Gelli Mae Canlapan

IECEP – HAU

                The Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP) – Pampanga Chapter held its First Quarter Chapter Meeting and Seminar on Virtualization last February 23, 2013 at the Professional School Building, Angeles University Foundation, Angeles City, Pampanga. The event was participated in by IECEP – Pampanga Chapter officers and board of directors, professional electronics engineers (PECEs) and electronics engineers (ECEs), as well as of members of the IECEP – Pampanga Students’ Chapter coming from Holy Angel University (HAU), Angeles University Foundation (AUF), AMA – Angeles City Campus and Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University (DHVTSU).

                The Seminar on Virtualization was presented by Engr. Lucky Padilla, IT Manager of Versar International Incorporated – Asia Pacific. Padilla was able to introduce and explain “virtualization”, the creation of virtual machines that act like a real computer with an operating system. Also, he shared his technical expertise and experiences from his work regarding the topic, effectively discussing the innovative IT solution processes that help optimize the use of hardware resources, reduce the resource costs and downtime of management, and improve security and business flexibility. The seminar ended with an open forum wherein both the professionals and students had the chance to raise their queries and clarify important matters.

                Afterwards, the First Quarter Chapter Meeting followed and was facilitated by Engr. Anne Marie Lagmay, governor of IECEP – Pampanga Chapter. In the first part of the meeting, Lagmay, together with the other IECEP – Pampanga Chapter officers and the new set of board of directors, discussed about the Chapter’s 2013 Calendar of Activities. The committee heads presented their action plans for the year. An open forum immediately followed in order to entertain the suggestions of the members. For the last part, by-laws were elaborated and deliberated further to remind the licensed members about the CPE requirement in the renewal of their PRC licenses. In conclusion, Lagmay, gave a short message to the members, both professionals and students, to continue their support and dynamic participation in the programs of the Chapter.

                The oath-taking ceremony of the new set of IECEP – Pampanga Chapter Officers and Board of Directors was held at the Classic Savory Restaurant In Marquee Mall, Angeles City, Pampanga with IECEP’s incumbent National President  Engr. Melvin C. Acosta as the inducting official. The 2013 set of officers are as follows:

                Ann Marie M. Lagmay – Governor; Rogelio G. Tiglao – Vice Governor Internal; Cezar D. Cortez- Vice Governor External ; Mary Ann A. Macabuhay – Vice Governor Education; Karen Avegail C. Felix – Secretary General; Bryan B. delos Reyes – Treasurer; Omar M. Caballa Jr. – Auditor ; Brezhnev C. Catap – Director; Jun P. Flores- Director;  Cherry Ann T.  Pineda – Director ; Ma. La Reine G. Santiago- Director. The chapter’s past governor is Engr Roman Palo while Maricar Manansala is the current Student Chapter President.

]]> http://www.iecep-ph.org/?feed=rss2&p=489 0 http://www.iecep-ph.org/?p=480 http://www.iecep-ph.org/?p=480#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:20:21 +0000 admin http://www.iecep-ph.org/?p=480 IECEP-KSA CRC Conducts VoIP and Web Conferencing Seminars
Engr. Modesto Gibas
Governor, IECEP – KSA CRC

Around 40 electronics engineers (ECEs) and practitioners gathered last February 24, 2013 as the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Central Region Chapter (IECEP – KSA CRC) held its 2nd technical seminar on “Introduction to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Web Conferencing” at the Elite International School AVR in Riyadh, KSA.

The seminar formally started with the welcome remarks delivered by Engr. Perry Camson, Vice Governor for Internal Affairs. Engr. Jandee Bonifacio then presented some facts about Republic Act (RA) 9292 (Electronics Engineering Law of 2004), and challenged each participants with professional license registered under RA 5734 (Electronics and Communications Engineering Act of the Philippines) to convert it to a new one under RA 9292.

Subsequently, Engr. Jonathan Tiston gave an overview on how electronics engineers (ECEs) and technicians (ECTs) aspiring to improve on their career can be CISCO-certified associates. As the telecom industry requires, CISCO Certification is a must-have as most of the telecom companies in the Philippines and abroad hire CISCO-certified associates and professionals.

Current IECEP – KSA CRC Governor  and Philippine Professional Organization (PPO) Chairman Engr. Modesto Gibas then spearheaded the technical seminar in order to give the ECEs new information and updates on the latest trends in telephony. Gibas introduced VoIP technology to the audience using actual hardware and software, as well as how web conferencing can be utilized and taken advantage of by organizations and industries in holding online meetings, trainings and webminars. As far as the latest technologies are concerned, the VoIP and IP technologies are quickly evolving in the telecom industry and are being deployed in the Middle East. Most of the companies in the Gulf Region are shifting their corporate conventional telephone system to IP telephony as this has many features and is easy to implement with their existing computer or IP networks. It has also many added services as the technology is a merger of voice, video and data technologies.

Engr. Philip Tamayao

Governor, IECEP – Cagayan Valley Chapter

The Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP) – Cagayan Valley Chapter held the induction of its new set officers and its first seminar of the year last March 2, 2013 at the Educational Media Center of the University of Saint Louis (USL), its partner school.

ECE professionals and students from different universities and colleges in the region attended the event. Mr. Emmanuel James Pattaguan, Vice President for Academics of USL gave the welcome remarks, while newly-elected governor of IECEP Cagayan Engr. Philip Tamayao presented an overview of the day’s event.

The first seminar was entitled “LTE: Speed Beyond” spearheaded by Engr. Gerhard Tan from Globe Telecom. Engr. Melvin Acosta, IECEP National President, then led the induction of IECEP – Cagayan Valley Chapter’s  new set of officers  as follows:

                Philip A. Tamayao – Governor; Connie A. Quinto – Vice Governor Internal; Mark Raziel S. Quito- Vice Governor External ; Bretchen R. Infanta – Vice Governor Education; Anna Liza T. Bangayan – Secretary; Maria Corazon H. Guzman – Treasurer; Ronnie T. Costales – Auditor; Audy R. Quebral – Director; Ronald M. Villaverde – Director and Pinky C. Tumaliuan – Director and Immediate Former President.

Eng’r Acosta subsequently conducted a seminar for ECE practitioners entitled “Continual Improvement: A Key to Efficient Engineering Practice” while a parallel session for students about Navigational Aids was held.

After the seminar proper, an open forum was held and questions were entertained by the elected officers. ¢