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