BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20221117T010614Z UID:39F388BA-64A1-4740-992C-0757C1623B60 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221027T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221028T170000 DESCRIPTION:9:00am to 5:00pm\, Thursday\, October 27\, 2022\nAmarillo Colle ge West Campus Lecture Hall\n6222 SW 9th Ave.\, Amarillo\, Texas 79106\n\n Join us for this valuable Continuing Education Seminar and to Celebrate ou r 75th Anniversiry!\n\nAgenda: \nEconomics Overview – 8:45 am\n\nIndepen dent financial planner\, Scott R. Dickerson\, started delivering financial services to businesses\, individuals\, business owners\, and key executiv es while he was with Morgan Stanley in 1997. Currently\, and as an indepen dent Representative of Navigation Financial Group\, Scott combines his exp erience\, integrity and objectivity to help find sound solutions to his cl ient’s financial needs and desires. Scott’s main areas of practice are in personal financial planning\, investments and Group Retirement Plans. He began his career in Financial Services and Insurance in 1997 after rece iving a BBA in Marketing from Texas Tech University. His specialties inclu de retirement plans\, personal financial planning and retirement income di stribution.\n\nScott balances work and time with his family. He is married to Cindy and has two boys Payton and Will. He is an active member of Hill side Christian Church.\n\nJessica Hooyenga is a Regional Vice President at Capital Group\, home of American Funds\, covering west and central parts of Texas. She has 16 years of investment industry experience\, all with Ca pital Group. She holds an MBA in business management from Indiana Wesleyan University and a bachelor’s degree in financial management from Indiana University. She also holds the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® and Cert ified Investment Management Analyst® designations. Jessica is based in Lu bbock\, Texas with her 4 year old son Harrison.\n\nEthics – 10:00am\n\nD r. Lance Kinney\, P.E. is a licensed professional engineer and has been re cently appointed executive director of the Texas Board of Professional Eng ineers. Kinney has served the board in a number of positions for more than seven years\, providing guidance to agency programs and activities\, incl uding legislative\, rule and policy issues.\n\nBefore joining the Board of Professional Engineers\, Kinney worked nearly a dozen years in the semico nductor industry. He holds a bachelor's degree from The University of Texa s at Austin\, a master's from Texas State University and is currently a do ctoral student at The University of Texas. He has lectured as an adjunct p rofessor in the Engineering and Technology Department at Texas State and t he Electronics and Advanced Technologies Department at Austin Community Co llege.\n\nIEEE 75th Anniversary – 11:15pm\n\nBanner presentation from Re gion 5 President Bob Becnal P.E.\n\nLunch Break – 11:45am – 1:00pm\n\n Distributed Gas Analysis – 1:00pm\n\nMark Gross is the Regional Business Manager for the Vaisala Power Solutions group has 25+ years of experience working in the Power Generation\, Renewable Energy and Green/Hi Tech indu stries. From General and Operational Management to Business Development po sitions\, he has held key roles in various companies in the alternative en ergy and sustainable fuels segments in both the US and Latin America. He h as also worked extensively with new markets and product development\, look ing at new technologies and applications in the Green technology and Energ y/Power sectors.\n\nMark holds a Bachelor’s degree from Middlebury Colle ge and an MBA from the Olin Graduate School of Business. He is tri-lingual in Spanish\, Portuguese and English.\n\nResilient Electric Grid – 2:15 pm\n\nDr. Anitha Subburaj received her M.E. in Applied Electronics from th e Anna University in 2007\, India and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the Texas Tech University in 2014. She was a post-doctoral research ass ociate at Texas Tech University before coming to WTAMU. Dr. Subburaj teach es electrical circuits and programming fundamentals. Dr. Subburaj has seve ral publications in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Review Journal\, IEEE T ransactions on Industry Applications and International Journal of Renewabl e Energy Research. Dr. Subburaj is a Senior Member of the IEEE society. Dr . Subburaj’s research interests include renewable energy\, control syste ms\, battery energy storage system\, and battery connected to grid applica tions.\n\nSpellman Industries – 3:30 pm\n\nWe will welcome back Mr. Eric Spellmann to enlighten us on what is new and best in the world of Technol ogy. Eric Spellmann is the President of Spellmann & Associates. Eric has e stablished himself as a leader in helping customers meet their online goal s through practical\, hands-on-application. In addition\, he is a featured speaker at a number of national technology conferences. His unique style appeals to all levels of audiences. He is often hired to convey technicall y challenging topics to non-technical people. He is often labeled a “Tec hnology Evangelist.”.\n\nBldg: Amarillo College West Campus Lecture Hall \, 6222 SW 9th Ave.\, Amarillo\, Texas\, United States\, 79106\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/323951 LOCATION:Bldg: Amarillo College West Campus Lecture Hall\, 6222 SW 9th Ave. \, Amarillo\, Texas\, United States\, 79106\, Virtual: https://events.vtoo ls.ieee.org/m/323951 ORGANIZER:omar.morales@xcelenergy.com SEQUENCE:18 SUMMARY:FALL 2022 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR (In Person Registration) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/323951 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p align="center"><strong>9:00am to 5:00pm\, Thursday\, October 27\, 2022</strong><br />Amarillo College West Campus Le cture Hall<br />6222 SW 9th Ave.