Topic:  Consultants Series Part 1 - Beginning Consulting

             How to Become a Consultant

Consultant:  Mark Fitzgerald

Date: TBD

Location: Zoom

Meeting starts at 7:00 PM.

Open to the public.  Networking from 6:30PM - 7 PM. 

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Event Description:

IEEE CNET Consultant Mark Fitzgerald will discuss how to be an effective consultant and run a consulting business.  Topics: becoming a consultant, diversification of your consulting business and keeping a steady cash flow, whether to incorporate your business and have direct clients (C2C) or go W2 through an agency, issues that are common to the consulting business, types of business and liability insurance, among other topics.  We also welcome your questions.

This talk covers information that engineers may find useful in a career choice of whether to become a consultant and run a consulting business.

Speaker Biographies:

Mark Fitzgerald:

Mark Fitzgerald has been a consultant since 1993.  Mark established Silver Bullet Engineering, Inc. providing electronics design in both hardware and software, and project management / Agile ScrumMaster, specializing in medical devices (IEC-62304), safety standard designs (IEC-61508).  Networking and Control Systems are also a specialty. Silver Bullet Engineering, Inc. is a C2C provider and insured. Mark has several patents and has published several technical manuals. He is an IEEE and CNET member. Website reference: https://www.silverbulletengineeringinc.com/