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* Chair-elect (2017-2018), IEEE
India Council
* Chai r, IEEE India Council
(IC) (2019-2020)
* Vice-chair,
Technical Activities (2019-2020)
* Corresponding Editor, IEEE
Potentials (2017-2019)
* Executive Committee member,
IEEE UP Section (2003-present).
✔ IEEE awards
* IEEE Region 10 Educational
Activities Board Award (2013)
* IEEE Clayton Griffin Student
Paper Award (2013)
* IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement
Award in Continuing
Education (2013) (first Asian to
get it)
* IEEE PES Chapter Outstanding
Engineer Award (2014)
* IEEE Region 10 (Asia-Pacific)
Outstanding Volunteer
Award (2016)
* IEEE India Counci l, M.V.
Chauhan All-India Student
Paper Award (2015 and 2016)
* IEEE UP Section Prof. G.K.
Dubey Memorial Lifetime
Achievement Award (2018)
* IEEE UPCON Best Paper
Award (2017 and 2018).
✔ IEEE conferences/Distinguished
Lectures
* General chair/patron of 34
IEEE international conferences
* Coordinator, 24 short-term
courses for industry/academic
people on power systems and
related fields
* Founding general chair of the
IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section
Conference (UPCON) and
IEEE IC Subsection Conference
(INDISCON)
* Several panels in IEEE PES
general meetings
* IEEE Distinguish Lecturer of
PES from 2019 and the Industry
Application Society for 2019-
2021.
✔ National professional activities
* Chairman, Institution of Engineers
(India), Kanpur Local
Center (2010-2012)
july/august 2021
IEEE Region 10
* Executive Committee Member,
IE (India), UP State Center
(2010-2012)
* Executive Committee Member,
IE (India), Kanpur Local Center
(2006-2018)
* Chairman, Institution of Electronics
and Telecommunication
Engineers, Kanpur Center
(2016-2018)
* Executive Committee Member,
IETE, Kanpur Center
(2014-present)
* Convenor (electrical), Indian
National Academy of Engineering
(2020).
Statement
I am simply one of you and running to
represent you to make IEEE PES more
relevant and professionally more active.
I started as a Member of IEEE, which is
the best professional organization in the
world, over 21 years ago. As a nonprofit
organization, IEEE PES's key thrusts
are promotion of technical excellence,
thoughtful leadership, facilitation of collaboration,
and networking, members
benefit rather than earning profits. Collectively,
we need to keep IEEE PES strong
as a member-driven, volunteer-based international
community. I pledge to
✔ provide greater value through new
products and services
✔ develop more continuing education
and training on practical
content relevant for industry and
academic members
✔ develop a new business model to
make PES more economically viable
for reducing membership fees
✔ ensure transparency in all decision-making
processes through
good governance
✔ build our strength in diversity,
for all of us worldwide
✔ strive for fair participation and
leadership from diverse groups
and regions, especially the underrepresented
and women
✔ strengthen the local/sectional
councils/regional Chapters, membership
increase and retention.
Let's together build a better vibrant future
for PES.
Jonathan Sykes
Jonathan Sykes is
the engineering services
manager for
SEL in Albuquerque,
New Mexico,
USA. He received
his academic training
from the University of Arizona and
has worked in the electric power industry
for more than 35 years. He is a Fellow
of IEEE and a licensed Professional Engineer.
He has always leveraged technology
in collaboration to champion
success. In the 1990s, his teams provided
the first integrated protective relay/
RTU/SCADA systems in Arizona. In
the 2000s, he pioneered the first widearea
protection scheme based on IEC
61850 GOOSE messaging. In the 2010s,
his team implemented one of the most
advanced synchrophasor systems in
North America. He helped quantify leading-edge
concepts in lifecycle management
for mission-critical protection and
control systems. Today, he is applying
all of that experience to help customers
create sustainability and improved reliability.
He leads diverse teams to develop
new methods, establish standards,
and implement strategies to modernize
the grid.
IEEE Activities and
Accomplishments
With your support, Sykes was elected
in 2019 to serve as the secretary of the
IEEE PES. By March 2020, the pandemic
required Jonathan and the PES
Board to pivot and implement strategies
as IEEE PES events became virtual.
As the PES secretary, Jonathan
kept detailed records of these meetings
as well as maintained the bylaws and
history of the PES Board. Jonathan's
first term as secretary ends this year,
and he is looking for your support as he
runs for a second and final term.
Sykes's first interaction with IEEE involved
sharing case studies of integrating
substations with new technologies. This
included new communication techniques
such as 61850. Sykes also helped rewrite
and update core topics like breaker failure,
distribution protection, and equipment
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