\, Amarillo\, Texas 79106</p>\n<p align="c enter"><strong>Join us for this valuable Continuing Education Seminar and to Celebrate our 75th Anniversiry!</strong></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br />< p><strong><u>Economics Overview</u></strong><strong> </strong>&ndash\; 8:4 5 am</p>\n<p>Independent financial planner\, Scott R. Dickerson\, started delivering financial services to businesses\, individuals\, business owner s\, and key executives while he was with Morgan Stanley in 1997.&nbsp\; Cu rrently\, and as an independent Representative of Navigation Financial Gro up\, Scott combines his experience\, integrity and objectivity to help fin d sound solutions to his client&rsquo\;s financial needs and desires. Scot t&rsquo\;s main areas of practice are in personal financial planning\, inv estments and Group Retirement Plans.&nbsp\; He began his career in Financi al Services and Insurance in 1997 after receiving a BBA in Marketing from Texas Tech University.&nbsp\; His specialties include retirement plans\, p ersonal financial planning and retirement income distribution.</p>\n<p>&nb sp\;</p>\n<p>Scott balances work and time with his family. He is married t o Cindy and has two boys Payton and Will.&nbsp\; He is an active member of Hillside Christian Church.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Jessica Hooyenga is a Regional Vice President at Capital Group\, home of American Funds\, coveri ng west and central parts of Texas. She has 16 years of investment industr y experience\, all with Capital Group. She holds an MBA in business manage ment from Indiana Wesleyan University and a bachelor&rsquo\;s degree in fi nancial management from Indiana University. She also holds the Accredited Investment Fiduciary&reg\; and Certified Investment Management Analyst&reg \; designations. Jessica is based in Lubbock\, Texas with her 4 year old s on Harrison.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong><u>Ethics</u></strong> &ndash \; 10:00am</p>\n<p>Dr. Lance Kinney\, P.E. is a licensed professional engi neer and has been recently appointed executive director of the Texas Board of Professional Engineers. Kinney has served the board in a number of pos itions for more than seven years\, providing guidance to agency programs a nd activities\, including legislative\, rule and policy issues.<br /><br / >Before joining the Board of Professional Engineers\, Kinney worked nearly a dozen years in the semiconductor industry. He holds a bachelor's degree from The University of Texas at Austin\, a master's from Texas State Univ ersity and is currently a doctoral student at The University of Texas. He has lectured as an adjunct professor in the Engineering and Technology Dep artment at Texas State and the Electronics and Advanced Technologies Depar tment at Austin Community College.</p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n< p><strong><u>IEEE 75<sup>th</sup> Anniversary</u> </strong>&ndash\; 11:15p m</p>\n<p>Banner presentation from Region 5 President Bob Becnal P.E.</p>\ n<p><strong><u>&nbsp\;</u></strong></p>\n<p><strong><u>Lunch Break</u> </s trong>&ndash\; 11:45am &ndash\; 1:00pm</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>&nb sp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong><u>Distributed Gas Analysis</u> </strong>&nd ash\; 1:00pm</p>\n<p>Mark Gross is the Regional Business Manager for the V aisala Power Solutions group has 25+ years of experience working in the Po wer Generation\, Renewable Energy and Green/Hi Tech industries. From Gener al and Operational Management to Business Development positions\, he has h eld key roles in various companies in the alternative energy and sustainab le fuels segments in both the US and Latin America.&nbsp\; He has also wor ked extensively with new markets and product development\, looking at new technologies and applications in the Green technology and Energy/Power sec tors.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Mark holds a Bachelor&rsquo\;s degree from Middlebury College and an MBA from the Olin Graduate School of Business. He is tri-l ingual in Spanish\, Portuguese and English.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><stron g><u>&nbsp\;</u></strong></p>\n<p><strong><u>&nbsp\;</u></strong></p>\n<p> <strong><u>&nbsp\;</u></strong></p>\n<p><strong><u>Resilient Electric Grid </u></strong> &ndash\; 2:15 pm</p>\n<p>Dr. Anitha Subburaj received her M. E. in Applied Electronics from the Anna University in 2007\, India and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the Texas Tech University in 2014. She was a post-doctoral research associate at Texas Tech University before co ming to WTAMU. Dr. Subburaj teaches electrical circuits and programming fu ndamentals. Dr. Subburaj has several publications in Renewable &amp\; Sust ainable Energy Review Journal\, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications and International Journal of Renewable Energy Research. Dr. Subburaj is a Senior Member of the IEEE society. Dr. Subburaj&rsquo\;s research interes ts include renewable energy\, control systems\, battery energy storage sys tem\, and battery connected to grid applications.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p> <strong><u>Spellman Industries</u></strong> &ndash\; 3:30 pm</p>\n<p>We wi ll welcome back Mr. Eric Spellmann to enlighten us on what is new and best in the world of Technology. Eric Spellmann is the President of Spellmann &amp\; Associates. Eric has established himself as a leader in helping cus tomers meet their online goals through practical\, hands-on-application. I n addition\, he is a featured speaker at a number of national technology c onferences. His unique style appeals to all levels of audiences. He is oft en hired to convey technically challenging topics to non-technical people. He is often labeled a &ldquo\;Technology Evangelist.&rdquo\;.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR