BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20220525T192117Z UID:BB4719F1-5725-416F-9908-E34148682537 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220525T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220525T150000 DESCRIPTION:With the "Great Resignation" upon us many IEEE members are vent uring out on their own into the gig economy. IEEE has a vast array of inde pendent consultants who have already taken this same leap and they want to share their knowledge and experience with you. So have your questions rea dy and please join us for this one-hour jam session where three independen t consultants will share their know-how and knowledge on how they have sur vived so long in the gig economy.\n\nAgenda: \nWe have assembled a team of experienced consultants who will provide valuable insight and advice. The re will be no formal presentation\, just consultants talking about consult ing. If you have any specific questions you would like to have addressed\, please feel free to send them to Daryll Griffin (d.r.griffin@ieee.org) an d they will be shared with the presenters prior to the event.\n\nSession L eaders:\n\n- Larry Nelson\nLarry Nelson Sr.\, P.E. is a Senior Member of t he IEEE. He is a board member of the AICN (Alliance of IEEE Consultants Ne tworks) and has been a consultant since 1980. Larry works as a Staff Engin eer\, a Consultant\, and Expert Witness\, and a Technical Trainer. He has publications and Patents and is listed as a consultant with Microchip\, Pa rallax\, DigiKey\, and The Hardware Academy. He does analog and digital el ectronics along with embedded firmware. He has done new product design as well as forensics analysis of failed electronics in many industries.\n\n- Bill Grist\nBill Grist has over forty years of experience in consulting\, software technology\, system engineering\, project management\, business d evelopment\, and business management. The majority of this experience was gained at Hewlett-Packard (HP Consulting and HP Professional Services)\, a nd at General Dynamics Missile Systems (a US Navy contractor). He also ser ves as the IEEE Foothill Section Computer Society Chair\, and the Co-Chair of the Foothill Employment Network. This unique combination of business a nd project management\, business process\, and software technology skills have enabled him to provide internal and external clients with business re sults that positively impacted their bottom line. He earned a B.S. in Elec trical Engineering from the University of Kansas\; followed by numerous en gineering and business post-graduate courses and professional / HP busines s training. He also managed a Cisco Network Academy where he held a Cisco Instructor Certification.\n\n- Charles J. Lord\, PE\nCharles J. Lord\, PE is an embedded systems consultant and trainer with over 40 years' experien ce in system design and development in medical\, military\, and industrial applications. For the last twelve years\, he has specialized in the integ ration of communication protocols into clients' products\, including USB\, Ethernet\, and low-power wireless including ZigBee\, 6LoWPAN\, LoRa\, and Thread. He has taught classes in these protocols for Freescale\, Renesas\ , various universities and conferences including ESC and Arm TechCon. He h as been a design partner with Freescale/NXP\, Microchip\, and Renesas. He also teaches webinars for various clients on IoT and embedded systems topi cs. He earned his BS in electrical engineering from N.C. State University in Raleigh\, N.C. and provides training and consulting services through hi s company\, Blue Ridge Advanced Design\, in Asheville\, N.C. He is a licen sed professional engineer in NC and a life senior member of the IEEE. In h is volunteer work at the IEEE\, he has served at many levels from local to regional to board committees. He is currently the chair of the IEEE NC Co uncil\, vice chair of the AICNCC and was general chair of IEEE SoutheastCo n 1995\, 2017\, and 2020.\n\nWe are looking forward to a rousing discussio n!\n---------------------------------------------------------------\n\nIEE E-USA's free webinars/events are designed to help you find your next job\, maintain your career\, negotiate an appropriate salary\, understand ethic al considerations in the workplace and learn about other career-building s trategies and public policy developments that affect your profession.\n\nV irtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/312229 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/312229 ORGANIZER:d.r.griffin@ieee.org SEQUENCE:10 SUMMARY:Consultants' Corner (IEEE-USA Free Livestream Event) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/312229 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="font-family: verdana\, geneva \, sans-serif\;">With the "Great Resignation"&nbsp\;upon us many IEEE memb ers are venturing out on their own into the gig economy. IEEE has a vast a rray of independent&nbsp\;consultants&nbsp\;who have already taken this sa me leap and they want to share their knowledge and experience with you. So have your questions ready and please join us for this one-hour jam sessio n where three independent&nbsp\;consultants&nbsp\;will share their know-ho w&nbsp\;and knowledge on how they&nbsp\;have survived so long in the gig e conomy.