IEEE President-Elect Forum

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IEEE President-Elect Forum

• Philadelphia Section
• June 24, 2003

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PHILADELPHIA SECTION ON
ITS FIRST CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY !
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Michael R. Lightner Candidate for 2004 IEEE
President - Elect

• Some personal and professional background
• My views of the position of IEEE President

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The IEEE President
My views and qualifications
Activities of IEEE President

• Significant experience working in IEEE,
  academia, industry, and with government
  organizations across the globe
• Have spent time in at least 25 countries

• IEEEs Ambassador to all elements of the IEEE
  and the profession
• Members, students, non-members, industry, other
  organizations, customers and partners

• 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

• Chairs the IEEE Board of Directors
• Top officer and top volunteer interface with
  IEEE staff

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The IEEE President
My views and qualifications
Activities of IEEE President

• 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

• 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 record in new IEEE Products, strategic
  planning in TAB, PSPB and the BoD, developing an
  enabling culture in different organizations

• Provide vision for both operation and strategic
  improvements
• Coordinate and enable IEEE strategic planning

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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

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Thank you!
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Closing Statement
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• 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