Technology Management Council – Austin Chapter

IEEE Central Texas Section

Spring Planning MeetingFebruary 6th, 2010

San Marcos, TX

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Chapter Leadership Team

Oliver Mehrwald , chapter chair Doug Russell, past chair Leslie Martinich, Advisor Steve Teleki, webmaster Tom Grim, Executive Advisor

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Chapter Updates

2009 Meetings January “Leading from Within,” Israel Gat February “Potomac Fever,” Sherry Gillespie March, “The Challenges of Taking a New

Microprocessor into Production,” Arun Achamkulamgara

May, “Managing Generational Diversity: Baby Boomers, Gen X and Millennials,” Leslie Martinich

August, “Ten Things Managers Should Know About a Patent Program,” Michael Cruess

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Chapter Updates

2009 Meetings (Continued) September, “Tales from the Trenches: Four

Missteps that Prevent Products from Making it to Market,” Allison Goodman

October, “Mergers and Acquisitions: Making it Work,” Bob Barker

November, “Navigating the Rapids and Eddies of Your Design,” Ken Albin

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Chapter Updates

2010 Meetings January, “Two Brains Are Better than One: Right-

Brain Leadership for Projects,” Michael Aucoin February, “Communications and Trust in Global

Teams,” Panel discussion

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Chapter Plans / Issues Council-wide issue: it is difficult to get a reasonable

email list for a “Council” The email list consists of every member of 14 different

societies—that is over 1000 people, just for Austin Offer: hold meetings jointly with Women in

Engineering (WIE), Education Society, others

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QUESTIONS???

Thanks