AI agents are advancing fast. But who governs them?
while technology evolves, career leadership remains just as important.
We’re excited to bring together ACM Richmond, IEEE TEMS Richmond, and IEEE Computer Society Richmond for a thought-provoking session bringing together perspectives on career leadership, AI governance, and agent safety.
🎙️ John McDonald
NAE Member | IEEE Life Fellow | Founder & CEO, JDM Associates, LLC
🔹 Key Insights in Career Management
💡 Abhishek Kumar Singh
Software Engineer, Meta
🔹 Agent Governance: A Critical Missing Layer in Agent Safety
📅 September 12, 2026 | 10:00 AM EST
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- Co-sponsored by ACM Richmond Chapter
- Starts 10 September 2026 02:00 PM UTC
- Ends 12 September 2026 02:00 PM UTC
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IEEE Insights Chief Guest - Career Management
🎙️ John McDonald
NAE Member | IEEE Life Fellow | Founder & CEO, JDM Associates, LLC
🔹 Key Insights in Career Management
Biography:
My active participation in the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES), and other industry organizations, has taught me much more about the technology, created an extensive network of industry contacts, and given me invaluable leadership experience.
I am passionate about sharing my knowledge and experience with others to help them with their work, or with their life in general. I’ve authored or co-authored over 150 technical papers and articles and five books.
When I turned 59 and reached the peak weight of my life, I began working out with a trainer and began eating healthier. I’m in my 16th year working out with trainers, am 25 pounds lighter, and used to run many 5K races, frequently winning my age group.
I enjoy mentoring young professionals, and for six years I led an Explorer Post at GE for high school boys and girls that is career-focused on STEM. We influenced over 200 high school boys and girls in six years to study engineering or computer science when they go to college.
My part-time consulting work at JDM Associates, LLC, and my volunteer work with industry organizations such as IEEE and CIGRE, is not work for me. When you are fortunate to love what you do, it is fun!
Address:United States
Abhishek
Agent Governance: A Critical Missing Layer in Agent Safety
From building successful engineering careers to building trustworthy AI agents, this conversation explores two critical dimensions of where technology is heading.
Come learn. Come connect. Come be part of the conversation.
Biography:
I am an energetic and self motivated guy with a strong desire to learn and absorb knowledge as much as possible form people around me. A fast learner with the capability of getting familiar with new technology on the Fly. I have a Masters in Computer Science from Stony Brook University, and have a Bachelors of Engineering Degree in Computer Science Engineering From BIT Mesra Ranchi.
Currently working for Amazon.com as a SDE II for Datapath which is Amazon.com's Tier 1 serverless platform for low-latency, high-throughput, federated logical microservices. I have also have worked in the Platform Team at Turvo as a Software Engineer, trying to tackle all the issue related to the world of logistics one problem at a time. I would consider myself a good coder with great fundamentals about algorithms and Data Structures and an ever greater emphasis on high code quality.
I started my Journey in the field of software development by being a part of Oracle Applications Lab where I was an Application Engineer for Oracle and developed some awesome internal tools
I am Interested in learning technologies and diversifying into new filed. I enjoy devising a scale-able solution to a problem rather than finding immediate patch.
Fitness keeps me motivated apart from coding. Active Marathon Sprinter having competed in multiple marathons. Deadlifts are my go to strength exercise.
Address:United States