IEEE Boston Section 2016
2016 IEEE Boston Section Executive Committee
Chair: Kevin Flavin
Kevin Flavin graduated Sawyer School of Management at Suffolk University, Boston and was an IEEE student member while at the University of Maine. Kevin began his career modeling investments in emerging markets while at Brown Brothers Harriman as a Valuation Analyst. Kevin joined Pioneering Investments, a firm specializing in emerging and developing market investments, in 1995. He led the development of valuation policies and procedures for investment Fair Value, and reported risk exposures based on his models to the Board of Trustees on a monthly basis.
Kevin was recruited to a software development company to help develop the product positioning and delivery of new systems for Investment Pools. Over the next ten years, Kevin joined a series of startup software companies in the financial services industry, helping each to market saturation and, in some cases, sale to larger companies. His latest effort was as Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing, for GCom2 Solutions; culminating with the purchase of GCom2 Solutions by Bowne in 2008, which was subsequently purchased by RR Donnelly.
In 2008, Kevin started a Carlisle Group, a boutique marketing and product engineering company with global clients in financial services, bio-medical services, mortgage banking, software development, and venture capital. Since 2010, Kevin has led the creation of the Public Relations role for the IEEE Boston Section. Kevin served as Vice Chair, Alliances for the IEEE Boston affinity group, IEEE Entrepreneurs’ Network, and is active in other chapters and affinity groups.
Vice Chair: Lennart Long
Lennart E. Long is a Transportation Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Engineer with over 30 years of experience with railroad, subway, trolley and bus EMC studies. He has a Bachelor’s and Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University and graduate studies at the University of New Hampshire and Johns Hopkins University. He has taught security technology at UMASS Lowell (teaching security risk management, overview of homeland security, and cyber security), Boston University, Suffolk University, the University of New Hampshire, Northeastern University, the Federal Law Enforcement and Training Center in Georgia, John Jay College in New York City and for the City of New York.
He has lectured on and participated in security projects for the Internal Revenue Service, Houses of Worship, and Gdansk University of Technology in Poland. He and his consulting team has worked successfully for the British Home Office, Federal Protective Services, Social Security Administration, Instrumentation Society of America, President Clinton’s Security Policy Board evaluating risk assessment methodologies, Inter-agency Committee for Security Equipment, the U.S. Senate staff, White House Communications Agency, the Secretary of State’s security detail, the President’s situation room, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Department of the Treasury, White House, State Department (in Brussels, Helsinki, Paris, Frankfurt, and other posts and embassies around the world), Army Intelligence, Federal Aviation Administration, US Coast Guard, Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, Federal Railroad Administration, St. Lawrence Seaway Administration, Pipeline Administration, Marine Administration, Office of Intelligence and Security, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Marshals Service, Customs Service, Federal Transportation Administration (security risk management and security policy), and the Research and Special Programs Administration.
His recent clients include the Niagara Frontier Transportation Agency, Buffalo Transit Agency, PATH, SEPTA, MBTA, Port Of New York and New Jersey, NYCTA, LIRR, MNR, NYCTA Hybrid Bus – (Oerlicon), DesignLine Bus of North Carolina, Baltimore MTA, Boston MBTA, BART, Houston, Portland, ALSTOM, BREDA, Siemens, Kawasaki, Mitsubishi, Westinghouse, Helsinki, Toronto, MARTA, Brown Boveri, Seattle Light Rail, LACMTA Heavy/Light Rail, New Jersey Transit, Dallas, WMATA, Kinki Sharyo, UTS, General Electric, Earth-Tech, Parsons, STV, Booz-Allen, SYSTRA, Turner Consulting, LTK, PATCO, SEPTA, U. S. Army, U.S. Navy, Hanscom Air Force Base, Cambridge Research Labs, ROME Air Force Base, General Service Administration, Social Security Administration, Internal Revenue Service, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Morgantown Personal Transit System, National Transportation Safety Board, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Administration, Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Transportation Administration, Bay Area Transportation Administration, the Security Technology Division of the NDIA, and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
He is the recipient of the, Research and Special Programs Bronze Medal and well as a U. S. Department of Transportation Bronze Medal as well as a special citation from the British Home Office and an award from the Secretary of State. On May 17, 2014 he will be presented with the Robert S. Walleigh Distinguished Contributions to Engineering Professionalism Award, the highest and most prestigious award issued by IEEE-USA. He has several patents and publications. He has given a keynote address at a NATO sponsored Conference at Gdansk University of Technology and has worked with The National CyberSecurity Coordinator and Advisor to the President, Howard Schmidt. He serves on the Boston Section Executive Committee as Treasurer and on the Outreach, Planning and Action Plan Committee and chairs the Life Members Affinity Group.
