Chair• 2015: IEEE-USA Communications Committee, Member-At-Large

TAB Committees Served• Strategic Planning• Future Directions• Awards & Recognition• TAB Management

• AdHoc Society Advisory• AdHoc: Structure

• ‘New Technical Community’ Process

StatementHaving helped manage two of the Operating Units (OUs) in Division VI, and interacting with volunteers from all seven, there is no doubt that all embrace the IEEE Vision to be “…universally recognized for the contributions of technology and of technical professionals in improving global conditions.” With the most diverse set of Fields Of Interest of any, Division VI helps make whole the technical expertise of the Technical Activities Board. For this reason, when serving on TAB, I have consistently advocated for retention of this diversity, even in light of financial challenges. While conferences and publications are a mainstay, I will work to further develop more direct IEEE-Industry collaboration, and increase visibility of the Division VI OUs in this regard. Collaboration with some larger, international, corporations has been successful, and can potentially expand in new ways; efforts must be made to incubate similar relationships with small and medium businesses as well. I am honored to be considered for this leadership position, and with your vote of confidence will look forward to serving Division VI.

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Division VI (ES, IES, PSES, PCS, RS, SSIT, TEMS)

JOHN Y. HUNG(Nominated by IEEE Division VI)

Professor of Electrical & Computer EngineeringSamuel Ginn College of EngineeringAuburn University Auburn, Alabama, USA

John Hung has been on the Auburn University faculty since 1989, and his technical interests are in control systems engineering. His degrees were earned at University of Tennessee (B.S.), Princeton University (M.E.E.), and University of Illinois (Ph.D.) Earlier, he worked for Johnson Controls, Inc., helping develop the company’s first digital controller for commercial building automation systems. He held several visiting appointments in industry over the past 25 years, worked as an engineering consultant, and was a visiting professor at National Taiwan University of Science & Technology for one year. He received department and college-level recognitions for teaching excellence, as well as best paper awards from the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and IEEE Region 3. He holds several U.S. patents and an amateur radio license.

John and wife Diana have been married since 1984 and have three adult children, and one grandson. He also enjoys cooking, outdoor life, and fixing old engines.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’78-S’80-M’81-S’86-S’88-M’89-SM’93-F’11)

IEEE member of 38 years, elected Fellow in 2011.

IEEE Leadership/Service:

• Technical Activities Board (TAB) (2014, 2015)• IES President (2014, 2015), President-Elect (2012, 2013), Vice-President

for Conference Activities (2008-2010), Treasurer (2002-2007)• IES Life AdCom Member• IEEE Conferences:

• General Co-Chair: IECON (2008, 2013), ISIE (2010, 2013, 2016), ICIT-2011, Industry Summit 2016

• Technical Program Co-Chair: ICIT (2000, 2010), ISIE (2000, 2007), IECON (2006, 2010), ICM (2011, 2017)

• Finance Chair: 15 IEEE conferences• Associate Editor:

• Transactions on Industrial Electronics (TIE): 1996-2005• Transactions on Control Systems Technology: 1997-1998• Guest Editor for 4 Special Sections (TIE)

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As IES President: fostered cooperation and collaborations across societies and organizations, e.g.:

• New initiatives:• IES joined the IEEE Smart Village humanitarian program with PES,

NPSS, and IEEE Foundation.• IES was a founding core member of the IEEE Transportation

Electrification Community in 2015.• IES started development of the Industry Summit, a new North American

event focused and driven by industry perspectives of technology (first edition June 2016), in collaboration with IEEE Meetings Conferences and Events, Region 6, Santa Clara Valley Section, other IEEE technical societies, and dozens of companies in Silicon Valley.

• IES is proposing a new technical journal, with support of two other societies.

• Collaborated with Division VI Directors to seek new products and activities that leverage partnership with Division VI societies. IES also hosted and fully sponsored a meeting of Division VI society presidents.

As IES VP for Conference Activities: instituted a biennial society-level Panel of Conference Organizers to help improve quality and consistency of IES conference activities.

As IES Treasurer: provided leadership to invest and expand technical activities from 6 technical committees to over 20, and also launched two new publications. Financial reserves increased more than four-fold, and the reserves-to-expense ratio exceeded IEEE guidelines by more than five-fold.

Statement

IEEE is unquestionably THE premiere leader for technical content and services for electrical engineers and technical professionals worldwide, but the future increasingly demands that we contribute to many other global communities in the same way that radio, television, and the Internet connected the world. Making connections to others requires more than technical skills. Whereas the majority of IEEE Societies are associated with technical fields of interest, every Division VI Society is unique in that it promotes cross-disciplinary professional expertise and values. I believe Division VI Societies are distinctly positioned to collaborate with other communities and reach out more effectively to the world. It will be my honor if elected as Division VI Director to help our Societies join hands and multiply our strengths. My professional and IEEE experiences and accomplishments have both honed and demonstrated the necessary teamwork skills to effectively work towards future growth and contribute to the global technical professional community. I appreciate your support, and the opportunity to serve.

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Division VIII (Computer)

DEJAN S. MILOJICIC(Nominated by IEEE Division VIII)

Hewlett Packard LaboratoriesSenior Research ManagerPalo Alto, California, USAhttp://ieee-cs.milojicic.com

Dejan is a senior researcher and manager at HP Labs, Palo Alto, CA (1998-). His areas of technical expertise include

operating systems, distributed systems, and systems management. He currently manages the teams in US, Brazil, India, and Puerto Rico. He worked in the OSF Research Institute, Cambridge, MA (1994-1998) and Institute “Mihajlo Pupin”, Belgrade, Serbia (1983-1991). He received his PhD from University of Kaiserslautern, Germany (1993); and MSc/BSc from Belgrade University, Serbia (1983/86). Dejan was a managing director of the Open Cirrus Cloud Computing testbed (2007-2011), with the academic and industrial sites in US (6), Europe (3), and Asia (6). Dejan has published over 150 papers and 2 books; he has 15 granted patents and over 30 patent applications. Dejan is an IEEE Fellow, ACM Distinguished Engineer, and USENIX member. He has been on many conference program committees and journal editorial boards. He started two conferences (IEEE ASAP; USENIX WIESS).

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (M’90-S’92-S’93-M’95-M’07-SM’08-F’10)

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1. As a president of IEEE Computer Society, I have turned the momentum from negative budget towards profitability, reducing the deficit for 37% and identifying new revenue sources.

2. I am a founding editor of IEEE Computing Now, a new mashup-based society-wide content delivery model. IEEE Computing Now has since been distributed to over 100,000 recipients and has been both a source of revenue and a modern, experimental delivery vehicle across the society.

3. As the first chair of the IEEE Special Technical Communities, I introduced common practices, and drove the establishment of this new membership approach inside of IEEE.

4. As the principal editor of IEEE CS 2022 Technical Report, I have formed the team of authors who published the document representing the 23 technologies that will have disruptive adoption by the year 2022. This energized the Society to establish new communities and products and services.

5. I revitalized IEEE Computer Society Fellows Community through a mailing list and the forthcoming IEEE CS Fellow Conference.

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ACTIVITIES

COMMITTEES/BOARDS: • Chair of IEEE Ad Hoc Committee on Serving Individuals from Industry

(2015)• Chair of IEEE Ad Hoc Committee on Board Outreach (2015)

SOCIETY: • IEEE Computer Society President 2014; on committees:

• Constitution and Bylaws (2013)• Planning (2013-2015)• Financial (2014, 2015)• Nominations (2011, 2015)• Intersociety Collaboration (2015)

• Board of Governors (2012)• Special Technical Communities governance chair (2012)• Chair of IEEE Technical Committee of Operating Systems (2000)• Founding editor in chief of IEEE Computing Now (2008-2012)• On steering committee and editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Cloud

Computing (2014-)• On editorial board of IEEE Internet Computing magazine (2008-)• Founding editor of IEEE Distribute Systems Online (2000-2008)• Founded IEEE International Symposium on Agent Systems and Applications

(2000)• On steering committee of IEEE International Conference on Cloud

Computing Engineering (2012-)

Statement

If elected to IEEE Division Director, I will focus on:

• Increasing the relevance of IEEE to broader engineering community. Our profession has evolved over the time. We have many potential members and existing members expect increased offerings. As an industry leader I can attract new members and introduce new services.

• Modernizing IEEE by adopting new technologies and practices. New ways of publishing, virtual communities, DevOps and new de facto standardization require aggressive adoption of new technologies. I spearheaded IEEE CS 2022 report and deployed novel communities.

• Strengthening financial accountability. While there are many ideas to improve IEEE, few are financially sustainable. I have a good track record of inventing and deploying financially sustainable solutions (IEEE Computing Now; turning around CS financials).

• Homogenizing the broader IEEE with societies and other organizational units within IEEE. As a president of the IEEE Computer Society, I have witnessed conflicting interests among organizational units and their daughter units (IEEE and societies; societies and technical communities; technical communities and conferences, etc.) I am an inclusive leader who maximizes outcomes for multi-parties.

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Division VIII (Computer)

ARNOLD N. PEARS(Nominated by IEEE Division VIII)

Associate Professor of Computing Education ResearchHead of Education and Deputy Head of DepartmentDepartment of Information TechnologyUppsala UniversityUppsala, Swedenhttp://www.it.uu.se/katalog/arnoldp

Dr. Arnold Pears is Associate Professor, Deputy Head of Department and Head of Education at the IT Department of Uppsala University, Sweden. He leads several groups; the UpCERG research group in Computing and Engineering Education at Uppsala University; the CeTUSS Swedish National Center for Student and Societally Relevant Engineering Education and the Strategic Advisory Board of the Uppsala University Center for STEM Higher Education Research. He serves on the Uppsala University Academic Senate, and the Faculty of Science and Technology Council for Educational Development.

Arnold received his BSc(Hons) and PhD from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Arnold is an IEEE Senior Member, received the Computer Society Golden Core Member Award (2012) and the Schmitz Award (2012) for services to the Computer Society and its conferences. He has published more than 100 articles and papers in major conferences and journals in Computer Science and Computing and Engineering Education.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (AF’94-A’08-M’09-SM’14)

COMMITTEES/BOARDS:I have contributed actively to the success and growth of our society through my efforts to geographically diversify the IEEE membership base, and develop new ways to support activities and services of value to members worldwide. In particular I have made contributions on the following boards and committees:

• IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors, 2012-2014• IEEE Computer Society Education Activities Board, 2009-present• Chair of IEEE Computer Society STC Education, 2012-present

SECTIONS/CHAPTERS: • Chair: IEEE Education Society, Nordic Chapter 2010-2014, leading activities

and championing the development of engineering education to better serve society and industry needs.

• Member: Sweden Section 2000-present. Participating in the development of the Section and IEEE activities in the Nordic region.

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PUBLICATIONS: • Assistant Editor in Chief of “Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing”,

have been part of a dynamic team developing new publishing venues for emerging research results of value to the development of the field.

CONFERENCES: • IEEE Frontiers in Education, Steering Committee 2009-2015; Chair 2011-

2012; Programme co-chair 2011, 2014• Dasher “Best Paper” Awards Committee member 2009-present• IEEE EDUCON: TPC member 2010-present; Keynote speaker 2013• IEEE TALE: TPC member 2013-present• IEEE COMPSAC: invited speaker and panel moderator, 2014

OTHER:• Education Track Chair for the IEEE Internet of Things Initiative 2014-2015

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• During the period 2012 to 2015 I have founded and sponsored a new

Asian region conference through my IEEE roles. • IEEE International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and

Engineering (LaTiCE) 2012-2015.• The conference serves an expanding community and has attracted new

communities to membership of the IEEE.• As chair of the Frontiers in Education Conference Steering Committee

forged new relationships between the Computer and Education societies as well as with the ASEE. Through these relationships helped to bring the conference back into profit and increase the relevance of the conference to IEEE communities of engineering educators worldwide.

Statement

I believe that the IEEE operates by members, with members and for members, and enables its members in maximising their career potential. My twenty years of leadership and academic research and development experience can help to address the organisational and operational challenges facing the IEEE.

I have made significant local and international contributions to recruitment of new IEEE members, and the establishment of successful activities, particularly Chapters, and Conferences. I will bring leadership, management and interpersonal skills gained managing a department that currently has over 280 employees. I will work to enhance budget oversight and financial management, financial transparency and increasing productivity.

Drawing these insights, and my prior experience, I believe that I am ideally positioned to help the IEEE re-imagine its global role as the leading professional association for engineers. My academic background gives me insight into how to successfully reinvent key core elements of our business. My particular focus is on supporting professionals through enhancing career support products and services and re-engineering our approach to publication and dissemination of technical knowledge.

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Division X (CISS, CSS, EMBS, PHOS, RAS, SMCS)

JOHN R. VIG(Nominated by IEEE Division X) Consultant, System Planning Corp.; andMember of the Technical Advisory Board, SiTime Corp. Colts Neck, New Jersey, USA

John Vig was born in Hungary. His family emigrated to the USA when he was a teenager. He received his B.S. from the City College of New York and the Ph.D. in Physics

from Rutgers - The State University, both in the USA. He joined the Electronic Components Laboratory at Fort Monmouth, NJ, USA and spent his professional career there working as an electronics engineer and program manager. He performed and led research aimed at developing precision clocks, sensors and low-noise oscillators. He is an IEEE Life Fellow “for contributions to the technology of quartz crystals for precision frequency control and timing.” He is now working as a consultant.

