Corporate Liaison Program CLP How We Did It

Corporate Liaison Program (CLP): “How We Did It” Ram Sivaraman John Swan Ed Aoki Sachin Desai Joseph Wei Tom Coughlin Paul Wesling Dan Lottis Mostafa Mortezaie Ramsivaraman@ieee. org http: //bit. ly/IEEE-SCV-Liaison-Event-Materials 1 IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

Outline • What we are doing and why • What we did • How we did it • After 2 years, a summary • Discuss: What you can do IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

What we are doing and why • CLP is a result of SCV Section’s Corporate Relationship Initiative. • Goal is to have a formalized way to build relationships with our corporate citizens. – vs. ad-hoc or nothing at all – The intent is a Long Term effort! • One of the issues was the difficulty of find meeting venues. • We recognized this as a wider issue and an ongoing need. IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

What we did in 2013 • 23 Liaisons (& contacts) found by Kick-off • 14 companies attended our Kick-off Liaison lunch event in November, 2013! – – – We presented the Liaison Program We presented our Section & Chapters Opportunity: GHTC & SIGHT Opportunity: Student Conference (~April) Opportunity: TMC involvement Q&A • Liaisons wanted quarterly events! • ALL Event info at: – http: //bit. ly/IEEE-SCV-Liaison-Event-Materials (Case Sensitive) IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

What we did, 2013 (cont. ) Kick-off luncheon 11/21/13 Companies with Liaisons (or contacts): IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

What we did, 2013 (cont. ) Also attended for IEEE: Sachin Desai, Ram Sivaraman (Case Sensitive) IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

How we did it • Started planning Jan. 2013 • Presented concept and approach to SCV Section Ex. Com • Started company and contact list • May: An “Action Committee” was formed • Utilized Google Drive for common committee access to the ‘Golden’ liaison status spreadsheet list IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

How we did it (cont. ) • Worked to use the company contacts to identify liaisons • Late July: Started brief but weekly conf calls • Early October: Ended weekly conf calls • Continued to contact companies and build Liaison (& contact list) throughout. IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

How we did it (cont. ) • Kick-off event selected: late November – To give us the year to find liaisons • Committee iterated on possible agenda options • Goal of meeting was met: – A variety of brief informational presentations – Ample time for liaison feedback & discussion – Respected attendees time IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

How we did it (cont. ) • Planned and prepared well for the liaison event on Nov. 21. – 90 min total minus 30 min. for lunch – Buffet lunch provided • Prepared badges • IEEE Committee sat among attendees • All event info is posted at: (Case Sensitive) – http: //bit. ly/IEEE-SCV-Liaison-Event-Materials IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

How we did it (cont. ) • We asked for, and got feedback: – Consensus for Quarterly meetings – Regular IEEE emails OK (1 -2/mo. ) – Nearly 100% found value, would return – Student Conference generated lot of interest (Case Sensitive) IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

Continuing from Kick-off mtg • We continued with quarterly lunch events • We expanded the target Liaison list to include: – – – – Texas Instruments Microsoft Marvell Micron Agilent TSMC Citrix Linked. In – – – – Juniper Networks Qualcomm Broadcom HGST (West. Dig. ) ARM Brocade Net. App IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

After 1 year (10/1/14 report) • 4 Total liaison lunch events held: – – – 11/21/13 2/18/14 5/8/14 8/20/14 11/20/14 23 19 12 Focus: increase attendance, introduction to IEEE & Section activities Focus: company feedback, share collaborative activities (IEEE<> cos. ) 87 company-meetings • 34 companies total attended by 21 liaisons, 11 ‘contacts’. • Recent focus has been on improving liaison feedback, highlighting collaborative efforts and understanding CLP needs vs. numeric growth IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

After 1 year: Meeting «–» Company line-up 11/21 «––» 8/20 IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

After 1 year: Company to attendance glance IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

After 1 year: Topic-areas spread GOAL All materials posted at: http: //bit. ly/ IEEE-SCV-Liaison-Event-Materials IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

Typical Agenda (from 8/20/14) IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

What we will do (cont. ) • Add Universities – Universities are included in Corporate Relations Initiative! • They were on our CLP list from the start – Decided to hold off until the program is established with companies • Focus our efforts for success • Learn by doing • Interests expected to be different IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

Costs • Average of $800 per luncheon • Region 6 has a $5, 000 budget for industry relations activities! IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

Success stories • A venue for the Section Ex. Com! • Rebirth of the SPS Chapter! • Several connections made for our WIE Chapter! • Connections made for GHTC! IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

Challenges • Many are just contacts, not committed, long term liaisons. • Many/most are not well connected in co. as we hoped. • Attendance: due to travel and meetings highly encourage alternates! • Finding compelling collaborations to report that will have wide interest. IEEE Region 6 2016 Training 1/31: CLP: How We Did It

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