1. Fall Planning Meeting September 7, 2013 San Marcos,TX Consultants Network IEEE Central Texas Section Affinity Group

2. IEEE Central Texas Section 2013 CTCN Leadership Team l Bill Martino – Chairman l Sergio Liberman– Vice Chair/Web Master l Jody Everett – Secretary/Treasurer l Kai Wong – Program Manager l http://ewh.ieee.org/r5/central_texas/cn/index. htm

3. IEEE Central Texas Section 2013 CTCN Leadership Team “Thank you” to Bob Baker for his long period of capable and dedicated service to CTCN. Bob decided last month that he needs a break from his CTCN responsibilities.

4. IEEE Central Texas Section 2013 CTCN Leadership Team PositionNameAffiliationEmail Has gone through online training ChairBill Martiino Retiredbill.martino@ieee.orgNo Vice Chair/Webma ster Sergio Liberman Freescalesergio.liberman@gmail.com Secretary/Tre asurer Jody Everett Consultantpeverett@austin.rr.com Program Manager Kai WongConsultantkaiwong@ieee.org?

5. IEEE Central Texas Section 7 regular meetings in 2013 to- date. 3 regular meetings and 1 mixer planned to year-end. Workshop hosted in August. Officers meetings most months. CTCN Chapter Updates

6. IEEE Central Texas Section Workshop “Manage Your Career – Don’t Get Blindsided by Reality” Joint with TMC, CAS/SSC, CEDA, COMSOC/SP, and WIE 5 Speakers well known in the field  David Smith – Vision on Future Jobs  Tommy Chiodo – Defining Career Success  Maura Thomas – Manage Attention, not Time  David Hughen – Build Your Brand  Marc Miller – 5 Steps to Next Career Pivot 66 people in attendance CTCN Chapter Updates

7. IEEE Central Texas Section CTCN Chapter Updates Career Management Workshop "Sweating Bullets" Meeting Cancellation date, and price increase date Cancellation threshold Workshop date Publicity begins

8. IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Updates Workshop Pre-registration Profile Comments from one of the speakers during dinner:  Well, that’s how it is in Austin  Combat with substantial price escalation after early-bird deadline (?) (We had 7 paying walk-ins)  Decide cancellation criteria early in the planning process  Consider nominal, or free, registration for the unemployed – use honor system Work with Joe and John to ensure visibility in CTS broadcasts

9. IEEE Central Texas Section 2013 CTCN Meetings DateTopicSpeakerL31? 23-JanEnabling Cyber-Physical Systems with Real-Time High-Performance Computing, Measurement and Control Igor AlvaradoY (T) 27-FebWhat Customers Want - It's Not Another New Product Royce W. Johnson Y (P) 27-MarC3: Correction Code CryptographyLawrence HuangY (T) 24-AprFrom Consultant to Consultant -- Developing Your Own Personable Brand Elizabeth Quintanilla Y (P) 22-MayHALT and HASS: A New Paradigm for Rapid Reliability Development Kirk GrayY (T) 26-JunIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad World of Mobile MarketingC. K. KumarY (P) 24-JulFuture Internet - The Transformation ContinuesLen HauseY (T) 28-AugManage Your Career: An IEEE Workshop*Smith, Chiodo, Thomas, Hughen & Miller Y (P) * Joint with TMC, CAS/SSC, CEDA, COMSOC/SP, and WIE

10. IEEE Central Texas Section 2013 CTCN Meetings (upcoming) DateTopicSpeakerL31? 25-SepRedefining Datacenter EfficiencyMark Davis-- 30-OctModern Health Talk – Safe and Healthy LivingWayne Caswell-- 27-NovMobility for EnterpriseDan Sharoni-- mid-DecHoliday Party --

11. IEEE Central Texas Section SWOT Analysis l Strength – Good team work & network to recruit speakers. l Weakness – Identifying new officers l (Improving) – Staying relevant via interesting topics and broad appeal workshops l Opportunity – Host joint events with other groups. l Threat – Other networking and professional groups in the area.

12. IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Plans / Issues l Mix topics at monthly meetings to cover professional development, training, and technical topics. l Recruit younger members via workshop focus and speaker topic choices. l Improve return rate for first time attendees.

13. IEEE Central Texas Section QUESTIONS??? Thanks