BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210321T200547Z UID:B4B02FFA-C197-4708-A5A0-E72A3F5FBE77 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T130000 DESCRIPTION:Join three experts from [IEEE-USA's Alliance of IEEE Consultant s' Network Coordinating Committee (AICNCC)](https://ieeeusa.org/careers/co nsultants/about-aicncc/) where they will be addressing live audience quest ions on all consulting issues. Our target audience will be young professio nals who are considering becoming a full-time independent consultant as we ll as professionals who may have experienced job loss during this pandemic and are considering entering the world of consulting.\n\nWe have assemble d a team of experienced consultants who will provide valuable insight and advice. There will be no formal presentation\, just consultants talking ab out consulting.\n\nThe AICNCC looks forward to a rousing discussion.\n\nAg enda: \nSession Leaders:\n\n- Michael R. Behnke\, P.E.\nMike Behnke spent 17 years in the electric power industry with an electric utility and an eq uipment manufacturer before deciding to form an engineering consulting fir m with two partners in 2003. After building that firm to 35 employees\, he and his partners sold the company to a global energy sector consulting en tity in 2010. Since 2013\, he has provided engineering consulting services to the renewable energy industry (primarily utility-scale wind and solar) as co-owner of a two-man consulting firm based in the San Francisco Bay A rea.\n\n- William R. Kassebaum\n(Will) has over 30 years working in the pr ivate and government sectors\, Will has extensive systems & computer (HW/S W) engineering\, executive management\, program management\, and entrepren eurial experience.\n\nWill is an experienced technologist and computer har dware/software engineer - system architect\, project/program manager\, and broad technology specialist. Will has been the founding CEO of several In dianapolis based technology companies. His pioneering work at the Naval Ai r Warfare Center earned him and his team the prestigious National Performa nce Review "Heroes Of Government Reinvention" award presented by the Secre tary of Defense\, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff\, and the Vice President of the United States.\n\nWhile working with private companies s uch as Escient\, he has led teams that developed award-winning products. M r. Kassebaum holds a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and has been a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Indiana.\n\nHe is a past Chair and Director of the Central Indiana Section of the IEEE. And recently served on the IEEE-USA Board of Directors as Vi ce President Career & Member Services 2014-15\, and as a corresponding mem ber of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Policy Committee of the IEEE-USA\ , a Founder and Co-Chair of the Central Indiana Engineering Consultants’ Network\, and is a Past Chair and member of the Alliance of IEEE Consulta nts’ Networks (AICN)\, a committee of the IEEE-USA.\n\n- Christopher Wil son\nChristopher Wilson has been a consultant for 10 years specializing in Automated and Connected Vehicle technology and crowdsourcing of vehicle d ata to build high quality databases. He provides Technical Services to est ablished vehicle manufacturers and startups\, as well as Expert Witness se rvices on Intellectual Property and Accident Reconstruction matters.\n\nHe has been an IEEE member since becoming a consultant and is currently Chai r of the IEEE Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley and the IEEE Alliance of IEEE Consultants' Network Coordinating Committee.\n\n----------------- ----------------------------------------------\n\nIEEE-USA's free webinars /events are designed to help you find your next job\, maintain your career \, negotiate an appropriate salary\, understand ethical considerations in the workplace and learn about other career-building strategies and public policy developments that affect your profession.\n\nVirtual: https://event s.vtools.ieee.org/m/261181 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/261181 ORGANIZER:d.r.griffin@ieee.org SEQUENCE:11 SUMMARY:Ask the Experts: An Open Discussion with 3 Independent Consultants (IEEE-USA Free Livestream Event) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/261181 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">Join three experts from <a href="https://ieeeusa.org/careers/consultants/about-aicnc c/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>IEEE-USA's Alliance of IEEE Con sultants' Network Coordinating Committee (AICNCC)</strong></a> where they will be addressing live audience questions on all consulting issues. Our t arget audience will be </span><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">young profes sionals who are considering becoming a full-time independent consultant as well as professionals who may have experienced job loss during this pande mic and are considering entering the world of consulting. </span></p>\n<p> <span style="font-size: 12pt\;">We have assembled a team of experienced co nsultants who will provide valuable insight and advice. There will be no f ormal presentation\, just consultants talking about consulting. </span></p >\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">The AICNCC looks forward to a rousin g discussion.</span></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><span style="font-siz e: 14pt\;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline\;">Session Lead ers:</span>&nbsp\;</strong></span></p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>Michael R. Behnke\, P.E.</strong></span>\n<p><span style=" font-size: 12pt\;">Mike Behnke spent 17 years in the electric power indust ry with an electric utility and an equipment manufacturer before deciding to form an engineering consulting firm with two partners in 2003. After bu ilding that firm to 35 employees\, he and his partners sold the company to a global energy sector consulting entity in 2010. Since 2013\, he has pro vided engineering consulting services to the renewable energy industry (pr imarily utility-scale wind and solar) as co-owner of a two-man consulting firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area.</span></p>\n</li>\n<li><span sty le="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>William R. Kassebaum</strong></span>\n<p><s pan style="font-size: 12pt\;">(Will) has over 30 years working in the priv ate and government sectors\, Will has extensive systems &amp\; computer (H W/SW) engineering\, executive management\, program management\, and entrep reneurial experience.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">Will is an experienced technologist and computer hardware/software engineer - s ystem architect\, project/program manager\, and broad technology specialis t. Will has been the founding CEO of several Indianapolis based technology companies. His pioneering work at the Naval Air Warfare Center earned him and his team the prestigious National Performance Review "Heroes Of Gover nment Reinvention" award presented by the Secretary of Defense\, the Chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff\, and the Vice President of the United St ates.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">While working with pr ivate companies such as Escient\, he has led teams that developed award-wi nning products. Mr. Kassebaum holds a Master's Degree in Electrical Engine ering from Purdue University and has been a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Indiana.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">H e is a past Chair and Director of the Central Indiana Section of the IEEE. And recently served on the IEEE-USA Board of Directors as Vice President Career &amp\; Member Services 2014-15\, and as a corresponding member of t he Entrepreneurship &amp\; Innovation Policy Committee of the IEEE-USA\, a Founder and Co-Chair of the Central Indiana Engineering Consultants&rsquo \; Network\, and is a Past Chair and member of the Alliance of IEEE Consul tants&rsquo\; Networks (AICN)\, a committee of the IEEE-USA.</span></p>\n< /li>\n<li><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>Christopher Wilson</stro ng></span>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">Christopher Wilson has been a consultant for 10 years specializing in Automated and Connected Vehicle technology and crowdsourcing of vehicle data to build high quality databa ses. He provides Technical Services to established vehicle manufacturers a nd startups\, as well as Expert Witness services on Intellectual Property and Accident Reconstruction matters.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size : 12pt\;">He has been an IEEE member since becoming a consultant and is cu rrently Chair of the IEEE Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley and the I EEE Alliance of IEEE Consultants' Network Coordinating Committee.</span></ p>\n</li>\n</ol>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<hr />\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style=" color: #000000\;">IEEE-USA's free webinars/events are designed to help you find your next job\, maintain your career\, negotiate an appropriate sala ry\, understand ethical considerations in the workplace and learn about ot her career-building strategies and public policy developments that affect your profession.</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR