2. Agenda
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12:00-12:03 Welcome, Agenda Michele Carroll
12:03-12:15 President’s Welcome
Introductions &
Special Recognitions
Utpal Mangla
12:15-12:30 ISSIP Operations –
Progress Report
Jim Spohrer /
Michele
12:30-12:40 Leader Updates
Awards
AI Collab
Newsletter
Haroon Abbu
Deb Satterfield
Cecilia Lee
12:40-12:45 Discovery Summit
2023: Tech for Good
Deb Stokes
12:45-1:00 Q&A Utpal Mangla
Michele Carroll
Executive Director, ISSIP
Founder & President,
Carrollco Marketing
Silicon Valley
3. ISSIP President’s Welcome
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2023 ISSIP Board of Directors
Utpal Mangla
ISSIP President 2023
General Manager,
Industry EDGE Cloud;
IBM Cloud Platform
Toronto, Canada
Dr. Jeffrey Welser
Board Director, ISSIP
COO & VP, IBM Research
Annie Hardy
Board Director, ISSIP
Senior Visioneer
Warner de Gooijer
Board Director, ISSIP
Global Lead Innovation &
Incubation
4. 2023 ISSIP Fellows
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Utpal Mangla
ISSIP President 2023
General Manager,
Industry EDGE Cloud;
IBM Cloud Platform
Toronto, Canada
Dr. Richard C. Larson Dr. Raymond P. Fisk
5. ISSIP Leadership Role Changes
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Utpal Mangla
ISSIP President 2023
General Manager,
Industry EDGE Cloud;
IBM Cloud Platform
Toronto, Canada
Rama Akkiraju
Strategy Council ISSIP
VP AI/ML for IT
NVIDIA
Cecilia Lee
Chief Editor - ISSIP Newsletter
Ambassador SDN
Director User Experience and
Measurement, Haleon
Nicole Reineke
Co-Chair ISSIP Strategy Council
Co-founder, CTO, Shift.ai
6. ISSIP Volunteer Recognition
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Utpal Mangla
ISSIP President 2023
General Manager,
Industry EDGE Cloud;
IBM Cloud Platform
Toronto, Canada
Cecilia Lee
Chief Editor - ISSIP Newsletter
Ambassador SDN
Director User Experience and
Measurement, Haleon
London, UK
Antonio Padovano
ISM Program Co-Chair
Assistant Professor, University of
Calabria, Italy
Zahra Shahsiah
ISSIP Communications / Newsletter
and Social Media Team
4DCO.co, EWA
Tehran, Iran
7. ISSIP President’s Welcome
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ISSIP Community - Growing, Strengthening
● 2023 ISSIP Leadership Announcements & Introductions
○ Board of Directors
○ 2023 Fellows
○ Key Leader - Role Changes
● Volunteer Recognition
● Call to Engagement
Utpal Mangla
ISSIP President 2023
General Manager,
Industry EDGE Cloud;
IBM Cloud Platform
Toronto, Canada
8. Operations Update
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● Recognitions
○ 78 new digital credentials issued in 2023 (469 total)
● Awards - 2023 Excellence Awards
○ 4 winners, 8 distinguished recognition
More here: https://issip.org/issip-2023-excellence-in-service-innovation-
awards/
○ 2024 submissions will be open by September
● Publish - Business Expert Press (BEP) Books
○ 5 new BEP books so far in 2023 (72 total)
○ Call for book proposals: https://issip.org/books-and-
collections/
● Events - Panels, Speaker Series, etc.
○ 9 new events so far in 2023
■ 79 Eventbrite registrations
■ 343 YouTube views, 85 Slideshare views
● Collaboration - Conferences
○ +9 Ambassadors in 2023 YTD
○ 1 new conference (10 total, with ISSIP Ambassador leadership)
○ 1 with Best Paper awards, AHFE HSSE Jul 20-24
More here: https://issip.org/2023-upcoming-conferences/
Jim Spohrer
Co-Founder & Board
Director, ISSIP
(IBM retired)
Silicon Valley
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Progress report: #ISSIPCommunity
Goals: Build Awareness, Grow Membership
● Awareness+/Branding
● Good progress on Website, PR
● Active calendar: Awards, Events, Publishing, Collaboration
● Membership is Up
○ Comms, Social Media (TG, NR, ZS)
● Leadership (BOD)/Volunteering
12. ISSIP Leadership Updates:
Key Focus Areas
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Dr. Christine Ouyang
Distinguished Engineer, IBM
Ambassadors Lead, ISSIP
Haroon Abbu
SVP, Digital, Data &
Analytics, Bell & Howell
ISSIP Awards Chair
Deborah Satterfield
Dept. Chair / Professor of Design
Cal State University-Long Beach
ISSIP Lead: AI Collab
Cecilia Lee
Director User Experience and
Measurement, Haleon
ISSIP Ambassador SDN
Chief Editor - ISSIP Newsletter
13. 2023 Discovery Summit - Tech for Good
Sept. 27, 2023 9:00-11:00 am US Pacific
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Deborah Stokes
ISSIP VP & Co-Chair
Strategy Council 2023
Leader, External Research
OCTO Remote
North Carolina & Texas
14. Treasurer’s Report
• June 30, 2023
• Checking - Operating Capital: $74,081.39
• Savings - ISSIP Foundation: $22,873.73
• December 31, 2022
• Checking - Operating Capital: $95,707.78
• Savings - ISSIP Foundation: $21,811.06
Jim Spohrer
Co-Founder & Board
Director, ISSIP (IBM
retired)
Treasurer, Sec of BOD
Silicon Valley