{"id":965,"date":"2020-11-10T20:25:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T01:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ieeeusaorg.wpengine.com\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&#038;p=965"},"modified":"2025-10-20T17:45:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:45:52","slug":"consultants","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/committees\/consultants\/","title":{"rendered":"Consultants Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1260px + 20px );margin-left: calc(-20px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-20px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:10px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:10px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:10px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:10px;--awb-spacing-left-small:10px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>IEEE-USA supports the career interests of self-employed IEEE members in the United States through the Consultants Committee (formerly AICNCC). The Committee helps <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/careers\/consultants\/networks-by-state\/\">local IEEE-USA Consultants&#8217; Networks<\/a> coordinate their activities and provides services to individual consultants in areas lacking sufficient members to start a local network. The Consultants Committee&#8217;s objectives include fostering the growth of Consultants&#8217; Networks in the United States, encouraging consultants to join existing networks or form new ones, promoting the use of independent technical and engineering consultants by industry and business, and providing educational activities for self-employed members. This work is accomplished in part by maintaining the <a href=\"https:\/\/ieee-collabratec.ieee.org\/ieee-usa-consultants\">IEEE-USA Consultant Finder<\/a>\u00a0and by co-sponsoring regular\u00a0National Consultants&#8217; Workshops.<\/p>\n<p>IEEE-USA provides a variety of services and resources for members exploring or engaged in the practice of consulting, under the oversight of the Consultants Committee.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IEEE-USA supports the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ieee.org\/membership-catalog\/productdetail\/showProductDetailPage.html?product=UH3001\">IEEE Consultants Network<\/a>\u00a0with quarterly newsletters and access to an annual consultants webinar series. Network members can also take advantage of the IEEE Consultants Exchange in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ieee-collabratec.ieee.org\/app\/community\/71\">IEEE Collabratec<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>IEEE-USA assists with the start-up of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/careers\/consultants\/networks-by-state\/\">local IEEE Consultant Networks<\/a>\u00a0and encourages member-consultants to take advantage of these networking and educational opportunities they provide.<\/li>\n<li>IEEE Consultants can advertise their services in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ieee-collabratec.ieee.org\/ieee-usa-consultants\">IEEE-USA Consultant Finder<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>IEEE-USA also arranges occasional workshops and offers webinars and ebooks on consulting-related topics, as well as specialized resources such as the annual Consultants Fee Survey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Position Statements<\/h2>\n<div class=\"stp-bubble-wrap stp-archive stp-archive-committee-aicncc\"><ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/careers\/consultants\/resources\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">View Consultants Resources<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:25%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:10px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:10px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:10px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:10px;--awb-spacing-left-small:10px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:calc( 100% + 20px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 20px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-20px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-20px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-right:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:15px;--awb-padding-left:20px;--awb-bg-color:#f2f3f5;--awb-bg-color-hover:#f2f3f5;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:10px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:10px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:10px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:10px;--awb-spacing-left-small:10px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h3>Committee Chair<\/h3>\n<p>Mohammed Billoo<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-right:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:15px;--awb-padding-left:20px;--awb-bg-color:#f2f3f5;--awb-bg-color-hover:#f2f3f5;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:10px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:10px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:10px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:10px;--awb-spacing-left-small:10px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h3>Staff Contact<\/h3>\n<p>Daryll Griffin<br \/>\nProgram Manager, Career, Member &amp; Innovation Activities<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:d.r.griffin@ieee.org\">d.r.griffin@ieee.org<\/a><br \/>\n+1 202 530 8337<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-2 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-right:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:15px;--awb-padding-left:20px;--awb-bg-color:#f2f3f5;--awb-bg-color-hover:#f2f3f5;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:10px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:10px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:10px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:10px;--awb-spacing-left-small:10px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h3>IEEE Consultants Exchange<\/h3>\n<p>This is a dedicated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ieee-collabratec.ieee.org\/app\/community\/71\">IEEE Collabratec community<\/a>\u00a0for IEEE independent consultants to network with other consultants and discuss consulting activities provided by IEEE and its local networks across the globe. Consultants can exchange ideas, information about contracts, business contacts, and marketing your practice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57658,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"portfolio_category":[59],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-965","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-career-member-services"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Consultants Committee | IEEE-USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/committees\/consultants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Consultants Committee | IEEE-USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/committees\/consultants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IEEE-USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ieeeusa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-20T21:45:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/consultants.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"366\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ieeeusa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/committees\/consultants\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/committees\/consultants\/\",\"name\":\"Consultants Committee | IEEE-USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/committees\/consultants\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/committees\/consultants\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/consultants.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-11T01:25:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-20T21:45:52+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/committees\/consultants\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/committees\/consultants\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/committees\/consultants\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/consultants.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/consultants.png\",\"width\":650,\"height\":366},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/committees\/consultants\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Portfolio\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/committees\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Consultants Committee\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/\",\"name\":\"IEEE-USA\",\"description\":\"Building Careers &amp; 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