Career, Leadership and Professional Development that IEEE can provide
Career, Leadership and Professional Development that IEEE can provide
Dr. Don Tan
Organized by IEEE San Diego Section and Qualcomm
Abstract:
IEEE is the largest global network of professionals and volunteers dedicated to promoting engineers and scientists and to inspiring members worldwide to follow their own technical interests/inspirations within engineering and science. To inspire and encourage members working and succeeding in a technological field, Dr. Tan will give a talk based on his rich personal experience and extensive knowledge through functional/project management and technology/product development. The webinar will be followed by a Q&A session and a discussion where you can interact directly with the speaker. We welcome you to ask your questions when you register. Planed topics include: 1) Development of career paths; 2) Career and work-life balance; 3) Career plans and role models for long-term career inspiration; 4) Synergies in leadership skills between work and volunteering for IEEE; and 5) Finding a mentor/sponsor through your workspace and through IEEE volunteering.
Date and Time
Location
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Registration
- Date: 16 Sep 2024
- Time: 03:30 PM to 05:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-07:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
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- Starts 09 September 2024 11:26 PM
- Ends 16 September 2024 02:27 PM
- All times are (UTC-07:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Dr. Don Tan
Biography:
Dr. Tan has served as Distinguished Engineer, Fellow, Chief Engineer-Power Conversion, Program Manager, Department Manager, and Center Director in a US Fortune 500 corporation. Don earned his PhD from Caltech and is an IEEE fellow. Unusually prolific as a visionary technical leader in ultra-efficient power conversion and electronic energy systems, he has pioneered breakthrough innovations with numerous high-impact industry firsts and record performances that received commendations from the highest level of US Government. He has developed hundreds of designs and thousands of hardware units deployed for space applications without a single on-orbit failure. His suite of world-class electronics performed flawlessly on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), located one million miles away, achieving world-record-breaking performances.
He is currently the President of IEEE Transportation Electrification Council, Chair of IEEE Fellow Advisory and Oversight Subcommittee, and Vice Chair of IEEE Industry Engagement Committee. Among numerous others, Don has served as Division II Director, IEEE Board of Directors; Fellow Committee Chair, IEEE PELS/PES eGrid Steering Committee Chair, PELS Long Range Planning Committee Chair, Nomination Committee Chair, PELS President, Editor-in-Chief (Founding) for IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, APEC (the fourth largest event in IEEE) General Chair, PELS Vice President-Operations, Guest Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Fellow Committee, PELS Vice President-Meetings, IEEE Chair for IEEE/Google Little Box Challenge (awarded $1M cash prize), and IEEE/DoD Working Group Chair, developed IEEE/ANSI standards 1515/1573. Don has delivered 80+ keynotes/invited global presentations. He has received more than $30M external customer funding for research and technology development. He also serves on many national and international award, review and selection committees.
Agenda
Monday, September 16, 2024
3:30 pm- 5:00pm Pacific Time
Any questions, please contact Dr. Zhensheng Zhang at zzhang@ieee.org