BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20221104T230923Z UID:66C7DA26-80E0-4623-92C6-EDCF19851151 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221007T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221007T180000 DESCRIPTION:Calling all students and power industry professionals! This is your cordial invitation to the upcoming in-person event -- and debut of th e new IEEE Spokane Career Series --- "What it's Like to Be a Power Enginee r" on Friday\, October 7th from 3-6pm. Enjoy complimentary hors d' oeuvres at the historical Steam Plant restaurant in downtown Spokane while learni ng what it means to be an engineer in the power industry of the Inland Nor thwest. Hosted by the IEEE Spokane Young Professionals Affinity Group and IEEE Spokane\, this event will include a *power* panel presentation(pun in tended)\, a tour of the onsite Avista control room lab(!!)\, followed by a social hour (optional but encouraged!).\nStudents are especially encourag ed to attend! Space is LIMITED so secure your spot to this free(!) event n ow by registering here today!\nWe look forward to seeing you there!\n\nCo- sponsored by: IEEE Spokane Section\n\nSpeaker(s): Kevin Damron\, PE\, Ambe r Orr\, PE\; SMIEEE\n\nAgenda: \n~3:00pm - Doors Open\n\n~3:05pm - Introdu ction & Power Engineers Panel\n\n~4:40pm & 5:15pm - Avista Controls Lab To ur\n\n~5:00pm - Networking/Social Hour\n\n~6:00pm - Event Concludes\n\nAdd itional Speaker Bios:\n\nMax Hernandez-Brito\n\nMax Hernandez-Brito is cur rently a substation engineer at Grant PUD where he focuses on substation d esign\, retrofitting equipment\, and updating networking equipment for sub stations. With his prior experience as telecommunications engineer\, he ha s an unique skillset that has enabled him to provide interdepartmental sup port for various substation communication and firewall projects. Max's aca demic career began at Wenatchee Valley College where he was active in the student community with the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) and w as the ASB Vice-President before obtaining his science transfer degree in 2014 and entering the electrical engineering program at Gonzaga. During hi s time at GU Max worked as an Smart Antenna & Radio Lab (SARL) intern\, wa s the GU IEEE Student Branch Vice-President\, and cofounded the Robosub st udent club. He enjoyed working with club members to create events that dev eloped engineering skills and/or provided networking opportunites for thei r fellow students until his graduation in 2017. Now a devoted husband and doting father\, he enjoys boating\, camping\, and cooking for his family a nd friends. He also enjoys volunteering to help promote STEM careers & pro fessional development skills for both students and young professionals.\n\ nStacie Maier\, PE\n\nStacie Maier graduated from University of Idaho in 2 006 with a degree in Electrical Engineering and from Whitworth University in 2022 with a MBA\, she is a licensed professional electrical engineer wi th over 15 years of experience in the energy sector working in Portland Ge neral Electric\, EPS Consulting\, Schweitzer Engineering and Avista. Throu ghout her career she has worked in a variety of roles including as a subst ation engineer\, product manager\, consulting engineer and most recently h as had the opportunity to lead teams in project management\, electric oper ations and key accounts with Avista. She enjoys working with her community and is the Women in Engineering Chair for the IEEE Spokane and is a Board Member for the Boys and Girls Club of Spokane County as well as the Downt own Spokane Partnership. Stacie and her husband are also small business ow ners of a hard cider company in Liberty Lake.\n\nRoom: Stacks Room\, 159 S Lincoln St Ste 1\, Spokane\, Washington\, United States\, 99201 LOCATION:Room: Stacks Room\, 159 S Lincoln St Ste 1\, Spokane\, Washington \, United States\, 99201 ORGANIZER:caitlinchb@gmail.com SEQUENCE:24 SUMMARY:What it's Like to be a Power Engineer URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/323705 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial\,sans-se rif\;"><em>Calling all students and power industry professionals!</em>&nbs p\; This is your cordial invitation to the upcoming in-person event -- and debut of the new IEEE Spokane Career Series ---<strong>&nbsp\;"What it's Like to Be a Power Engineer"</strong>&nbsp\;on Friday\, October 7th from 3 -6pm. Enjoy complimentary&nbsp\;hors d' oeuvres&nbsp\;</span>at the histor ical Steam Plant restaurant in downtown Spokane while learning what it mea ns to be an engineer in the power industry of the Inland Northwest. Hosted by the IEEE Spokane Young Professionals Affinity Group and IEEE Spokane\, this&nbsp\;event will include a *power* panel presentation(pun intended)\ , a tour of the onsite Avista control room lab(!!)\, followed by a social hour (optional but encouraged!).&nbsp\;</div>\n<div><em>Students are espec ially encouraged to attend!</em>&nbsp\; Space is LIMITED so secure your sp ot to this free(!) event now by registering here today!</div>\n<div>We loo k forward to seeing you there!&nbsp\;</div><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>~3 :00pm - Doors Open</p>\n<p>~3:05pm - Introduction &amp\; Power Engineers P anel</p>\n<p>~4:40pm &amp\; 5:15pm - Avista Controls Lab Tour</p>\n<p>~5:0 0pm - Networking/Social Hour</p>\n<p>~6:00pm - Event Concludes</p>\n<p>&nb sp\;</p>\n<p>Additional Speaker Bios:</p>\n<p><strong>Max Hernandez-Brito< /strong></p>\n<p><em>Max Hernandez-Brito is currently a substation enginee r at Grant PUD where he focuses on substation design\, retrofitting equipm ent\, and updating networking equipment for substations. With his prior ex perience as telecommunications engineer\, he has an unique skillset that h as enabled him to provide interdepartmental support for various substation communication and firewall projects. Max's academic career began at Wenat chee Valley College where he was active in the student community with the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) and was the ASB Vice-President b efore obtaining his science transfer degree in 2014 and entering the elect rical engineering program at Gonzaga. During his time at GU Max worked as an Smart Antenna &amp\; Radio Lab (SARL) intern\, was the GU IEEE Student Branch Vice-President\, and cofounded the Robosub student club. He enjoyed working with club members to create events that developed engineering ski lls and/or provided networking opportunites for their fellow students unti l his graduation in 2017. Now a devoted husband and doting father\, he enj oys boating\, camping\, and cooking for his family and friends. He also en joys volunteering to help promote STEM careers &amp\; professional develop ment skills for both students and young professionals.</em></p>\n<p>&nbsp\ ;</p>\n<p><strong>Stacie Maier\, PE</strong></p>\n<p><em>Stacie Maier grad uated from University of Idaho in 2006 with a degree in Electrical Enginee ring and from Whitworth University in 2022 with a MBA\, she is a licensed professional electrical engineer with over 15 years of experience in the e nergy sector working in Portland General Electric\, EPS Consulting\, Schwe itzer Engineering and Avista. Throughout her career she has worked in a va riety of roles including as a substation engineer\, product manager\, cons ulting engineer and most recently has had the opportunity to lead teams in project management\, electric operations and key accounts with Avista. Sh e enjoys working with her community and is the Women in Engineering Chair for the IEEE Spokane and is a Board Member for the Boys and Girls Club of Spokane County as well as the Downtown Spokane Partnership. Stacie and her husband are also small business owners of a hard cider company in Liberty Lake.</em></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR