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Adrian Pais is 2009 Chair of the IEEE Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Committee. In this role he provides overall leadership for a committee of approximately 30 IEEE volunteers with the mission of inspiring, energizing, empowering, and engaging IEEE’s over 50,000 recent Graduate Members to envision and realize their dreams.
He was recently elected 2010–2012 director of the IEEE Foundation. In 2008, he was involved in establishing the IEEE Zambia Section as a vehicle to inspire progress in the country of his birth by engaging technical professionals to work toward the vision of the IEEE.
Adrian Pais is based in the Netherlands where he works as a teleocommunications consultant for the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO).
William Salazar graduated with an Associate’s degree from New York City College of Technology in Computer Information Systems in 2003. In 2005, William continued his education at DeVry College of New York and in 2009, he graduated Magna cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering Technology. During his academic career in DeVry, William joined the IEEE Student Chapter in hopes of educating himself more in Electrical Engineering and meeting other like-minded individuals.
As part of the IEEE student branch, William has been the Treasurer, Secretary, and President. Being part of the IEEE, William has been an avid IEEE member and officer for DeVry-NY Student Chapter. He and his fellow officers, along with their advisor, have coordinated several IEEE events for DeVry such as: a soldering workshop, an MTA Tour, and a seminar with guest speakers Jignasa Ray and Balvinder Blah from the IEEE New York Section, to name a few.
In 2006, William began working for DeVry’s Academic Support Center as a peer tutor. Upon graduating from DeVry, he was promoted to Professional Tutor. He is currently working for NAVCO (North American Video Corporation) installing surveillance systems, and also for DeVry as a Professional Tutor. He will be continuing his education in the Graduate Program for Electrical Engineering during the Spring in City College of New York.
Natalie Sommer has been a fulltime faculty member of the Electronics department at DeVry College of New York for nine years. She also serves as Chair of the Computer Engineering department and is the advisor of the DeVry-NY IEEE student branch. She has taught a variety of courses including Physics I and II, Digital Electronics with VHDL, Circuit Analysis, C++ Programming, and Signal Processing. She earned her B.S.E.E and M.S.E.E. from Union College and finished ABD in Electrical Engineering at Syracuse University. Besides teaching, Natalie enjoys spending time with her husband and three sons.