John McDonald Key Insights to Career Management talk at USF 2026
IEEE Power & Energy Society at USF is excited to host John McDonald for a career-focused talk on navigating and managing a successful engineering career. This session will cover practical insights on career planning, professional growth, leadership development, and making strategic career decisions within the engineering and power industry. Students will gain valuable guidance on transitioning from school to industry, building long-term career goals, and standing out as a young professional.
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- 3808 USF Alumni Drive, Tampa, FL 33620
- Tampa, Florida
- United States 33620
- Building: Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR)
- Room Number: 102
- Starts 18 January 2026 05:00 AM UTC
- Ends 06 March 2026 03:00 PM UTC
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John McDonald
Biography:
Founder & CEO of JDM Associates, LLC. John has 49 years of experience in the electric utility transmission and distribution industry. John received his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. (Power Engineering) degrees from Purdue University, and an M.B.A. (Finance) degree from the University of California-Berkeley.
John is a Life Fellow of IEEE (member for 52 years), member of IEEE-HKN (inducted 52 years ago) and Tau Beta Pi (inducted 50 years ago), member of the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity, and was awarded the IEEE Millennium Medal, the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering Award, the IEEE PES Substations Committee Distinguished Service Award, the IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award, the 2016 CIGRE Distinguished Member Award, the 2016 CIGRE USNC Attwood Associate Award, the 2021 CIGRE Honorary Member Award and the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) Lifetime Achievement Award.
John is Past President of the IEEE PES, the VP for Technical Activities for the US National Committee (USNC) of CIGRE, the Past Chair of the IEEE PES Substations Committee, the IEEE Division VII Past Director, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. John was on the Board of Governors of the IEEE-SA (Standards Association), is an IEEE Foundation Director and Chair of its 50th Anniversary Celebration Committee and is a Founding Board Member of the SECC.
John received the 2009 Purdue University Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineer Award and the 2023 Purdue University Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award. John teaches Smart Grid courses at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Smart Grid courses for various IEEE PES local chapters as an IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer (since 1999). John has published one hu