2008 Elections
IEEE Elections: One Month Left to Return
Your Ballots
Ballots were mailed in August for the
annual
IEEE elections. Marked ballots must be
received by the election vendor in Eden Prairie,
Minn., by noon central time on 1 October. Two
IEEE-USA positions — 2009 IEEE-USA President
Elect and 2009-2010 IEEE-USA Member-at-Large —
are on the slate, along with 15 other election
categories. Please take a few minutes to fill
out and mail your ballot, or access the election
ballot and related materials electronically
online at:
www.ieee.org/elections.
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2009 President-Elect
Candidates |
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Evelyn H. Hirt >>
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Evelyn Hirt received the B.E.E., cum
laude, University of Detroit, and M.E.M.,
Washington State University. Her
professional experiences bridge the
industrial, government, and academic
communities. Ms. Hirt's 35-year career
in engineering is multi-disciplinary,
and her interests center on systems and
controls, and engineering management.
She has published works in the
application of laser ablation, test
program requirements management,
fault-tree-generation methodology, and
time dissemination using GPS. Her
honors include listings in ten "Who's
Who" directories, Eta Kappa Nu (member
and Board of Governors Member-at-Large),
and thirteen outstanding performance
awards from three different employers.
At PNNL, she works on a wide variety of
R&D and deployment projects, and
management systems. She has prior
experience with BDM International
(engineering consulting); University of
New Mexico (control analysis software);
Sperry Defense Systems (flight/fire
control systems); Rockwell Collins (GPS
user equipment); USAF Wright
Aeronautical Laboratories
(man-in-the-loop flight simulation); and
General Motors (product/process design
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Ronald G. Jensen >>
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Jensen received the BSEE from Iowa State
University and MSEE from Syracuse
University. He continued with Ph.D.
level courses from the University of
Minnesota. He began his career in
semiconductor process and chip
development (East Fishkill, NY
facility). He held positions in
semiconductor applications and test
(Rochester, MN facility) followed by
many years of system design, system
architecture and project management. He
has been a leader through various
management positions since 1983. He
participated in an IBM Faculty Loan
program for one year where he taught
circuits and microprocessor design. He
has been involved in the development of
numerous IBM families of computers and
servers and recently in Fulfillment
systems. He is presently Chief
Engineering Manager for data and process
strategy with a team of people across 3
geographies covering IBM server hardware
and software. Jensen is a member of Eta
Kappa Nu and PMI, and a certified PMP.
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2009-2010 Member-at-Large
Candidates |
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Jean M. Eason
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I received my BS in EE from the
University of Texas in 1978, an MS
in EE from Southern Methodist
University in 1984 and an MBA from
Texas Christian University in 1989.
My early career focused on the
aerospace industry and I spent
fifteen years working in avionics
systems design and developing
advanced cockpit displays for
military and commercial, fixed and
rotary wing aircraft. I am
self-employed, working with clients
on specialized applications for
small businesses and in technical
communication and documentation.
My time in aerospace gave me
particular insight into the issues
affecting engineering professionals.
My work in the area of employment
assistance for engineers in North
Texas was recognized by the State of
Texas in the report, Defense
Transition: Economic Promise for
Texas from the Governor’s Task Force
on Economic Transition (1993). This
led directly to my involvement with
IEEE-USA and its employment and
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Emily A. Sopensky
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A business
consultant specializing
in technology,
Emily Sopensky has long been an
enthusiastic IEEE member and
volunteer. She has held numerous
positions in regional, technical and
corporate activities, notably with
IEEE-USA, Central Texas Section,
IEEE Awards Board, and the
Intelligent Transportation Systems
and Electron Devices societies.
Currently, her IEEE activities
frequently relate to radio frequency
identification, including chairing
two technical conferences. As with much of the RFID industry,
Ms. Sopensky, a Wharton MBA,
received her training on the job. In
the mid-1990s at Texas Instruments,
she was one of the first consultants
to document TI’s RFID products.
After 20 years in Central Texas
(Region 5) working with technology
companies, she became the second
IEEE-USA Fellow to the U.S. State
Department, and relocated to Region
2. In 2007, she co-founded a
non-profit charitable 501(c)(3), the
RFID Educational Foundation (www.therfidfoundation.org),
to educate and promote public
awareness of RFID technology |
Related Information
IEEE's
2008 Elections website.
Candidates for IEEE-USA office must be IEEE
Senior Members residing in the United States.
Candidates are reminded to refer to
IEEE Policy 14.1.I with respect to IEEE
mailing lists/labels and how they may be used
for electioneering purposes.
IEEE-USA takes no position regarding the views
and opinions expressed by candidates through the
IEEE-USA Elections page and makes no candidate
endorsements or recommendations. Candidates are
listed in alphabetical order for ease of
reference only.
The
IEEE Executive Committee has directed that IEEE
staff may not assist candidates in developing or
hosting campaign-related materials on the IEEE
website. However, we are free to create
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Page to election-related materials on your own
website as a service to the membership. Please
contact Scott D. Grayson,
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to obtain or update a link from the IEEE-USA
Elections Page.
Updated:
26 August 2008
Contact: Scott D. Grayson,
s.grayson@ieee.org
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