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IEEE
SOLIDIFIES CORPORATE STANDARDS PROGRAM
WITH ADVISORY MEMBERS FROM MAJOR COMPANIES
New Members
of Advisory Group Reflect Industry's Commitment to IEEE's Corporate-Only
Standards Development Approach
Contact:
Chuck
Adams, Chair of the IEEE Corporate Standards Advisory
Group +1 914-765-4382; wcadams@us.ibm.com
or
Steve Mills, Vice Chair of the IEEE Corporate Standards
Advisory Group +1 408-447-3426; steve_mills@hp.com
or
Mary Lynne Nielsen, IEEE Senior Manager, Strategic Programs
+1 732-562-3827; m.nielsen@ieee.org
or
Karen McCabe, IEEE Senior Manager, Marketing
+1 732-562-3824; k.mccabe@ieee.org
PISCATAWAY,
N.J., USA, 28 April 2004 The IEEE Corporate Standards Program,
which gives companies and other entities an alternative way to
create technical standards, has gained added momentum with the
addition of six members to the IEEE Standards Association's Corporate
Advisory Group (CAG). The new members of the CAG, which sets direction
for the program, come from Intel, Lucent, Motorola, Panasonic
(Matsushita Electric), Siemens and Sony Electronics, Inc., and
join prior members from IBM and Hewlett-Packard Company.
A committee
of the IEEE-SA Board of Governors representing corporate interests
within the IEEE-SA, the composition of the CAG underscores industry's
commitment to foster a company-focused standards program within
the IEEE. The program, which currently has 48 corporate members,
meets the need for an open, company-only standards environment
that enables the rapid development of consensus technical standards.
Those now
serving on the CAG are:
§
Chuck Adams, CAG Chair and Program Director of Standards,
Intellectual Property & Licensing, IBM
§ Steve Mills, CAG Vice Chair and Sr. Technical Architect,
Industry
Standards Program Office, Hewlett-Packard Company
§ George Arnold, Vice President of Standards and Intellectual
Property (Retired), Lucent Technologies
§ Chuck Powers, Director of Standards Strategy, Motorola
§ Robert Fish, Director, Panasonic Digital Networking
Laboratory,
Panasonic (Matsushita Electric)
§ Peter Linnert, Corporate Technology, Standardization
and Regulation, Siemens
§ Phil Wennblom, Director of Corporate Standards,
Intel
§ James Williamson, Vice President, Technology Standards
Office, Sony Electronics, Inc. (Alternate Sony Electronics Inc.,
member: Jean Baronas, Senior Manager, Technology Standards Office).
"The
IEEE has created its corporate standards structure to be highly
responsive to industry's needs," says Chuck Adams. "Each
company in a corporate standards working group has one vote, which
levels the playing field, decreases the potential for contention
and speeds standardization."
According
to Steve Mills, "corporate working groups can speed the standards
process by using support services available from the IEEE-SA.
These allow groups to focus on the task at hand rather then having
to divert scarce resources to logistical and organizational concerns.
If needed, the corporate standards developed also can gain international
stature
through the IEEE's global presence."
More information
about the CAG and the IEEE-SA's Corporate Standards Program can
be obtained by contacting the IEEE-SA's Corporate Standards Office
at: +1 732-562-5342 or by emailing corp-stds@ieee.org.
Standards
Development at the IEEE
The IEEE offers
a full spectrum of standards development methods. Its traditional,
consensus approach brings interested individuals together in working
groups to develop standards in an open process. Standards take
effect after they are balloted and approved by a consensus of
interested parties.
The IEEE Corporate
Standards Program is based on having corporate-only voting members
in working groups and a one-entity, one-vote balloting approach.
This also is an open method that gives companies an avenue to
participate directly in IEEE's ANSI-based standardization process.
Through affiliation
with the IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization (IEEE
ISTO), the IEEE offers a consortia approach. The IEEE ISTO helps
industry groups (e.g. consortia, special interest groups, alliances,
forums) prepare standards and specifications and then gain public
acceptance of these documents.
About the
IEEE
The IEEE has more than 380,000 members in approximately 150 countries.
Through its members, the organization is a leading authority on
areas ranging from aerospace, computers and telecommunications
to biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics. The IEEE
produces nearly 30 percent of the world's literature in electrical
and electronics engineering and in computer science. This nonprofit
organization also sponsors or cosponsors more than 300 technical
conferences each year. Additional information about the IEEE can
be found at http://www.ieee.org.
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