TBD

Authors

  • Charles Hoes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56094/jss.v55i3.36

Keywords:

conference, training, curriculum, certification

Abstract

The International System Safety Society (ISSS) is still suffering from the impacts of the 2011 Budget Control Act that imposed “sequestration” measures within many members of the Society’s government contractor customer base. The Act resulted in immediate, and significant, decreases in membership and attendance at the annual Conference. Over a period of several years our member base was reduced by almost two thirds, going from approximately 1,200 paying members to about 500. Many system safety programs were “defunded,” forcing people to move to new fields where a Society membership no longer seemed necessary. In addition, funding cuts and an apparent distaste for “conferences” by government agencies slashed budgets supporting engineers’ Conference attendance.

Author Biography

Charles Hoes

Charles “Charlie” Hoes began his consulting business in 1984, providing system safety engineering services to defense, aerospace, semiconductor and general industry. During that time he has become a P.E. in Safety in the State of California, a Certified Safety Profession (CSP) with a specialty System Safety Practices and earned a Master of Science degree in Safety from University of Southern California. In 1988 Charlie incorporated his business under the name of “Hoes Engineering, Inc.” He has many years of experience volunteering in support of the International System Safety Society, filling many positions including past President of the Sacramento Chapter, the Virtual Chapter, and the System Safety Society. He is a past technical editor of the System Society’s journal Hazard Prevention (re-named to be the Journal of System Safety), as well as authoring an ongoing feature article of the Journal of System Safety called “TBD” where he discusses current concerns with the system safety profession.

In his new role of being semi-retired, Charlie continues to actively work with the System Safety Society as well as participating in a few “for hire” and volunteer projects that are particularly interesting, or important, for a variety of reasons. He is enjoying the ability of being a bit more selective with regard to projects that he accepts.

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Published

2020-03-01

How to Cite

Hoes, C. (2020). TBD. Journal of System Safety, 55(3), 8–10. https://doi.org/10.56094/jss.v55i3.36

Issue

Vol. 55 No. 3 (2020): AI and the Future of System Safety

Section

Columns and Perspectives
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