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PICMET '03 Announces Winners of Leadership in Technology Management Awards
The winners of the 2003 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology's (PICMET) Leadership in Technology Management Awards have been announced. This year's recipients will be recognized in a ceremony today (Tuesday, July 22, 2003) at the Hilton Hotel Pavilion Room in downtown Portland, 7-10 p.m.
This year's focus for PICMET, the largest conference on technology management in the world, is on "Technology Management for Reshaping the World." The conference is sponsored by Portland State University's Department of Engineering and Technology Management. Over 550 heads of industry, researchers and technology managers are in attendance this week.
The Leadership in Technology Management Awards recognize and honor individuals who have provided leadership in managing technology by establishing a vision, providing a strategic direction, and facilitating the implementation strategies for that vision. For more information, visit www.picmet.org or call PSU's Department of Engineering and Technology Management at 503-725-4660. The 2003 recipients and their partial biographies are listed below:
Industry Category: Jong-Yong Yun, vice chair and CEO, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Korea
Jong-Yong Yun received his degree in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University and joined the Samsung Group in 1966. He became Electronics Group vice president in 1988 and completed the MIT Sloan School Senior Executive Program the same year. He became the president and CEO of Samsung Electronics Co. in 1996, and was promoted to his current position of CEO and vice chairman in 1999. Among the many awards bestowed upon Yun are the Korean government's Bronze and Gold Medals for contributions to industry (1990 and 1992), Seoul National University's Honorable Engineering Alum award (1995), IIE's Outstanding Achievement in Management award (1998), Korea Management Association's Most Successful CEO in Korea award (1999), Business Week's "Top 25 Managers of the Year" listing (2000), and Fortune magazine's Asia's Businessman of the Year award (2000). Yun was also featured on the cover of Business Week in June 2003.
Government Category: Joseph Bordogna, deputy director and COO, National Science Foundation, USA
Joseph Bordogna is deputy director and chief operating officer of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Bordogna received B.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and a S.M. degree from M.I.T. His career includes experience as a line officer in the U.S. Navy, a practicing engineer in industry, a university professor, president of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), and a leader in science and technology policy in the government. He served at the University of Pennsylvania as the Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Engineering, director of the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, and the dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. At NSF, Bordogna has lead the development of new programs focused on expanding research horizons into connecting the frontier of science and engineering with service to society, producing a world-class engineering and science workforce, and making sure that every student from kindergarten up through the highest level of education has math and science capabilities. Among the many honors Bordogna has received are his Fellow Awards in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society for Engineering Education and the IEEE.
Academic Category: Chun-Yen Chang, president, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Chun-Yen Chang is the president of National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. He received his B.S.E.E. degree from the National Chenk Kung University (NCKU), and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the National Chiao Tung University (NCTU). Prior to his current position, he served as a research fellow at Bell Labs, a professor at NCKU, the dean of research, dean of engineering and dean of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at NCTU. He also was the founding director of National Nano-Device Labs in Taiwan. In addition to his presidency at NCTU, Chang holds several other positions and affiliations including foreign associate of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, member of Academia Sinica of the Republic of China, National Chair Professor, National Policy advisor to the Office of the President of the Republic of China, and Science and Technology advisor to the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China. Chang started his research on semiconductors in 1960, established the first Semiconductor Research Center in the R.O.C.. and the National Nano-Device Research Laboratory for research on nano-devices. Chang has received 26 patents in the U.S. and Taiwan and has published over 300 papers. He is the author of the book Made by Taiwan, promoting the idea of innovation and creativity for the future of Taiwan as a world leader in technology..
This year's focus for PICMET, the largest conference on technology management in the world, is on "Technology Management for Reshaping the World." The conference is sponsored by Portland State University's Department of Engineering and Technology Management. Over 550 heads of industry, researchers and technology managers are in attendance this week.
The Leadership in Technology Management Awards recognize and honor individuals who have provided leadership in managing technology by establishing a vision, providing a strategic direction, and facilitating the implementation strategies for that vision. For more information, visit www.picmet.org or call PSU's Department of Engineering and Technology Management at 503-725-4660. The 2003 recipients and their partial biographies are listed below:
Industry Category: Jong-Yong Yun, vice chair and CEO, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Korea
Jong-Yong Yun received his degree in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University and joined the Samsung Group in 1966. He became Electronics Group vice president in 1988 and completed the MIT Sloan School Senior Executive Program the same year. He became the president and CEO of Samsung Electronics Co. in 1996, and was promoted to his current position of CEO and vice chairman in 1999. Among the many awards bestowed upon Yun are the Korean government's Bronze and Gold Medals for contributions to industry (1990 and 1992), Seoul National University's Honorable Engineering Alum award (1995), IIE's Outstanding Achievement in Management award (1998), Korea Management Association's Most Successful CEO in Korea award (1999), Business Week's "Top 25 Managers of the Year" listing (2000), and Fortune magazine's Asia's Businessman of the Year award (2000). Yun was also featured on the cover of Business Week in June 2003.
Government Category: Joseph Bordogna, deputy director and COO, National Science Foundation, USA
Joseph Bordogna is deputy director and chief operating officer of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Bordogna received B.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and a S.M. degree from M.I.T. His career includes experience as a line officer in the U.S. Navy, a practicing engineer in industry, a university professor, president of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), and a leader in science and technology policy in the government. He served at the University of Pennsylvania as the Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Engineering, director of the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, and the dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. At NSF, Bordogna has lead the development of new programs focused on expanding research horizons into connecting the frontier of science and engineering with service to society, producing a world-class engineering and science workforce, and making sure that every student from kindergarten up through the highest level of education has math and science capabilities. Among the many honors Bordogna has received are his Fellow Awards in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society for Engineering Education and the IEEE.
Academic Category: Chun-Yen Chang, president, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Chun-Yen Chang is the president of National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. He received his B.S.E.E. degree from the National Chenk Kung University (NCKU), and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the National Chiao Tung University (NCTU). Prior to his current position, he served as a research fellow at Bell Labs, a professor at NCKU, the dean of research, dean of engineering and dean of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at NCTU. He also was the founding director of National Nano-Device Labs in Taiwan. In addition to his presidency at NCTU, Chang holds several other positions and affiliations including foreign associate of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, member of Academia Sinica of the Republic of China, National Chair Professor, National Policy advisor to the Office of the President of the Republic of China, and Science and Technology advisor to the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China. Chang started his research on semiconductors in 1960, established the first Semiconductor Research Center in the R.O.C.. and the National Nano-Device Research Laboratory for research on nano-devices. Chang has received 26 patents in the U.S. and Taiwan and has published over 300 papers. He is the author of the book Made by Taiwan, promoting the idea of innovation and creativity for the future of Taiwan as a world leader in technology..
