BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Central 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:20221117T010653Z UID:0CD2BBF3-E6CA-40E0-A758-2679C16F8801 DTSTART;TZID=US/Central:20221027T083000 DTEND;TZID=US/Central:20221027T170000 DESCRIPTION:8:45am to 5:00pm\, Thursday\, March 25\, 2021\nAmarillo College West Campus Lecture Hall\n6222 SW 9th Ave.\, Amarillo\, Texas 79106\n\nJo in us for this valuable Continuing Education Seminar!\nYou’ll have a cha nce to win one of five $50 gift cards! To be eligible for the giveaway\, y ou must be registered for the Seminar and present for the drawings\n\nAgen da: \nEconomics Overview – 8:45 am\n\nIndependent financial planner\, Sc ott R. Dickerson\, started delivering financial services to businesses\, i ndividuals\, business owners\, and key executives while he was with Morgan Stanley in 1997. Currently\, and as an independent Representative of Navi gation Financial Group\, Scott combines his experience\, integrity and obj ectivity to help find sound solutions to his client’s financial needs an d desires. Scott’s main areas of practice are in personal financial plan ning\, investments and Group Retirement Plans. He began his career in Fina ncial Services and Insurance in 1997 after receiving a BBA in Marketing fr om Texas Tech University. His specialties include retirement plans\, perso nal financial planning and retirement income distribution.\n\nScott balanc es work and time with his family. He is married to Cindy and has two boys Payton and Will. He is an active member of Hillside Christian Church.\n\nJ essica Hooyenga is a Regional Vice President at Capital Group\, home of Am erican Funds\, covering west and central parts of Texas. She has 16 years of investment industry experience\, all with Capital Group. She holds an M BA in business management from Indiana Wesleyan University and a bachelor ’s degree in financial management from Indiana University. She also hold s the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® and Certified Investment Managemen t Analyst® designations. Jessica is based in Lubbock\, Texas with her 4 y ear old son Harrison.\n\nEthics – 10:00am\n\nDr. Lance Kinney\, P.E. is a licensed professional engineer and has been recently appointed executive director of the Texas Board of Professional Engineers. Kinney has served the board in a number of positions for more than seven years\, providing g uidance to agency programs and activities\, including legislative\, rule a nd policy issues.\n\nBefore 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 f rom Texas State University and is currently a doctoral student at The Univ ersity of Texas. He has lectured as an adjunct professor in the Engineerin g and Technology Department at Texas State and the Electronics and Advance d Technologies Department at Austin Community College.\n\nIEEE 75th Annive rsary – 11:15pm\n\nBanner presentation from Region 5 President Bob Becna l P.E.\n\nLunch Break – 11:45am – 1:00pm\n\nDistributed 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 Gen eration\, Renewable Energy and Green/Hi Tech industries. From General and Operational Management to Business Development positions\, he has held key roles in various companies in the alternative energy and sustainable fuel s segments in both the US and Latin America. He has also worked extensivel y with new markets and product development\, looking at new technologies a nd applications in the Green technology and Energy/Power sectors.\n\nMark holds a Bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College and an MBA from the Ol in 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 the Anna University in 2007 \, India and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the Texas Tech Univers ity in 2014. She was a post-doctoral research associate at Texas Tech Univ ersity before coming to WTAMU. Dr. Subburaj teaches electrical circuits an d programming fundamentals. Dr. Subburaj has several publications in Renew able & Sustainable Energy Review Journal\, IEEE Transactions on Industry A pplications and International Journal of Renewable Energy Research. Dr. Su bburaj is a Senior Member of the IEEE society. Dr. Subburaj’s research i nterests include renewable energy\, control systems\, battery energy stora ge system\, and battery connected to grid applications.\n\nSpellman Indust ries – 3:30 pm\n\nWe will welcome back Mr. Eric Spellmann to enlighten u s on what is new and best in the world of Technology. Eric Spellmann is th e President of Spellmann & Associates. Eric has established himself as a l eader in helping customers meet their online goals through practical\, han ds-on-application. In addition\, he is a featured speaker at a number of n ational technology conferences. His unique style appeals to all levels of audiences. He is often hired to convey technically challenging topics to n on-technical people. He is often labeled a “Technology Evangelist.”.\n \nBldg: Amarillo College West Campus Lecture Hall\, 6222 SW 9th Ave.\, Ama rillo\, Texas\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/ 328579 LOCATION:Bldg: Amarillo College West Campus Lecture Hall\, 6222 SW 9th Ave. \, Amarillo\, Texas\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee. org/m/328579 ORGANIZER:omar.morales@xcelenergy.com SEQUENCE:3 SUMMARY:FALL 2022 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR (Pantex Registration) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/328579 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p align="center"><strong>8:45</strong><stron g>am to 5:00pm\, Thursday\, March 25\, 2021</strong><br /><strong>Amarillo College West Campus Lecture Hall</strong><br /><strong>6222 SW 9th Ave.