Industrial Advisory Board
The Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) is a fun group of talented and experienced engineering professionals who are serious about ECE education. Serving as advocates for the department, IAB members help guide our strategic direction, offer input on the curriculum, foster mutually beneficial collaborations, and participate in events to benefit the department.
Interested in getting involved? Contact us!
- Spring IAB Meeting: Friday, April 18, 2025
IAB Membership
| Organization | Board Member | Title | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Group | Tim Ash | Broker Associate Partner | tash@thegroupinc.com | |
| Broadcom | Steven Martin | R&D Manager | steven.martin@broadcom.com | |
| Woodward | Steve Pacheco | Application Engineer | steve.pacheco@woodward.com | |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise | Scott Makinen | Engineering Program Manager | scott.makinen@gmail.com | |
| Tasterrra Consulting, LLC | Richard Toftness | Director of CSU Engineer in Residence Program | rtoftness@gmail.com | |
| Medtronic | Todd Hansell | Site Quality Director for Medtronic Neurosurgery | robert.hansell@medtronic.com | |
| National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Rob Hovsapian | Research Advisor | rob.hovsapian@nrel.gov | |
| Intel | Jenna Mayfield | Engineering Manager | ||
| Intel | Don Soltis | Intel Fellow | ||
| Ductus | Gayatri Pendharkar | Senior Software Engineer | ||
| Ball Aerospace | Mike Dolan | Senior Director of Engineering | mike.dolan@ballaerospace.com | |
| Avaya | Mike Stiles | Engineering Manager | mastiles@avaya.com | |
| Lockheed Martin | Sunil Malik | Chief Architect | sunil.malik@lmco.com | |
| Ball Aerospace | Jacob Sauer | Vice President and General Manager of Tactical Solutions | jsauer@ball.com | |
| Zeta Associates | Jason Fritz | Principal Engineer | jpfritz@ieee.org | |
| Microsoft | Harsha Bojja | AI/ML Platform Architect | ||
| AMD | Jim Greener | Director of Silicon Design Engineering | ||
| Mitsubishi Electric | Jon Grooters | Director of Utility Solutions | ||
| Keysight Technologies | Jesse Rebeck | Senior Manager, ASIC Design Center | jesse_rebeck@keysight.com | |
| Medtronic | Jeannine Looney | SWQA & Test Engineering Manager | jeannine.looney@covidien.com | |
| Broadcom | Jason Gentry | Integrated Circuits Engineer | jason.gentry@broadcom.com | |
| Jeppesen | Greg Nuccio | Tech Lead | Greg.Nuccio@jeppesen.com | |
| Wolf Robotics / Lincoln Electric | Dan Spieker | Manager of Software R&D | dan_spieker@lincolnelectric.com | |
| AMD | Colin Baldwin | Senior Director, Custom Products and Strategic Initiatives | colin@amd.com | |
| Keysight Technologies | Chuck Duey | Hardware R&D Engineer | charles.duey@keysight.com | |
| Northrop Grumman | Benjamin Gookin | Sr. AI Research and Development Engineer | ||
| Keysight Technologies | Ben Fox | Digital ASIC Designer | ||
| Keysight Technologies | Alan Wang | Head of Program Management Office, Aerospace and Defense Custom Solutions | ||
| Advanced Energy | Josh Pankratz | Director of Strategic Development for AMP | ||
| Ulteig | Victoria Bohannon-Pea | Project Manager | ||
| John Nichols | ||||
| Teledyne e2V | Kurt Rentel | North American Business Development Manager | ||
| Susan Hunter | Retired Optical Engineer | |||
| Numerica | Evan Everett | Program Director for RF Sensors | ||
| Chuck Quire | Consultant | |||
| Patrick Strausbaugh | Retired Fellow | |||
| Art Lizotte | Consultant, CSU Engineer in Residence | |||
| U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | Abbie Watnik | Research Scientist | ||
| Nexus Real Estate Advisors | Scott Lukes | Founder & CEO |
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