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Prendergast to retire from IEEE

New Jersey-based association begins search for new leader Prendergast Jim Prendergast will retire as executive director of the $463 million-revenue Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in early 2018. A search for his replacement has begun. Prendergast joined the Piscataway Township, N.J.-based technical professional organization in 2009. The organization credits him with broadening its international reach, opening new offices in Vienna, Austria, and Bangalore, India, while expanding existing offices in China, Japan and Singapore. He also orchestrated the acquisition of IEEE GlobalSpec and Engineering360 platform, which is a search engine and information source… Read More