The IEEE Board of Directors has obtained petition intentions from IEEE Senior Member Gerardo Barbosa and IEEE Life Senior Member Timothy T. Lee as candidates for 2027 IEEE president-elect. The petitioners are listed in alphabetical order and point out no choice.
The winner of this 12 months’s election will function IEEE president in 2028. For extra details about the petitioners and Board-nominated candidates, go to ieee.org/pe27. You’ll be able to signal their petitions at ieee.org/petition.
Signatures for IEEE president-elect candidate petitions are due 10 April at 12:00 p.m. EST/16:00 p.m. UTC.
IEEE Senior Member Gerardo Barbosa
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Barbosa is an knowledgeable in information technology administration and expertise commercialization, with a profession spanning innovation, entrepreneurship,and a world perspective. He started his profession designing radio-frequency identification techniques for real-time asset monitoring and stock administration. In 2014 he based CLOUDCOM, a software program firm that develops enterprise software to enhance companies’ billing and logistics operations, and serves as its CEO.
Barbosa’s IEEE journey started in 2009 on the IEEE Monterrey (Mexico) Part, the place he served as chair and treasurer. He led grassroots initiatives with college students and young professionals. His management positions in IEEE Area 9 embody technical actions chair and treasurer.
Because the 2019—2020 vice chair and 2021—2023 treasurer of IEEE Member and Geographic Activities, Barbosa turned acknowledged as a trusted, data-driven, and collaborative chief.
He has been a member of the IEEE Finance Committee since 2021 and is now its chair because of his function as IEEE treasurer on the IEEE Board of Administrators. He’s deeply dedicated to the accountable stewardship of IEEE’s world assets, guaranteeing long-term monetary sustainability in service of IEEE’s mission.
IEEE Life Senior Member Timothy T. Lee
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Lee is a Technical Fellow at Boeing in Southern California with experience in microelectronics and superior 2.5D and 3D chip packaging for AI workloads, 5G, and SATCOM techniques for aerospace platforms. He leads R&D initiatives, together with work funded by the Protection Superior Analysis Initiatives Company. He beforehand held management roles at MACOM Expertise Options and COMSAT Laboratories.
Lee was the 2015 president of the IEEE Microwave Idea and Expertise Society. He has served on the IEEE Board of Administrators as 2025 IEEE-USA president and 2021–2022 IEEE Area 6 director. He has additionally been a member of a number of IEEE committees together with Future Instructions, Trade Engagement, and New Initiatives.
His imaginative and prescient is to ship societal worth via belief, integrity, possession, innovation, and buyer focus, whereas strengthening the IEEE member expertise. Lee additionally desires to work to arrange members for AI-enabled work sooner or later.
He earned his bachelor’s diploma in electrical engineering from MIT and a grasp’s diploma in techniques architecting and engineering from the College of Southern California in Los Angeles.
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