He has been awarded 54 patents, and has published more than 100 papers and nine book chapters. He serves on his county’s Environmental Council as a volunteer. He and his wife are avid ballroom dancers.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (M’72-SM’84-F’89-LF’08)

IEEE Leadership Roles

• IEEE President & CEO, 2009 • Vice President, Technical Activities, 2005• Founding President, Sensors Council, 2000-2001• General Co-chair, IEEE SENSORS 2012 conference, Taiwan• Vice President, Publications, Sensors Council, 2014-2015• Chair, Executive Director Search Committee, 2009• Chair, IEEE 125th Anniversary AdHoc Committee, 2008-2009• Chair, IEEE New Initiatives Committee, 2008• Chair, IEEE Nominations and Appointments Committee, 2011• Chair, TAB Management Committee, 2005• Chair, TAB Strategic Planning Committee, 2004• Chair, Standards Coordinating Committee 27 on Time & Frequency• Chair, TAB Strategic Planning Committee, 2004• President, Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society

(UFFC-S), 1998-1999

Other IEEE Services

• AdCom Member Emeritus (for life); elected by UFFC-S AdCom in 2012• Associate Editor, Transactions on UFFC

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• Topical Editor At-Large, IEEE Sensors Journal• MGA Geographic Unit Operations Support Committee, 2014-2015• MGA Nominations & Appointments Committee, 2014-2015• Investment Committee, 2002-2003• Marketing and Sales Committee, 2005-2007• TAB Hall of Honor Selection Committee, 2015• IEEE History Committee, 2015

IEEE Accomplishments

• Founded the IEEE Sensors Council and, thereby, made IEEE a leader in an area where, previously, a commercial publisher was the primary publisher. Today, the Council has a successful journal, the IEEE Sensors Journal, and a successful conference, IEEE SENSORS (430,000 Sensors Journal papers were downloaded in 2014).

• Proposed and championed one of the most successful membership benefits in IEEE history, the eBook Classics. Started in 2010, members had downloaded more than five million eBook chapters, for free, by 2014. As a result of this program, per http://goo.gl/N9gShn, “IEEE members now have access to more than 299 eBooks from the IEEE Press collection through IEEE Xplore.”

• Proposed and led the creation of the IEEE Presidents’ Change the World Competition. This annual competition motivates and rewards students who identify a real-world humanitarian problem and apply engineering, science, computing, and leadership skills to solve it. The top prize is US$10,000.

Statement

IEEE is a superb organization thanks to the efforts of its excellent volunteers and staff. As a director, I will strive to make IEEE an even better organization by focusing on:

• Investing: IEEE’s reserves are now >US$300M. We can afford to increase investments in products and services such as affordable means for providing multimedia of conference presentations, online, to a worldwide audience; and in improving the image of engineers, scientists, and the IEEE.

• Publications: We must create more publications for the ~70% of members who work outside academia.

• Membership: More than 100,000 volunteers contribute to IEEE’s successes; many are not members. Recruiting these volunteers and retaining our student members after graduation will be among my priorities. Members should have equal access to benefits, no matter where they reside.

I have >30 years of leadership experience in a wide range of IEEE positions. Having chaired the Board of Directors and having previously served as VP, Technical Activities, I know how to get things done. I have a proven record of producing positive changes.

Please vote!

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Division X (CISS, CSS, EMBS, PHOS, RAS, SMCS)

TOSHIO FUKUDA(Nominated by IEEE Division X)

Professor Emeritus/Visiting Professor, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan;Professor, Department of Mechatronics Engineering,Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan; andProfessor, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Dr. Fukuda studied at Yale University 1973-75 and received the Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 1977. Presently Professor of Meijo University and Beijing Institute of Technology as well as Professor Emeritus/Visiting Professor of Nagoya University. He is mainly engaged in research in the field of intelligent robotic systems and micro-nano robotics, and has published 2,000+ publications in scientific journals, conference proceedings and reports. Served as Vice President of the International Fuzzy System Association in 1998-2003, President of Society of Fuzzy Systems and Intelligent Informatics in 2003-2005. He was awarded Humboldt Research Prize (2003), Award from Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Japan (2005, 2013), Best paper award from SICE (2007), Medal for Distinguished Engineer from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2015) and is a member of Japan Council of Science (2008-2014) and Japan Academy of Engineering (2013).

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (M’83-SM’93-F’95)

COMMITTEES/BOARDS: Division X Director, 2001-02. RAB/TAB Transnational Committee, 1998. TAB Periodicals Committee, 1998. Meetings & Services Committee, 1999. Nominations and Appointments Committee, 1999. IEEE Fellows Committee, 1997-99. Committee on Nano-Technology, Chair, 1999-2000. Proceedings Editorial Board, 2000. Journal of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Steering Committee, 1993-2000. Transactions on Robotics and Automation Editorial Board, 1989-91. IEEE Nomination and Appointments Committee, 2003-04. IEEE-SA Standards Board, 2002-03. TAB Management Committee, 2006-09. TAB Nomination and Appointments Committee, 2006. Admission and Advancement Committee, 2006-07. Environment & Safety Medal Award Committee, Chair, 2007-10.

REGION: Region 10: Director 2013-14, Director-Elect, 2011-12.

SOCIETIES: Robotics and Automation Society (RAS): President, 1998-99; AdCom, 2004-15, 1990-95. Industrial Electronics Society (IES): Vice-President, 1990-99; AdCom, 1988-2000. Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMCS): AdCom, 1994-96. Computational Intelligence Society (CIS): AdCom, 2006-08. Neural Networks Council: Secretary, 1992-93; AdCom, 1999-2000, 1994-96, 1990-91. Intelligent Transportation Council: AdCom, 2000-01. Nanotechnology

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Council: President, 2004-05, 2002-03.

CONFERENCES: Intelligent Robots and Systems, General Chair, 1988; Advisory Committee Chair, 1989-2000. International Conference on Robotics and Automation, General Chair, 2004, 1995. International Conference on Evolutionary Computation, General Chair, 1996. International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Program Chair, 1991; Steering Committee Chair, 1993. Workshop on Robot and Human Communication, General Chair, 1994. Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Program Co-Chair, 1995. Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, General Chair, 2000. Industrial Electronics Conference, General Chair, 2000. Advanced Robotics and Social Impacts, General Chair, 2005. System Integration International 2008. International Symposium on Micro-Nano Mechatronics, General Chair, 1990-2012.

AWARDS: IROS Harashima Award for Innovative Technologies, 2011. ICRA Best Manipulation Paper Award, 2011. IEEE Technical Field Award on Robotics and Automation, 2010. IEEE RAS George Saridis Leadership Award in Robotics and Automation, 2009. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering Googol Best Paper Award, 2007. Robotics & Automation Society Pioneer Award, 2004. IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000. Dr.-Ing. Eugene Mittelmann Achievement Award, 1997.

Statement

I have been an active volunteer for nearly 30 years in both TAB and MGA, so I know many people and achievements in IEEE. If elected, I will do my best to serve on the IEEE Board of Directors, and support the strategic objectives and future direction of IEEE as follows:

1. Understand the IEEE TAB activities based on my experiences to better assist the global strategy and direction.

2. Listen to ideas and opinions from TAB Societies and Councils from the various viewpoints concerning IEEE activities, conferences and publications to better serve our members. The information will help identify best way to support the strategy and direction of IEEE in 2030 and the management policy and method.

3. Recommend any better way to fuse TAB and MGA structure, in part and/or whole, for the future IEEE in 2030, if TAB agrees.

4. Encourage TAB Societies and Councils to promote more cooperation and foster collaboration to build for future relationships and partnerships among them.

5. Promote IEEE membership to the global technical professionals in industry including the research engineers and practicing engineers.

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For IEEE Region Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2016-2017IEEE Region Delegate/Director, 2018-2019

Region 1 (Northeastern USA)

BABAK D. BEHESHTI(Nominated by IEEE Region 1)

Associate Dean and ProfessorSchool of Engineering and Computing SciencesNew York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, New York, USAhttp://babak-beheshti.com/

Babak D. Beheshti is the Associate Dean and Professor of the School of Engineering, New York Institute of Technology; where he has served since 1987. Babak’s areas of interest include wireless sensor networks, wireless and cellular systems, and digital signal processing. Babak has over 20 years of experience in R&D for embedded systems and wireless technology industry, where he has successfully managed joint R&D programs with many Asian, European and US companies including Siemens Mobile, Nokia, Samsung, KDDI and LG.

Babak has been an active member of IEEE since 1991 having held positions at section, region and major board levels. He is currently member of Publication Services & Products Board of IEEE, as well as Region 1 Student Activities Chair.

Babak is a recipient of the IEEE Millennium Medal, the IEEE Long Island Section Athanasios Papoulis Outstanding Educator Award, and three IEEE Region 1 Awards, including 2008 Technical Innovation Award.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities(M’89-SM’97)

BOARDS/COMMITTEES: Member and Geographic Activities Board (MGA): Representative to PSPB, 2014; Member Development Vice-Chair, 2012; Geographic Units Vice-Chair, 2009-2011; MGA SAC (Student Activities Committee): Chair, 2008-2009; Vice-Chair, 2006-2007; MELCC, 2008-2009; Potentials Advisory Board, 2008-2009. Tellers Committee: Chair, 2003-05; Member, 2001-03. RAB Student Activities Committee (RSAC): Vice-Chair, 2006-07; Member, 2003-07; Steering Subcommittee Chair, 2003-07; Student Website Contest Coordinator, 2005.

REGION 1: SAC Chair, 2014, 2003-07; Executive Committee, 2003-07; Membership Development Chair, 2002-03; Employment & Career Activities Coordinator, 2002; Industrial Relations Liaison, 2001-03; Board of Governors, 2002-07.

COUNCIL: Metropolitan Sections Council (METSAC): Treasurer, 2001; Member, 2000.

SECTION: Long Island Section: Senior Past Chair, 2003; Junior Past Chair, 2002; Chair, 2000-01; Membership Development Chair, 2001-03; First Vice-Chair,

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1998-99; Section Vice Chair, 1997-98; Treasurer, 1995-97; Newsletter Editor, 2000-05; Seminars Coordinator, 1999-2004.

CHAPTER: Signal Processing Society, Chapter Chair, 1997-2003.

CONFERENCES: IEEE Globecom, Organizing Committee, 2014. IEEE Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference, Vice-Chair, 2005-06.

AWARDS: The IEEE MGA Leadership Award, 2014. Region 1 Technical Innovation Award, 2009. Long Island Section Charles Hirsch Award, 2008. IEEE Millennium Medal, 2000. IEEE Region 1 Award, 1997. Accomplishments:

• Identified success factors from high-performing Sections based on the creation, administration and survey data analysis from all ten Regions (2010). The information is being used as the foundation for geographic units vitality recommendations.

• Developed a 5-year strategic plan for MGA Student Activities Committee (SAC) with mission, vision, goals and objectives, providing a smooth transition for incoming SAC chair (2009). The plan aligns with MGA’s vision and contains specific measurable outcomes.

• Led HKN Working Group B Transition team and completed all tasks by deadline (2009).

• Coordinated the President’s Change the World Competition judging efforts with the IEEE Corporate Communications, leading to a stellar winning slate in the IEEE awards ceremony (2009).

• Successfully coordinated, with Staff, the transition of ISBIR to MGA SAC operations (2009).

Statement

I believe that my strength as the Region 1 Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect will be the combination of my solid understanding of and the commitment to the IEEE’s local activities through my long standing ties to Sections and Councils, and with my experience in several leadership positions at the IEEE at the national and global levels.

I have maintained a balance in my career both as an academician, and as a practitioner in the industry in various positions of leadership. This has given me the opportunity to have a deep perspective of the issues and challenges facing the engineering profession both from the academic vantage point, as well as the practicing engineers’ outlook.

My commitment to the IEEE members is that I will utilize my skills and experience to bring about effective changes in streamlining IEEE’s member-focused services, and increasing IEEE’s relevance to the practicing engineer by providing networking, access to technology, and technical training. I will also pursue promoting the prestige and value of membership in the IEEE as the world’s largest professional association and our role in the global community.

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Region 1 (Northeastern USA)

GIM SOON WAN(Nominated by IEEE Region 1)

Senior Design EngineerVICOR CorporationAndover, Massachusetts, USAhttps://sites.google.com/site/supersoonwan

Soon Wan graduated from Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore with the highest merit diploma in 1992.

In 2000, he graduated with Summa Cum Laude in Electrical and Computer Engineering bachelor degree at Merrimack College in USA as the top graduate student. Soon was featured as a technology whiz kid on the Mass High Tech newsletter in 1999. Before he came to USA in 1995, Soon served two and a half years of mandatory military service for Singapore National Army. During his term of service, he received the Battalion Best Officer Award for his outstanding leadership and performance. Currently, Soon is a Senior Design Engineer in the Research and Development Engineering group at VICOR Corporation. He works with a team to design and develop high power density DC/DC power converter with innovative technologies and patented topologies.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’95-M’00-SM’10)

Committees/Boards:• Strategic Planning AdHoc 2015• N&A 2009-10, 2013-14• IEEE Potentials Board Corresponding Editor 2011-13• MGA: N&A 2011-12. Young Professionals (formerly GOLD): Past Chair

2009, 2011; Chair 2007-08. Member Recruitment & Retention 2010-13. MELCC 2008. Membership Development 2007. Sections Congress: Participant 2005, 2008, 2011; Young Professionals Summit host 2008

• TAB: Young Professionals Representative 2010. Young Career Development AdHoc 2008.

