Endorsements

 

I am indebted to my colleagues who have endorsed my candidacy for IEEE TAB Vice President.  

J. Roberto de Marca
Member, National Science & Technology Council of Brazil
Assistant Scientific Director, Engineering and Computer Science, Rio de Janeiro R&D Funding Agency, FAPERJ

“IEEE always selects worthy candidates for the position of IEEE Vice President, Technical Activities.  However, this year we have an exceptional candidate in Roger Fujii.  I have served with Roger in several committees and Boards, including in the IEEE Board of Directors during my tenure as IEEE President.  Roger’s experience as a senior industry executive, where he managed a budget twice as large as IEEE’s has been a major asset for the Institute.  This unique experience has allowed him to make significant contributions when he served as a member of the IEEE Employee Benefits and Compensation Committee as well as in untangling IEEE’s cost and financial structure.  His latest work on financial transparency will put Societies and Councils in a much better position to launch new modern value added services to their members and customers.  Roger has also made important contributions to the Computer Society Standards and publications activities. He is an example of integrity and when he shares his wisdom during meetings people listens and values. Roger’s leadership and management skills will allow IEEE Technical Activities to achieve new heights in serving our members and the engineering community worldwide.”

 

 

Tom Conte, FIEEE
Professor of ECE and CS (Joint Appointed)
Georgia Institute of Technology

“I endorse Roger Fujii’s candidacy for TAB VP in absolutely the strongest terms possible.  I can think of no one better qualified to lead us.  Roger draws on his many years of experience as a Vice President of Northrop Grumman.  This experience is why he has proven to be such an effective volunteer leader for the IEEE.  Roger Fujii served as an excellent representative of his division as a Division VIII Director.  He fought tirelessly for financial transparency and now leads the TAB Financial Transparency activities.  He proposed two TAB motions on financial transparency that were passed and ultimately gave an unprecedented and revealing view into IEEE Corporate usage of TAB revenue.  As President of the Computer Society, Roger worked tirelessly to guarantee the concerns of the members of the society were heard and acted on.  TAB and all societies and councils are in a much better position due to his tireless efforts.  Roger is the right person at the right time for TAB.  Unquestionably, he will provide a strong voice for the interests of all of TAB to the IEEE Board of Directors, the IEEE Presidents, and the IEEE Executive Director.”

Sorel Reisman, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Info Systems
California State University, Fullerton
Fulbright Scholar

“I have known and worked as a volunteer with Roger for many years, since we both served on the Computer Society Board of Governors, I as President.  Roger is one of the wisest and most capable volunteers I have worked with and I strongly endorse him as VP of TAB.”

Claude J. Hashem
President
L-3 Communications Division

“I’ve had the privilege and honor working with and for Roger Fujii when I was at Northrop Grumman.  Roger is an outstanding and passionate leader at every task and a true professional.  Over the last ten years, I’ve also come to know Roger personally and I can attest that he has unequivocal personal integrity and passions for his current duties at the IEEE Board of Directors/committees, Technical Activities Board (TAB) committees and IEEE Computer Society.  I fully endorse Mr. Fujii for the position of IEEE TAB Vice President.”

Wanda Reder
President and Chief Executive Officer
Grid-X Partners, LLC

“TAB will be fortunate to have Roger Fujii as its Vice President!  The organization will benefit from his leadership, experience and insight.  Roger is a proven executive and strategically minded.  He strives to understand the numbers and has been a driving force to increase financial transparency for the success of IEEE.  I have thoroughly enjoyed serving with him on the IEEE Board of Directors, IEEE Foundation Board, and IEEE Employee Benefits and Compensation Committee where I have found him to be collaborative, respectful, dedicated and a true visionary.”

Jean-Luc Gaudiot
UC Distinguished Professor
University of California, Irvine

“I was privileged to follow in Roger’s footsteps as he was 2016 IEEE Computer Society President.   His steady leadership in difficult times was more than an example to me:  it was an inspiration.  The ideas he promoted during his leadership contributed much to our long term financial improvement and I expect that his creativity will make him a perfect TAB chair.”

 

Cecilia Metra
Phd, FIEEE
Deputy President of the Engineering School, University of Bologna

“I really appreciate Roger’s commitment and dedication to the IEEE and his efforts to increase financial transparency, and I fully endorse his candidacy for TAB Vice President.”

