Innovate, Empower & Lead – “Strengthening Your Power Skills”

Keynote Speakers

Jane Barr

Vice President of Global Industry Practice | Rockwell Automation

Mary Besterfield-Sacre

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | University of Pittsburgh


Laura Fredericks, JD

CEO & Founder | THE ASK©

Celia Shahnaz

Professor, Department of EEE|BUET

Panelists 

Mai Abdelhakim

Assistant Professor | University of Pittsburgh

Julia Andrusenko

Senior Communications Engineer | Rampart Communications

Michelle Antantis

Senior Consulting Engineer | Duquesne Light Company

Kara Bocan

Assistant Professor | University of Pittsburgh

Theresa Brunasso

Founder | D&S Microwave

Anita Carleton

Division Director, Software Solutions Division | Carnegie Mellon University

Maria Chis

Manager, Substation Control Engineering | Duquesne Light Company

Meghana Doddapaneni

DSP Engineer | Rampart Communications

Deb Dutta

Founder & CEO | Criya

Melanie Ford

Associate Professor | Penn State Behrend

Susan Fullerton

Associate Professor | University of Pittsburgh

Michelle Gellert

Director of Professional Development | Rampart Communications

Jill Gostin

Principal Research Scientist | Georgia Tech Research Institute

Dena Haritos Tsamitis

Director, Information Networking Institute, CMU

Kathy Herring Hayashi

Director | IEEE Region 6

Lauren Johnson

Human Resources Manager | Rampart Communications

Kathleen Kramer

Professor of Electrical Engineering | University of San Diego

Cynthia Kuo

Associate Professor of the Practice | Carnegie Mellon University

Anne Robertson

Distinguished Service Professor | University of Pittsburgh

Mary Ann Saunders

Engineering Manager | Rampart Communications

Anna Slobodnyak

Substation Asset Management Engineer | Duquesne Light Company

Jessica Valentine

Advanced Grid Solutions Engineer | Duquesne Light Company

Carol Woody

CERT, Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University

Jun Yang

Professor | University of Pittsburgh

Robin Yeman

Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University

Peipei Zhou

Assistant Professor | University of Pittsburgh

Workshops

Gail Davis

Director | Scarlino Speaker Strategies

Chang Liu

Professor | Ohio University

Carrie Root

CEO | Alpha UMi

Speakers 

JOHN ADAIR

Chief Cybersecurity Engineer | Marymount University

Leann Bihn

Industry Sales Director-Warehousing, E-Commerce, and Logistics | Rockwell Automation

Carole Carey

Founder & CEO | C3-Carey Consultants, LLC

Debra Christofferson

IT Security Consultant/Principle | Cloud Security Alliance

Joan DeBello

Associate Professor and Chair, Division of CS | St. John's University

Pete Eckstein

Secretary | IEEE Region 1

Tobenna Emecheta

Team Lead Instrument & Analyzer | Shell USA, Inc.

Rhonda Farrell

CEO & Transformation Strategist | Global Innovation Strategies

Bill Fowlkes

Consultant | IP.com

Laura Fulton

Design Researcher | Google

Greg Gdowski

Director | IEEE Region 1

Nikki Green

Life & Business Resiliency Expert | Green Chameleon Collective

Lauren Harrington

Industry Sales Director | Rockwell Automation

Michele Heyward

CEO | PositiveHire Inc.


Meagan Lambertson

Technical Writer | Rampart Communications

Drew Lowery

Director | IEEE Region 2

Nancy Mead

Fellow & Adjunct Professor of Software Engineering | Carnegie Mellon University

Arshiah Mirza

Senior Electrical Engineer | Shell Techworks

Helen Percivel

Lead Systems Engineer | Calian, Advanced Technologies

Bala Prasanna

Director Elect | IEEE Region 1

Katie Robinson

Assistant Design Researcher | Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at CMU

Noel Schulz

Chair in Power Apparatus and Systems | Washington State University

Kalyan Sen

President & CTO | Sen Engineering Solutions Inc

Violet Turri

Associate Software Developer | Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at CMU