{"56721":{"#nid":"56721","#data":{"type":"event","title":"James R. Carreker Distinguished Lecture","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWilliam P. (Bill) Sullivan, president and CEO of Agilent Technologies, Inc., will be the featured speaker at the James R. Carreker Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, April 1, 2010. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELecture Abstract\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGlobal Megatrends for the Coming Decades\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more than 70 years, Agilent Technologies, Inc. has been the world\u0027s premier measurement company, beginning with its predecessor Hewlett-Packard. The company constantly looks toward the future for opportunities to make contributions in electronic and bio-analytical industries.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOver the next several decades, we see several global megatrends emerging that not only present new measurement challenges, but may profoundly affect the way that people live and work. These megatrends include the rise of Asia, the spread of infectious disease, food safety, and the environment.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAgilent President and CEO Bill Sullivan highlights these trends, as well as their implications for the United States.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBiosketch\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWilliam P. (Bill) Sullivan is president and chief executive officer of Agilent Technologies, Inc. Prior to his appointment in March 2005, Mr. Sullivan was the company\u0027s executive vice president and chief operating officer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMr. Sullivan, who was senior vice president and general manager of Agilent\u0027s Semiconductor Products Group (SPG) before being named COO, joined Hewlett-Packard Company in 1976 and, during the course of his career, developed considerable expertise in telecommunications, data communications, and computers. In 1995, he was promoted to general manager of the Optical Communications Division, and two years later was named general manager of the Communication Semiconductor Solutions Division. Mr. Sullivan became general manager and vice president of the Components Group, now SPG, in 1998. In 1999, when Agilent was spun off from HP, he was named to the top position with SPG.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMr. Sullivan, who was born in 1949 in Yakima, Washington, received a bachelor of science degree from the University of California at Davis. He serves on the Board of Directors of URS Corporation in San Francisco, Avnet, Inc. in Phoenix, and the Children\u0027s Discovery Museum in San Jose.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The James R. Carreker Distinguished Lecture will be held on April 1. The featured speaker is William P. (Bill) Sullivan, president and CEO of Agilent Technologies, Inc.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The James R. Carreker Distinguished Lecture will be held on April 1."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2010-05-24 10:51:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:51:41","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-04-01T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2010-04-01T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-04-01T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-04-01 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-04-01 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-04-01 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"8547","name":"Agilent Technologies"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"5032","name":"James R. Carreker Distinguished Lecture"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EDeborah Milliner\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:deborah.milliner@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Deborah Milliner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-2273\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}