• Humanitarian AdHoc 2010

Societies:• Member: Power & Energy, Power Electronics, Communication• ComSoc: Membership Development 2008-10; Young Professionals 2008-

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Region 1:• Membership Development Chair 2010-15• Student Conference Chair 2013• IB&SC (Individual Benefit & Service Committee) Representative 2010-11• Strategic Planning 2006-07• Young Professionals Coordinator 2006• Student Conference Chair 1999

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Boston Section:• ExCom 2015, Senior Past Chair 2014, Past Chair 2013, Chair 2012, Vice-

Chair 2011. N&A Chair 2013. Secretary 2010. Volunteer Coordinator 2009-10. Treasurer 2009. Member-at-Large 2008. Young Professionals Chair 2000, 2003-05

• PELS Chapter: Chair 2013, Treasurer 2007-12, 2014-15

Merrimack Student Branch:• President 1998-99; Vice-President 1997

Conferences:• IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference Initiator/Advisor,

2015• Boston Metro Area Workshop Chair, 2013• IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference: Treasurer 2015, Program

Chair 2014, Vice-Chair 2013, Publicity Chair 2011-12• Region 1 Student Conference: Steering Committee, Micromouse

Competition Chair, 2011• IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable

Electricity Supply: Conference Initiator, Student Paper Competition Chair, 2010

• IEEE TePRA, Steering Committee, 2008-09 • Boston Smart Grid Symposium, Symposium Initiator, 2009• GOLD Humanitarian Workshop Co-Chair, 2008• Region 1 Young Professionals Conference Chair, 2007


• Established the Student Transition and Elevation Program (STEP), a standardized yet localized program for facilitating student to young professional transition by introducing IEEE membership opportunities/benefits during the onset of a career.

• Inaugurated GOLD Humanitarian Workshop. It created awareness among engineering students and young professionals on using their skills and knowledge to aid humanitarian works.

• Received Best Regional GOLD Award for reinvigorating Region 1 GOLD.

Statement

I have held many leadership positions in IEEE – Region 1 (Northeastern USA), Boston Section, Chapter, Young Professionals, Societies, and Conferences. Region 1 has been facing a number of specific trends that affect our membership, and their needs and expectation have been changed over years. The opportunities and benefits of membership are endless, and yet, many do not believe that IEEE is essential to their careers. If elected, I would use my experience gained from serving many IEEE committees to enhance the operation of Region 1 Board, Sections and Chapters. All officers will receive proper training, knowledge and skill to effectively perform their volunteering tasks. I will also improve the existing tools, and creating new tools to improve the volunteers’ productivity. With great volunteers and tools, we can better serve our members, able to meet their needs and make them say ‘wow’. Being a young candidate, I can bring fresh ideas and not afraid to make changes. We need to change to maintain the elite status of IEEE being the largest professional society in the world.

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Region 3 (Southern USA)

GREGG L. VAUGHN, PH.D., P.E.(Nominated by IEEE Region 3)

Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringThe University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama, USAhttps://db.tt/tOCtkhk7

For over 31 years I have maintained a profitable engineering consulting practice, and for over 35 years I have been an

engineering educator. I have maintained a license as a Professional Engineer since 1982. For 14 years I served as Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UAB, and for 5 years I served as an officer in the United States Air Force. I received my engineering education including a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama. I was selected by the Engineering Council of Birmingham as Engineer of the Year for 2003. I am a recipient of IEEE Region 3 Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding Engineering Educator Award (1999). My wife and I are very proud of our two daughters, both of whom are engineers.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’68-M’70-S’72-M’74-SM’83)

COMMITTEE/BOARD: Information Technology Strategy Committee, IEEE-USA Liaison, 2004-06.

IEEE-USA COMMITTEES/BOARDS: IEEE-USA Board of Directors, 2003-07; IEEE-USA Member-at-Large, 2007; IEEE-USA Vice President Member Activities, 2005-06; IEEE-USA Vice President Career Activities, 2003-04; IEEE-USA Operating Committee, 2003-06; IEEE-USA Nominations and Appointments Committee, 2010-11; Alliance of IEEE Consultants Networks Coordinating Committee Member, 2005-06; Awards and Recognition Committee Member, 2005-06; Employment and Career Services Committee Member, 2005-06; Communications Committee Member, 2005-06; Pre-college Education Committee Member, 2005-06; Career and Workforce Policy Committee Member, 2003-04; Intellectual Property Committee Member, 2003-04; Licensure and Registration Committee Chair, 2000-02; Licensure and Registration Committee Member, 1997-2014.

REGION: IEEE Region 3 Secretary, 2010-15.

SECTION: Alabama Section Membership Development Committee Chair, 2004-12; Alabama Section Past Chair, 2002; Alabama Section Chair, 2001; Alabama Section Vice Chair, 1999-2000; Alabama Section Secretary/Treasurer, 1998-99; Alabama Section Prize Paper Selection Committee Chair, 1997; Alabama Section

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Prize Paper Selection Committee Member, 1992, 1986-87; Alabama Section Attendance Committee Member, 1988; Alabama Section Awards Committee Member, 1980-81.

REPRESENTATIVE: IEEE-USA Representative to NCEES Participating Organizations Liaison Council, 2003-07; IEEE-USA Representative to IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB), 2004-05.

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS: Alabama Section Electrical Engineer of the Year, 2003; Third Millennium Medal, 2000; Region 3 Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, 1999; Benjamin J. Dasher Award, 1987.

IEEE Accomplishments – I am fortunate to have been part of the IEEE-USA Board of Directors for five years during which time I promoted policies of benefit for our current and future members. These efforts promoted career development, research funding, patent law that does not discourage new products, job security, professionalism, and benefits of engineering careers to students. For over twelve years, several of my IEEE positions have been associated with my work with the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying to enhance the careers of licensed professional engineers (P.E.).

Statement

The IEEE has been of great value to me since I became a student member in 1968. The IEEE has published my papers, provided standards for my designs when I worked for industry, guided engineering education, defended the interest of engineers in Congress, and provided me with many friends. In return, I have an obligation to serve in order that future engineers may also enjoy these benefits. I believe I have the experience, knowledge, and skills to effectively serve you as IEEE REGION 3 DELEGATE/DIRECTOR. For many years I have been both an engineering consultant and an engineering educator. As a consultant, I have worked for both large and small companies in the areas of real-time guidance and control, image processing, communications, and video tracking. Also, I have served on the IEEE-USA Board of Directors for five years. My primary objective as Region 3 Director will be to promote the involvement of every IEEE member in some IEEE related activity.

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Region 3 (Southern USA)

JOHN E. MONTAGUE(Nominated by IEEE Region 3)

Senior Consultant (Retired)Teradata Corp. (Former NCR Corp.)Columbia, South Carolina, and St Paul, Minnesota; and Commander and Pilot, USNR (Retired)USA

Montague’s last decade at Teradata centered on developing, and mentoring implementation of, Business Improvement

Methodologies based on Enterprise Data Warehouse enabled IT business solutions (culminating 26 years with NCR/AT&T GIS/New NCR/Teradata, one evolving organization). Earlier positions at NCR-Teradata included Director of Engineering Network Infrastructure Products, AT&T Inter Business Unit Strategy Team member, Department Chief Technical Officer, and Manager of Advanced Development.

Previously John co-founded Audiobionics, Inc., developing the first pocketable communications terminal providing digital and synthesized voice communications for the speech and hearing challenged community (1981-83). Immediately before that, as VP Engineering and corporate director, John rescued Delta Systems from financial distress and product reliability problems; he also formed and managed Delta GmbH. This was built on 20 years of hardware/software product development experience.

John was a part-time Adjunct Professor (Computer Networking) at University of South Carolina for several years.

Education: BS-EE, MS-CS, MBA, graduate work in Management of Technology.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’64-S’70-M’75-SM’00-LS’09)

COMMITTEES/BOARDS: • IEEE MGAB Member Benefit Portfolio Advisory Committee 2014• IEEE MGAB ITCO Member 2012-13• IEEE Computer Society MGAB Member-at-Large 2010-11• IEEE Computer Society MGAB GUOC Member 2010-12• IEEE Computer Society MGAB MDC Member 2010-11• IEEE Standards Activities Board NESCOM 1989-90• IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee: Vice Chair 1988-95, Treasurer

1986-87

REGION:• Region 3 Professional Activities Operations Committee Chair 2012-15

overseeing sub committees:• Career Enhancement• Employment and Career Services• PACE• S-PAC, Educational Activities• Government Activities

• Region 3 IEEE Mobile Operations Vehicle (MOVE) Project Lead (2013-15)

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• Region 3 PACE Chair 2012-14• IEEE-USA PACE Committee Region 3 Representative 2012-14• Region 3 Member Engagement and Life Cycle Committee Chair 2010-11

overseeing sub-committees:• MRRC• WIN• Industry Relations• Life Member

• Region 3 Area 7 Chair 2008-09SECTIONS/CHAPTERS:• South Carolina Council: Chair 2008-09; Vice Chair 2012-14, 2006-07;

Treasurer 2004-05• Columbia Section: Chair 2006; Vice Chair 2005; Treasurer 2004; PACE

Chair 2002-04; Membership Development Chair, 2012-14, 2005• Twin Cities Section, various non-officer positions 1977-96• Twin Cities Computer Society Chapter, various non-officer positions 1977-

96SOCIETIES:• Computer Society Region 3 Chapter Coordinator 2009-12• Vice Chair, Computer Society Standards Activities Board 1991-92• Policy & Procedures Chair, Computer Society Standards Activities Board

1991• Awards Chair, Computer Society Standards Activities Board 1996• Publicity Chair, Computer Society Standards Activities Board 1994-95• Member of Computer, Communications, Engineering in Medicine &

Biology, Consumer Electronics SocietiesCONFERENCES:• 2002 IEEE SoutheastCon Technical Program Co-chair 1999-2002• IEEE 802 Plenary Meeting Organizer (3 per year 1986-96; >1000

participants each)OTHERS:• IEEE 802.5 Token Ring Standard Working Group Vice Chair 1987-88• IEEE Region 1-6 Metropolitan Area Workshop Initiative – Computer

Society MGAB liaison 2010-11• Contributor and reviewer of more than 20 IEEE Standards, editor of one.

StatementIEEE competes with employer and family, for member’s time and member’s financial assets. A management imperative for IEEE leaders is to maximize the value members receive for their investment as an involved member and volunteer, maximizing as well the services, products, and environment for individual and professional growth that come from their membership.

50+ years in the electronics and computing industries, the last half involved in technology/business strategy development and team building in large corporate entities, has prepared me to lead consensus building among IEEE organizational units, addressing the needs and desires stemming from IEEE’s diverse membership, and to advocate for them at the IEEE and IEEE-USA board level. Team work and consensus are needed but in the end everything is done by individuals and recognizing individual contributions enhances motivation. Providing support for volunteer leaders and engaged members is the key to a vibrant and growing organization.

I ask for your support and vote. My time and energy is pledged to you should I be granted the opportunity to serve.

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Region 5 (Southwestern USA)

ROBERT C. SHAPIRO, PE, SMIEEE(Nominated by IEEE Region 5)

ConsultantPlano, Texas, USA

Since 1983, a Registered Professional Engineer and Independent Consultant, focused on the Land Mobile Radio and Wireless industries, serving the Public Safety, Electric Utility, Energy, Transportation and Telecommunications industries based in Plano, Texas, USA. Besides providing

support for his family, including his wife Ruth and daughter Renee, Robert serves and volunteers in the wireless technical community on the Telecommunications Industry Association TR8.18 sub-committee as the Vice Chair and he is the Chair of Technology Education for the National Public Safety Telecommunications Counsel. Robert has held his Professional Engineering Certification Texas since 1990. He is a Fellow of the Radio Club of America since 2011 and a Member of the IEEE since 1981 and Senior Member since 2003. He has over 30 articles published in industry magazines and in IEEE conferences as poster sessions.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (M’84-SM’04)

IEEE ACTIVITIES

REGION 5: • Membership Development Chair, 2006-09• West Area Chair, 2010-13• Secretary, 2014-present

SECTIONS/CHAPTERS:

IEEE Dallas Section:• Communications and Vehicular Technology Society Chapters, Membership

Development Chair, 1996-98• Communications and Vehicular Technology Society Chapters, Treasurer,

1999-2000• Communications and Vehicular Technology Society Chapters, Chair, 2001-

03• Communications and Vehicular Technology Society Chapters, Active Past

Chair and Mentor, 2004-Present• Membership Development Chair, 2002-03• Treasurer, 2004-05• Chair, 2006-07• Active Past Chair and Mentor, 2008-Present

OTHERS: • IEEE TAB Representative to GOLD (now called Young Professionals)

Committee, 2007-08• Member, IEEE Medal for Environmental & Safety Technologies Committee,

2010-12

SOCIETIES:IEEE Communications Society

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• North American Director, 2003-06• Marketing and Industry Relations Director, 2007-10• Awards Committee, 2009-12• Member at Large, 2011-13

IEEE Vehicular Technology Society• Elected Board Member, 2003-present• Member, Conference Committee, 2003-present• Chair, Land Mobile Committee, 2003-09• Webmaster, 2010-present• VP, Mobile Radio, 2010-13• VP, Membership Development, 2014-present

IEEE Technology Management Council• Board Member, 2011-present• VP, Conferences, 2011-12

IEEE Committee for RFID• Board Member, 2010-14

CONFERENCES:• General Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, 2004 and 2007• IEEE Dallas Section Representative, IEEE Globecom, 2005• Treasurer, IEEE CRFID Annual Conference, 2007 and 2012


• Successfully led and supported 3 major IEEE conferences; two Vehicular Technology Conferences and Globecom, each raising over US$200k surplus for the respective IEEE societies and the Dallas and Baltimore Sections.

• Increased membership of each IEEE entity while serving as Membership Development Chair.

• Participated in Senior Member upgrade events as a Section leader and mentored new leaders after completing role as Chair of the IEEE Dallas Section.

• As Chair of the IEEE Dallas Chapters of the Vehicular Technology and Communications Societies, won Chapter of the Year for 3 years.

