IMS2026 Steering Committee Leadership

IMS2026 Steering Committee

Position	Name	Affiliation
ExCom (Executive Committee)
General Co-Chair	Greg Lyons	MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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	ADI
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 University
RFIC Symposium Chair	Mohyee Mikhemar	Broadcom
ARFTG Symposium Chair	Andrej Rumiantsev	MPI Corporation
Event/Conference Manager	Elsie Vega	IEEE CEE
Treasurer	Robert Alongi	IEEE Boston Section
MP3 Manager	Amanda Scacchitti	The Albero Agency Inc
Exhibition Director	Dave Weil	HEI
Exhibition Operations Manager	Tina Vickery	HEI
IMSEC Co-Chair	JK McKinney	Dura Sales of Southern California
Advisory Committee
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
TPC (Technical Program Committee)
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
MP3 (Marketing/Publicity/Promotion/Publications)
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
LAOC (Local Arrangements/Operations Committee)
Event/Conference Manager	Elsie Vega	IEEE CEE
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 CEE
Conference/Event Planner	Dillian Waldron	IEEE CEE
Conference/Event Planner	Taylor Lineberger	IEEE CEE
Focus Groups
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 Lincoln Laboratory
Startup Pavillion Chair	Ryan Lagoy	Starry
Startup Pavillion Co-Chair	Phiip Zurek	MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Project Connect Liason	Netra Pillay	Skyworks
STEM Chair	Jayshri Kulkarni	Wentworth Institute of Technology
Stem Co-Chair	Steven Lardizabal	Raytheon
Amateur Radio Chair	Chris Galbraith	MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Exhibition Management
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
Historical Exhibit- Local Chair	Janusz Majewski	MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Historical Exhibit- Local Co-Chair	Chris Galbraith	MIT Lincoln Laboratory

RFIC 2026 Steering Committee

Position	Name	Affiliation
Steering Committee
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
Steering Committee
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 Lincoln Laboratory
Digest Co-Chair	Gernot Huber	Bridgecom Semiconductors
Interactive Forum Chair	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

RFTT2026 Steering Committee

Position	Name	Affiliation
Steering Committee
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.
Interactive Forum 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