Industry Advisory Boards
Our College of Engineering and Computing Sciences advisory boards provide guidance to academic departments within the school and promote a continuing relationship between New York Tech students, faculty, alumni and industry experts.
The goals of each board include:
- Advising and assisting on academic and professional matters
- Providing input on current trends in the industry
- Identifying necessary skills and areas of interest for curriculum development
- Promoting and enhancing the quality of the programs
- Identifying projects and funding sources
Michael Battaglia
Software Engineer
Multi Data Services (MDS)
Ashutosh Dutta, Ph.D
Lead Member of Technical Staff, Chief Security Organization
AT&T Labs
Michael Halper, Ph.D
Professor and IT Program Director
NJIT
David Kafrissen
Director, MIS
Spellman High Voltage
Ajay Rajkumar, Ph.D
Core, Cloud, and Software Innovation Planning Leader
Mobile Networks CTO, Nokia
Azhar Bhatt
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Acutis
Mayank Jinda
Software Development Engineer II
Amazon
William Rooney
Senior Technical Staff Member
IBM
Manan Shah
Head, Product Management Mobility Team
Thomson Reuters
Gaurav Sharma
Professor
University of Rochester
Paul Stirpe
Technology Consultant
Letse, LLC
Engin Yalt
Chief Executive Officer
Intersoft Associates
Hy Goldstoff
Solutions Architect
Software by Design
Sherly Chaco
Senior Director of Information Technology Services
Nassau Community College
J.C. Chiao
Professor
Southern Methodist University
jchiao@smu.edu
Michael Cress
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
L3Harris Technologies
mikecress@gmail.com
Arvin Emadi
Technical Staff Manager
Illumina
arvin.emadi@gmail.com
Dean La Rosa
CEO & Owner
Transformational Innovative Solutions LLC
Sr. Dir Eng, Zebra Technologies Corp. / Retired
dean.larosa@tisolns.com
Maysam Ghovanloo
Senior Design Engineer
Silicon Creations
mghovan@gmail.com
Abtin Amini
Principal Product Manager
Microsoft
amiab01@hotmail.com
Vikrant Sharma
Vice President of Engineering, Optical Sciences
Masimo
vsharma@masimo.com
Ramdane Benferhat, Ph.D
Director, Applied Tech
MTA, NY
Robert DiFazio, Ph.D.
Fellow/Retired
InterDigital Communication Corp
Alexander Andreas George
VP and CEO
MANA
Vitto Leggio
VP and Chief Architect
XTREM Solutions, Inc
Mark Leibowitz
Engineering Supervisor
BAE Systems
Joe Miller
Engineering Supervisor
Parker Electronics System Division
Hamid Namdar
Professor and Chair
QCC Eng.Technology Dpt
Ted Pappas
Director
National Grid, USA for LIPA
Ronald Pirich, Ph.D
Fellow/Retired
Northrop Grumman Corp.
Daniel Rogers
Staff Engineer
Telephonics
Bruce Willins
Vice President, Marketing and Engineering
Hauppauge Digital
Eugene Hodgson
Vice President, Western Region
Corpfinance International Ltd.
Len Horvath
President, Past-President
Quantum Lighting, BC Advanced Conservation & Efficiency Association
Ehsan Haghi
Community Energy Specialist
Musqueam Indian Band
Patricia Bell
Head of Planning and Director of Education
Community Energy Association
Amy Seabrooke
Program Manager, Advanced DSM Strategies
BC Hydro
Juan Rincon
Program Manager for Conservation Education Initiatives
FortisBC
Ralf Nielsen
Director
Enterprise Sustainability, TransLink
Eric Mazzi
Owner
Mazzi Consulting
Vincent A. Benenati
CEO
East Coast Orthotic & Prosthetic Corp.
Joseph Lee
Senior Research Specialist
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Robert Fox, PE
Mechanical Engineer
Genesys Engineering P.C.
George Papadopoulos, Ph.D.
Principal/Director for Advanced Programs
Innoveering, LLC
Hossein Rahemi, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Engineering and Technology
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
John Shipman
Department Manager, Electric Vehicles
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
Dr. Hong Zhu, Ph.D.
Manager, R&D
Becton Dickinson