Secretary: Greg Walson
Mr. Walson has been an IEEE member for over 10 years. He has previously served as the Boston Section GOLD Chair and Volunteer Coordinator. He currently serves as a Member-at-Large and PACE Chair for the section Executive Committee. Last year he helped found the section’s Employment Network
He has worked as an Electrical Engineer specializing in power utility substation design, engineering, and project management for Vanderweil Engineers since 2008. Previously, he worked as an electrical designer and lighting manufacturer’s representative. He has lectured at MIT on lighting control systems.
Treasurer: Gil Cooke
Gil Cooke received the Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical engineering from McGill University, Montreal in 1962. His first job after graduation was with E.I. Dupont as instrumentation and process controls engineer. He joined Bechtel’s Industrial and Power Divisions from 1964 to 1978. Responsibilities included engineering, construction, and startup services for electric utilities around the country. He then relocated to Framingham Massachusetts near Boston, where he continued working as project electrical engineer on large transportation, chemical, water, and manufacturing projects. Gil retired in 2001 after a successful career in electrical engineering.
He first volunteered for the Power Engineering Society (PES) while residing in Michigan during the 1970s. Gil was elected chair and director of the Detroit Chapter in 1976-78.His interests in the PES continued in the 1980s when he moved to Boston. He was soon appointed chair of the Industry Application Society’s History Committee. Gil participated in the publicity and early development of Boston’s highly successful Annual Conferences on Technologies for Homeland Security. In 2004, he was appointed to the IEEE Center of History Committee. This appointment was renewed in 2005 and 2006. As chair of the IEEE Boston Section History and Milestone Committee, Gil lead the research, nomination and helped organize IEEE Milestones awarded beginning in 2004. In 2011, he received the Boston Section’s Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his contributions to the Milestones program.
Gil believes that collaboration with local engineering institutions like ASME and ASCE, The Engineering Center, and public libraries is important to the well being of the Boston Section. Since his retirement, he has become increasingly interested in electrical engineering history. He has shared his historical research through numerous papers and articles for the IEEE and the Society for Industrial Archeology. He has also lectured to the Cape Code Community College, historical societies and the Boston Public Library.
Member at Large: (2016 – 2017)
Denise Griffin
Denise Griffin has been a member of IEEE since college and is serving her third year as the Chair of the Women in Engineering affinity group. Denise has helped WIE create a Steering Committee, to grow its membership and has secured corporate sponsorship for WIE which allows them to host more substantial events and meetings.
She has been the IEEE representative to Engineers Week New England for the last few years, ensuring that IEEE has a strong presence at Engineers Week and specifically responsible for running the Engineers Week career fair. Denise has also been on the Steering Committee for the IEEE NATW Conference and runs a session there each year on Women in Engineering.
Denise is also a very active member of the Society of Women Engineers where she is a past SWE Boston president and is currently the Coordinator of two national SWE awards, the Awards Chair for SWE Boston, and the Counselor for the Tufts University SWE section.
Denise has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University.
Additional nominations may be made by a petition signed by at least 25 voting members of the Section and submitted to the Section Secretary no later than June 1, 2015