• As the IEEE Region 5 South Area Chair, successfully implemented a road show and mentoring program for Section leader

StatementLeveraging the IEEE’s strengths and my experience and leadership skills I will help promote a robust culture in IEEE Region 5 and throughout. My focus as an elected Board of Director will include but is not be limited to:

• Developing new and innovative programs to engage members and volunteers, nurture existing programs while working towards a balance of efficient use of resources with an effort towards maintaining membership dues.

• Using my proven experience in attracting industry participation and extensive contacts to strengthen collaboration with Industry thus allowing practitioners and industrial members to take an active role in the Institute.

• Continuing the branding of “IEEE” as the go-to place for Electrical Engineering professionals to network, learn and enhance their careers.

• For Young Professionals, encouraging the creation of continuing education / training opportunities to facilitate early career progress and facilitate access to volunteer leadership positions in the Communications Society.

• Promote an environment where volunteers find satisfaction in their activities and can balance their expectations and personal career goals.

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Region 5 (Southwestern USA)

T. SCOTT ATKINSON(Nominated by IEEE Region 5)

Lt. Colonel (Retired)United States Air ForceSan Antonio, Texas, USAwww.tscottatkinson.com

Scott is a long-time, results-focused IEEE volunteer who is dedicated to making a difference for members of our

profession and citizens of the broader community who enjoy the technological contributions of our profession. He currently serves as South Area Chair of the IEEE Region 5 and the North American Board of the IEEE Communications Society. He has served the IEEE in many leadership roles for 48 years, most recently as a Vice Chair of the IEEE MGA Board.

He received a BS Degree in Physics from Texas A&M University-Kingsville in 1961; an MBA Degree in Management from Pepperdine University in 1980. During his career, he worked for the U. S. Air Force, Lockheed Electronics Company at NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center (Houston), Tenneco Inc (Houston) and the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio). Retiring in 1997, he began serving as a full time IEEE volunteer.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (M’67-SM’77-LS’04)

Active IEEE Volunteer since 1976.

COMMITTEES/BOARDS:• Past Chair, MGA Geographic Unit Operations Support Committee (2014)• Vice Chair, MGA Board and Chair, Geographic Unit Operations Support

Committee (2012-2013)• Member, MGA Operations Committee (2012-2013)• Member, MGA Sections Congress Committee (2012-2013)• Member, MGA Conferences Ad Hoc Committee (2012) • Member, MGA Geographic Unit Operations Support Committee (2010-

2011)• Member, IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence Ad Hoc Committee (2010)• Member, IEEE Life Members Committee (2009-2010)

REGION 5:• Chair, South Area (2014-2015)• Chair, Awards (2008-2009)• Chair, Industry Relations (2006-2007)• Chair, Membership Development (2002-2003)

SECTIONS/CHAPTERS:• Chair, San Antonio Com/SP Joint Chapter (2012-2015)• Chair, San Antonio Life Members Affinity Group (2008-2010)• Chair, Central Texas Section (2003)

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SOCIETIES: • Director, North American Region, Communications Society (2007)• Member, Board of Governors, Communications Society (2004-2006)

CONFERENCES:• Executive Chair, Globecom 2014, Communications Society (2009-2014)• Executive Chair, Globecom 2001, Communications Society (1999-2001)• Advisor, Region 5 Annual Conference, San Antonio (2005)

AWARDS:• OUTSTANDING MEMBER AWARD, Region 5 (2008, 2012)• Special recognition by the “IEEE MGA Board” for services rendered to the

IEEE as MGA Vice Chair, Geographic Unit Operations, 2012-2013

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS• MGA Level

• Orchestrated Key Updates to the MGA Operations Manual• Revised Section Officer Terms• Ownership of IEEE Funds• Revised wording regarding Section Bylaws and operating

procedures• Initiated Section Vitality Dashboard Project• Proposed Management Training Academy for IEEE volunteer positions

• Region 5• Created five new individual accomplishment awards (2008)• Initiated IEEE-Industry Relations Partnership with Southwest Research

Institute (2013)

• Section• Brought two Major Communications Society Conferences to Central

Texas Section • Organized two Life Member Affinity Groups (Austin & San Antonio)• Re-vitalized 3 inactive Central Texas Section chapters (EMBS, TEM,

Com/SP)

Statement

As Director-Elect my focus will be to:

• Position Region 5 as a highly effective IEEE Region• Encourage our local organizational units to focus on programs and activities

that truly excite their current and potential members • Implement rewards and recognition systems that promote programs and

activities for our current and potential members• Use IEEE financial skills and knowledge to posture the Region to better

serve all IEEE members in the Region• Enhance organizational effectiveness for Student Branches• Maintain active involvement in the MGA Board, IEEE-USA Board and IEEE

Board to ensure equal benefits to Region 5 members• Facilitate closer ties between MGA and other IEEE major organizational

units to ensure that all members can receive maximum benefit from their IEEE membership

• Maintain close communications with IEEE leaders in all major organizational units to ensure that the Region is addressing the future needs of IEEE

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Region 7 (Canada)

XAVIER N. FERNANDO(Nominated by IEEE Region 7)

ProfessorRyerson UniversityToronto, Ontario, Canadawww.ee.ryerson.ca/~fernando

Xavier Fernando is a Professor at Ryerson University, Canada. He is the founding Director of well funded Ryerson

Communications Lab. He served on Ryerson Board of Governors during 2010-2011 and was TRLabs scholar during 1997-2001. He authored and co-authored over 100 research articles and holds two patents. He is the sole author of Radio over Fiber for Wireless Communications: From Fundamentals to Advanced Topics and co-author of A Guide to the Wireless Engineering Body of Knowledge (ComSoc WEBOK). He was an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer who has delivered about 40 invited talks including key note talks and tutorials worldwide. He and his students have won several awards and prizes nationally and internationally. He was a member of IEEE COMSOC Education Board, Working Group in Wireless Communications during 2010-2012. He was a program evaluator for ABET, USA and a finalist for the Top 25 Immigrant Award of Canada in 2012.


REGION 7• General Chair, Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering

(CCECE), 2014 • Board Member, IEEE Canada, 2012-2013• Tutorials & Workshops Chair, CCECE 2008 and 2011• TPC Track Chair, Signal Processing and Communications, CCECE 2004

SECTION/CHAPTERS• Chair, 2012-2013; Vice Chair, 2010-2011; IEEE Toronto Section • Chair, 2007-2014; Vice Chair, 2001-2006; IEEE Communications Society,

Toronto Chapter• General Chair, IEEE Toronto International Conference, Science and

Technology for Humanity, 2009, (www.tic-sth2009.org); 189 papers were presented at this conference with an acceptance rate of 50%

SOCIETIES• Member of Communications Society, Signal Processing Society and

Broadcast Technology Society

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OTHER CONFERENCES• General Co-Chair, International Conference for Upcoming Engineers

(ICUE), Toronto, 2004• TPC Track Chair, Access Networks and Systems track, GLOBECOM 2011• Local arrangements and Finance Chair, International Conference on

Noise and Fluctuations (ICNF 2011), Toronto, Canada• Steering Committee Chair, 2013 International Symposium on

Instrumentation and Measurement, Sensor Network and Automation, December 23-24, Toronto, Canada

• Steering Committee and TPC Member of many other international conferences

AWARDS• IEEE Communications Society, North American Chapter Achievement

Award as Toronto Chapter Chair, 2008• IEEE Communications Society, Chapter Achievement Award as Toronto

Chapter Vice Chair, 2004• IEEE Toronto Section, Exemplary Service Award, 2007• IEEE Toronto Section, Chapter Chair of the Year Award, 2009

Statement

IEEE Canada has its own advantages and challenges due to the vast geography. The existence of many small Sections and few large Sections makes equally serving the members and maintaining close collaboration between academia, industry, government, and the community at large a challenge. Consequently, my primary areas of focus will be:

1. Increase value for membership for better membership development. 2. More focus on student centric activities and early recruitment. 3. Making volunteering a more rewarding experience. 4. Working closely with CONAC to ensure the success of IEEE Canada

flagship conferences.5. Working closely with the editors to increase the value and quality of IEEE

Canada publications. 6. Facilitating Sections and Subsections through increased interactions and

training to enhance local activities.7. Enhancing the cyber presence of IEEE Canada through various social

media to actively engage professionals and students in the IEEE activities. 8. Further strengthening of connectivity between industry, practitioners,

professional organizations, and academia to retain members and maximize their benefits.

For more information, visit:•www.ee.ryerson.ca/~fernando•https://www.facebook.com/Xavier2016?ref=bookmarks

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Region 7 (Canada)

MAIKE LUIKEN, PH.D., FEIC., SMIEEE(Nominated by IEEE Region 7)

Director, Bluewater Technology Access CentreLambton CollegeSarnia, Ontario, Canada; and President & CEO, Luiken International Inc.Sarnia, Ontario, Canadawww.MaikeLuiken.ca

Maike Luiken is the founding director of the Bluewater Technology Access Centre following eight years as Dean with various portfolios at Lambton College attracting over 10 million CAD public research funding. Prior, she was Vice-President Research Alliances, National Capital Institute of Telecommunications, Ottawa.

Maike has over 30 years of professional experience in teaching, research and educational administration, leadership and community building; especially in linking industry partners, government agencies and researchers in advanced technology initiatives. Her areas of interest and expertise span diverse technical areas from energy and water to advanced manufacturing and nanotechnology with particular interest in how progress in ITC enables advances in other disciplines.

Maike, Staatsexamen (Mathmatics/Physics ‘79), Ph.D. (Physics ‘82), has work experience in the public and private sectors in Canada, USA and Germany.

Maike has extensive board director experience: NanoOntario, IEEE Canada, IEEE Canadian Foundation, Sarnia/Lambton Chamber of Commerce, Sarnia/Lambton Workforce Development Board; Unmanned Systems Canada.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’84-M’99-A’99-M’00-SM’04)

COMMITTEES/BOARDS: MGA Strategic Management and Analysis Committee (2014-present); MGA (RAB) Student Activities Committee (2003-2004, 2012-2014); IEEE President’s Sustainability Initiative (2009).

REGION 7 (CANADA): Central Area Chair (2015-present); Student Activities Committee Chair (2003-2004, 2012-2014); Board Member (2006-2011, 2003-2005); Executive Committee/Steering Committee (2003-2004, 2015-present); IEEE Canadian Review, Associate Editor (2013-present); IEEE Canadian Foundation Board Director (2010-2013); Student Branch Liaison Committee, Vice Chair (2010-present).

SECTIONS: Chair, London Section (2006-2011). Chair (2005), Treasurer (2002-2004), Ottawa Section.

CHAPTERS:Founding Chair WIE (2010); GOLD (2010); PES (2010-present) London Section; Chair, Ottawa Section Jt. Chapter, BT02/CE08/COM19 (2004-2005).

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STUDENT BRANCH:Algonquin College Branch Counselor (1997-2003); Mentor (2003-2005).

SOCIETY:IEEE-PES Climate Change Technology Group, (2009-present).

CONFERENCES: Conference Chair, EPEC 2015, 2012; IEEE Toronto International Conference – Science and Technology for Humanity: Co-Chair Sustainability Track, 2009; Industrial Relations Chair, CCECE 2006, 2005; CCECE2014, Publicity Chair.

REPRESENTATIVE: The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE), 2004.

AWARDS: MGA Achievement Award, 2013; M.B. Broughton Central Canada Merit Award, 2011.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:For all accomplishments I gratefully acknowledge the collaboration and support from many fellow volunteers:

• RAB Large Section Award for Ottawa Section (2005) - as Section Chair; • Led the revitalization of London Section (2006);• MGA Outstanding Small Section Award (2011), IEEE Canada Exemplary

Small Section Award for London Section (2009 and 2010) – as Section Chair;

• As Region 7 Student Activities Committee (SAC) Chair: • Proposed the framework for the Graduate Student Member grade. • Commenced negotiations with TELUS: “IEEE Canada - TELUS

Innovation Award”, with RSR, Lori Hogan - first prize CAD$10,000. • As Associate Editor, IEEE Canadian Review, contributed significantly to the

implementation of “Focus” sections.

StatementIEEE members drive engineering, science and technology development. They are vital to meeting our societal and economic challenges to enable a sustainable future.

As Region 7 Director it will be my privilege to lead IEEE Canada and further the IEEE goals, vision and mission in collaboration with IEEE volunteers and members by:

• Enhancing the members’ experience by advocating activities and initiatives appropriate to different member needs involving sections, chapters, affinity groups and student branches,

• Supporting Section Vitality by facilitating locally accessible activities of interest and relevance to members’ careers and professional development and the wider community,

• Enhancing the visibility and impact of IEEE through increasing collaborative activities between industry, business, organizations, academia and the IEEE,

• Enabling a rewarding IEEE volunteer experience through solid support and recognition,

• Recruiting the next generation of members and volunteers by increasing the opportunities and benefits to students and young professionals, and

• Practising prudent financial responsibility and good governance.

Representing the interests of IEEE Canada members, I will make our voice and concerns heard nationally and internationally within and beyond IEEE.

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Region 9 (Latin America)

TEÓFILO J. RAMOS(Nominated by Petition)

Director Institutional RelationsTecnologico de Monterrey Monterrey, Mexicohttp://teofiloramos.blogspot.mx/

TeÓfilo Ramos is currently Director of Institutional Relations for Tecnologico de Monterrey Academic Vice-presidency

and formerly Director of Institutional Effectiveness 2001-2009 and Dean of Research and Continuing Education 1998-2000. He also was Dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture 1982-1997 and Chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department 1976-1982 in the Monterrey Campus. He holds a BSc in EE from Tecnologico de Monterrey and an MSc and PhD in EE from University of Pittsburgh.