\, Amarillo\, Texas 79106</strong></p>\n<p align="center"><strong>Join us fo r this valuable Continuing Education Seminar!</strong><br /><strong>You&rs quo\;ll have a chance to win one of five $50 gift cards!&nbsp\; To be elig ible for the giveaway\, you must be registered for the Seminar and present for the drawings</strong></p>\n<p align="center">&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />A genda: <br /><p><strong><u>Economics Overview</u></strong><strong> </stron g>&ndash\; 8:45 am</p>\n<p>Independent financial planner\, Scott R. Dicker son\, started delivering financial services to businesses\, individuals\, business owners\, and key executives while he was with Morgan Stanley in 1 997.&nbsp\; Currently\, and as an independent Representative of Navigation Financial Group\, Scott combines his experience\, integrity and objectivi ty to help find sound solutions to his client&rsquo\;s financial needs and desires. Scott&rsquo\;s main areas of practice are in personal financial planning\, investments and Group Retirement Plans.&nbsp\; He began his car eer in Financial Services and Insurance in 1997 after receiving a BBA in M arketing from Texas Tech University.&nbsp\; His specialties include retire ment plans\, personal financial planning and retirement income distributio n.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Scott balances work and time with his family. H e is married to Cindy and has two boys Payton and Will.&nbsp\; He is an ac tive 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\, covering west and central parts of Texas. She has 16 years of inve stment industry experience\, all with Capital Group. She holds an MBA in b usiness management from Indiana Wesleyan University and a bachelor&rsquo\; s degree in financial management from Indiana University. She also holds t he Accredited Investment Fiduciary&reg\; and Certified Investment Manageme nt Analyst&reg\; designations. Jessica is based in Lubbock\, Texas with he r 4 year old son 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 pro fessional engineer and has been recently appointed executive director of t he Texas Board of Professional Engineers. Kinney has served the board in a number of positions for more than seven years\, providing guidance to age ncy programs and activities\, including legislative\, rule and policy issu es.<br /><br />Before joining the Board of Professional Engineers\, Kinney worked nearly a dozen years in the semiconductor industry. He holds a bac helor's degree from The University of Texas at Austin\, a master's from Te xas State University and is currently a doctoral student at The University of Texas. He has lectured as an adjunct professor in the Engineering and Technology Department at Texas State and the Electronics and Advanced Tech nologies Department at Austin Community College.</p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;</ strong></p>\n<p><strong><u>IEEE 75<sup>th</sup> Anniversary</u> </strong>& ndash\; 11:15pm</p>\n<p>Banner presentation from Region 5 President Bob Be cnal P.E.</p>\n<p><strong><u>&nbsp\;</u></strong></p>\n<p><strong><u>Lunch Break</u> </strong>&ndash\; 11:45am &ndash\; 1:00pm</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n <p><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong><u>Distributed Gas Analysis</u > </strong>&ndash\; 1:00pm</p>\n<p>Mark Gross is the Regional Business Man ager for the Vaisala Power Solutions group has 25+ years of experience wor king in the Power Generation\, Renewable Energy and Green/Hi Tech industri es. From General and Operational Management to Business Development positi ons\, he has held key roles in various companies in the alternative energy and sustainable fuels segments in both the US and Latin America.&nbsp\; H e has also worked extensively with new markets and product development\, l ooking at new technologies and applications in the Green technology and En ergy/Power sectors.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Mark holds a Bachelor&rsquo\;s degree f rom Middlebury College and an MBA from the Olin Graduate School of Busines s. He is tri-lingual in Spanish\, Portuguese and English.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;< /p>\n<p><strong><u>&nbsp\;</u></strong></p>\n<p><strong><u>&nbsp\;</u></st rong></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 r eceived her M.E. in Applied Electronics from the Anna University in 2007\, India and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the Texas Tech Universit y in 2014. She was a post-doctoral research associate at Texas Tech Univer sity before coming to WTAMU. Dr. Subburaj teaches electrical circuits and programming fundamentals. Dr. Subburaj has several publications in Renewab le &amp\; Sustainable Energy Review Journal\, IEEE Transactions on Industr y Applications and International Journal of Renewable Energy Research. Dr. Subburaj is a Senior Member of the IEEE society. Dr. Subburaj&rsquo\;s re search interests include renewable energy\, control systems\, battery ener gy storage system\, and battery connected to grid applications.</p>\n<p>&n bsp\;</p>\n<p><strong><u>Spellman Industries</u></strong> &ndash\; 3:30 pm </p>\n<p>We will welcome back Mr. Eric Spellmann to enlighten us on what i s 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 customers meet their online goals through practical\, hands-on- application. In addition\, he is a featured speaker at a number of nationa l technology conferences. His unique style appeals to all levels of audien ces. He is often hired to convey technically challenging topics to non-tec hnical people. He is often labeled a &ldquo\;Technology Evangelist.&rdquo\ ;.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR