IMS 2026 Steering Committee
| Position | Name | Affiliation |
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ExCom (Executive Committee) |
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| General Co-Chair | Greg Lyons | MIT Lincoln Labs |
| General Co-Chair | Tim Hancock | Raytheon |
| TPC Coordinating Chair | Steven Turner | BAE Systems |
| Marketing and Publications (MP3) Chair | Jackie Vitaz | Raytheon |
| Finance Chair | Kevin Chuang | Analog Devices |
| Inclusion & Outreach Chair | Christal Gordon | Booz Allen Hamilton |
| Inclusion & Outreach Co-Chair | Kelly Johnson | MassTech |
| RFTT Symposium Chair | Steven Turner | BAE Systems |
| RFSA Symposium Chair | Brian Floyd | North Carolina State Unviversity |
| RFIC Symposium Chair | Mohyee Mikhemar | Broadcom |
| ARFTG Symposium Chair | Andrej Rumiantsev | MPI Corporation |
| Event/Conference Manager | Elsie Vega | IEEE MCE |
| Treasurer | Robert Alongi | IEEE Boston Section |
| Publications Manager | Amanda Scacchitti | AAES Consulting, LLC. |
| Exhibition Director | Dave Weil | HEI |
| Exhibition Operations Manager | Tina Vickery | HEI |
| IMSEC Chair | JK McKinney | Dura Sales of Southern California |
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Advisory Committee |
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| IMS Past Chair (2025) | Steven Rosenau | Apple |
| IMS Past Chair (2025) | Jay Banwait | XII Medical |
| IMS Past Chair (2019) | Mark Gouker | MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
| IMS Past Chair (2019) | Larry Kushner | Raytheon |
| IMS Past Chair (2009) | Fred Schindler | Retired/IEEE |
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TPC (Technical Program Committee) |
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| TPC Coordinating Chair | Steven Turner | BAE Systems |
| Plenary Session Co-Chair | Nick Kolias | Raytheon |
| Plenary Session Co-Chair | Dan Green | ADI |
| Electronic Paper Mgmt | Sandy Owens | EPMS Inc. |
| Workshops Coordinating Chair | Holger Maune | TU Darmstadt |
| Panel Coordinating Chair | Jim Buckwalter | UCSB |
| Bootcamp Coordinating Chair | Greg Flewelling | BAE Systems |
| RF Systems Pavilion Co-Chair | Nuno Borges Carvalho | Universidade de Aveiro |
| RF Systems Pavilion Co-Chair | Ramesh Gupta | Ligado Networks |
| Student Design Competition Chair | Anton Geiler | LLG Associates |
| Student Design Competition Co-Chair | Can Cui | ADI |
| MicroApps Co-Chair | Steve Lichwala | Raytheon |
| MicroApps Co-Chair | Laila Salman | Ansys |
| MicroApps Co-Chair | Michael Virostko | BAE Systems |
| Industry Workshops Chair | Kevin Chuang | ADI |
| Industry Workshops Co-Chair | Francesco Barale | Skyworks |
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MP3 (Marketing/Publicity/Promotion/Publications) |
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| MP3 Chair | Jackie Vitaz | Raytheon |
| MP3 Manager | Amanda Scacchitti | The Albero Agency, Inc. |
| Marketing Agency (mdg) | Tyler Day | mdg |
| Marketing Agency (mdg) | Annie Henderson | mdg |
| Website/Mobile App Professional Staff | Mark Slater | Handmade Interactive |
| Microwave Magazine Guest Editor | Jason Soric | Raytheon |
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LAOC (Local Arrangements/Operations Committee) |
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| Event/Conference Manager | Elsie Vega | IEEE MCE |
| Treasurer | Robert Alongi | IEEE Boston Section |
| Visa Support | Susie Horn | SMH Consulting LLC |
| Student Ambassador Coordination Chair | Susie Horn | SMH Consulting LLC |
| Student Ambassador Coordination Co-Chair | Aravind Nagulu | Northeastern University |
| Student Ambassador Coordination Co-Chair | Rod Kim | UMass Amherst |
| Student Ambassador Coordination Co-Chair | Pranav Kumar | Mathworks / UMass Lowell |
| Protocol/Gifts | Elsie Vega | IEEE MCE |
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Focus Groups |
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| Inclusion & Outreach Chair | Christal Gordon | Booz Allen Hamilton |
| Inclusion & Outreach Co-Chair | Kelly Johnson | MassTech |
| Young Professionals Chair | Adilson Cardoso | Raytheon |
| Young Professionals Co-Chair | Gerald DeJean | Raytheon |
| Women in Microwaves Chair | Cindy Baker | Raytheon |
| Women in Microwaves Co-Chair | Jennifer Byford | MIT-LL |
| Startup Pavillion Chair | Ryan Lagoy | Starry |
| Startup Pavillion Co-Chair | Phiip Zurek | MIT-LL |
| Project Connect Liason | Netra Pillay | Skyworks |
| STEM Chair | High school & community college outreach | |
