December
5, 2017
Roadmap to Success for Local Thinkers & Tinkerers ─ An Evening with
Jerry Knotts
Have an Idea?
Let’s Talk ─ Join us at the next IEEE Start-Up Mixer
Pizza: 6:00 PM
Interactive Session: 6:30 PM -
8:00 PM
Facilitator/Speaker: Jerry
Knotts
Free admission. Register at: www.ieee-bv.org/meet/2017-12-ent
Abstract
In August, Jerry Knotts, our own entrepreneurship
guru held the first of a two session series. He will facilitate
this final session of our 2017 season. This is the second Mini Workshop that
focuses on our circle of engineers and entrepreneurs with product and service
ideas. Thus far, we have two volunteers that will share their product/service
concepts on December 5. Please attend and be ready to share and discuss your
business concept or product ideas with Jerry and other thinkers &
tinkerers. This is our last Buenaventura IEEE Entrepreneurship Mixer event.
It should be a fun and informative evening with Jerry.
About the Facilitator/Speaker
Jerry Knotts personifies the
idea of Advancing Technology for Humanity. Jerry served as a Colonel
(retired) in the United States Air Force. He holds a BSEE (Electrical
Engineering) from Penn State and an MBA from Auburn University. In addition,
he is a graduate of the Defense Acquisition University, Industrial College of
the Armed Forces, Air Command and Staff College, and Air War College. He is a
licensed Professional Engineer, Senior Life Member, Institute of Electronic
and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), National Institute of Professional Engineers
(NSPE), California State Professional Engineers (CSPE) and Texas State
Professional Engineers (TSPE).
Jerry
has mentored many startup companies and contributes his wisdom to a number of
organizations including California Lutheran University (CLU). Jerry
personifies the idea of Advancing Technology for Humanity:
1) President, South Coast Youth Leadership Conference, Inc., Thousand Oaks;
2) President, helped create the Central Coast Venture Forum, now known as the
California Coast Venture Forum (parent of the Clean Business Investment
Summit);
3) He started four companies and mentored over 250 start-ups;
4) He serves as mentor for the LARTA Institute, the Southern California
BioMedical Council (SoCALBIO);
5) Goldman Sachs 10,000 Businesses Programs;
6) University of California Santa Barbara New Venture Program;
7) Member of the Blue Ocean Sciences, LLC.
Location
Hub101
Cal Lutheran Center for Entrepreneurship
31416 Agoura Road
Westlake Village, CA 91361
(map)
Presented by: IEEE Buenaventura
Entrepreneurship Group
December
13, 2017
Water, Sanitation, and Public Health Challenges in Ventura County
Dinner (optional): Available at 6:00 PM
for $12, payable at the door.
Presentation (free): 7:00 PM
Speaker: Michaela Brown
Free admission to presentation. Register at www.ieee-bv.org/meet/2017-12-embs
Abstract
This presentation will provide an overview of the infrastructure for water
and sanitation in the eleven special district, managed and operated by
Ventura County Public Works Agency’s Water and Sanitation department. With
state of the art laboratory and operations systems, much of the network is
monitored and operated remotely using a Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition (SCADA) system. This allows efficiencies in staffing that are
critical to the successful operation of infrastructure that supports the
farthest reaches of Ventura County. However, this automation, coupled with
the remote locations of the water and wastewater infrastructure can be a
security challenge that needs to be addressed from a Public Safety
perspective.
About the Speaker
Michaela Brown is the Director
the Ventura County Public Works Agency Water and Sanitation Department. Prior
to joining the County, she was the Director of Facilities Planning for the
Navy base that supports the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Prior to
her work with the Academy, Michaela served in various program and engineering
management positions throughout the United States and abroad, including a
20-year career in the Navy's Civil Engineer Corps. She has more than 25 years
of in-depth engineering experience along with detailed experience in consensus
building, land-use, customer service, rate setting, and community outreach.
Michaela
has an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in Civil
Engineering with a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M
and a Master of International Policy and Practice from George Washington
University.
Location
CLU – Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center, 2nd Floor, Room
253
California Lutheran University
130 Overton Court
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
(map)
Parking: Free parking is available in the
lot east of the Gilbert building. Additional free parking is available in the
lot on the southwest corner of Olsen and Mountclef. Do not park in the
faculty/staff/reserved lots.
Presented by: IEEE Buenaventura Engineering
in Medicine and Biology Society Chapter
Visit
the EMBS chapter web site for details on other upcoming events
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