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Vice President, Standards Activities

Board of Governors (2011-2013)

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Charlene (“Chuck”) Walrad has more than 30 years of experience in the software and IT industries, leading the development of more than two dozen commercial software products across a variety of applications, ranging from the widely used Systran natural language translation systems, to CA Technologies’ Ingres RDBMS system. In 1987 she founded Davenport Consulting (www.daven.com), whose clients include companies like Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, AAA, and Ford. She has spoken at numerous industry conferences and written several publications in the field.

Walrad is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the Computer Society’s Digital Library Operations Committee, Standards Activities Board, and Professional Activities Board. She serves on the Executive Committees of IEEE’s Software and Systems Engineering Standards Committee (S2ESC) and the IEEE Computer Society Technical and Conference Activities Board, and she is the working group chair for the development of a new software configuration management standard.
 

Honors include Marquis Who’s Who in the West, Marquis Who’s Who in Science & Engineering, International Who’s Who in Information and Technology, Who’s Who in Colleges and Universities, Who’s Who of American Women, and Mensa. Walrad received an MS in linguistics from the University of California, San Diego.