 

 

Al Rotz
Senior IEEE Member
PPL Electric Utilities (Retired)

“Roger Fujii is a long-serving IEEE volunteer who has experience in many roles critical to leading TAB.  However, none are more important in this IEEE era of dwindling revenues than his participation in and leadership of the FinTrans Group which has been striving to make IEEE financial statements transparent and understandable by all IEEE members.  His efforts will make all IEEE OUs more accountable by simplifying the understanding of how overhead charges from IEEE staff groups are applied to operating costs, thereby enabling informed business decisions.”

Vladimir Getov, PhD
Professor of Distributed and High-Performance Computing
University of Westminster
London, United Kingdom

“I am very glad to endorse Roger Fujii’s candidacy for IEEE TAB Vice President.  I have known him for nearly 10 years and we have had a number of good opportunities to develop a frequent and stable professional contact during that time.  It was a privilege to work closely with Roger during his term as 2016 IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) President and in particular to serve under his chairmanship on the IEEE-CS 70th Anniversary Committee.  I have been highly impressed by his continuous leadership and gentle but authoritative handling of critical matters and complex issues.  I believe that Roger’s outstanding service sustained the proud tradition of excellence and he should be credited for keeping IEEE-CS relevant to the dynamic development of the profession at large.

Dr. Fujii has a technical activities record that I believe is particularly impressive in the areas of communication networks and secure software systems, as it demonstrates good balance of all important components – scientific excellence, ability to set up collaborations, outstanding involvement in industry standards activities, and excellent results in securing revenue.  I also believe that the professional community is blessed by Roger’s versatility in his leadership skills.  He has been a constant source of new ideas, encouragement, and support that have inspired many to join his endeavor and oftentimes become similarly dedicated volunteers working for the IEEE-CS.  Most importantly, Roger is always realistic and he delivers.  His extensive professional network should have proven a definitive asset to IEEE in the past, as well into the future.

In view of the above observations, I wholeheartedly endorse Roger Fujii’s candidacy for IEEE TAB Vice President and strongly encourage you to vote for him.”

San Murugesan
Director, BRITE Professional Services and Adjunct Professor
Western Sydney University
Sydney, Australia

“Roger Fujii has served IEEE/Computer Society in several senior roles over the years and made significant contributions in many areas. He is a visionary and is passionate and friendly.  Armed with expertise in emerging areas in engineering and technology and their applications and vast industry experience in executive roles, he has key qualities required to excel as IEEE TAB Vice President — to address the challenges facing the institute and make novel contributions to IEEE and its members. As a long-term Senior Member of IEEE and CS who knew Fujii and his contributions well, I endorse his candidacy and recommend you to support him.”

Paul Nikolich
Chairman IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards

“I’ve known and worked closely with Roger Fujii for the past twenty years while we have served in various IEEE leadership capacities, mostly in the field of standardization with Computer Society and SA, but most recently in our Technical Activities roles.  Roger has the best characteristics of an IEEE member/volunteer:  high integrity, trustworthy, willing to volunteer many hours of his time, work hard and meet his commitments — all for the good of and in the best interests of the IEEE members and organization.  I am honored to heartily endorse m long time IEEE colleague, Roger Fujii, as a candidate for TAB VP.

 

 

Prasanth Mohan
Head of Operations
3Ding (India)
Vice Chair, Students & Young Professionals
Contest Chair, IEEEmadC Mobile Applications Development Contest

“Roger U Fujii is an inspiring leader and mentor for many Student & Young Professionals in IEEE and IEEE Computer Society.  I know him a brief period of 4-5 years, without any doubt he is one individual who inspired me a lot in IEEE Computer Society to think different.  He served on various volunteering roles within IEEE Computer Society which includes First Vice President, VP of Standards Board and President of IEEE Computer Society.  He led the development IEEE Computer Society strategic plan during 2011 which played a major role in the success of society initiatives and its activities over the years. I had the opportunity to host Roger twice in India in the CS Annual Student & Young Professional gathering, his participation and involvement in understanding the needs and problems of the students are highly appreciated.  He also served as one of the Project Champion & Mentor to IEEE Mobile Application Development Contest (madC) funded by IEEE New Initiatives Committee (NIC).  I strongly believe he will be one of the best candidates for IEEE Technical Activities Vice President and I’m confident that he will take IEEE and its technical offerings to new heights.”