He was President of the Mexican Association of Schools of Engineering (ANFEI) 1994-1995, promoting the welfare and enhancement of engineering education.

He received the IEEE-EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities “for leadership in establishment of the engineering accreditation system in Mexico” in 1998, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh in 1996, and an ABET Award “in recognition of distinguished leadership in engineering education accreditation in Mexico” in 1992.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (M’76-SM’93-F’01-LF’11)

COMMITTEES AND BOARDS: • Chair of the IEEE-EAB Committee on Global Accreditation Activities 2013;• IEEE-EAB Vice-President and Member of IEEE Board of Directors 2009;• Member of IEEE Fellow Committee 2013-2014, 2008-2010 and 2003-

2004;• Member of IEEE Nomination and Appointment Committee 2010-2011;• Chair of IEEE-EAB Nomination & Appointment Committee 2010-2011;• Member of IEEE-EAB Awards and Recognition Committee 2003-2004;• Member of IEEE-EAB 2001-2002;• Member of IEEE-EAB Admission and Advancement Committee 1995;• Member of IEEE-EAB Planning and Review Committee 1994-1995;• Member of IEEE-EAB-Accreditation Policy Committee 1992-1993.

SOCIETY: • IEEE Education Society Fellow Committee Member 2011, 2012 and 2015.

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REGION:• Chair of IEEE Mexico Council 2014-2015;• Chair of Region 9 Accreditation Advisory Committee 2012-2013

SECTION: IEEE Monterrey Section: Committee Member 1996-1998; Section Chair 1994-1995; Vice Chair 1993.

IEEE Fellow “For contributions to international engineering education and for the development of the Mexican Engineering Accreditation System” 2001.

Coordinator of the IEEE-EAB Workshop on nomenclature of academic computing programs in Latin America held in Lima, Peru in April 2011. As a result of this workshop IEEE-EAB published a document which serves as a guide for classifying the wide variety of program content and names of academic programs in this area. This workshop was attended by expert representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, United States, Spain and United Kingdom.

Co-organizer of the 1st IEEE-EAB Latin-American Accreditation Agencies Summit held in Lima, Peru in 2014 with the objective of providing a forum for IEEE Region 9 engineering accreditation agencies to discuss and foster mutual recognition agreements.

Promoter of the accreditation of engineering programs in Latin America and in the world, presenting the Mexican experience in the engineering deans’ meetings of Chile 1995, Colombia 1997, Argentina 2000 and Dominican Republic 2002 and also in the IEEE-EAB Engineering Accreditation Workshops held in Argentina, El Salvador, Slovakia and Finland.

Statement

IEEE offers many possibilities and opportunities for training, professional and personal development of its members and to make sure that these opportunities are available to R9 members, amongst other actions, I propose the following:

• Identify the technological and professional development needs of R9 members for the different stages of their professional career.

• Create and publish a database with the various IEEE activities and products to fulfill the identified needs.

• Increase interactions and collaboration between IEEE Communities, technical Societies with R9 members, focused on technical profiles and/or affinities such as Women in Engineering, Young Professionals and Humanitarian Technology.

• Promote greater use of new technologies available in the IEEE and the market for the communication and delivery of products.

I am eager to work closely with Region 9 Sections and members, to ensure that they get the IEEE products and services that they require for their development.

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JOSÉ-IGNACIO CASTILLO-VELÁZQUEZ(Nominated by IEEE Region 9)

Professor of Electronics & Telecommunications EngineeringAutonomous University of Mexico City (UACM)Mexico City, Mexicowww.IgnacioCastillo.org

Ignacio Castillo has 19 years of experience in IT&C areas mainly computer networks as academic, practitioner

and consultant, in private & public universities (UTM, UPAEP, BUAP, UACM) & companies (DICINET, IFE, TELMEX, DATACENTER DYNAMICS). He had participated in more than 40 national and international projects as a team member or project leader in technical or management areas for telecommunications and energy. Since 2008 he is a tenured Professor at UACM. Since 2014 he works as consultant with DATACENTER DYNAMICS. In 2015 he is a visiting Professor at the University of the Army & Air force México (UDEFA). He wrote more than 20 conference and journal papers, 14 technical reports and one book. He gave over 60 keynote, invited talks and webinars. He has lectured more than 100 undergraduate and graduate courses. He is an IEEE journals and conferences referee. He received the 2011 IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Award.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (A’02-M’03-SM’10)

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• An IEEE E-Scientia module was obtained for Mexico, located at Universum

Museum.• Use of IEEE Online Communities for more than 10 different projects inside

and outside R9. Our OC was the #2 in membership and #1 in activity.• Motion and procedures to change the position of the Editor in Chief for

Latin America Transactions from an Ad Hoc Committee to a Formal and Permanent Committee.

• Contributions to the R9 Operations Manual V 2.5.• Motion and procedures to change the position of the “Editor” for NoticIEEEro

to be “Editor in Chief” and changing the newsletter to a Magazine and assignment of an IEEE ISBN (ISBN 2157-8354).

COMMITTEES/BOARDS:• IEEE E-Scientia Task Force, Member (2011-2015)

REGION 9:• R9 Member of the Editorial Committee and Referee for the journal IEEE

Latin America E-Transactions (2012-2015)• R9 Secretary (2012-2013)

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• R9 Virtual Regional Meeting Administrator (2010-2015)• R9 NoticIEEEro Editor in Chief (2010-2011)• R9 Strategic Planning Committee Member (2009-2013)• R9 NoticIEEEro Editor (2008-2009)• R9 Virtual Communities Ad Hoc Committee Chair (2008-2009)• R9 Virtual Communities Ad Hoc Committee Member (2007)

SOCIETY:• IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor Speaker (DVP) (2015)• IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors Member (2011-2014)• Network LAN & MAN STC & Cloud Computing STC Member (2013-2014)• IEEE Computer Society Audit Committee Chair (2013)• IEEE Computer Society Audit Committee Member (2012)

CONFERENCES:• Chair of the 1st Latin America Symposium on Cloud Computer Data Center

& Networking (LASCCDCN 2012)• Chair of International Symposium IEEE Latin America & Industry 2012• Referee for IEEE II&TT, IEEE COLCOM, ICEDEG, ROPEC, CONIIN, PCIC

STUDENT BRANCHES & CHAPTERS:• UACM Student Branch Counselor (2009-2015)• UACM C16 Student Branch Chapter Advisor (2011-2015)• Iberoamericana University, Computer Society Student Branch Chapter

Advisor (2011)

Statement

I will focus on 5 main action areas:

• Continuity, support and training: Maintain continuity for projects already established but applying assessments in order to reinforce them if required. A maturity model for volunteers is needed.

• Adding value to practitioners and Affinity Groups: A data base pilot project will be promoted by all Societies to create the “IEEE-R9 Consultants Data Base Project”, offering better job opportunities for all our Affinity Group members.

• A matter of language (R9 community and R8 collaboration): According to cultural affinity an “IEEE-R9 members’ products program” must be implemented in both Spanish and in Portuguese. We will collaborate closely with R8 on this important program focused on Spain and Portugal.

• Collaboration with Societies: R9 members will be encouraged to collaborate and join IEEE projects related to new initiatives such as Smartgrid, Cloud Computing, Life Sciences, HPC.

• Sharing best practices and implement long-term plan: Programs must be implemented and best practices shared within R9 to prepare our Region face 2030 and beyond through a long-term plan.

More details on my webpage at www.IgnacioCastillo.org.

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ENRIQUE A. TEJERA M.(Nominated by IEEE Region 9)

Section ManagerPanama Canal AuthorityPanama, Panamawww.etejera.com

During most of his 35 years as an IEEE member, Enrique has served as a volunteer in the Panama Section, CAPANA

Council, Region 9, IEEE Committees, PES and IAS.

In the Panama Section served as Treasurer, Secretary, SSAC, ARC, Vice-Chair, Section Chair, and other Section committee positions. At the CAPANA Council he held positions in the Council Board. In Region 9 he served as RSAC, Technical Activities Chair and Awards Chair.

In PES he served as Chapter Chair, R9 Chapter Representative, VP Membership/Chapters Activities and Division VII Director. Since 2014 he serves as Distinguished Lecturer for IAS and PES DL programs.

Throughout the years Enrique served in many committees and boards including N&A, MGA, TAB, BoD, Audit Committee and SAC.

He is a recipient of numerous awards at the Section and Region level, including outstanding volunteer for the Region, Council and Section and recently recognized as Region 9 Eminent Engineer.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’80-M’81-S’83-S’85-M’86-SM’93)

COMMITTEE/BOARD: TAB Representative at MGA Board 2013-15; IEEE BOD Division VII Director 2010-11; Audit Committee 2010-12; MGA GUOS Committee 2011-12; N&A Committee 2005-07, 2013-14. REGION: Awards 2012-13; TA 2006-07; RSAC 2004-05. COUNCIL: CAPANA Treasurer/Secretary, 1994-95. SECTION: Awards 2015; SSAC 2013-14; Secretary 1998; MDC 1993; Chair 1992; Vice-Chair 1991; Treasurer 1989. CHAPTERS: Chapter Chair, 1985, 1997-2000; UTP Student Branch PES Chapter Counselor, 1997-2014; USMA Student Branch Counselor, 1988-89. SOCIETY: Division VII Director 2010-11; PES & IAS DL 2014-15; PES Chapters VP, 2008; Power Engineering Society Membership and Chapter Activities VP, 2004-07; R9 PES Chapter North Area Representative, 2000-03. CONFERENCES: Member of all CONCAPAN conference organizing committees since 1981. AWARDS: R9 Eminent Engineer, 2014; CAPANA Council Outstanding Volunteer, 2013; CAPANA Council “Ingeniero Eminente”, 2006; R9 Theodore W. Hissey Award, 2006; R9 Outstanding Volunteer, 2005; PES R9 Outstanding Engineer, 2001;

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Panama PES Chapter Outstanding Engineer, 2000; IEEE Panama Section Most Active Member, 1996; PES Chapter Rep Runner-Up for the Outstanding Chapter Award, Panama Chapter in 2002 and 2003 and Puerto Rico & Caribbean Chapter, 2000.

IEEE Accomplishments

Societies Established new awards and chapters resources programs from 2004-2008 achieving a constant membership growth from 2004 reversing a declining trend in PES Membership. I became a PES and IAS Distinguished Lecturer in 2014 to help support Section/Chapter events and membership retention activities.

Panama Section Member/volunteer for 35 years in the Panama Section having served almost all Section Board positions including Chair, 1992.

Region 9 As the RSAC, 2004-2005, implemented new ways of managing Student Activities, created valuable documentation for student activities. Founded the Theodore Hissey Award.

As TA Chair, a new approach to reach out for Societies activities and improved relations has encouraged the appointment of Society liaisons and volunteers within our Region.

As Region Awards Chair, important achievements were reached by implementing/creating new awards.

Statement

Community. Bring to the community through our Sections what IEEE offers as a global organization: valuable information, knowledge and innovation.

Membership. Work on Membership Issues including satisfaction, retention and growth. Without members IEEE would not exist. It is required then to establish strategies to maintain our members active and satisfied, to gain new members and to take advantage of all IEEE benefits to achieve these goals.

Public Relations. Establish cooperative relations with local entities Academia/Industry/ Private/Government. Everyone involved in technology advancements should be connected with IEEE and use IEEE as their main sources of knowledge and information.

Growth. Consolidate Region growth providing solid basis of support and continuity. Revise Region’s ways of doing things, re-invent and innovate ourselves by improving our operations, communication, finances and cooperation between geographical units.

Strategies. Align Region 9 strategies and plans to those established at the IEEE major boards taking advantage of new and existing benefits for our members.

Volunteers. Form a Regional Committee with committed and experienced volunteers willing to serve and give the best for the Region.

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For IEEE Standards Association President-Elect, 2016IEEE Standards Association President, 2017-2018

ROBERT S. FISH(Nominated by IEEE Standards Association)

President NETovations Group, LLCPrinceton, New Jersey, USA

Robert S. Fish (SMIEEE) received his Ph.D. from Stanford University. Currently, he is President of NETovations Group,

LLC, a consulting company specializing in networking technology innovation. Previously, he was Chief Product Officer and Senior Vice President of Operations at Mformation Technologies, Inc. a company that creates software for mobile device management. From 1997 through 2006, Dr. Fish was Vice President and Managing Director of the Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratories with labs in Princeton, San Jose, Santa Barbara, and San Diego which invented and promoted the standardization of many technologies necessary for embedding networking into consumer devices. Prior to that, Rob was Executive Director of Multimedia Communications Research at Bellcore after starting his career at Bell Laboratories. His work at Bellcore included creating some of the US’s earliest broadband video communications and residential broadband networking trials. He is the holder of 17 patents and has numerous publications.


Dr. Fish is a long time volunteer within the IEEE. He is a member of the IEEE-SA Board of Governors (SA-BoG) and VP-Standards Activities for the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc). He was a founding member of the IEEE-Standards Association Corporate Advisory Group (CAG), and has been chair of its Global Coordination Committee (GCC) and of the SA Standards Conduct Committee. In all these roles he has strongly promoted attracting and maintaining corporate and individual membership and global support and participation in the IEEE SA standards process.

Prior to becoming VP-Standards Activities, Rob was secretary of the ComSoc Standards Development Board (Com-SDB). Within ComSoc, Rob has been a strong advocate for increasing the resources the society devotes to standards activities. For instance, while on COM-SDB, he helped initiate the P190X series of communications technology related standards. Seeking to give more visibility to IEEE standards, he was a co-editor of the series “IEEE Standards for Communications and Networking” published in IEEE Communications Magazine. The success of this series has now been followed by the inauguration this year of an ongoing Communications Standards supplement to Communications Magazine. In addition, bringing industry and advanced

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research together has been a priority. One example of this is the inaugural IEEE Conference on Communications and Networking (IEEE-CSCN) that is planned for later this year, featuring both industry and academic contributions to communications standards.

