I was honored to be the 2017 IEEE President and CEO of IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization.I have 35 years' experience in the semiconductor industry, specifically in electronic design automation. I was senior director of corporate programs and initiatives at Synopsys. My responsibilities included technical standards development, software tool interoperability, software quality, relationships with universities and research institutions worldwide, compute platform marketing, and customer engagement through social media. I represented Synopsys on the Si2 Board of Directors. I was an officer of the Board of Directors of Accellera, which advances standards for the electronics industry. I was CAD manager at UTMC (United Technologies Microelectronics Center), responsible for the design system to create high-reliability ASICs. Before, I worked at Texas Instruments as logic analysis manager, responsible for TI’s logic simulation.On the IEEE Board of Directors, I chaired and led the development of the strategic plan for the IEEE Internet Initiative committee, to raise IEEE’s influence in the areas of Internet governance, security, and privacy policy development. I was also a member of the IEEE strategy committee, overseeing the role of IEEE in global public policy.As President of the IEEE Standards Association, I led a new strategic plan, furthered the OpenStand paradigm, and finalized IEEE’s membership in the Global Standards Collaboration. I have published numerous articles about standards and universities. I am the author of "The Ten Commandments for Effective Standards: Practical Insights for Creating Technical Standards", [Synopsys Press, 2010] and the blog, “The Standards Game”. In 2003, I received the Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Automation Achievement Award.I earned a B.S. in Engineering Science with a concentration in Electronic Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 1980.