IEEE President Election candidate night

Region 1 will be hosting a “Meet the 2022 IEEE President-Elect Candidates Night”. Please join us for an exciting virtual event in the evening to learn more about your [Presidential Candidates](https://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/election/president-elect.html)!

I hope to see you there!
All my best,
Greg Gdowski,PhD
Region 1 Director-Elect

The sequence of candidates was determined by lottery and indicates no preference.

On this page:

– [Saifur Rahman](#RAHMAN)
– [Thomas M. Coughlin](#COUGHLIN)
– [S. K. Ramesh](#RAMESH)
– [Francis B. Grosz](#GROSZ)

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[Headshot of Saifur Rahman]

SAIFUR RAHMAN

(Nominated by Petition)

Joseph R. Loring Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Virginia Tech
Arlington, Virginia, USA
[www.srahman.org](http://www.srahman.org/)

Meet Saifur by watching this [brief video.](https://ieeetv.ieee.org/player/embed_play/212906/auto)

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[Headshot of Tom Couglin]

THOMAS M. COUGHLIN(Nominated by Petition)

President
Coughlin Associates, Inc.
San Jose, California, USA
[https://tomcoughlin.com](https://tomcoughlin.com/)

Meet Tom by watching this [brief video.](http://ieeetv.ieee.org/player/embed_play/212916/auto)

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[Headshot of SK Ramesh]

S. K. RAMESH(Nominated by IEEE Board of Directors)

Director AIMS2 Program
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
California State University (CSU), Northridge
Northridge, California, USA
[https://www.rameshsk.com](https://www.rameshsk.com/)

Meet Ramesh by watching this [brief video.](http://ieeetv.ieee.org/player/embed_play/212911/auto)

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[Headshot of Francis Grosz]

FRANCIS B. GROSZ, JR., PHD, PE(Nominated by IEEE Board of Directors)

Retired
Omni Technologies, Inc.
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
[fbgrosz.org](https://www.fbgrosz.org/)

Meet Francis by watching this [brief video](http://ieeetv.ieee.org/player/embed_play/212901/auto).

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Agenda:
7:30-7:35pm Welcome message (Greg Gdowski)
7:35-7:45pm Saifur Rahman
7:45-7:55pm Thomas M. Coughlin
7:55-8:05pm S. K. Ramesh
8:05-8:15pm Francis B. Grosz
8:15-8:30pm Q/A period

virtual only, New York, United States, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/278348