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MEET YOUR BICSI BOARD OF DIRECTORS NOMINEES BICSI had an extremely enthusiastic response to our call for 2020-2021 BICSI Board of Directors nominations. The large number of candidates running for board positions illustrates the prominence BICSI holds within the ICT industry and the drive of our membership to effectively lead our association into the future. From 1-30 September 2019, all active members in good standing have the opportunity to vote in the 2019 BICSI Board of Directors election. An electronic ballot was emailed on 1 September, but you can also read about the candidates below.* *Those who have chosen not to receive BICSI emails were mailed a paper ballot on 1 September to their preferred address on file. Carol Everett Oliver, RCDD, ESS ICT Consultant CEO Communications Cape Coral, Florida, USA carol.everett.oliver@gmail.com Chris Scharrer, RCDD, NTS, OSP, CTS-D Owner DCS Technology Design, LLC Chelsea, Michigan, USA cscharrer@bicsi.org Gautier Humbert, RCDD Standards Coordinator Legrand Saint Marcellin, France gautier.humbert@legrand.fr Larry Gillen, RCDD, DCDC, ESS, OSP Field Application Engineer – West nVent – Data Center & Networking Solutions Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA larry.gillen@nvent.com PRESIDENT-ELECT Carol's purpose is serving and giving back to the ICT Community—as a mentor, as a trainer, as a content producer, as a communicator and friend. If elected, she plans to con- tinue the strategic plans laid out by BICSI's Board of Directors, while always keeping in mind the prem- ise on which this association was built and still stands, for the integrity of all the stakeholders. Understand- ing the importance of commu- nicating, she plans to represent the members transparently and honestly to strengthen our global presence, expand our outreach and our credibility, whether in person or through written best practices. Chris states that today's ICT is the foundation for everything that makes an Intelligent Building intelligent, or Smart City smart. And while BICSI can't be an expert at every level of technology, we must know how our Layer 1 world supports all technol- ogies. With broad knowledge and vision we will take on new challenges for educational development of our members, find creative ways to include younger professionals, strengthen alignments with strategic partners that offer higher levels of learning and benefits for our members, and keep focus on our core strength, ICT. BICSI is relevant today, but we must change and move to remain relevant. Gautier believes that BICSI can benefit from his international experi- ence. It's at a turning point where, without forgetting the roots in North America, it needs to accelerate the development throughout the world. Then with the changes in our market (with buildings, ICT finally merging onto the common Ethernet infrastructure that our datacom world has known for many years), BICSI will need to take a leading role to support the entire industry into this new domain. Gautier hopes to participate in the expansion of BICSI in this direction involving the creation of new partnerships and alliances. If elected, Larry will focus on enhancing BICSI's relationships in the architect, design consultant, engineering and design build community. The conferences and other events need to provide not only CECs, but AIA Learning Units (LUs) and other ICT-related credits to expand reach into the ICT build community to provide more visibility of BICSI's Best in Class credentials globally. He will con- tinue to promote and leverage BICSI's accreditation to cultivate new and emerging professionals' growth into the ICT Industry. Larry will listen and learn from membership to implement a strategic plan of growth, opportunity and expansion. FEATURE Page 3