In other IEEE activities, Dr. Fish was a member of ComSoc’s Board of Governors and Chair of the ComSoc GLOBECOM/ICC Management and Strategy Committee. He represents SA on the IEEE Conferences Committee where he chairs an ad-hoc on industry engagement. Rob co-founded the IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC) and serves as Chair of the CCNC steering committee. In 2007, Dr. Fish received the Distinguished Service Award from ComSoc’s Multimedia Technical Committee.

Statement

The IEEE Standards Association plays a unique role in the ecosystem of standardization. As a voluntary, non-profit, non-governmental association it is truly an impartial player in standardization, serving to create broadly available and broadly supported technical standards. As SA President, I will seek to enhance the partnership between SA volunteers, corporate members, and staff that has elevated current IEEE-SA standardization processes to worldwide prominence. Initiatives that nurture global industry outreach and stable entity membership and participation in standards are highly desired. In addition, global recognition for the IEEE-SA’s standardization process must remain a priority. SA should continue to cultivate relationships with other global standards organizations based on mutual respect and recognition.

Follow-up on recent initiatives in Smart Grid and Cloud Computing should be pursued. New standards efforts should be focused on emerging technology areas beyond the current IoT and SDN/NFV initiatives. When properly architected and managed, initiatives on topics such as the 5G mobile communications, “Big Data,” and virtual and augmented reality present a great potential for new standards by mobilizing the deep technical resources and intellectual firepower present within IEEE. In addition, new additions to the traditional standardization processes, for instance, support of “open source” processes, should be considered.

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For IEEE Standards Association President-Elect, 2016IEEE Standards Association President, 2017-2018

FORREST D. “DON” WRIGHT(Nominated by IEEE Standards Association)

PresidentStandards Strategies, LLCLexington, Kentucky, USAwww.DonWright.org

Mr. Wright is the President of Standards Strategies, LLC, an Information and Communication Technology

Standardization consulting firm. He is the retired Director of Worldwide Standards for Lexmark International with over 36 years of experience in standards, engineering, software development and marketing. Since graduating from the University of Louisville with a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu), Mr. Wright worked on the development and marketing of office information technology products for IBM and Lexmark. Wright’s extensive leadership roles in IEEE Standards include Chair of the Standards Board, Treasurer of the IEEE-SA Board of Governors, and a member of the IEEE Finance and Investment Committees. As a 2015 Computer Society Vice President, Wright chairs the Standards Activity Board. Previously, Wright was the Chair of the Executive Board of INCITS, which serves as the TAG to ISO/IEC/JTC 1 and as member of the Board of Directors of ANSI (2008-2013).

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’77-S’78-M’78-SM‘03)

Mr. Wright has served broadly in the IEEE in a series of offices and appointments that have provided extensive leadership to the Standards Association and to the IEEE as a whole. Through this experience, including as Standards Board Chair and SA Treasurer, he has a deep understanding of the business and operations of the Standards Association and the rest of the IEEE.

COMMITTEES/BOARDS: Standards Association: Board of Governors, 2003-2014, 2001; Treasurer, 2007-2014; Standards Board, 2014-2015, 2010-2011, 2002-2008; Chair, 2003-2004; Past Chair, 2005-2007; NESCOM, 2011-2012, 2002; Patent Committee, 2014-2015, 2012, 2005-2008, 2002; Chair, 2008, 2005-2006, 2002; SCC Coordinator, 2002; Procedures Committee, 2014-2015, 2010; Standards Association Awards and Recognition Committee 2012-2015; Chair, 2012-2015; IEEE Finance Committee, 2007-2014; IEEE Investment Committee, 2012-2013; IEEE Awards Board, 2012-2015; IEEE-USA, Liaison from/to IEEE-SA, 2010-2013; Technical Activities Board (TAB), Liaison from IEEE-SA, 2005-2006; New Initiatives Committee (NIC), 2005-2006; Admission and Advancement Committee 2011-2015; Chair, 2014-2015; Vice-Chair, 2011-2013; MGA Member Engagement and Life Cycle Committee 2014-2015; IEEE-ISTO, Board of Directors, 2001-2015; Board Chairman, 2011-2015; Printer Working Group (IEEE-ISTO): Chair, 1996-2001; Member, 1996-2015.

SOCIETIES: Computer: Standards Activities Vice President, 2015; Board of

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Governors, 2015; Executive Committee, 2015; Standards Activities Board, 2014-2015, 1998-2007; Chair 2015; Vice-Chair 2014; Vitality Chair, 2000; Microprocessor Standards Committee, 1992-2015; Chair, 1998-2001; Information Assurance Standards Committee, 2004-2015. Communications: Standards Development Board, 2012-2013; Vice-Chair, 2012-2013. Society on Social Implications of Technology: Member. Consumer Electronics Society: Member. Technology and Engineering Management Society: Member.

TECHNICAL COMMITTEES: IEEE Standard 1284, Chair, 1992-2015; IEEE Standard 1284.1, Chair, 1994-2015; IEEE Standard 2600, Chair, 2004-2015; IEEE Standard 2600.1, Chair, 2005-2015; IEEE Standard 2600.2, Chair, 2005-2015; IEEE Standard 2600.3, Chair, 2005-2015; IEEE Standard 2600.4, Chair, 2005-2015.

AWARDS: Standards Association Standards Board Distinguished Service Award, 2006; Computer Society Outstanding Contribution Award, 2003, 2004; 2004 Computer Society Golden Core Member.

Statement

Standards are a key part of the IEEE’s mission of fostering technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. Through standardization, products and services enjoy improved interoperability and consistency. Through global engagement, the IEEE Standards Association has become, and can continue to be, the home of some of the world’s most important technologies.

As President, I would strive to achieve the strategic goals of the Standards Associations by:

• Continuing to grow our worldwide participation in both the individual and corporate programs;

• Maintaining a focus on identifying and acquiring leading-edge technologies, at the appropriate time, for IEEE standardization;

• Improving and refining our processes and procedures to be more efficient and effective while maintaining our core values of due process, openness, consensus, balance, and right of appeal;

• Maintaining a financially strong program without imposing any undue burdens on individual or corporate participants or on the users of IEEE standards;

• Growing the skills of the IEEE-SA staff and volunteers.

As a long-time leader in the IEEE Standards Association and in the IEEE as a whole, I have a unique understanding of the plans, processes, and people central to IEEE standards. I’m ready and excited for the challenge and I would appreciate your vote.

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For IEEE Standards Association Board of GovernorsMember-at-Large, 2016-2017

PHILIP B. WINSTON, PE(Nominated by IEEE Standards Association)

Chief Engineer, Protection and Control ApplicationsSouthern CompanyForest Park, Georgia, USA

Phil has over 42 years of power utility engineering experience focused in system protection and operations

at Georgia Power Company/Southern Company where he presently serves as Chief Engineer, Protection and Control Applications. Phil has served on the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board for the last 5 years, including participation on several Committees and AdHoc groups. Phil presently serves as the NesCom (New Standards Committee) Chair and as a member of ProCom (Procedures Committee). He has also served on the Board of Governors Awards Committee.

Phil has been actively involved in the PES Power System Relaying Committee since 1985, including 20 years of service in leadership positions. He is also involved in regional and national organizations responsible for utility standards and disturbance analysis.

Phil holds a BS from Clemson University, a MS from Georgia Institute of Technology, both in Electrical Engineering, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Georgia.


Phil has been actively involved in the PES Power System Relay Committee since 1985, and has served on the Standards Association Standards Board since 2011.

IEEE/PES/PSRC (IEEE Power and Energy Society, Power System Relay Committee): • Officers: (Vice Secretary, Secretary, Vice Chair, Chair) 1999-2006• Chair, System Protection Subcommittee 1997-1998• Vice Chair & Chair, Line Protection Subcommittee 1990-1995• Standards Coordinator 2011-2014

IEEE Standards Association:• Member of Standards Board 2011-2015• Member of NesCom 2013-2015, Chair in 2014-2015

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• Member of ProCom 2013-2015• Member Board of Governors Award Committee 2013• Member of RevCom 2011-2012

Awards: IEEE SA Standards Medallion 2014 “For the continuous advancement with outstanding dedication to power system relaying standards.”

IEEE PES Distinguished Service Award 2006 “For Outstanding Leadership and Distinguished Service to the Power System Relaying Committee.”

IEEE PES Atlanta Chapter 2000 Outstanding Engineer Award “For Contributions to Electric Power System Industry.”

IEEE PES 2000 Chapter Regional Outstanding Engineer Award “For Outstanding Contributions to the Power Engineering Profession and to the IEEE Power Engineering Society Activities in Region 3.”

IEEE PES 1992 Working Group Award “For Outstanding Technical Report - For the Tutorial Detection of Downed Conductors on Utility Distribution Systems Activities.”

Statement

My standards experience started with my participation on the PES PSRC. Initially, the standards we worked on were not always technology driven, nor were they fast-tracked to completion. But my recent experiences in serving as a member of the Standards Board over the past 5 years, has significantly changed my perspective.

Technology based standards development is a fast-tracked, global activity and, in some cases, is centered in countries that have not been closely aligned with IEEE. As such, increasing the global reach of IEEE is essential to its future success. In order to support this initiative, IEEE must focus on increasing cooperation with other SDOs, international companies, and universities, while also maintaining existing relationships with the technical community and corporate partners. Additionally, IEEE must persist in its efforts to adapt to an ever-changing environment in order to strengthen its global standing while continuing to meet the needs of its customers.

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W.C. “CHUCK” ADAMS, JR.(Nominated by IEEE Standards Association)

Distinguished Standards StrategistHuawei TechnologiesPlano, Texas, USA

Chuck Adams, Huawei Technologies Distinguished Standards Strategist, is a member of Huawei’s Corporate

Standards and Industry Development office. Chuck has global responsibility for standards strategy, policy, and development.

Chuck is Past President of the IEEE SA and currently serves on the IEEE SA Board of Governors and Corporate Advisory Group, along with multiple SA committees, strategy teams and development programs.

Chuck was employed by IBM for forty-one years, with his last ten years being responsible for worldwide standardization / open source / intellectual property management. His IBM experience includes communications, networking, software development, strategic business planning, finance, and marketing.

Chuck received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Management Science from Lehigh University and a Doctorate in Business from George Washington University. He is an IEEE Eta Kappa Nu Life Member, an IEEE Life Senior Member, and a member of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’65-M’68-SM’07-LS’12)

Chuck is the 2009-2010 Past-President of the IEEE Standards Association. He organized the SA Corporate Advisory Group, serving as its first Chair and broadening the integration of SA industry involvement. He has served on the Corporate Advisory Group, Standards Board, multiple committees, ad hocs, and policy teams. Chuck was instrumental in structuring and expanding the SA’s International Strategy and Business Development and Global Market Visibility programs and was involved in development of the IEEE-SA intellectual property policies.

As a member of the IEEE Board of Directors, Chuck was the founding chair of the IEEE’s Public Visibility Committee. Chuck was also a member of the BOD’s international outreach team, developing the initial IEEE European strategy, resulting in the establishment of the IEEE’s European office. He was also involved

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in the early planning and staffing for the IEEE Asian offices. He supported the SA in developing the European and China standards model, and he serves on the SA European policy team.

Chuck is actively involved in the development of the IEEE-SA IoT (Internet of Things) strategy, serving as the initial strategy team chair, and was a founding member of the IEEE IoT P2413 development program. He also served as the SA’s organizing Smart Grid lead, representing the SA in communities such as the SGIP and addressing several IEEE Smart Grid conferences on the role of IEEE standards.

Chuck has authored several papers, spoken on various panels, and coordinated governmental speaking engagements within the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa promoting the IEEE SA, and addressing the importance of SA standards in supporting industry, technology market development models. He has served on the IEEE SA Strategy Committee, including the strategic re-focus developed in 2014. He is currently an initial member of the IEEE SA Open Source Ad Hoc, which is evaluating evolving standards market support models.

Statement

The IEEE Standards Association is recognized by industry, government and academia as a premier global technology standards community. My goal is to promote the expanding global relevance of the IEEE SA and to ensure the SA is positioned for the future. The standards environment is becoming characterized by broadened cross industry and cross technology integration; by a recognition of the value of cross SDO collaboration; and by the leveraging of new industry driven support models (e.g. test beds, open source implementation, compliance, etc.) to better position standards in the marketplace. While maintaining the value and integrity of our SA model, we need to ensure the visibility, awareness, and development of a strong member community in future positioning, while ensuring the balancing and leveraging of the IEEE and the IEEE SA resources in achieving our long term objective of being the premier 2020 community.

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PAUL NIKOLICH(Nominated by IEEE Standards Association)

Independent Consulting Engineer and InvestorEssex Fells, New Jersey, USA

Paul is an IEEE Fellow and an active technology leader, serving as Chairman of the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee as well as other IEEE and industry committees.

