IEEE Computer Society election begins 10 August

The IEEE Computer Society election will begin on Monday, 10 August 2009.

Ballots, a brochure with candidate biographies and position statements, and a postage-paid return envelope will be mailed to eligible voters on that date. In addition, members who accept Society e-mail announcements will receive e-mail notification of the election during the week of 10 August. Members can vote via mail, fax, or on-line.

Candidate biographies and position statements will be posted on the election vendor website, Computer Society website and published in the September issue of Computer magazine.

Ballots must be returned no later than 12:00 noon EDT on Monday, 5 October 2009. Results will be known within a week after the election.

IEEE Computer Society 2009 election slate

My position statement as official media will publish

Position statement. We members of the IEEE Computer Society, as part of the world's leading organization of computing professionals, must strengthen the development of our social network and be proud of our community. We must develop a sustainable Society, not just act as individual clients of an information provider.

If elected, I will work to foster our Society as an inclusive and networked community, focusing on membership's value, developing relevant products, programs, and services targeted to underserved populations like practitioners, young professionals, women, and members living in economically stressed areas of the world.

We have the opportunity to embrace our network, history, knowledge, ethics, and vision of future. As member of the Board of Governors, I will work to bring these strengths to coordinated action, and responsibly foster initiatives in this direction. I ask for your support. For more details about my vision, please visit my blog at www.pfsanchez.blogspot.com.

My biographical data as official media will publish

Biography. Pablo Fernando Sanchez received an MS in information systems and computing from the Universidad Católica Argentina. He has been an active Society volunteer since 1998, serving as vice chair of the Argentina chapter in 2001, and its secretary in 2002.

Sanchez has more than sixteen years' experience in the area of information technologies and communications, having served in positions of different natures and hierarchical levels at organizations such as the University Information System Program at the Ministry of Culture and Education of Argentina, CyberScope Argentina, ME Corp, the Cardiovascular Foundation of Colombia and several high-level international consultancy firms.

He has had the opportunity to manage, create and advise on business creation and entrepreneurship. Sanchez is currently CEO of Expértika, advising Latin American technology-based companies in software, management and strategic use of technology for business expansion.

An IEEE member and secretary of the IEEE Argentina section, Sanchez has developed and deployed several programs that resulted in recognition for the entities he served, including a wide range of contributions to the IEEE, GOLD, and the IEEE Computer Society. He also served on the Advisory Board of The Institute, and served as chair of the IEEE Region 9 Regional Communications Committee.

As announced here on June 9, the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors has approved the slate of candidates for 2010 leadership positions at its meeting on June 5.

So, as an approved candidate for the 2010-2012 term on the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors, I was instructed to send Bob Ward, Membership News Editor, some material for being published in the August 10, 2009, IEEE Computer Society ballot mailing and the September 2009 Computer Magazine issue.

I transcript the rest of the announcement:

The Nominations Committee attracted a strong slate of candidates. Vice President of Publications Sorel Reisman and Board of Governors member Jon Rokne will vie for the position of 2010 Computer Society president. Reisman is managing director of MERLOT and professor of information systems at California State University, Fullerton. Rokne is professor of computer science at the University of Calgary.

Roger Fujii, vice president and business unit general manager for Northrop Grumman Information Systems; and Don Shafer, IEEE Computer Society Treasurer and CTO for the Athens Group; will compete for first vice president. Both are completing their first terms on the Board of Governors. Sattupatha Sankaran, Vice President of Chapter Activities and an IT consultant for SAP Labs; and Jeffrey Voas, director of systems assurance at SAIC; are running for the position of second vice president.

IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors candidates include:

  • Pierre Bourque, associate professor and director of the master in software engineering program at Ecole de Technologie Superieure
  • Elizabeth Burd, senior lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Durham
  • José I. Castillo-Velázquez, 2009 head of the Autonomous University of Mexico City's Campus-SLT Engineering Academy
  • Thomas M. Conte, professor of computer science at Georgia Tech
  • Frank E. Ferrante, adjunct faculty/executive partner, Mason School of Business, College of William & Mary
  • Jean-Luc Gaudiot, professor and chair, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California-Irvine
  • Gargi Keeni, vice president of Quality Consulting Practice, Tata Consultancy Services
  • Luis Kun, senior research professor of Homeland Security at the Information Resources Management College, National Defense University
  • James W. Moore, principal engineer at MITRE Corp.
  • Pablo F. Sanchez, CEO of Expértika
  • John W. Walz, Lucent Technologies, retired

The Nominations Committee is chaired by Rangachar Kasturi, 2008 IEEE Computer Society president. Article II, Sections 1-9, of the Computer Society's Bylaws set forth the procedures for selection of candidates and election of the Computer Society's officers and members of the Board of Governors.

IEEE Computer Society ballots will be mailed on 10 August. Candidates and their bios will be published in the September issue of Computer magazine.

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