1. Consultants Network IEEE Central Texas Section Affinity Group January 28, 2012 Austin, TX

2. IEEE Central Texas Section 2012 CTCN Leadership Team l Kai Wong - Chairman l Sergio Liberman– Vice Chair/Web M’ter l Bill Martino – Secretary, Membership l Jody Everett – Treasurer, Program Mgr. l Bob Baker – Communication Mgr. l http://ewh.ieee.org/r5/central_texas/cn/ind ex.htm http://ewh.ieee.org/r5/central_texas/cn/ind ex.htm

3. IEEE Central Texas Section CTCN Chapter Updates  Held meeting on the fourth Wed. of the month at Pok-e-Jo’s BBQ and regular officer meeting in 2011.  Leadership team built to 5 persons.  Recruited good speakers on various topics for first four months.  Planning on 2012 Consultants Workshop on May 16, 2012.

4. IEEE Central Texas Section 2011 CTCN Meetings Date TopicSpeaker 26-Jan Slideware Simplified for TechnologistsPrabhakar Gopalan 23-Feb The Future of InternetJon Lebkowsky 23-Mar DSP - The Technology Behind MultimediaSergio Liberman 21-Apr Technical Update on the Pecan Street ProjectBert Harskel 25-May Wind Energy in TexasMark Kapner 15-Jun Workshop -Key Consulting Support Tools Vanston, Koym, Badgley, Davis 27-Jul Product Teardown Analysis Stroud & Widenofer 24-Aug Protecting IP on a Bootstrap BudgetBob Villard, Esq 28-Sep New Memory TechnologyDr. Betty Prince 26-Oct Building aNew Design CenterKeith Hawkins 16-Nov Design For TestabilityLuis Basto 14-Dec Holiday Party

5. IEEE Central Texas Section 2012 Program Plan l JanEthic and Contract for EngineersRobert Hunter FebBuild a Successful Consulting BusinessAmy Holloway MarIron Overloading & Azheimer PreventionKen Russell AprilLED Technology and ApplicationRekha K Bangalore MayConsultants WorkshopTBD JunEmbedded MCU for Biotech/ Energy Mgmt JulyDoing Business with City of Austin AugSolar panel Control System SeptHealthcare Monitor System OctMobile Apps Business NovEMC Consulting

6. IEEE Central Texas Section CTCN Plans / Issues  Focus on program mix on professional development, training and technical topics. **** Energy, Healthcare, Low Power MCU & App., Social Network Marketing, Mobile Apps, ……..  Promote with social networking, recruit younger member, network & job referral.  Looking for partner to host workshop in 2012.  PoKe-Jo’s Parmer has noise problem. May look for new location in 2H 2012.

7. IEEE Central Texas Section SWOP Analysis l Strength – Good team work & network to recruit speakers. l Weakness – Not enough returning attendees and new member. l Opportunity –Recruit young members, joint event with other group. l Threat – Other networking group and professional group in the area.

8. IEEE Central Texas Section QUESTIONS??? Thanks