Biography

Douglas N. Zuckerman [S'67-M'77-SM-'86-F'96] received his B.S., M.S. and Eng.Sc.D degrees in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in 1969, 1971 and 1976, and is an IEEE Fellow. His over 36 years of experience, mainly at Bell Labs and Telcordia Technologies, span the operations, management and engineering of emerging networks and services. He is currently ComSoc's VP Society Relations.

For over 20 years, Doug's innovative, energetic leadership across ComSoc's technical committees, conferences, publications, chapters and Society governance has maintained focus on member interests worldwide, especially making relevant technical information widely and quickly available on line and in conferences, and encouraging more member interaction in the technical committees. In the several key positions he has held on the Board of Governors, he motivated and led organizational changes that more directly addressed the needs of members and chapters. He co-founded technical committees on Network Operations & Management and Enterprise Networking, as well as the IEEE Network Operations & Management Symposium (NOMS). Doug also serves on the important IEEE Products/Services Committee and the GLOBECOM/ICC Management/Strategy Committee.

His sustained contributions were recognized through the Society's Donald McLellan Meritorious Service Award, its Conference Achievement Award, the Salah Aidarous Memorial Award in Network Management and the IEEE Third Millennium Medal.

Doug is also an amateur radio operator with call sign W2XD.

Present IEEE Offices

ComSoc VP ComSoc VP Society Relations, Chair Society Relations Council, IEEE TAB/PSPB Products & Services Committee, GLOBECOM/ICC Management & Strategy Committee, NOMS/IM Steering Committee.

Past IEEE Offices

ComSoc VP Technical Activities, VP Membership Development, VP Membership Services, Chair Technical Activities, Membership Development and Membership Services Councils, Director Meetings & Conferences, Chair International Conference Policy Board, General Chair NOMS/IM in 1992, 1994, 2000 and 2003 and Chair NOMS/IM Steering Committee, CNOM Chair, Enterprise Networking TC Chair, Chair ComSoc Strategic Planning and Bylaws Committees, Member ComSoc Staff & Facilities and Restructuring Committees, Board of Governors Member-at-Large.