Advisory Board

The Advisory Board provides input on academics, research, administration, outreach, advocacy, and development. The Board reviews the graduate and undergraduate curriculum and degree programs, program educational objectives, and program outcomes, and offers suggestions for change to keep them current. The Board evaluates the quality and scope of our research, its relationship to our programs, its relevancy and helps guide future directions. The Board recommends ways to build new relationships with industry and to strengthen those we have.



Arne Ballantine VP Engineering, Bloomenergy
Peter D. Cherasia Head of Global Technology, Operations & Real Estate, J. P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Dorin Comaniciu Global Technology Head, Image Analytics and Informatics Siemens Corporate Research
Hubertus Franke Senior Manager, Software Defined Infrastructure IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Kfir L. Godrich VP & CTO, HP Technology Services
Terry Hsiao CEO of Hook Mobile
Charles R. Kalmanek Head of AT&T Labs Research
Cindy Klepich Director, Integrated Communications and End User Services, IBM Global Technology Services
Ed Knapp Senior Vice President, Business Development & Engineering - Qualcomm Corporate R&D
Chris Marty Head of Portfolio Analytics and Research, Two Sigma Investments LLC.
Rob McKernan President, Americas Region, APC by Schneider Electric
Jerry Passione General Manager, Juniper Networks   OpenLab
Sanyogita Shamsunder Director of Strategy-Technology/Network CTO Office, Verizon Wireless
Lewis F. Von Thaer Corporate Vice President, General Dynamics President, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems
Ariela Zeira Vice President , InterDigital Innovation Labs
Pete Zogas Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing National Instruments