Utah Section Elections

 2010 Candidates' Bio's

Executive Committee

Utah Section Chair

Thank you for letting me take a moment to introduce myself, I am Dan Christenson, candidate for IEEE Utah Section Chairman.

I have been employed by the United States Air Force for the last 17 years in increasing levels of responsibility.  Currently I am the Director of Engineering for the

748th Supply Chain Management Group, Hill Air Force Base, Utah.  The group is assigned to the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma and through its four Squadrons serves as the focal point for Air Force Supply Chain Planning and Execution supporting worldwide sustainment of 19 Space & Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence systems, most of the Air Force weapon system’s landing gear, wheels, brakes and secondary power systems and weapon system specific structural and avionics systems for the F-16, A-10, T-38 and other mature and proven aircraft systems.

I began my Air Force career as an electronic design engineer in the hardware development section at Ogden Air Logistics Center, Utah, in 1992.  In 1995 I was promoted to section chief of the Automatic Test Equipment and Weapons Systems Interface Engineering Section at Hill.  In that role, in addition to my role as supervisor, I continued to act as a systems design engineer for major projects and worked BRAC workload relocation issues for Sacramento and San Antonio Air Logistics centers.  I served in that role for five years.  In 1999 I was transferred to the Administrative Branch of the Software Division as Branch Chief.  In that role I served as the division’s senior administrative officer.  In 2001 I was promoted to Branch Chief for the Weapon Systems Software Engineering Branch, Maintenance Directorate, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Ogden, UT (OO-ALC/MASM), specializing in Automatic Test Equipment development and maintenance.  In that role I supervised >160 engineers and technical staff.  In 2004, I was promoted to Chief of the Avionics / Electronics Systems Division at Hill Air Force Base responsible for the development, implementation, and oversight of Hill’s technical policies and processes for Electronics and Avionics products.  Prior to my current position, I served as Division Chief for the Force Development Division, Engineering Directorate, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah responsible for the development, implementation, and oversight of force development policies and processes to insure development of the scientific and engineering expertise in the ALC’s more than 900 science and engineering professionals.

I have been heavily involved in IEEE leadership for over 10 years in IEEE I&M and IEEE AESS’s flagship conference AUTOTESTCON.  First as staff for AUTOTESTCON 1998 in Salt Lake City.  Then as a member of the Board of Directors of AUTOTESTCON and ultimately serving as General Chair for the IEEE AUTOTESTCON in 2008.  This is one of IEEE’s larger conferences, with almost 2000 attendees.  This effort, cosponsored by IEEE Utah Section and heavily supported by Hill AFB, was a great success.  In 2009 I became the IEEE Utah Section Treasurer.

I request your support as IEEE Utah Section Chairman.

Utah Section Chair

Gordon Young of ‘Young Ideas’

I am a professional consulting engineer (PE) who offers “out of the box” creative advice and solutions to corporations seeking to find solutions to system problems in hardware development and product design/redesign.  My clients seek independent information and input from outside their current corporate/government culture.  Most clients are consulted with privately and range from new and vibrant startups to old line “geriatric” organizations that need youthful ideas tempered with long experience as to what will be successful in the marketplace.  Innovation is my game and ‘Young Ideas’ is my name.  I have served in a number of IEEE positions over the years (currently section PACE Chair) and will serve the Utah Section if chosen as Chair.

Vice-Chair

S. Jeff Cold has been teaching at Utah Valley University for 15 years and is a tenured
Associate Professor of Information Technology.  Before that time, Jeff was a Network Administrator for VCC, WordPerfect, and the University of Nebraska--Lincoln.  Go Cornhuskers ! Jeff is currently ABD for a Ph.D. in Digital Communication Systems from Indiana State University.  Jeff also has an M.B.A. from the University of Nebraska and a B.S. from B.Y.U.  Jeff has other diplomas in Computer Networking from U.V.U.  Jeff has served as a Chapter President for the Network Professional Association and for the American Federation of Teachers.  Jeff was recently elevated to an IEEE Senior Member and is a member of the IEEE Communications Society and the Computer Society.  Jeff is also a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the SIG IT Education.  Jeff is currently a Principle Investigator for a National Science Foundation grant ($250,000) and a participant in a  2.3M Department of Labor grant where he is responsible for developing education in his specialty: Linux/Unix.  Jeff has managed his own business, JATEC, LLC for 12 years which owns various rental properties.
Jeff has been married for 25 years to his wife Denise and has five children.

Vice-Chair

Chris A. Perry has most recently volunteered for the IEEE Utah Section as the section secretary, webmaster and Power and Energy Society treasurer.  He helped in the planning of the IEEE USA spring meetings in Salt Lake City that brought many prominent speakers to IEEE members.  He has received training on aspects of IEEE activities over his many years of volunteering and hopes to continue to utilize his experiences to benefit Utah Section members.  His goals for 2010 will be to help members with career development and pre-college activities to help further science and engineering development in Utah students.  He is currently running for Section Vice-Chair.

Secretary

Peijung Tsai volunteered in IEEE AutoTest Conference in 2008 and has been involved with Utah GOLD as vice chair/chair in 2009.  She has coordinated with several IEEE groups for joint activities in 2009.  She is currently running for Section Secretary.

 Power and Energy Society

Marc Bodson received a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1986. He obtained two M.S. degrees - one in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the other in Aeronautics and Astronautics - from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, in 1982. Currently, Marc Bodson is a Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He was the Chair of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering between July 2003 and October 2009, and he was the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology between January 2000 and December 2003. He was elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2006.

