Nominees for Second Vice President

Paul Croll

Position statement
In the more than 25 years that I have been a Computer Society volunteer, I have demonstrated an ability to understand Society-related markets, engage key leaders from communities of interest, and establish collaborative alliances with other IEEE and external organizations. If elected, I will bring that same forward-looking, business-based, service-oriented, strategic focus to the Executive Committee to help sustain our reputation for excellence and support our growth in a climate that’s fast-changing in terms of technology and economics.

The continued growth and success of the Computer Society will depend upon how effectively we leverage our core technical excellence for the benefit of a broader constituency than we might have imagined in the past. Our growth is also dependent upon how well we nurture and grow our chapters, providing a strong local presence and engaging both students and practitioners throughout the globe. To thrive, we must embrace new mechanisms for reaching and serving our communities of interest, while maintaining our core foundation as the world’s most prestigious professional society in the field of computing.  This means that while we establish and nurture new Web-based communities and new electronic products and services designed to reach and engage a broader constituency, we must also take care to nurture and grow our technical core of conferences and publications.

We are the world’s leading organization for computing professionals. I will work hard to ensure that we continue to serve our community with offerings that are relevant, provide technical value, are accessible, and are affordable.

Biography

A Fellow and chief scientist at CSC, Paul Croll has more than 35 years’ experience in software and systems engineering. His experience spans industry, government, and academia as a practitioner, researcher, and university lecturer. Croll has been a Society volunteer for more than 25 years and is an active leader in establishing the Society’s technical agenda.

Under his leadership, the Software and Systems Engineering Standards Committee maintains the largest collection of software and systems engineering standards in the world, as well as strategic liaisons with ASQ, INCOSE, PMI, and SEI. As the current vice president for technical and conference activities, Croll oversees the activities of more than 40 technical committees and 200 conferences. He leads efforts in the broader technical community as chair of the National Defense Industrial Association’s software industry experts panel and as industry cochair for the DHS/DoD/NIST Software Assurance Forum’s working group on processes and practices. Previously, he served as chair of the Technical Council on Software Engineering.

A Computer Society Golden Core member and Distinguished Visitor, Croll brings to the Society a demonstrated ability to bring together researchers, educators, students, and practitioners to advance both the state of the practice and the goals of the Society.

André Ivanov


Position statement
The Society needs to focus on serving its members and volunteers. Members, existing or prospective, need to be able to identify distinct value propositions made available to them by joining and remaining as active members. Also, members ought to see value in the Society’s staff contributions. There should be opportunities to improve the alignment between membership needs and expectations and the Society’s ways of conducting its businesses globally.  To many non-North American members, the Society is too USA-centric. This should change; otherwise the Society will fail to reach its vision. Some current Society practices seem to deter enthusiasm and buy-in from volunteers. We need to acknowledge differences that exist between industrial practitioners and academics around the world. 

The Society needs to ensure that its revenues remain uniquely directed to better serve the membership.  The Society’s efficiencies need improvement. Equally important, the Society needs to identify revenue models that are forward-looking yet focused on serving members. The Society should resist embarking down paths of complex business propositions that offer value in very risky and indirect fashion to members, again, especially those who reside outside North America. We need to improve communication with our members and engage with our volunteers such that they clearly see and leverage the benefits that the Society brings to their efforts and aspirations. If elected, I will work at making the Society shift its perspective to be even more global than it is today, focusing on offering clearly identifiable value to its members.

Biography
André Ivanov is head of electrical and computer engineering at the University of British Columbia. He has worked at PMC-Sierra and the University of Montpellier, the University of Bordeaux, and Edith Cowan University. Ivanov’s research interests are in VLSI and systems-on-a-chip. He has published more than 200 papers and holds four US patents. In 2001, Ivanov cofounded semiconductor IP company Vector 12, and has served since 2006 as associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Computer- Aided Design and since 2004 for Design & Test.
 
Ivanov served on the Computer Society Board of Governors in 2008-2010, and is now serving a second three-year term. He served as vice chair of the Computer Society Fellows Committee in 2007 and as its chair in 2008.  Ivanov served as program chair (2002) and general chair (2003, 2004) of the VLSI Test Symposium. He has long served the Test Technology Technical Council in leading roles, including a pair of two-year terms as elected chair (2004-2007).
 
Ivanov’s other Computer Society roles include:
  • Conferences and Tutorials Board: vice-chair, 2005; member at large, 2007
  • Conference and Technical Activities Board: member at large, 2010, 2011
  • Technical Activities Board: Executive Committee member, 2004-2007
  • Audit Committee: member, 2011