Section Committee/Officer Name: Jody Everett IEEE Central Texas Section 2019 SPRING Planning Meeting January 19, 2019 San Marcos, TX Section Committee/Officer Name: Jody Everett Chapter/Affinity Name: Central Texas Consultants Network Prepared by: Jody Everett 4/8/2019

Mission and Leadership Team The Consultant Network promotes the development of members careers through professional and social networking, including publicizing members skills and sharing potential professional opportunities, and support the IEEE Central Texas Section. Leadership Team Jody Everett-Chairman/Treasurer Luis Basto-Vice Chairman/Webmaster Les Johnson-Program Manager/Membership Chair Bill Martino-Secretary Kai Wong-Member at large Sergio Liberman-Member at Large Objectives Hold monthly high quality technical meeting. Hold one day/one half day high quality workshops (*) These can be technical meetings, workshops, networking events, etc. 4/8/2019

2018 Key Accomplishments January-Technical “Drone of Drones”, Philip Wheat L31 Filed. February-Technical Meeting-”Light-Field Display, Architecture and Properties”, Thomas Burnett L31 Filed March-Technical Meeting-”Using Blockchain for AI Authenticity”, Karen Kilroy L31 Filed April-Technical Meeting-”Black Holes and their degenerate Friends,” Explosive New Information Revealed”, Clyde Springen L31 Filed May-Technical Meeting-J”FPGA Chips: Introduction, History and Applications”, Jim Brakefield L31 Filed June-Technical Meeting-“Ultra-paranoid Computing for the Consumer”, David Pruett L31 Filed July-Technical Meeting-”AI Edge Inference”, David Fick L31 Filed August-Technical Meeting-”Audio Forensics: A Brief Survey and Personal Experience”, Steve Bechk L31 Filed September-Technical Meeting-“Should You Patent It Yourself?”, Robert D. Hunter L31 Filed October-Technical Meeting- “How to get more Consulting Projects, Automatically”, Malcom Lui L31 Filed November-Technical Meeting-“Texas Board of Professional Engineers-Professional Practice Update/Ethics” , Rick D. Strong L31 Filed. 4/8/2019

2019 Chapter Vitality & Help Needed Chapter Vitality Assessment (Strong, Ok, Need Improvement) Examples: Attendance, Topical & Relevance, membership recruitment, finance, volunteers, …. Strong, good meeting attendence Top Help Needed/Issues Examples: Attendance, Speakers, Training, Finance, Events, collaboration with STEM/Students/PACE/YP/Life Mem, … Continued Funding. Need to attract younger members. 4/8/2019

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CTS Leadership CTS Officers Chapters/Affinity Standing Committees/Coordinators Chair Fawzi Behmann Vice Chair – A Fabio Gomez Vice Chair – SA Ehsaneh Sunny Shahhaidar Secretary Raymond Choo Treasurer Bill Martino Past Chair Leslie Martinich Past Past Chairs Kenny Rice Strategic Plan Policies and Procedures PARP Awards and Recognition Membership Development Electronics Communications Website vTools Communications Portal Conferences/Events Section-Chapter Vitality Chair Finance K-12/STEM Educational Activities Students Activities Professional Activities – PACE Outreach Program Humanitarian 4/8/2019