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recognizing their support permeated
through the entire discussion.
Overall, Wynn's genuine authenticity
shines as an example of a
leader who strikes a rare balance of
accessibility and strategic vision. His
emphasis on staying true to your
goals, understanding your organization's
needs, continually seeking
opportunities for individual growth,
and celebrating successes as they
materialize have enabled him to be a
change-maker in the electric cooperative
industry. We hope this article
has convinced you to celebrate with
us the success of the Power at the
Table series by listening to the Fireside
Chat and being influenced by
Wynn's wise words.
To learn more about future
Power at the Table events or to get
involved with the PELS Women in
Engineering Committee, see https://
www.ieee-pels.org/wie. Full recording
of Power at the Table events is
also available at this link.
About the Authors
Stephanie Watts Butler, Ph.D., P.E.
(s.w.butler@ieee.org) is the President
of WattsButler LLC, an innovation services
company focused on the power
semiconductor industry. During her
previous career at Texas Instruments,
she produced innovations in the areas
of power and CMOS process and
package technology, processing equipment,
materials, reliability, research
and development management, manufacturing
science, control, fault detection,
metrology, and new product
development, generating 17 U.S. patents.
She is the Co-Founder and the
Past-Chair of JEDEC's JC-70 wide
bandgap standards committee, the CoConvenor
of IEC's TC47/WG8. She is
the Industry Deputy Editor-in-Chief of
IEEE Power Electronics Magazine, a
PELS Member-at-Large (ADCOM), the
Chair of the PELS Industry Committee,
and a WIE Committee Member.
She also serves on the APEC Planning
Committee and the PSMA Semiconductor
Committee.
Satarupa Bal (sbal@ieee.org)
received the Ph.D. degree with a specialization
in power electronics from
the National University of Singapore
(NUS), Singapore. She worked as a
Research Fellow at the Rolls Royce
Corporate Laboratory, Singapore,
and as a Power Electronics Engineer
at CE+T, Belgium. She held postdoctoral
appointment at the Oak Ridge
National Laboratory (ORNL), USA,
before moving to Eaton, USA. She is
a Lead Power Electronics Engineer
at the Eaton Center of Excellence
(CoE), Raleigh, NC, USA. Her
research interests include highpower,
high-density wide bandgapbased
power converters, and
high-voltage solid-state/hybrid circuit
breakers. She is a Senior Member of
IEEE and a member of the IEEE
Power Electronics Society (PELS)
and the PELS WIE Committee.
Reference
[1] The Full Fireside Chat With Curtis Wynn
is Available for Streaming on the IEEE PEL's
Resource Page, as Well as a Free Podcast on
IEEE TV. Accessed: Nov. 30, 2022. [Online]. Available:
https://resourcecenter.ieee-pels.org/member-resources/videos/PELSVID083122V.html
and
https://ieeetv.ieee.org/ieee-podcast-network/power-at-the-table-advocate-for-energy-data-equityfireside-chat-with-electric-co-op-ceo-curtis-wynn

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