Computer Society

Jeremiah Jones, a Senior Member of IEEE, has most recently served as the Utah Section Computer Society Secretary and Treasurer. He succeeded in raising the value and benefits of being an IEEE Computer Society member through increased local activity and member networking. As Computer Society Chair, he will continue to amplify and enhance our membership benefits by arranging additional activities such as facility tours, seminars, trainings, and social events. Jeremiah is currently employed as the Lead Technologist for aVinci Media (AVMC.obb). For more information on his professional career, please visit http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremiahjones

Computer Society

Mike J. Berry has worked in the software industry since 1987.  With a degree in Information Systems and Technologies from Weber State University and twenty-years of industry experience, he has worked and consulted locally for both small and large companies in the Salt Lake Valley.  He has managed large teams of software developers, project managers, software testers, data-base administrators and produced separate enterprise software applications that have been used in over 2500 banking branch sites, 600 medical clinics, and multiple distribution offices in 12 countries.  He has studied with the best industry thinkers of our time, and his work has taken him all over the US, to Europe, and the South Pacific.  He is a member of iEEE and is presently a member of the iEEE 1175.5 object modeling standards committee, and the iEEE 1622 National Voting Data Security Standards committee.  He is presently the Chief Methodologest for Red Rock Research, a SLC-based software development best practices training provider.

Election Process and Position Information

The IEEE Utah Section 2009 Nomination Committee consists of the following three Section members.

Jeff Cold, NC Chair, email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Clinton Cathy, email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Dan Donahoe, email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Here is the list of position descriptions and guidelines to be published on our web site along with a web form where interested candidates can submit their contact information. The contact information then can be forwarded to the Nomination Committee for consideration. Chris can verify candidate membership status and inform the Nomination Committee.

NOTE: Every elected position has a two year term limit!

IEEE General Officer qualifications requirement http://www.ieee.org/web/geo_activities/units/volunteer/qualify.html

1.     Chair

a.      Description

The Section Chair shall serve as Chair for all meetings of the Section, the Section Committee and the Section ExCom.

http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs_iportals/iportals/geo_activities/units/officer_training/section_chair_position_description_july2009.doc.

b.     Selection Guidelines

                                                    i.     Prior participation as Utah Section Vice-Chair preferred.

                                                  ii.     Prior participation in an IEEE Section ExCom elected position.

                                                iii.     Available to travel for Region and Area meetings and activities.

2.     Vice-Chair

a.      Description

The Section Vice-Chair shall assist the Chair in the coordination of all Section activities. At the request of the Section Chair or in the absence of the Section Chair, the Section Vice-Chair shall chair meetings of the Section, Section Committee or Section ExCom.

http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs_iportals/iportals/geo_activities/units/officer_training/section_vice_chair_position_description_july2009.doc.

b.     Selection Guidelines

                                                    i.     Prior participation in an IEEE Section ExCom

3.     Treasurer

a.      Description

The duties of the Section Treasurer shall include the development of a Section budget for approval by the Section, accounting of all Section funds, keeping financial records, and submitting the Financial Operations Report of the Section to the IEEE Staff Director, Financial Services.

http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs_iportals/iportals/geo_activities/units/officer_training/section_treasurer_position_description_july2009.doc.

1. Selection Guidelines

                                                    i.     Prior participation in the IEEE Utah Section ExCom preferred

                                                  ii.     Prior participation in an IEEE Section ExCom

1. Secretary

a.      Description

The duties of the Section Secretary shall include correspondence, the keeping of the minutes of the Committee meetings, mailing notices, and submission of meeting and officer reports to the Member and Geographic Activities Department at the end of each year and such other duties as are assigned to him/her by the Chair.

http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs_iportals/iportals/geo_activities/units/officer_training/section_secretary_position_description_july2009.docn.

1. Selection Guidelines

                                                    i.     Web site development and maintenance preferred

The following 2010 Utah Section Officer positions are open due to the two year term limitation.

Section Chair

Section Vice-Chair

Section Secretary

Computer Society Chair

SP/COM Chair

 The following 2010 Utah Section Officer positions are within the two year term limits but still eligible to receive candidate nominations.

Section Treasurer

PES Chair

 The following 2010 Utah Section Officer positions are open pending appointments by the 2010 Utah Section ExCom

Awards & Recognition Chair

 http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs_iportals/iportals/geo_activities/units/Resources/Officer_Training/job-descriptions/Awards_Recog_job_descr.doc

 Educational Activities Chair

http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs_iportals/iportals/geo_activities/units/Resources/Officer_Training/job-descriptions/Education_Act.doc

 Membership Development Chair

http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs_iportals/iportals/geo_activities/units/Resources/Officer_Training/job-descriptions/MD_job_descr.doc

 Professional/Career Activities (PACE) Chair

http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs_iportals/iportals/geo_activities/units/Resources/Officer_Training/job-descriptions/Career_Actvities_job_desc.doc

 Student Activities Chair

http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs_iportals/iportals/geo_activities/units/Resources/Officer_Training/job-descriptions/Stud_Act_job_descr.doc

 Women In Engineering Chair

 http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/women/index.html

 Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Chair

http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/gold/index.html

 UEC Representative

http://utahengineerscouncil.org/

 The time line will be as follows:

1. Candidate nomination to be opened until Friday November 13.
2. Final candidate ballot to be finalized by Friday November 20.
3. Elections start Tuesday, December 1, via the Section’s website
4. Election opened until December 31.
5. 2010 elected officers to be announced during our January ExCom meeting.

 Direct Nominations should be forwarded to Jeff Cold @ This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 Thank you for your hard work, I truly have enjoyed participating as Section Chair for the last two years.

Regards,

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Randall G. Redondo
IEEE Utah Section Chair
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Phone: (801) 792-8306
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