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Spotlight on Consumer Electronics Young Professionals

September 17, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

Assistant Editor Sarang Shaikh speaks to the Consumer Electronics Young Professional Chair Abdullah S. Almuttiri. Abdullah has dedicated some of his time to actively serve in several IEEE positions and roles, including being the Consumer Electronics Society (CESoc) Young Professionals Committee Chair, IEEE Student Branch President at De Montfort University, Member of IEEE Global Young Professionals […]

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Procurement beyond 2020

September 5, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

The IEEE Young Professionals of Singapore have been busy again. In collaboration with NTU Graduate Students’ Council they had conducted a series of career talks, and recently invited Mr. Michael Koh to talk about Procurement and Supply Chain Professional Progression and Salary Trend. During the talk, Mr. Michael Koh first shared his own work experience […]

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Spotlight on Young Professionals Colombia

August 29, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

Colombia, situated in the north-western region of South America, is home to the Colombian Young Professionals Affinity Group. This affinity group, established in 1996, boasts the second highest number of Young Professionals within Region 9. Since the creation of the Young Professionals Affinity Group, the group has been working with several initiatives that have helped […]

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The First Jump, IEEE Gwangju Young Professionals

August 16, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

In the Gwangju section in region 10, young professionals gathered together for the first jump. The chair of young professional affinity group in Gwangju section, Seonggeon Kim, introduced what IEEE is and what young professionals. In addition, they selected the executives, vice chair (Jaeuk Byun) and manager (Mohammad Mostafavi), to assist the chair. The host, […]

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2016 Hall of Fame Winners Announced!

July 17, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

The global IEEE Young Professionals Committee would like to congratulate the following three Young Professionals Affinity Groups as winners of the 2016 IEEE Young Professionals Affinity Group Hall of Fame Award: Egypt (Region 8), Kerala (Region 10), and Tokyo (Region 10). Each winning affinity group will receive a cash price of $500 USD to be used for future Young Professional […]

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Podcast: Margaretha Eriksson, IEEE Region 8 (Europe, Africa & Middle East) Director Elect

June 6, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

Our assistant editor Michael Gough had the pleasure of catching up with Margaretha Eriksson, the Region 8 (Europe, Africa & Middle East) Director Elect. Margaretha is an inspirational individual who is driven and demonstrates excellent leadership qualities. She shares many of her experiences with our Young Professionals. Please watch the short video introduction and listen to […]

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Inspecting the Panama Metro Rail

June 2, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

The weekend’s Metro Panama was visited by representatives of the IEEE Young Professionals Panama, who had the opportunity to tour the facility and learn in detail about the operation of Line 1. Command Intermediate Agustin Ramirez from the Operations Department provided IEEE members with insight into entire line operation. Augustin explained the work inside the Control […]

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Podcast: Ramakrishna Kappagantu, IEEE Region 10 (Asia-Pacific) Director

May 2, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

Our assistant editor Michael Gough had the pleasure of catching up with Ramakrishna Kappagantu, the Region 10 (Asia-Pacific) Director. Ramakrishna is a highly accomplished individual who shares some of his life experiences with our Young Professionals. Please watch the short video introduction and listen to the podcast below. PODCAST: About Ramakrishna: Ramakrishna Kappagantu has over […]

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Podcast: Matthew Trotter, RFID, Football and the Young Professionals

April 20, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

Our editor in chief, Eddie Custovic had the pleasure of sharing a meal and chatting to an amazing young professional, Matthew Trotter. At first glance Matthew is an easy going individual who loves football with a big Texan accent. However, we quickly found out that Matthew’s love for football and his interest in RFID technology […]

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Spotlight on Tokyo Young Professionals

April 12, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

Tokyo Young Professionals Affinity Group was established in 2008 as a first Affinity Group in Japan. Since then the group has organized many events for the career development of the young professionals. Through these events, their biggest achievement is the formation of strong bonds with many great friends. In this article, we introduce several Tokyo YP activities […]