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IEEE Region 1 Meeting Schenectady, NY August 16, 2003

IEEE Region 1 Meeting Schenectady, NY August 16, 2003. IEEE Region 1 Meeting Schenectady, NY August 16, 2003. 100 Years Congratulations Schenectady Section !. Michael R. Lightner Candidate for 2004 IEEE President - Elect. Some personal and professional background

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IEEE Region 1 Meeting Schenectady, NY August 16, 2003

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  1. IEEE Region 1 MeetingSchenectady, NYAugust 16, 2003

  2. IEEE Region 1 MeetingSchenectady, NYAugust 16, 2003 100 Years Congratulations Schenectady Section !

  3. Michael R. Lightner Candidate for 2004 IEEE President - Elect • Some personal and professional background • My views of the position of IEEE President

  4. Personal Background • Born in Florida, 1950 - Region 3 • Irish - German Family • Oldest of four children • Father and Mother worked for Telephone Company • Grew up in Florida, moving every year for 12 years • Telephone company moved employees when they were promoted • Married, no children

  5. Professional Background • BS, MS in Electrical Engineering from University of Florida • Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University • Positions included • Member technical staff - Bell Labs • Summer Faculty - IBM Research • Assistant Prof. University of Illinois • Visiting Faculty - University of British Columbia • Consultant for Rockwell, Fujitsu, Epic Technologies, the World Bank and the State of Georgia among others

  6. Professional Background • Have been at University of Colorado since 1981 • Professor, Director Graduate Studies, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs • Currently have a joint appointment with our Medical School - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine • Started the University of Colorado Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities with $250M private gift • Awards for Teaching and Service • Chair of the 4-campus University Faculty Grievance committee - received Special Training in Mediation

  7. Professional Background • Research Interests • Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits • Simulation, Statistical Design, Synthesis, Testing, Formal Verification • Signal Processing • Multi-objective design of digital filters, adaptive filters • Technology for Cognitive Disabilities • Working at the intersection of cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, learning science and computer science and engineering • Fellow and IEEE member for 33 years

  8. IEEE Background • Circuits and Systems • Reviewer and Author • Technical Committee Chair • Associate Editor and Editor - Trans CAD • Technical and General Chair, ICCAD • Member BoG • VP Technical Activities • President

  9. IEEE Background • TAB • Member • Division Director • Chair of Products Committee • VP-Elect, VP, Past VP • Management, Strategic Planning, Finance

  10. IEEE Background • Awards and Honors • Fellow • Millenium Medal • CAS Golden Jubilee Award • Distinguished Service Award • Best Paper

  11. IEEE Background • Board of Directors • Division Director • Member of Audit Committee • Member of Executive Committee • Member of Operations Review Committee - hire consultants and oversee the review of headquarters infrastructure - BDO Seidman Report • Member of the governance committee - part of current strategic planning • Currently VP Publications Services and Products Board

  12. Key Issues for the IEEE • Top operational issue - clear, consistent, continuous communications within the organization • Absolutely necessary to build trust • Trust is absolutely essential to enable change and growth

  13. Key Issues for IEEE • We must operate in a business like manner • Analyze plans and opportunities • What will something cost - life cycle costing? • Where will the money come from? • Is it part of our strategic plan? • What are the tangible and intangible benefits? • Can we scale an activity to support many members? • What are the costs of not doing something?

  14. Key Issues for IEEE • Finances continues to be a difficult challenge. • The latest results shows a challenge for 2003 • We are working hard on this and will likely meet budget • 2004 will inherit some of the challenges • At this time we must make decision based on services and service levels, not just across the board cuts • This one issue can tear us apart! • We must communicate clearly and often - the issues, reasons and what we are all doing to address the problems • It is a challenge for us all in both IEEE and our professional and personal lives • We will live through it and we must work to maintain our key values and activities as we move forward

  15. Key Issues for IEEE • Our entire business model is or will be facing incredible challenges • Publications • Access all IEEE IP through IEL • Will be available to all members (and non-members) through a variety of mechanisms in the next 5 years • Raises issues of member in societies and even membership in IEEE • Conference are in difficulty because of economy • They may emerge with quite different characters • Continuing/Professional Education • Absolutely required for our members - we must be part of the solution

  16. Key Issues for IEEE • We need a continuing multiple year: • Budget process • Analysis of risks • Analysis of multiple scenarios and generation of potential responses • We react to a problem, often too late - we must become proactive • Planning for integration of projects/initiatives across the Institute • We need to become much more data and information driven in our decision making • We must have an informed BoD - we don’t!

  17. Key Issues for IEEE • Membership and Volunteers • How many, how to grow into new areas, cost, benefits • While I stand firmly for a de-centralized and locally driven structure the values of centralizing some portions of the infrastructure are clear - Pubs • One major challenge is to maintain the local flavor while supplying appropriate centralized infrastructure • Insure that central infrastructure supports local creativity

  18. The IEEE President Activities of IEEE President My views and qualifications • IEEE’s Ambassador to all elements of the IEEE and the profession • Members, students, non-members, industry, other organizations, customers and partners • Significant experience working in IEEE, academia, industry, and with government organizations across the globe • Have spent time in at least 25 countries • Chairs the IEEE Board of Directors • Top officer and top volunteer interface with IEEE staff • Effective at building consensus • Have worked effectively in very difficult times across the IEEE units • Excellent relations with IEEE staff. Have worked with staff to achieve common goals

  19. The IEEE President Activities of IEEE President My views and qualifications • Has the pulse of the activities and opportunities of the various IEEE entities • Works to integrate and enable the activities of entities within the broader vision of IEEE • Excellent connections with TAB, Societies, PSPB, EAB. Good and growing connections with RAB, IEEE-USA and IEEE-SA. • Skills in listening and integrating views and suggestions into creative, effective solutions • Provide vision for both operation and strategic improvements • Coordinate and enable IEEE strategic planning • Excellent record in new IEEE Products, strategic planning in TAB, PSPB and the BoD, developing an enabling culture in different organizations

  20. A balanced and dynamic response is the key to our organizational vitality and our economic viability. This balance consists of: • A decentralized organization of creative, entrepreneurial volunteers; • An efficient, coherent, flexible, affordable, and consistent infrastructure; • Continual development, marketing and delivery of products and services with affordable member rates; • Extending our connections to industry, including new products and services, continuing education, leadership and management opportunities for volunteers, and an expanded standards activity; • Quickly and visibly responding to our rapidly changing technical environment

  21. Operational Vision • Creativity • Driven from the Societies, Chapters, etc. • Enable and Encourage • Coherence • As appropriate activities must be scalable across the range of our organization • Coordinate at the OU level • Effectiveness • Our activities have to work from a fiscal perspective • Coordinate between OU’s and BoD

  22. Summary • IEEE is the defining organization for our profession • As such it must embrace • Change • Opportunity • All elements of profession • Members, non-members, industry, other organizations, customers and partners • Now is the time to look to the future, building on our inspiring past and current strengths • I would appreciate your vote and help in building the IEEE of the future

  23. Thank you!

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