Fred Schindler's IEEE Activities
IEEE COMMITTEES & BOARDS
Board of Directors
Candidate, 2027 President-Elect ieee.org/pe27
VP, Technical Activities, 2024
Division IV, Director, 2021-22
One IEEE Ad Hoc to Enable Strategic Investments in Innovations & Public Imperative Activities, 2025, Chair
Ad Hoc Committee on Innovation Framework for Strategic IEEE Investments, 2026, Member
Governance Committee. Member, 2022-2023, 2025-2026
Employee Benefits and Compensation Committee. Member, 2022-2024
Finance Committee Ad Hoc on IEEE Budget Process Redesign. Member, 2024
IEEE Ad Hoc Committee on the Future of Engagement, Member, Conference Working Group Lead, 2022
Strengthening the IEEE Constitution ad hoc. Member, 2021
Election Practices and Oversight ad hoc. Member, 2021
Technical Activities Board (TAB). Past Chair, 2025. Chair, 2024. Vice Chair, 2023. Member, 2003, 2015-2018, 2021-2022
TAB Management Committee, Chair, 2024. Member, 2023-2025
Strategic Planning Committee. Chair, 2025. Member, 2019, 2023-24
TAB FinCom. Member, 2015-2018, 2023-24
Tech Summit, Executive Committee Chair, 2025
Society and Council Life Cycle ad Hoc. Chair, 2021-2023
Financial Health ad hoc. Member, 2018-2019.
Hall of Honor Committee. Member, 2018-2020.
Sections Congress ad hoc. Chair, 2020. Member, 2017
CRFID Advisory Committee. Member, 2019-2022
IEEE Conferences Committee. Chair, 2015-2018. Vice Chair, 2023. Past Chair, 2019-2022. Member, 2013-2014
Technical Program Integrity Committee (TPIC). Member, 2014-2020
Conference Quality Committee. Chair, 2017. Member 2018-2022
Conference Portfolio Review Committee. Chair, 2017-2020. Member, 2021-2022
Conference Application Review ad hoc. Chair, 2017-2022. Member, 2023
Nomination, Recommendation and Appointments Committee. Chair 2019-2022. Member, 2018, 2023
Conference Governance and Strategy Committee. Member, 2018-2022
Event Innovations Committee. Chair, 2019, 2023-2024. Member, 2017-2019, 2025
Publications Services and Products Board (PSPB). Member, 2015-2018
Strategic Planning Committee. Member, 2020-2022
Publication Conduct Committee. Member, 2021-2022
Peer Review ad hoc. Member, 2019-2021
IEEE-USA Board of Directors. Member, 2026-2027
Global Policy Caucus. Member, 2025.
Products and Services Committee (PSC). Member, 2020-2022
Conference Publications Committee. Chair, 2021-2022. Past Chair, 2023-2025
Joint TAB/PSPB Strategic ad hoc. Group co-lead, 2019
Conference Financial Management Remediation (CFMR) IEEE ad hoc. Member, 2017-2018
Marketing Automation MGA/TAB ad hoc. Co-Chair, 2015
Future of Information and Convening BoD ad hoc. Member, 2015
Conference Financial Management BoD ad hoc. Member, 2017-2019
MTT SOCIETY
President. 2003. Vice President, 2002. Secretary, 1993
AdCom. Elected Member, 1994-2002. Honorary Life Member, selected 2022
Electronic Communications ad hoc. Chair, 1994-1995
Meetings and Symposia. Chair, 1996-1997
Electronic Information ad hoc. Chair, 1998
Marketing and Publicity ad hoc. Chair, 1998-1999
Electronic Publications ad hoc. Chair, 1999
Operations. Chair, 1999
Membership Services. 2000-2001
Budget. Chair, 2002.
Long Range Planning. Chair, 2005
Past Presidents Council. Chair, 2005
RWS Executive Committee. Chair, 2005-2007, 2010-2015
EuMA Liaison. 2007-2008
Exhibition Management ad hoc. Chair, 2007
Local Arrangement Contractor ad hoc. Chair, 2010
MTT-19 (Business Issues). Chair, 2010-2015
IMS Executive Committee. Chair, 2011, 2014-2015
IMS organization Model task force. Chair, 2021-2023. Member 2024-2025
CONFERENCES
International Microwave Symposium (IMS)
General Chair, 2009
Technical Program Co-Chair, 2000. Member, 2020
Protocol Chair, 2012
Advisor, 2012-2016, 2019, 2026
TPRC Member, 1995-2003, 2012-15, 2017-20, 2022
Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWW)/Radio and Wireless Week
Founding Chair. 2006
PAWR Technical Program Co-Chair. 2014-2016
GaAs IC Symposium (now CSICS) - TPC Member, 1989-1992
JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES
IEEE Microwave Magazine MicroBusiness columnist, 2010-present (Apex Award of Excellence)
Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (T-MTT). Editorial Board, 1996-2006
Microwave and Wireless Components Letters (MWCL). Reviewer, 2000-2016
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies (non-IEEE). Associate Editor, 2010-present