Advisory Board
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The College of Engineering advisory board, established in 1980, brings representatives from government, industry, and academia into the life of the college. This board meets twice a year to:
- Provide external feedback on areas of curriculum improvement to better prepare our students
- Participate in long-range strategic planning
- Solicit funding to support facilities, research, scholarships, chaired professorships, and other initiatives
- Support career placement and participate in student events
The advisory board meets twice a year, usually in October and May, on the UIC campus.
Advisory Board Members
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Current members
Chair: Jeffrey Niew, BS ’88
President and CEO, Knowles CorporationPrakash C. Agarwal, BS ’76, MS ’78
President, CEO, and Co-Founder, m2i InternationalStuart M. Bailey, BS ’94
Co-Founder and Chief AI Architect, ModelOpPrith Banerjee, MS ’83 (UIUC), PhD ’85 (UIUC)
CTO, ANSYS, Inc.Allan Baw, BS ’92 (UIUC)
Co-Founder, SpiderCloud Wireless, Inc.Mostafa A. Beik
Managing Director, Art Nouveau Ventures, LLCChristopher B. Burke
President and CEO, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd.Mihai Caratas, MBA ’98
Manager, Project Management, Global Engineering Services, Tech Center of Excellence, Abbott LaboratoriesSunil S. Gaitonde
Founder and CEO, GS LabMichael H. Goluszka, BS ’74
Vice President, Manufacturing, La-Co Industries, Inc.Scot Greenlee
Senior Vice President, Engineering and Technical Services, Exelon Nuclear GenerationLaurence “Larry” Hayward
BS ’90, MBA ’91 (UIUC)
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
ATOMS VC
Independence Equity
Founder and Managing Partner
VentureLab
Co-founder
Cornerstone AngelsDavid W. Heinzmann
President and CEO, Littelfuse, Inc.Fred Hoch
Founder and General Partner, TechNexus Venture Collaborative; Executive Chairman, Illinois Technology AssociationErin M. Inman
President and CEO, Primera Engineers Ltd.Kennary Jangla, MS ’07
Engineering Manager, FacebookAnne Marie Johlie, MS ’93
Head of IoT and Connected Products
Parker Hannifin
Motion Systems Group
Electronic Motion & Control DivisionJohn J. Just, BS ’83
Director, Illinois Budgets, Peoples GasBruce Kannry
CEO, NVISIAMuthiah K. Kasi
Chairman Emeritus, Alfred Benesch & CompanyCezar Kolodziej, PhD ’97
CEO, Drivebox AutomationShaun Lovick
President, NVISIAAnn Madea, BS ’88
CIO and Global Transformation ExecutiveJohn E. Major, MS ’82
President & Founder, MTSG; Immediate Past UIC Engineering Advisory Board ChairMitrankur Majumdar
Vice President and Regional Head – Services Americas, Infosys LimitedAdam McElhinney, MS ’13
Chief Data Science Officer, PaylocityThomas J. Meehan, BS ’99
Senior Vice President, Sargent & Lundy, LLCSamantha Melchiori, BS ’05, MS ’20
Global Marketing Manager, Cat Solutions at Caterpillar, Inc.Sheila A. Mikhail, BS ’88(UIUC)
Co-Founder and CEO, Bamboo Therapeutics, Inc.Rafiq R. Mohammadi, BS ’83, MS ’95
CTO and Senior VP, Engineering, iManage IncorporatedGlenn E. Neland, BS ’75
Manager and Principal, Neland GP, LLCKenneth E. Nelson, BS ’70
Management Consultant, Nelson Management ConsultingDavid A. Neumann
CEO, PCTEL, Inc.Patrick J. O’Donnell, BS ’83
Strategic Advisor, OCA VenturesYusuf Ozturk
CTO, Rand McNallyJake Pepper
Executive Vice President
Pepper Construction CompanyDavid R. Perez, BS ’95
Vice President, Transmission & Substation, ComEdMark T. Peters
Executive Vice President for Laboratory Operations
BattelleJose M. Rodriguez
Director, Regional Engineering Americas, Global Project Management, Global Engineering Services, Abbott LaboratoriesUlku Rowe, MS ’97 (UIUC)
Technical Director, Financial Services, Google Cloud\Ali Shadman
Managing Director, JK&B CapitalThao Tang
Senior Director of Engineering, Motorola SolutionsRaj Tank
Managing Principal, Arvidion CorporationValerie E. Taylor
Division Director, Mathematics and Computer Science, Argonne National LaboratoryMarshall Towe
Founder and Former CEO, Cascadiant, Inc.William D. Unger, BA ’71
Partner Emeritus, MayfieldPeter L. Wexler, MS ’81
Co-Founder, SpiderCloud Wireless, Inc.William O. White
Vice President, Advanced Technology, USG Building SystemsMatt Zamborsky
VP of Engineering
NuCurrentJenny Zhao, BS ’88
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members
*denotes Advisory Board members who are alumni of either UIC or UIUC.
- Jacob Babcock
- Joseph B. Barrett
- Hardik Bhatt
- John L. Blumenshine *
- Dennis Demoss *
- Michael F. DeSantiago *
- Andy Dunham
- Arup Gupta
- Robert Hamilton
- Phil Hanegraaf
- John F. Hardin *
- Robert Hauck
- Richard S. Hill *
- Michael R. Just *
- Audrone Karalius
- Tony Kobrinetz *
- Sujatha Karoor
- Norman N. Li
- Anila Lingamneni
- Ying Cheng Lo
- Lee Makowski
- Maryann McNally
- Jeffrey T. Miller
- Amreesh Modi
- William E. Morrow
- Joseph P. Mulvey *
- Diane O’Keefe
- Ralph Pini
- John Regan *
- A.V. Setlur
- Martin H. Singer
- Stewart A. Skomra
- Mark P. Slivinski *
- Rick Stevens
- Jyoti Mahurkar Thombre *
- Sunil Velagapudi *
- Bruce S. Widmann
- David Zavattero