1. Spring Planning Meeting January 25, 2014 San Marcos,TX Consultants Network IEEE Central Texas Section Affinity Group

2. IEEE Central Texas Section 2014 CTCN Leadership Team l Bill Martino – Chairman l Sergio Liberman– Vice Chair/Web M’ter l Jody Everett – Secretary/Treasurer l Kai Wong – Program Manager l Open – Communication Mgr. l http://ewh.ieee.org/r5/central_texas/cn/index. htm

3. IEEE Central Texas Section 2013  10 regular meetings on the fourth Wednesday of the month (usually).  Workshop, (joint with CAS/SSC, CEDA, TMC, COMSOC/SP, and WIE) in August.  Regular Officers meetings. 2014  Speakers booked for first four regular meetings.  Workshop – contacted by Bob Krause, of AICN. Interested in co-sponsoring a workshop with us. Concerned about finding fresh topics. More discussion upcoming. Also looking for local chapter partner. CTCN Chapter Updates

4. IEEE Central Texas Section 2013 CTCN Meetings DateTopicSpeakerL31? 23-JanCyber-Physical Systems, Real-time ComputingIgor AlvaradoY (T) 27-Feb What Customers Want – Not Another New Product Royce JohnsonY (P) 27-MarC3: Correction Code CryptographyLawrence HuangY (T) 24-AprConsultant to Consultant: Personal Brand Elizabeth Quintanilla Y (P) 22-MayHALT and HASS: Rapid Reliability DevelopmentKirk GrayY (T) 26-JunMad, Mad, Mad World of Mobile MarketingC. K. KumarY (P) 24-Jul Future Internet – The Transformation Continues Len HauseY (T) 28-AugWorkshop: Manage Your Career* Smith, Chiodo, Thomas, Hughen, & Miller Y (P) 25-SepRedefining Datacenter EfficiencyDavid BorlandY (T) 23-Oct Modern Health Talk and the FUTURE of Health Care Wayne CaswellY (P) 20-NovSecurity solutions for BYOD to the EnterpriseDan SharoniY (T) 11-DecHoliday Party Y (N) * Joint with CAS/SSC, CEDA, TMC, COMSOC/SP, & WIE

5. IEEE Central Texas Section CTCN Meetings Planned for 2014 Jan It’s All Politics: Community Engagement Critical to Professional DevelopmentRamey Ko, JD Feb Solutions for Scale-out Communications- Centric Data Center ProcessingSam Fuller MarSpace Travel – Mars and BeyondMax Engel AprHuman Factors and ErgonomicDan Kolar May*WorkshopVarious Jun* 3D Imaging, Printing, and Tissue EngineeringScott Collins Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov * Gray, italicized, subject to change. ** Tentative – reschedule if workshop in May

6. IEEE Central Texas Section SWOT Analysis l Strength – Good team work & network to recruit speakers. l Weakness – Recruiting potential new members for the leadership team. l Opportunity – Host joint events with other groups. l Threat – Staying relevant as local technical employment conditions improve and CTCN membership ages.

7. IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Plans / Issues l Mix topics at monthly meetings to cover professional development, training, and technical topics. l Co-host workshop (if another chapter is interested). l Recruit younger members via workshop focus and speaker topic choices. l Fill Communications Manager opening. l Improve return rate for first time attendees.

8. IEEE Central Texas Section QUESTIONS??? Thanks