Officers

President

Walter Downing

President (2020-2021)

IEEE AESS

United States

5 (Southwestern U.S.)

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Past President

Stephen Dyer

Kansas State University

United States

5 (Southwestern U.S.)

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VP Conferences

Andy Chen

Catronic Enterprise

United States

7 (Canada)

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Andy Chen

7 (Canada)

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Biography

President & CEO, Catronic Enterprise Founding Managing Partner, REDDS Capital
Andy is the President 2020/2021, IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society (TEMS) and a member of the Board of Governors 2019/2020 for IEEE Computer Society (CS). He participates in the United Nations Global Pulse's Data Privacy Advisory Group. He is also a director for the Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations’ board and a member of the Technical Advisory Council for the FinTech Ideas Festival. He also served as the Chair of the Technical Advisory Council for YinTech Investment Holding Ltd. As an internationally recognized speaker, Andy was a keynote speaker at the UN ITU Telecom World and AI for Good Global Summit, the World Computer Congress, the World CIO Forum, and the Digital Africa Conference.

Andy Chen is the President & CEO of a global consulting firm. The firm’s principle business is to provide consulting services for the utility industry worldwide. Andy is a senior business advisor for several leading global consulting firms and enterprise software vendors. Andy held the position of the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Enterprise Strategy and Architecture of the largest Canadian-based electricity generator.

Andy is a partner of REDDS Venture Investment partners which empowers disruptive start-ups that scale worldwide and have billion dollars plus potential through team building, global business development, financing, mentoring, and strategy.

Affiliation(s)

Catronic Enterprise

United States

VP Finance

Jeffrey Rubin

JNR LLC

United States

3 (Southeastern U.S.)

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VP Member Services

Stephanie White

Senior Professor

Long Island University – Post Campus

United States

1 (Northeastern U.S.)

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Stephanie White

1 (Northeastern U.S.)

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Biography

Stephanie White is an educator, technical leader in system and software requirements/design, a corporate manager, and entrepreneur. Her research interests and publications are in systems science and engineering with an emphasis on modeling and semantic analysis of complex systems. She performed research for the Navy (NRL, NWC, and NSWC) and for Grumman and Northrop Grumman, leading to higher quality and lower cost products. Currently, Senior Professor Emeritus, Long Island University, she taught systems science, systems engineering, and computer science, and is still called on to participate on dissertation committees. As Principal Engineer, Requirements and Architecture, and Manager at Grumman Aerospace and Northrop Grumman, made recommendations regarding new technology and development, wrote proposals for military aircraft (E-2, F-14) and space programs (NASA, Missile Defense), and was involved in personnel recruitment and management. As President of her own company, Systems World, she performed research for the U.S. Navy under a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract. Her degrees include a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Polytechnic, now NYU Tandon School of Engineering, an M.S. in Mathematics from NYU, and a B.S. in Mathematics from CUNY. A lifelong IEEE volunteer, she was awarded the IEEE-USA Divisional Professional Leadership Award for inspiring women to study and work in STEM fields, and for leadership in diversity initiatives. She founded the Computer Society TC on Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, is a member of the Computer Society’s Golden Core, was VP of Computer Society TAB, and is on the CS Board of Governors. She has held many positions in Systems Council, including that of President. She is currently Division X Director 2023-2024 and Systems Council VP Member Services.

Affiliation(s)

Senior Professor

Long Island University – Post Campus

United States

VP Publications

Paolo Carbone

University of Perugia

Italy

8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East)

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VP Technical Operations

Steve Holt

Senior Systems Engineer

KBR, Inc

United States

2 (Eastern U.S.)

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Steve Holt

2 (Eastern U.S.)

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Biography

Stephen M. Holt received his B.S. in Mathematical Physics from Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio, USA), and his B.S. in Electronic Engineering from Franklin University (Columbus, Ohio. USA). He also completed his M.S. in Engineering (with an emphasis in Ocean Engineering and Underwater Acoustics) from The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC, USA) and Graduate Certificates in Engineering Management from The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC, USA) and Project Management from The George Mason University (Fairfax, Virginia, USA).

Steve is currently employed with KBR, Inc. of Greenbelt, Maryland, USA as a Senior Systems Engineer supporting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He has also supported the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with many meteorological and oceanic programs. He joined the IEEE in 2000 and was later elected to the grade of Senior Member to the IEEE in 2001. He is also a long-standing member of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) and the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS). Steve was the elected member to the OES Executive Committee as its Secretary for ten years (2001-2010). In 2007, he was awarded the IEEE OES Distinguished Service Award (DSA).

His technical interests include spacecraft systems engineering, optical systems engineering, as well as remote sensing of the atmosphere and oceanic environments. He has completed a nine-year work effort on the recently deployed NASA James Webb Space Telescope and is presently working on the NASA ILLUMA-T infrared optical laser communications program.

Affiliation(s)

Senior Systems Engineer

KBR, Inc

United States

Secretary

Katie Wilson

Santa Clara University

United States

6 (Western U.S.)

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Treasurer

Robert C. Rassa

Raytheon (Retired)

United States

2 (Eastern U.S.)

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Operations Manager

Amanda Osborn

Senior Operations Manager

Conference Catalysts, LLC

United States

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Operations Manager

Bailey Campin

Junior Operations Manager

Conference Catalysts, LLC.

United States

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Walter Downing

Stephen Dyer

Andy Chen

Jeffrey Rubin

Stephanie White

Paolo Carbone

Steve Holt

Katie Wilson

Robert C. Rassa

Amanda Osborn

Bailey Campin

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