SYSTEM ENGINEERING ©2014 Kenneth Kung - All Rights Reserved 1 Applying What You Have Learned Kenneth Kung May 2014

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©2014 Kenneth Kung - All Rights Reserved 1

Applying What You Have Learned

Kenneth KungMay 2014

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Outline Must Set Personal Goals My Career

Network Design Experiences Skills Needed Take Away

A Story Obligations to Self Recommendations

DailyTaskList

IntermediateGoals

Long RangeGoals

Values

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Career Growth

Sr Principal Engr Fellow

Principal Engr Fellow SETN Facilitr. & Chair

DDX Element Lead

Engineering Fellow Technology Director

WAAS RT&Sec Lead

Sr. Principal Engineer Corporate Project Mgr

Sr. Scientist NIST Project Tech Dir

Scientist Department Manager Classified Project Mgr

Section Head IRAD Project Lead

Systems Engineer Group Head Air Force Program TD

MTS (Programmer, Network

Designer, Systems Engineer)

Technical Line Management Program Management

NCS Architecture Dir

Technology Area Dir

Systems Champion

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For each position your held, you should ask

What was my responsibilities? What were major accomplishments? What did I learn?

Share stories on design experiences on

Bank network-layer protocol

Secure Protocols

Safety critical network

Survivable network for ship

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Skills Needed for Advancement

Manage $ + SchedulesDevelop and Train Others

Possess Technical Knowledge:Principles, Procedures,

Techniques

Ideally you need to:

Communicate Well

Prioritize Tasks

Manage Time:yours & others’

Know How to Delegate:(when/what)

Inspire/Motivate

WELLWELLROUNDEDROUNDEDPERSONPERSON

Network and Manage People

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Takeaways

Strive for Excellence in Everything You Do Network with Internal and External Professionals Manage Time Effectively Seek Out a Mentor Improve Constantly Seek Opportunities to Demonstrate Leadership

Take risksDon’t hide your accomplishments

Contribute Actively to a TeamDon’t be a silent partner

Learn to Present and Write Well Volunteer in Doing Work Exploit Positives of Each Situation/Job/Task

Do not focus on the negative sides

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A very successful industrialist Mr Wang Yung-Ching (1917-2008)

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He Gave This Story

One match stick is worth less than a penny. A house could worth hundreds thousands or more dollars. But one match can destroy a house. The potential destructiveness can result from such an inexpensive item. If realized, the match stick can be very powerful, and hard to prevent.

To stack one million domino pieces, it takes over a month. To make them fall, it takes just minutes. To cumulate the business accomplishments, it takes decades. Yet, a single mistake can destroy it all.

To grow the respect from others, it takes a long time. To destroy this trust, it only takes one mistake.

What is this single match stick? There are four items:Cannot control own temperMaking decision without careful considerationStubbornSelfishness

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Success of a company depend on where we are aiming

The setting of minimum requirements as our goals is a formula for failure

If we are to succeed, as individuals or a company, we need to set our sights higher than the "minimum requirements"

In order to achieve excellence, we need to take a more expansive view of their responsibilities

Discussion:How do we set our yearly goals?How do we review our career goals?How do we work with our management on the

organizational goals?

Partial source credit: Mark Kempe, Fellow, Sun Microsystems

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Obligation To Yourself

Maintain your technical edgeMust remain technical competent in order to be effectiveContinue to learn on the jobSelf interest to stay on top of what is being developed in

universities and around the industryFind a problem to work on - recognize what is the toughest

issue for a project, then tackle it Take responsibility of your own growth

Not many others have the competence to guide you Have fun (and stay healthy) – you did pick this profession

Partial source credit: Mark Kempe, Fellow, Sun Microsystems

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My Recommendations Maintain your health – so can do your best with the

energy and enthusiasm You cannot do it all alone – motivate and inspire others Continue to learn – advise from my mother’s nurse mom Manage the time well – we all got 1440 minutes per day,

not more and not lessPrioritize according to your short term, intermediate

and long term goals Someone famous in early US history said:

America is a country that looks forward, not backward. We build on our past successes, learn from our mistakes, and move forward fast and furious

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