Officer Profile

  

John W. Meredith, P.E.
2007 President
IEEE-USA

John Meredith received the BSEE from the University of Arkansas and the MSEE from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.  He is a Registered Professional Engineer and a Senior Member of the IEEE.  He served as Assistant Electronics Officer on the carrier Intrepid, where he qualified as underway Officer-of-the-Deck, and Project Engineering Officer at the Navy Electronics Laboratory.  He was a Nuclear Plant Shift Supervisor on the S5G Navy Nuclear Plant operated by General Electric and has served in a number of engineering and management positions with American Microsystems, Honeywell, Hewlett-Packard, and Agilent Technologies. While Quality Manager at Hewlett Packard’s Colorado Springs Technology Center, he organized and directed a Total Quality Management system.  His interests are high-speed analog integrated circuit design and lifelong learning.  He has written a number of technical and professional papers and has taught several EE courses at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

IEEE Activities – (S’60-M’65-SM’87) 

OFFICES: Board of Directors, 2004-2005; IEEE-USA Board of Directors, 2004-2005;  Region 5 Director 2004-2005.

COMMITTEES/BOARDS: Regional Activities Board, 2004-2005; IEEE-USA Operating Committee, 2004; Educational Activities Board, 2003; Membership Development Committee, 2002; RAB Strategic Planning Review Ad Hoc Committee Chair 2002; Committee on Engineering Accreditation Activities, Member 1997-01, Chair 2000-01; REPCOM, 2001; Continuing Education Committee, 1995-96.

REGIONS:  Region 5:  Audit Committee, 1986-87; Chair, 1988; Educational Activities, Chair, 1988-93; West Area Chair,  1994-97; Awards, 1997-99; Section Officer Training, Coordinator, 1999-00.

SECTIONS:  Idaho:  Treasurer, 1972-73; Secretary, 1973-74.  Pikes Peak:  Treasurer, 1978-79; Secretary, 1978-79; PACE, Chair, 1982-94; Chair, 1985-86; Education Activities, Chair, 1986-87.

SOCIETIES:  Circuits and Systems, Pikes Peak Chapter, Chair, 1983-84; Communications:  Pikes Peak Chapter, Chair, 1998-99; Vice Chair, 1997-98.

STUDENT BRANCHES:  Univ. of Arkansas, 1960-65; S-PAC Presenter, 1991-01.

CONFERENCES:  Region 5 Conference, Organizing Committee, 1982, 1986, 1993; Industry 2000 Workshop, Co-Chair, 1994; Colorado High-Tech Competitiveness, Organizer/Chair, 1996; Skills Assessment Form, Co-Chair, 1996.

REPRESENTATIVE:  CEECON, 1996-97; ABET Accreditation Teams, 1992-01.

AWARDS:  Third Millennium Medal, 2000; Regional Professional Leadership, 1991; EAB Meritorious Service Citation, 1995; Region 5 Outstanding Member, 1998.

Updated: 15 January 2008
Contact: Chris Brantley, c.brantley@ieee.org