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Biography
Celia Desmond has a long history of contributions to ComSoc on technical committees and in Board sections. She is dedicated to bringing value to Society members worldwide. She is Director for North America for Communications Society, and also IEEE Director - Region 7. She has served as Division III Director on Board of Directors of IEEE, Vice President – Members Affairs for the Communications Society, Director – Chapter Activities, and Director of Meetings and Conferences. Celia was awarded the Donald J. McLellan Award for meritorious service in 1991. Celia has been a Senior Member since 1993. She has organized many conferences, including ICC’97 in Montreal, ICUPC’93 in Ottawa, Infocom ’87 in Toronto, and CSECE’92 in Toronto. She edits a bi-monthly column "OnTrack" for Communications Magazine.
Celia runs her own company, World Class – Telecommunications providing training and consulting to telecom and project management professionals. She was a Director and Project Manager at Stentor Resource Center Inc., their Toronto Development Coach Champion, and a member of the technology leadership team. Earlier, she created and managed Stentor’s Industry Liaison Department. She has taught courses from kindergarten to graduate level, lecturing at Ryerson University and University of Toronto. Celia received her M. Eng. from Carleton University in Ottawa.
Celia is a person who proposes and then implements innovative, strategic ideas, and produces breakthrough results through others, and she has a track record of doing so.
Candidate’s Statement
In my IEEE activities, I have always focused on member needs, creating and implementing programs such as Chapter of the Year Award, lecture tours, and liaison between IEEE and local members and industry. As President of the Communications Society, I will ensure that we learn more about member and industry needs, and implement additional programs to address these needs, including various forms of electronic information distribution.
During over 20 years of service, I have attended many conferences and visited many Chapters discussing ideas on how to share information and services world-wide. I will continue to evolve ComSoc as a global society.
At local, Society, and Board levels, I have learned methods of achieving results within IEEE and formed many contacts that will help meet Society goals. As President, I will work with the local members, Chapters, Board members and also local industry and IEEE executives to provide the best professional and technical services to ComSoc members. I will ensure that the Communications Society continues to disseminate quality technical information via traditional and new technologies, enhancing the possibilities for networking of engineers.
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