Meet Our Speakers

Speakers

Daniel Zinnel

System Engineer for Motor Grader and Crawler Obstacle Intelligence Solutions at John Deere

Drew Lowery

IEEE Vice President-Elect

Manuel Castro

Professor of Electronics Technology at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

Milos Manic

Computer Science Department Professor and Director of VCU Cybersecurity Center at Virginia Commonwealth University

Kim Ellwood

Sr. Graduate Programs Coordinator Staff Administrator for Dr. Karen Panetta, Dean of Graduate Education for the School of Engineering

Carlos Zavala

Chief Engineer of Automated Driving EgoMotion Team at Qualcomm

Rabab Haider

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan

Sean Yang

Department lead of Qualcomm Automated Driving Customer Functions

Elliot Soloway

Ph.D. Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, CSE Division, College of Engineering, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Alfred Hero

Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Mary Glavan

Activate Engineering Communication Program Faculty Member at Rice University

Blake Kisshauer

Hardware Applications Engineer

Amy Jones

Delivery Manager for Displays at John Deere

Sidharth Misra

Technologist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

John McDonald

Founder & CEO, JDM Associates, LLC IEEE-HKN Governor At-Large

Melody Richardson

IEEE-HKN Regions 3 & 4 Governor

Tara McNally, CAE

Educational Services Sr Program Manager for the IEEE Communications Society

Peter Seiler

Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan

Russ Harrison

Managing Director of IEEE-USA

Regan Pickett

IEEE Communication Society Senior Manager, Industry Outreach

Peng Zhang

Associate Professor at the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Jan Iglesias

Software Applications Engineering Manager

Adam Greenberg

Society Executive Director of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society

Payman Dehghanian

Associate Professor at George Washington University

Chad Kidder

IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society

Katie Brinker

Principal Nondestructive Evaluation Engineer at Pratt & Whitney

Ryan Bales

2024 IEEE-HKN President

Sean Bentley

2025 IEEE-HKN President Elect