Ken of Damas.cus Corporation

This talk presents how to appeal accomplishments for member-level elevation, award nomination, and promotion in the affiliation. There are some key considerations to maximize the chances of success when a nomination is prepared. Some recognitions provide a guideline for preparing a nomination and others are silent about it. However, basic considerations such as items to be included, descriptions of the accomplishments, and the order of presentation are common for most of nominations. Following these considerations makes the nominator/nominee confident about the nomination and simultaneously makes the evaluators comfortable in the process of evaluation through easy understanding and comparison. The talk is based on the presenter’s wide experiences as a member of various award boards/committees and a nominator/ reference/endorser. Personal consultation for Fellow/Sr Member elevation is available with reservation before or after the lecture.

Biography:

Dr. Ken Sugiyama has 40+ years of experience developing telecommunications, speech, and audio signal processing systems for consumer and network system products. In addition to proven record of technology adoption in products and international standards as well as publication and granted patents, marketing and sales experience to develop over 300 new contacts in the world in two years and proof-of-concept (PoC) evaluations with world-leading companies for technical licensing are unique as a research engineer.

Once representing Japan for ISO/IEC MPEG Audio standardization including an Interim Chair of the Audio Subgroup at the Angra dos Reis Meeting in Brazil, experiences extend to ITU and 3GPP standardizations as a delegate. Established a bridging career between industry and academia through 20+ year teaching experience at universities and supervision of 75 internship students. Delivered 206 invited talks in 96 cities in 31 countries, and received 23 awards.