Speaker, 2022 IEEE WIE International Leadership Summit – Region 5 (WIE ILS – Baton Rouge) Biography Sandra K. Johnson is the Founder, CEO & CTO of Global Mobile Finance, Inc., a fintech startup company in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. It has developed geeRemit, a relationship-driven remittance mobile app for Africa. She is also the… Read more →

Panelist, 2022 IEEE WIE International Leadership Summit – Region 5 (WIE ILS – Baton Rouge) Biography Katerina Barilov is a Co-Founder at Jump Aero.

Panelist, 2022 IEEE WIE International Leadership Summit – Region 5 (WIE ILS – Baton Rouge) Biography Sara Roggia (SM’20, M’16) completed her Bachelor’s degree and her Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering at Politecnico di Bari, Italy. She received her PhD in electrical machine design at the University of Nottingham, UK, as a Marie… Read more →

Panelist, 2022 IEEE WIE International Leadership Summit – Region 5 (WIE ILS – Baton Rouge) Biography Cecilia Sereno, Section Lead – Aircraft Lighting Systems Cecilia is responsible for developing the interior and exterior lighting systems and cockpit control panels at Heart Aerospace. She has more than 16 years working with lighting systems for aerospace and… Read more →

Speaker, 2022 IEEE WIE International Leadership Summit – Region 5 (WIE ILS – Baton Rouge) Biography Bob Becnel is an Associated Technical Fellow for the Boeing Company on Autonomous Systems in St. Louis with expertise in command and control communications. Since joining Boeing in 2005, Becnel has supported or led projects in cellular technology, navigation… Read more →

Conference Chair, Program Chair, Speaker, and Panel Moderator, 2022 IEEE WIE International Leadership Summit – Region 5 (WIE ILS – Baton Rouge) Biography Anitra Wilson is a philanthropist and an experienced technical professional. She is also an IEEE Senior Member and a Senior Member of IEEE WIE and multiple IEEE Societies including the IEEE Power… Read more →

Speaker, 2022 IEEE WIE International Leadership Summit – Region 5 (WIE ILS – Baton Rouge) Biography Regina Barzilay is a School of Engineering Distinguished Professor for AI and Health in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is an… Read more →

Keynote Speaker, 2022 IEEE WIE International Leadership Summit – Region 5 (WIE ILS – Baton Rouge) Abstract Executive Leadership in Academia There are multiple pathways to pursue executive leadership positions in academia, as well as multiple ways to gain leadership experience for the next steps. This presentation will review these as well as provide advice… Read more →

Speaker, 2022 IEEE WIE International Leadership Summit – Region 5 (WIE ILS – Baton Rouge) Biography Project Specifications Manager Latin America, Instrumentation Group at Parker Hannifin Corp. She graduated from San Buenaventura University in Bogota Colombia with a degree in Mechatronics Engineering and received an MBA specializing in Management of International Enterprises from the Polytechnic… Read more →