</span></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><span style="font-size: 12p t\; font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\;">We have assembled a team of experienced consultants who will provide valuable insight and advice. There will be no formal presentation\, just consultants talking about cons ulting. If you have any specific questions you would like to have addresse d\, please feel free to send them to Daryll Griffin (<strong><a href="mail to:d.r.griffin@ieee.org">d.r.griffin@ieee.org</a></strong>) and they will be shared with the presenters prior to the event.</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</ p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans -serif\;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline\;">Session Leade rs:</span>&nbsp\;</strong></span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style="font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\;"><strong>Larry Nelson</strong></span>\n<p ><span style="font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\;">Larry Nelson S r.\, P.E. is a Senior Member of the IEEE. He is a board member of the AICN (Alliance of IEEE Consultants Networks) and has been a consultant since 1 980. Larry works as a Staff Engineer\, a Consultant\, and Expert Witness\, and a Technical Trainer. He has publications and Patents and is listed as a consultant with Microchip\, Parallax\, DigiKey\, and The Hardware Acade my. He does analog and digital electronics along with embedded firmware. H e has done new product design as well as forensics analysis of failed elec tronics in many industries.</span></p>\n</li>\n<li><span style="font-famil y: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\;"><strong>Bill Grist</strong></span>\n<p ><span style="font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\;">Bill Grist has over forty years of experience in consulting\, software technology\, syst em engineering\, project management\, business development\, and business management.&nbsp\; The majority of this experience was gained at Hewlett-P ackard (HP Consulting and HP Professional Services)\, and at General Dynam ics Missile Systems (a US Navy contractor).&nbsp\; He also serves as the I EEE Foothill Section Computer Society Chair\, and the Co-Chair of the Foot hill Employment Network. This unique combination of business and project m anagement\, business process\, and software technology skills have enabled him to provide internal and external clients with business results that p ositively impacted their bottom line. &nbsp\;He earned a B.S. in Electrica l Engineering from the University of Kansas\; followed by numerous enginee ring and business post-graduate courses and professional / HP business tra ining. He also managed a Cisco Network Academy where he held a Cisco Instr uctor Certification.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n</li>\n<li><span style="font-famil y: verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\;"><strong>Charles J. Lord\, PE</strong>< /span>\n<p>Charles J. Lord\, PE is an embedded systems consultant and trai ner with over 40 years' experience in system design and development in med ical\, military\, and industrial applications. For the last twelve years\, he has specialized in the integration of communication protocols into cli ents' products\, including USB\, Ethernet\, and low-power wireless includi ng ZigBee\, 6LoWPAN\, LoRa\, and Thread. He has taught classes in these pr otocols for Freescale\, Renesas\, various universities and conferences inc luding ESC and Arm TechCon. He has been a design partner with Freescale/NX P\, Microchip\, and Renesas. He also teaches webinars for various clients on IoT and embedded systems topics. He earned his BS in electrical enginee ring from N.C. State University in Raleigh\, N.C. and provides training an d consulting services through his company\, Blue Ridge Advanced Design\, i n Asheville\, N.C. He is a licensed professional engineer in NC and a life senior member of the IEEE. In his volunteer work at the IEEE\, he has ser ved at many levels from local to regional to board committees. He is curre ntly the chair of the IEEE NC Council\, vice chair of the AICNCC and was g eneral chair of IEEE SoutheastCon 1995\, 2017\, and 2020.</p>\n</li>\n</ul >\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="font-family: verdana\, geneva\, sans-se rif\; color: #236fa1\;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">We are looking forward to a rousing discussion!</span></em></strong></span></p>\ n<hr />\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\; font-family: ver dana\, geneva\, sans-serif\;">IEEE-USA's free webinars/events are designed to help you find your next job\, maintain your career\, negotiate an appr opriate salary\, understand ethical considerations in the workplace and le arn about other career-building strategies and public policy developments that affect your profession.</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR