IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
Doug’s extensive history with IEEE and Technical Activities as a practitioner of inclusiveness, transparency, diversity and common sense leadership uniquely qualify him for VP-TA. His leadership accomplishments as president of one of IEEE’s largest societies, the Communications Society, showcase his abilities.
There, he established a strategic vision and with ComSoc’s leadership:
- Improved information sharing using social networking
- Achieved greater global chapter and sister society teaming
- Expanded ComSoc’s lecture programs
- Reduced time between journal submission and publication
- Strengthened ComSoc’s standards role
- Established/offered viable educational programs and industry-valued certification
- Engaged more recent graduates and women in activities
- Revised ComSoc’s governance to better align with global demographics
In TAB and its entities:
- Established IEEE/OpenFog Consortium collaboration, which included IEEE seat on OpenFog Board
- Facilitated “bundled” Society-IEEE membership pricing
- Fostered successful cross-Society collaborations through the IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative, Big Data Initiative, and the Future Directions Committee
- Strategized and envisioned the Technology Time Machine Symposium, with cultivation of young entrepreneurs
As IEEE Employee Benefits and Compensation Committee Chair, he:
- Increased transparency of executive compensation decisions to the IEEE Board of Directors
- Assured a strong volunteer leadership role for the committee in evaluating and recommending employee benefits, while establishing a good working relationship with staff
- Led efforts aimed at developing an incentive compensation process that would improve alignment of employee objectives with Board of Directors interests
- Worked with the EBCC Liaison with the Board of Directors to inform and raise awareness of the EBCC role, responsibilities and contributions to the Board
- Recommended successful appointment of new EBCC members, and a successor EBCC Chair, with relevant industry experience to improve the quality of EBCC recommendations to the Board.
As Communications Society Governance Committee Chair, Member, and Society Parliamentarian, he:
- Proposed and helped implement two major restructuring of the Society’s Board of Governors
- Assured Board of Governors meetings ran according to IEEE, Robert’s Rules and other best practices
- Is helping develop a third restructuring of ComSoc’s Board of Governors to better match the Societies current strategic priorities.
COMMITTEES/BOARDS
- IEEE Division III Director 2012-13
- Cloud Computing Initiative Steering 2013-14
- IEEE Division Director 2012-13
- Corporate Engagement 2012-13
- TAB Management 2009-11
- Member Engagement and Life Cycle 2010
- Products and Services 2007-08
- Earth Observation AdCom 2008-10
- Employee Benefits and Compensation, Chair 2013-14
- IEEE Board of Directors 2012-13
- Technical Activities Board (TAB) 2008-09, 2012-13
- Career and Professional Development 2012
- Society Review 2010-11
COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY
- Board of Governors 1995-2017
- Nominations & Elections, Chair 2011-12
- President 2008-09
- Vice President, 4 different positions 2000-07
- IEEE ComSoc Coordinating, Chair 2010-11, 2014-15
- Staff and Facilities, Chair 2008-09
- Strategic Planning, Chair 2006-07
- Governance, Chair 2007
- Director Conferences 1996-97
CONFERENCES
- GLOBECOM 2009 and 2019 General Chair
- NOMS/IM General, Chair 1990, 2014
- TTM, General, Chair 2016
- GLOBECOM/ICC Steering 1998-99
PUBLICATIONS
- TNSM Advisory 2012-17
- JOCN Steering 2013-17
AWARDS
- Salah Aidarous Award 2006
- Donald W. McLellan Meritorious Service Award 2000
- Fellow 1996
- Harold Sobol Award 2002
- Third Millennium Medal 2000