As an angel investor, he works closely with YAS in the technology, standards, intellectual property fields, filling the role of Chief Strategy Officer since 2001. Paul serves on technology advisory boards and boards of directors of several early stage companies. As Chairman of IEEE 802 he oversees 50 projects in wired and wireless communications networking with 800 active global members. He is a member of the IEEE Computer Society Standards Activities Board. In 1998 he co-founded Broadband Access Systems. Prior to BAS, Mr. Nikolich held technical positions of increasing responsibility at several networking and technology companies beginning in 1978. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, N.Y., USA.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (M’79-M’88-SM’98-F’05)

COMMITTEES/BOARDS: Standards Association, BoG Member 2009-10, Standards Board Member, 2003-05; New Standards Committee, Member, 2001-05; IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Executive Committee, Chair, 2001-15; Vice Chair, 1996-2001; Standards Board Appeal Pool, Member, 2004-05; Board of Governors Awards Committee, Member, 2004-05; IEEE LAN/MAN Standards Committee 802.3 Working Group, Member, 1989-92; Vice Chair, 1992-96; Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award Committee, Member, 2006-08; IEEE-USA Committee on Communications Policy, Corresponding Member, 2004-08. SOCIETY: Computer Society, Standards Activities Board, Member, 2001-08. CONFERENCES: IEEE 802 LMSC Plenary Sessions, Chair, 2001-15; Vice Chair, 1996-2001; Member, 1989-96.

IEEE Accomplishments – Leading the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee since 2001. LMSC has about 2000 members that complete at least 10 standard projects per year while engaged in about 50 concurrent standards development activities in the crucible of a highly competitive, yet consensus driven environment.

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Statement

Technical Standards have been a critical component of global innovation and thriving economies for over 150 years, the barriers to develop and distribute them must be reduced.

If elected to the BoG, I will strongly endeavor to make all 802 standards and drafts available at no charge and reduce the cost of participation through the elimination of irrelevant and wasteful programs, productive use of derivative revenue sources and refocussing all the resources of the SA on its core mission: the production of high quality, market relevant standards.

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STANLEY KROLIKOSKI(Nominated by IEEE Standards Association)

Distinguished EngineerCadence Design Systems, Inc,San Jose, California, USA

Stan Krolikoski is Distinguished Engineer at Cadence Design Systems, where he manages Cadence’s Standards activities.

Stan also runs Cadence’s “Connections” program that allows competitors in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry to exchange software licenses for interoperability testing purposes. Dr. Krolikoski has over the past 30+ years worked at IBM, Honeywell, Cadence and elsewhere in various technical, managerial and executive roles. His initial work in EDA was as a user of early EDA tools, and later he served as a leader in companies that develop cutting-edge EDA software. From the beginning of his career, Stan has been heavily involved in developing EDA standards, helping to turn what initially was a chaotic mix of formats and languages into today’s highly standardized EDA industry.

Stan holds Ph.D. degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a BA degree in Philosophy from the University of Leuven.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (M’86)

Current IEEE Standards Leadership Activities:

• Chair IEEE Design Automation Standards Committee (2008-present)• Member IEEE Computer Society’s Standards Activities Board (2008-present)• Member IEEE Computer Society Society’s Sponsor Executive Committee

(2015)

Past IEEE Standards Leadership Activities:

• Chair of IEEE P1076 (VHDL) Working Group (1988-1993)• Chair of IEEE P1666 (SystemC) Working Group (2008-2012)• Chair Design Automation Technical Committee (1994-1996)• Member Executive Committee Design Automation Technical Committee

(1988-1994)• Member Executive Committee Design Automation Standards Subcommittee

(1988-1993)

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IEEE Standards Awards:

• Ron Waxman DASC Meritorious Service Award Outstanding Contribution Award (2012)

• Working Group Chair’s Award for work as P1666 Chair (2012)• Computer Society Golden Core Award (Charter Members) (1996)• Computer Society Outstanding Contribution Award (1994)

Other IEEE Standards-related Activities:

• Design Standards Editor, IEEE Design and Test of Computers (2009-present)

Statement

The ubiquity of electronics in daily life has already been a fact of life for more than a decade. However, the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) promises to envelop the inhabitants of the world in a sea of connected electronic devices that could eventually control many if not most aspects of a typical human’s life. The IEEE SA must take a leadership role by not only putting in place standards to help bring order to the IoT, but also by working internationally with other groups to help shape public policy towards it. Both the positive aspects (e.g., longer lives due to enhancement of human bodies by electronic devices) of this new electronics world and the potentially negative aspects, e.g., increased invasive surveillance by unfriendly entities on individuals. The IEEE Standards Association has a distinguished history in the service of mankind. At this inflection point in humanity’s journey, this service must intensify.

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For IEEE Technical Activities Vice President-Elect, 2016IEEE Technical Activities Vice President, 2017

DOUGLAS N. ZUCKERMAN(Nominated by IEEE Technical Activities)

Telcordia Technologies (Retired)Ocean, New Jersey, USAwww.DougZuckerman.com

An active volunteer for more than 30 years, Doug Zuckerman is a past IEEE Division III (Communications Technology) Director, was 2008-2009 President of the IEEE Communications Society, and previously held leadership

positions in conferences, publications and membership development. He received his B.S., M.S. and Eng.Sc.D degrees from Columbia University, USA, and is an IEEE Life Fellow. His professional experience, mainly at Bell Labs and Telcordia Technologies, USA, spans the operations, management and engineering of emerging communications technologies, networks and applications. His work heavily influenced early standards for management of telecommunications networks. Presently semi-retired, he is still active in standards as a representative to the Optical Internetworking Forum. Much of his professional life has been dedicated to IEEE activities. His service resulted in the following honors: IEEE Third Millennium Medal, the IEEE Communications Society’s McLellan Award for meritorious service, its Conference Achievement Award, and the Salah Aidarous Memorial Award.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’67-M’77-SM’86-F’96-LF’13)

Doug’s constructive leadership across IEEE has responded to members, worldwide, through active service on key organizations across IEEE. He was on the IEEE Board of Directors, chaired the IEEE Employee Benefits and Compensation Committee, led the IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative’s conference activities, and was on the IEEE Corporate Engagement and Career & Professional Development Committees.

As ComSoc President, he established a strategic vision and with ComSoc’s leadership:

• Improved information sharing using social networking• Achieved greater global chapter and sister society teaming• Expanded ComSoc’s lecture programs• Reduced journal submission to publication time• Strengthened ComSoc’s standards role• Offered viable educational programs and industry-valued certification • Engaged more recent graduates and women in activities• Revised ComSoc’s governance to better align with global demographics

In TAB and its entities:• Initiated studies on “bundled” Society-IEEE membership• Identified improvements for specific Societies and Councils

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• Helped define new revenue distribution algorithms• Contributed to e-health, humanitarian technology, earth observation and

cloud initiatives• Fostered successful cross-Society collaborations through the IEEE Cloud

Communications Initiative

COMMITTEES/BOARDS: IEEE Board of Directors, 2012-13. IEEE Division Director, 2012-13. Technical Activities Board (TAB), 2008-09, 2012-13. Products & Services, 2007-08. TAB Management, 2009-11. Society Review, 2010-11. Member Engagement and Life Cycle, 2010. Earth Observation AdCom, 2008-10. Employee Benefits and Compensation, Chair, 2013-14. Cloud Computing Initiative Track Chair, 2013-14. Career and Professional Development, 2012. Corporate Engagement, 2012-13. Future Directions, 2015. COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY: President, 2008-09. Board of Governors, 1995-2015: VP (4) Technical Activities, Membership Development, Membership Services, Society Relations, 2000-07; Director Meetings and Conferences, 1996-97. Strategic Planning, Chair, 2006-07. Staff and Facilities, Chair, 2008-09. IEEE/ComSoc Coordinating, Chair, 2010-11, 2014-15. Nominations & Elections, Chair, 2011-12. Governance, Chair, 2007. CONFERENCES: GLOBECOM General Chair, 2009. NOMS/IM General Chair, 1990, 2014. GLOBECOM/ICC Coordination, 1998-99. PUBLICATIONS: JOCN Steering, 2013-15. TNSM Advisory, 2012-15. AWARDS: Aidarous, 2006. Sobol Conference, 2002. McLellan Service, 2000. IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000. IEEE Fellow, 1996.

Statement

Changes in industry structure and the world economy, together with “open access” to information, present major challenges and opportunities. The IEEE responds with the value generated by our member-based technical Societies and Councils. As VP-TA, I will advocate greater recognition, structurally and financially, of our unique role as IEEE’s primary intellectual property source. As TAB chair, I will call on my 30 years of IEEE experience and proven skills to lead TAB in defining and achieving our goals, addressing the needs of all our Societies/Councils. Important areas include:

• Budget Reform – Clarify and improve TAB and IEEE financial transparency to allow informed decisions.

• Simplify Rules – Simplify complex conference and publication rules to ease participation.

• Openness/Inclusiveness – Improve openness and inclusiveness, for emerging disciplines and new people, in all our activities.

• Leadership Demographics – Engage volunteers globally in top leadership roles using nomination and balloting strategies.

• Industry Engagement – Establish “industry affinity groups” within TAB and the Societies/Councils to engage specific industry sectors.

• Standards Activities – Create a TAB “standards committee” to foster and coordinate cross-Society/Council involvement with IEEE-Standards Association.

• Education – Apply TAB’s competences to grow its Education initiatives into a major activity, comparable to Publications and Conferences.

With your vote, I look forward to serving!

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For IEEE Technical Activities Vice President-Elect, 2016IEEE Technical Activities Vice President, 2017

MARINA RUGGIERI(Nominated by IEEE Technical Activities)

Full ProfessorUniversity of Rome “Tor Vergata”Rome, Italy

Marina Ruggieri is Full Professor in Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Roma “Tor Vergata” (Italy) and therein member of the Board of Directors. She is Steering Board Chair of CTIF, an Interdisciplinary Research

Center on ICT that belongs to an international network with nodes in Europe, Asia and USA.

She is arbitrator of the Italian Industries Federation for Aerospace, Defence and Security; member of the Technical-Scientific Committee of the Center for Aeronautical Military Studies; Principal Investigator of the 40/50 GHz Communications Experiment on-board the Alphasat satellite, launched in 2013, and Vice President of the AFCEA Rome Chapter.

She was with ITT as a microwave circuit designer.

She received: 1990 Piero Fanti International Prize; 2009 Pisa Donna Award as women in engineering; 2013 Excellent Women in Roma Award; Excellent and Best Paper Awards at international conferences.

Marina authored 330 papers, 1 patent and 12 books.


MAJOR SERVICES

Committees/Boards:• Board of Directors (2014-2015)• Technical Activities Board (2014-2015; 2010-2011)• Governance Committee (2015)• Fellow Committee (2015)• Public Visibility Committee (2015)• TAB Strategic Planning Committee (2011-2014)• TAB Representative, IEEE Awards Board (2014-2015)• BoD Coordinator, History Committee (2014)• Code of Conduct and Policy Review Adhoc (2014)• DDF Adhoc on Division Directors Role (2014)• TAB Representative, Women in Engineering Committee (2011)

Societies:• President, Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (2010-2011)• Chair, AESS N&A Committee (2012-2013)• AESS Fellow Search Committee (2014-2015)• Chair, AESS Constitution, Organization & Bylaws (2012-2013)• AESS Representative, WIE Committee (2012-2013)

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• Executive Vice-President, AESS (2008-2009)• AESS Representative, Nanotechnology Council (2008-2009)• AESS International Director - Italy & Western Europe (2005-2014)• AESS Board of Governors (2000-2002; 2003-2005 2007-2009)• AESS Space Systems Panel (Chair, 2002-2009; Vice-Chair, 2010-present)• AESS Representative, Aerospace Conference (2002-present)• Systems Magazine (Assistant Editor, 2007-2009; Associate/Sector Editor,

2005-2006)• Editor, Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (2001-present)

Conferences:• Track Chair, IEEE AESS Aerospace Conference (2001-present)• Various positions on IEEE technically-cosponsored conferences

Award:• 2011 AESS Service Award


• As Division IX Director I proposed a common technical activity for Quality of Life among the Division’s seven Societies. In this frame Division IX has started a Research Group on “Synthesizing Environmental Information” within IEEE CollabratecTM pilot version.

• As Division IX Director I proposed an activity at DDF-level to improve the role of the Division Director in the technical and strategic life of the Societies.

• As AESS President I led the Society to new Constitution & Bylaws, the first written Strategic Plan, a new logo, new initiatives in Education and Technical Operations and for Young Professionals, Transactions in electronic format.

• As member of the TAB Strategic Planning Committee and BoD strategic activities I have been and I am involved in vision and innovation at TAB and IEEE levels.

StatementOne of my deepest dreams is to make technology the most effective enabler for the Quality of Life for Human Beings.

The Technical Activities Board (TAB) is the natural place to be for a dreaming engineer.

TAB is the natural place for pushing technology towards the most effective usefulness for the needs of worldwide citizens.

TAB is the vibrating core of IEEE.

I would like to consolidate the relationship between TAB and all IEEE Societies; to improve their participation and contribution to TAB activities; to increase their awareness of TAB potential and perspectives; to make them feel TAB is the place where they can find a positive energy for conceiving ideas, developing projects, shaping strategies and paving the way to everlasting standards.

I would like to make interdisciplinarity be the keyword of IEEE for the next decades through an extensive and challenging effort at the TAB level.

I would like to strengthen the cooperation between TAB and the other IEEE units.

I would like to make TAB the key contributor to a timely technological awareness of IEEE and, hence, to a dynamic, strong and lasting impact of IEEE in “Advancing Technology for Humanity”.

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For IEEE-USA President-Elect, 2016IEEE-USA President, 2017

KAREN S. PEDERSEN, P.E., F.N.S.P.E.(Nominated by IEEE-USA)

Pedersen Power SolutionsPrincipalCedar Falls, Iowa, USA

Karen Pedersen, P.E., F.N.S.P.E. has over 35 years in the Utility Industry; as a planner and rate research engineer in 3 large utilities in Iowa and Massachusetts. She led teams

of engineers on electric system projects to build transmission and distribution substations costing millions of dollars.

Karen taught Power Systems Analysis online as Adjunct Professor for the University of Alaska in Anchorage. She is an Instructor for Wentworth Technology in Boston teaching online continuing education courses (Electric Motor Controls, Power System Analysis, and Transients).

