The Industry Advisory Board of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science connects the department with its industry and government partners. Board members are alumni and representatives of the organizations that employ our graduates. Their perspective helps the department understand what industry needs and how well our programs prepare students to meet those needs.
The Board meets twice a year. At each meeting the department chair reports on the state of the department, including academic programs, faculty hiring, and research. Members review the program educational objectives and major curriculum changes, and advise on new courses and emerging topics in existing ones. The Board also advises on outreach, advocacy, and development.
Board Chair
Robert Kurimski
Children's Services Council of WPB, Chief Technology Officer
Board Members
Hamzah Al-Najada
NextEra Energy, Inc., Principal Data Scientist
Alfredo Cateriano
Southeast Toyota Finance, VP of Risk Management, Data, and Analytics
Lenny Chesal
R2Unified Technologies, Account Manager
Michael Conway, Executive Advisory Council Chair
Bidtellect, Chief Technology Officer
John DiPrato
Drivers Alert, Chief Executive Officer
Cristina Escalante
The SilverLogic, Chief Information Officer
Mihai Fonoage, PhD
Empower Community Care, Chief Technology Officer
Ray Garcia
Striker, Senior Manager
Sam Guan
Microsoft, Principal Software Engineering Manager
Yossi Har-Nov
NovTech, Chief Technology Officer
Edwin Hernandez, PhD
Egla Corp, Founder
David Jaramillo, PhD
RewardStyle, VP of Data Science and Data Engineering
Jeremy Kayne
Health Network, Chief Executive Officer
Dave Klein
Motorola Solutions, Device Architecture Engineering Director
Hernán Londoño, Ph.D.
Dell Technologies | Worldwide Education, Senior Strategist, Higher Education
Edin Muharemgic
LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Senior Architect
Andrew Parry
Applied Intelligence, CIO/CTO
Gerry Purdy, PhD
Mobilocity, Principal Analyst
Deepak Sachdeva
Star Lane, Partner
Rachanna Vidhi
RVI Consulting, Managing Principal | Amperical Inc, President
Mark Welsh
Belcan Engineering Group, Inc., Principal Engineer
Hooman Yousefizadeh, PhD
NextEra Energy / FPL, Principal Data Scientist