Ask Me Anything Series: Meeting the new 2024 IEEE Leadership

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Meeting the new 2024 IEEE Leadership

Part of the Region 5 Ask me Anything! Series

IEEE’s strength come from having strong volunteer leadership, with the support of all of our members.  The members of our region are represented by a number of elected volunteer leaders.  In this session, we will meet Keith Moore, IEEE-USA President (2024) and Christopher Sanderson, Region 5 Vice-Chair/Director-Elect (2024-2025).  The session will be moderated by Matt Francis, Region 5 2024-2025 director.

During this one-hour WebEx forums, you will have the opportunity to hear directly from these new members of our 2024 leadership.  This is a great opportunity to hear about their vision for their terms, as well as the opportunities and challenges within the Region (the US Southwest) and the USA (Regions 1-6).

Speakers:

Keith Moore:

Keith is senior engineer at the US Army Information Systems Engineering Command. His career has taken him around the world to establish and maintain communications systems. He has served in volunteer and other organizations to work for the good of all stakeholders. These experiences have involved organizations such as federal and state governments, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, churches, Civil Air Patrol, Scouts, Cyber Patriot, and others. He has served as a Big Brother, engineer, missionary, science fair judge, Future City mentor, coach, and firefighter/EMT. Keith holds a BSECE and an MBA. He obtained professional engineer status as granted by the Arizona State Board of Technical Registration and has served as an adjunct engineering professor.

Chistopher Sanderson:

Christopher has a distinguished career spanning over 30 years in the electrical industry. He is a proud alumnus of Prairie View A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. While in the military, he received a commission as an officer in the US Army Air Defense Artillery Core, where he attained both enlisted and officer ranks and earned multiple honorable tours of duty. Christopher held pivotal roles increasing customer engagement service and sales along with community impact in various Fortune 500 corporations, including Schneider Electric, GE, SIEMENS, ABB, and EATON. His business acumen has earned him multiple community service chairman awards, among them the Alliance Award, Gerald Phillippe Award, and Hilltopper Award.

In IEEE, Christopher's contributions have amplified membership engagement initiatives including Young Professionals and STEM and resulted in several R5 recognition awards, including the Jim Leonard Award, the R5 Directors Outstanding Service Award, and the IEEE-USA John Meredith Award.

Matt Francis:

Matt is founder and President/CEO of Ozark Integrated Circuits, Inc, where he leads development of high-temperature semiconductor computing solutions for energy, defense, aerospace and space applications.   Dr. Francis also serves as a Board Member (elect) and Director (2024-2025) for the IEEE (Region 5 USA Southwest)..  He is the IEEE-USA representative to the IEEE Industry Engagement Committee and past chair of the IEEE MGA Chapter Operations Support Committee.   In 2022 he was the recipient of the IEEE-USA Entrepreneurship Spirit Award for the ground breaking work of his company, his mentoring of students through his local robotics club, and his mentoring for small-businesses in the deep-technology space.