Karen was President of the MSPE in Boston. She is an NSPE Fellow and served 7 years on the NSPE Foundation Board.

She received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University. She received an M.B.A. from Bentley College in Massachusetts.

Karen is currently licensed as a Professional Engineer (Iowa-10074), Licensed Professional Engineer (Illinois-062-052517), and a Registered Professional Engineer (Massachusetts-32371).

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’76-M’77-SM’01-LS’10)

IEEE BOARDS/COMMITTEES:• IEEE-USA Board of Directors, Director Region 4 (2 terms), 2011-2012,

2013-2014• IEEE-USA Ad Hoc External Award Chair, 2011• IEEE-USA Awards Committee Member, 2007-2010• IEEE Ethics and Member Conduct Committee, 2015• IEEE Ad Hoc Code of Conduct and Policy Review Committee, 2014• IEEE Ethics and Member Conduct Committee, IEEE BOD Liaison, 2014• IEEE Board of Directors, Region 4 Director, 2013-2014• IEEE Ad Hoc Ethics and Compliance Management Committee, 2013• IEEE Awards Board, IEEE BOD Liaison, 2013• MGA “Practitioners” Ad Hoc, Member, 2015• MGA GUOS (Geographic Unit Operations Support) Committee, 2015• MGA Ad Hoc: Metro Area Workshop in a Box, Project Lead, 2014-2015

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REGION 4• Director Region 4, 2013-2014

SECTIONS/CHAPTERS: • Women in Engineering, Member, 2015• Cedar Rapids Section S.L., Member, 2009-present• Iowa-Illinois Section, Chair, 2003• Central Iowa Section, Chair, 1983-1984

SOCIETY:• Power and Energy Chapter Chair, 2007-2009

As Director, modified structure of Region 4 January Annual Meeting to add value for Section leadership in the Region. Three training sessions were offered to Section leadership on the use of, VTools, NetSuite, and best practices for Section leadership. This was in response to concerns of Section leadership. The attendees voted it a success by staying the whole 90 minutes and asking for SAMIEEE training.

As Region 4 Director, placed Young Professionals and mid-career volunteers in Region 4 chair positions while retaining more mature volunteers in appropriate positions. The goal was to maintain a continuity in experience while bringing in new young professionals.

Chaired the IEEE Code of Conduct and Policy Review Committee in 2014. Produced a new Code of Conduct and set in place training to be used by all volunteer leadership. Policies related to ethics and Code of Conduct were updated and are consistent and duplications have been removed.

Statement

My view of the future IEEE-USA is a younger, more diverse, more relevant organization. An IEEE-USA where there is opportunity for young professionals of all scientific/technical professions to grow as leaders. An IEEE-USA that provides professionals with opportunity to explore new ideas and technology working with engineers around the world.

IEEE-USA is primarily academic, with an average age that is continually growing older. Our membership is declining. Members of the past worked for the same employer throughout their career. Today’s Young Professional will work in multiple employers. IEEE-USA members are important to IEEE-USA. It is IEEE-USA volunteers that will move us to the future.

IEEE-USA must be relevant to the ever changing future of the profession and its members. IEEE-USA’s strength is in being our eyes and ears in government. This is an important service to the USA members. But this isn’t the only role IEEE-USA can provide to USA members. IEEE-USA’s major opportunity is bringing added value to the careers of Young Professionals, industry engineers/scientists and their employers.

As President-Elect I would work to move IEEE-USA to the future by attracting and bringing added value to engineers, scientists, and computer scientists in all stages of their careers and professions.

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For IEEE-USA President-Elect, 2016IEEE-USA President, 2017

KEITH D. GRZELAK(Nominated by IEEE-USA)

DirectorWells St. John PSSpokane, Washington, USAwww.KeithGrzelak.com

Keith Grzelak received his MS in Electrical Engineering from Wayne State University. He also holds a BS in Mechanical

Engineering and an MS in Engineering Mechanics from Michigan Technological University. He also received a JD from Michigan State University.

He is currently a director of Wells St. John in Spokane, Washington where he advises technology companies, and is active in teaching courses to STEM workers on technology policy issues. He is an inventor on a U.S. patent covering Peltier effect coolers for portable electronic devices.

He worked at General Motors and Ford Motor Company as a safety and crashworthiness engineer covering high-speed structural stability and deformation, sensing, airbag deployment, bio-fidelity, and occupant safety. He has worked in many technical areas covering electrical, mechanical and medical systems. He has worked for a broad range of entities, ranging from Fortune 100 companies to start-up businesses, including universities and faculty start-up entities.


COMMITTEES/BOARDS: IEEE-USA Vice President for Government Relations (2012-2013); IEEE-USA Board of Directors (2012-2013); IEEE-USA Intellectual Property Policy Committee (IPC), Member (1993-2015), Vice-Chair (2005-2006), Chair (2007-2010 and 2014-2015); IEEE-USA Committee on Communications Policy (CCP), Member (2012-2015); Participant in preparing IEEE-USA position on the Administration’s cyber-security policy proposal; Government Relations Council (GRC), Member (2009-2015), Chair (2011-2012).

REGION: Participant and presenter in Region 6 Annual Meeting (2010, 2013-2015).

SECTIONS/CHAPTERS: Participant and speaker in local Spokane and Palouse Section meetings and activities; speaker on STEM issues to other IEEE Sections around U.S. including Boise, Seattle, Anchorage, and Pittsburgh.

SOCIETIES: IEEE Computer Society, Member (1993-2015); IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, Member (1994-2015).

CONFERENCES: Presenter at IEEE-USA Annual Meeting (2007, 2011, and 2013-2015); co-founder of IEEE IP Professionals seminars for members on technology law; Presenter at 2014 IEEE International Prognostics and Health

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Management Conference.

IEEE Accomplishments: • Spokesman for IEEE-USA on STEM policy issues to national press.• Representative to IEEE-USA board on amicus curiae briefs filed with US

Supreme Court representing IEEE-USA members.• Active participant in deliberating immigration policy strategy.• Active member in submitting rule-making comments to Federal agencies

on technology policy.• Co-founder of IEEE IP Professionals initiative.• Organizer of conferences on technology law and policy.• Lecturer for IEEE-sponsored seminars at national, regional, and section

meetings.• Regular participant in Congressional visits, meetings with Judiciary

Committee staff and Federal Agencies regarding legislative and public policy issues.

• Organizer and participant in Congressional staff presentations on technology issues.

• Active promoter of IEEE-USA membership to non-members.• Active lecturer on technology policy issues to outside organizations.

I have supported local, regional and national level programs for IEEE-USA members ranging from technology policy, innovation, public policy, education and entrepreneurship. I have served in capacities that address membership issues, staffing and committee organization while serving as IEEE-USA Vice President for Government Relations.

StatementIEEE-USA’s top priority should be service to our members. We must address challenges that our members face in maintaining steady and rewarding U.S. STEM careers. We should support STEM education and career development, including skills-retraining, networking and job searching.

Encouraging entry into the U.S. STEM community deepens our knowledge base and supports our economic objectives. However, recent federal trends to increase guest worker visas significantly depress U.S. STEM salaries and leave our international STEM colleagues without paths to citizenship. We should help broaden the STEM path for U.S. citizenship.

Our younger members are key to IEEE-USA’s long-term success. Without them, we lose both relevance and membership. Since younger members interact in new ways, we need to communicate in new ways, using trusted collaboration tools and social media. We should foster exchange of members’ experiences by boosting mentoring and networking opportunities and rewarding volunteering by our younger members.

To carry out this mission, as President-Elect, I plan to work on changes that will:

• help members realize stable and rewarding STEM careers;• retain governance safeguards that place member interests ahead of

corporate interests and allow even greater achievements; and• support U.S. STEM careers for individuals on a pathway to citizenship.

www.KeithGrzelak.comwww.linkedin.com/pub/keith-grzelak/0/183/676/

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For IEEE-USA Member-at-Large, 2016-2017

WOLE AKPOSE(Nominated by IEEE-USA)

Founder & CEO6signa GroupBaltimore, Maryland, USA

Wole Akpose is the Founder & CEO of 6igma Group, a health information technology startup developing a solution to harness patient’s health and wellness record and empower

the patient to live a better life. A cyber security architecture and metrics expert, Wole helps organizations design, measure and deploy robust, efficient and cost effective cyber strategies focused on value delivery and risk optimization. Former CIO of a Maryland University, he helped navigate his institution’s adoption and migration to a cloud centric infrastructure and a new framework, and cyber security awareness. A member and contributor to various technical standards, Wole served on the state Health Information Exchange (HIE) Policy Board and helped shape HIE policies and regulation development. He co-authored the NERC CIPC information-sharing framework, occasionally lecturers and is Lean Six Sigma certified.

An IEEE volunteer since 2001, Wole served the industry-at-large in various Region/Section/Chapters/Affinity Groups, editorial, standards, IEEE-USA and MGA activities.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’01-SM’06)

IEEE ACTIVITIES:

COMMITTEES/BOARDS: VTools Committee Chair (2015), VTools Committee (2013-2014), Transnational Committee (2004), GOLD RAB (2004-2006), ITC&O (2009-2011), Membership Development (2008-2010), Individual Benefits & Services Committee (2010-2012), IEEE-USA Employment & Career Services (2006-2008).

REGIONS: (Region 2) GOLD Coordinator (2004-2006), Employment and Career Services (2006-2008), Membership Development (2008-2010), Information Management (2013-2014).

SECTIONS/CHAPTERS: Northern Virginia, GOLD Secretary (2001-2002); Baltimore, Founding GOLD Chair (2003-2004).

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SOCIETY: Baltimore Section Computer Society Chair (2009-2014); IEEE P2030 Working Group; IEEE P1363 Working Group.

CONFERENCE: Computer Society Morgan State University National Cyber Security Awareness Workshop (October 2010).

OTHER: Consultants Network Affinity Group, Baltimore Chapter, Future of Information Participant (2009).


• Computer Society/Morgan Student Branch Workshop on GENI (2012)• Baltimore-NOVA-DC Consultants Network Workshop on Patents (2011)• IEEE Computer Society Cyber Security Workshop - Baltimore (2010)• Founded the Baltimore Consultants Network (2010)• Founding Chair, Baltimore GOLD (2003)

Statement

IEEE-USA represents the largest number of US engineers in many of the fastest growing engineering professions in a challenging time but with increasing opportunities. If elected, I will help IEEE-USA expand its potentials, increase attention as the professional home to electrical and related engineers across the spectrum from power systems to cyber-security and everything in between. I believe that if members succeed, IEEE-USA will succeed, hence my primary strategy is to enhance membership value and help improve IEEE-USA’s fiscal health.

Members must be well-informed of the key roles IEEE-USA plays in advancing the US engineering profession. I’ll work with IEEE-USA leadership on listening to members and be their voice in strategic plans and directions.

I appreciate the possibilities and opportunities that IEEE-USA offers me as a member and volunteer. I will work to ensure that members/volunteers also take advantage of these benefits, while I help expand and enhance membership value.

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For IEEE-USA Member-at-Large, 2016-2017

DANIEL N. DONAHOE, PE, CRE(Nominated by IEEE-USA)

President/Consultant1000 Kilometers®Salt Lake City, Utah, USAwww.1000kilometers.com

Dan has worked for Lockheed, Motorola, Ford Aerospace, Teledyne, Compaq Computer, Iomega and Exponent Failure

Analysis Associates. His consulting practice is 1000 kilometers®. He has served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions since 1998; as 2007-2008 chair of the IEEE (CPMT/SCV) Santa Clara Valley Chapter and on the society Board of Governors. The CPMT/SCV Chapter was granted the 2008 CPMT Chapter of the Year Award. Dan was the ASME nominee for 2013 and 2015 Utah Engineer of the Year. He is general chair for the IEEE Sustainability Technology Conference for 2015. He has several granted patents. He holds a PhD from the University of Maryland, MBA from Santa Clara University, BS and MS from the University of Illinois. He is a registered professional engineer (PE) in Arizona, California and Utah and is a certified reliability engineer (CRE). He has been married to Kaye for 40 years with three wonderful children.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’86-SM’97)

IEEE-USA Career & Workforce Policy Committee: IEEE Components, Packaging & Manufacturing Technology Society Corresponding Member, 2011; IEEE Components, Packaging & Manufacturing Technology Representative, 2011-present.

Conferences: IEEE Sustainability Technology Conference (SusTech): General Chair, 2015; Associate Chair, 2014; Publications Chair, 2013. 2011 ASTR Organising Committee, 2010-2011.

Publications: IEEE Access Associate Editor, 2013-present; IEEE Transactions Components and Packaging Technologies Associate Editor, 1998-2012.

Society/Council: IEEE Components, Packaging & Manufacturing Technology Society (CPMT), Board of Governors, 2010-2012; IEEE Nanotechnology Council (SCV), Executive Committee, 2007-2008.

Chapter: Santa Clara Valley CPMT Chair, 2007-2008.

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Statement

IEEE-USA officers establish goals for the organization. The role of Member-at-Large is a supporting role. My own hot button is the decline in electronics hardware design and manufacturing both due to off-shoring and cutbacks in R&D (private and public). I believe we must reverse these trends. There has been much growth in software, and we should certainly encourage software engineering. That said, we must distinguish software engineering as distinct from simple coding. IEEE-USA must be steadfast in serving members through promoting the growth of our members’ professional aspirations in every way possible while maintaining the ethos of engineering. Among these is making engineering seem cool again. It is paramount that IEEE-USA continues to be a leader in US engineering. IEEE-USA has a wondrous tradition and trajectory upon which we can continue ascending for the benefit of mankind.

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