| Amateur Radio Chair | Chris Galbraith | MIT-LL |
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Exhibition Management |
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| Exhibition Director | Dave Weil | HEI |
| Exhibition Operations Manager | Tina Vickery | HEI |
| Corporate Management | Pete Erickson | HEI |
| University Exhibits/Liaison Co-Chair | Aravind Nagulu | Northeastern University |
| University Exhibits/Liaison Co-Chair | Rod Kim | UMass Amherst |
| Historical Exhibit Co-Chair | Steven Stitzer | |
RFIC 2026 Steering Committee
| Position | Name | Affiliation |
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Steering Committee |
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| Symposium Chair | Mohyee Mikhemar | Broadcom Inc. |
| TPC Chair | Bodhisatwa Sadhu | IBM T.J. Watson Research Center |
| TPC Vice Chair | Debopriyo Chowdhury | Broadcom Inc. |
| Student Chair | Jane Gu | Georgia Tech |
| Industry Chair | Vadim Issakov | Technische Universitat Braunschweig |
| Publications Chair | Patrick Reynaert | KU Leuven |
| Publications Co-Chair | Hyun-Chul Park | Samsung |
| Systems and Applications Forum Chair | Jennifer Kitchen | Univ. of Arizona |
| JSSC Guest Editor | Omeed Momeni | UC Davis |
| TMTT Guest Editor | Bahar Farahani | Cisco |
| TMTT Guest Co-Editor | Joseph Cali | Raytheon |
| Workshops Chair | Vito Giannini | Uhnder |
| Workshops Vice Chair | Wanghua Wu | Samsung |
| Panel Session Chair | Yao-Hong Liu | IMEC |
| Publicity Chair | Travis Forbes | Sandia National Laboratories |
| Asia Pacific Liaison | Hyun-Chul Park | Samsung |
| European Liaison | Antoine Frappe | Univ. of Lille |
| Secretary | Antoine Frappe | Univ. of Lille |
| Submission Site and Sesson Organization Chair | Joseph Cali | Raytheon |
| Website Chair | Michael Oakley | Raytheon |
RFSA 2026 Steering Committee
| Position | Name | Affiliation |
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Steering Committee |
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| Symposium Chair | Brian Floyd | North Carolina State Unviversity |
| TPC Chair | Christian Waldschmidt | University Ulm |
| TPC Vice Chair | Jeff Nanzer | Michigan State University |
| Student Paper Competion Chair | Shobha Sundar Ram | IIIT-Delhi |
| Industry Paper Competition Chair | Swami Sankaran | Texas Instruments |
| RF Systems Dialogue Chair | Jürgen Hasch | Bosch |
| RF Systems Dialogue Committee Member | Marty Apa | ADI |
| RF Systems Dialogue Committee Member | Swami Sankaran | TI |
| RF Systems Dialogue Committee Member | Jungah Lee | Aura Inteligent Systems |
| RF Systems Dialogue Committee Member | Olga Boric-Lubecke | University of Hawaii |
| RF Systems Dialogue Committee Member | Ken Kolodziej | MIT-LL |
| Digest Co-Chair | Gernot Huber | Bridgecom Semiconductors |
| IF Chair (change name to sound better) | Ifana Mahbub | UT Dallas |
| TMTT Guest Editor | Chris Rodenbeck | NRL |
| Workshops Chair | Holger Maune | TU Darmstadt |
| Workshops Vice-Chair | Taylor Barton | UC Boulder |
| Panel Session Chair | Walter Wall | HRL |
| Keynote Speaker Chair | Alexander Kölpin | Hamburg University |
| Publicity Chair | Wooyeol Choi | Seoul National University |
| Secretary | Ingrid Ullmann | Institute of Microwaves and Photonics, FAU |
RFTT 2026 Steering Committee
| Position | Name | Affiliation |
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Steering Committee |
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| Symposium Chair | Steven Turner | BAE Systems |
| TPC Chair | Joe Bardin | Google/UMass Amherst |
| TPC Vice Chair | Steve Bowers | University of Virginia |
| Student Paper Competition Chair | Jasmin Grosinger | Graz University of Technology |
| Student Paper Competition Vice Chair | Najme Ebrahimi | Northeastern University |
| Industry Paper Competition Chair | Rui Ma | pSemi |
| Industry Paper Competition Vice Chair | Jesse Moody | University of Maryland |
| Publications Chair | Chinmoy Saha | Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology |
| Publications Vice Chair | Jon Comeau | Otava, Inc. |
| IF Chair | Jason Soric | Raytheon |
| TMTT Guest Editor | Roberto Gomez Garcia | Universidad de Alcala |
| TMTT Guest Vice Editor | Jae-Sung Rieh | Korea University |
| Workshops Chair | Alírio J. Soares Boaventura | Stealth Startup |
| Workshops Vice Chair | Amelie Hagelauer | TU Munich |
| Panels & Special Events Chair | Jim Buckwalter | UCSB |
| Panels & Special Events Vice Chair | Kim Eilert | BAE Systems |
| Publicity Chair | Constantine Sideris | USC |
| Secretary | Ian Rippke | Keysight |