Nominees for First Vice President

  Roger U. Fujii

Position statement. As a member of the Board of Governors for the past three years, I have seen the IEEE Computer Society presidents, executive team, and Board of Governors begin implementing strategies to reshape the Society and to provide our members products and services in new ways. Society members and volunteers worldwide represent a tremendous wealth of knowledge and talent representing the academic community and computer science engineers in industry. It is imperative for the Society to find innovative channels of distributing this knowledge and talent as services and products. I am impressed by the quality of journals, magazines, conferences, seminars, and special workshops produced by Society members. We must get these products and services into the hands of our professional members in an agile and cost-effective manner.

As first vice president, I would actively execute the strategic initiatives of the IEEE Computer Society president and Board of Governors, and would initiate new strategic initiatives to sustain the Society’s cost/revenue viability. Some important initiatives include:

• establishing the IEEE Computer Society website as the “one stop,” best source to obtain any Computer Society-related information (via agreements with other libraries and information services);
• supporting new cost-effective distribution channels to quickly distribute IEEE Computer Society services and products—for example, ReadyNotes, book series, seminars;
• encouraging the recruitment of student members;
• advancing the Society’s work toward providing computer science accreditation to our members; and
• revitalizing the recruitment of volunteers and supporting  their ideas to implement new content-generation and distribution methods.

Biography. Roger U. Fujii is vice president of network communication systems at Northrop Grumman. He is responsible for three major business units and administers annual research and development funding for more than 2,300 employees. Fujii leads efforts in major communications and network planning, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, acquisition, and systems engineering and satellite/tactical data link systems, including IED defeat systems and ground forces network management. Previously, he was responsible for the software certification of more than 30 major Air Force and Navy nuclear weapons software systems. He is an active volunteer in IEEE Computer Society standards activities and is currently a member of the Board of Governors and active chairperson of IEEE Std 1012 on Software Verification and Validation.

Fujii received a BS in engineering mathematics and an MS in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a graduate of UCLA’s John Anderson School of Management, the Darden School of Management at the University of Virginia, and Harvard Business School.

Fujii is a member of the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors, an IEEE Fellow, a Computer Society Golden Core member, and received both the Meritorious Service Award and the Outstanding Contribution Award from the IEEE Computer Society.

  Donald F. Shafer

Position statement. Thank you, the Society membership, for electing me to the Board of Governors. With my term ending, I would like to again request your support to serve as first vice president.

As the Computer Society, we view ourselves “to be the leading provider of technical information, community services, and personalized services to the world’s computing professionals.” As an IEEE senior member, I have personally and professionally benefited from both our Society and the IEEE for the past 40 years as an engineer and educator. I will work with Society and IEEE staff and volunteer leaders to ensure that we continue our high standards of delivery and support to engineers worldwide.

To maintain our service levels and international position, we must address critical issues of revenue generation. Having spent the last two years of my Board of Governor’s term as treasurer, I have seen firsthand the need for continuing new initiatives to generate revenue. Prior to my term on the board, I was editor in chief and press operations chair. I have experienced the challenges of bringing out new initiatives while maintaining existing ones. I will ensure that the staff has total access to volunteer support and expertise for all new revenue initiatives.

As first vice president, I will do my best to ensure that our Society is profitable and “essential to the global technical community and computer professionals everywhere” and we are “recognized for the contributions of technical professionals in developing and applying technology to improve global conditions.”

Biography. As cofounder and chief technical officer, Donald F. Shafer developed Athens Group’s oil and gas practice and leads engineers in delivering software services for exploration, production, and pipeline monitoring systems for clients such as BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and Shell. He led groups developing and marketing hardware and software products for Motorola, AMD, and Crystal Semiconductor. Shafer managed a large PC product group producing award-winning audio components for Apple. From the development of low-level software drivers to the selection and monitoring of semiconductor facilities, he has led key product and process efforts.

Shafer received a BS from the United States Air Force Academy and an MBA from the University of Denver. Twice treasurer of the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors, past editor in chief and chair of the IEEE Computer Society Press, an IEEE senior member, and a Golden Core member, he is an adjunct professor of engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Shafer has contributed to three books, written more than 20 published articles, and is coauthor of Quality Software Project Management, published by Prentice-Hall. He is a contributor to the 2010 edition of the multivolume Encyclopedia of Software Engineering and is a Certified Software Development Professional.