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 & Software Innovation Planning Leader
Mobile Networks CTO, Nokia
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
Solutions Architect
Software by Design
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
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 & 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 & 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
Robert Allgor, CEM, CDSM, CEA (M.S., '97)
Lead Program Manager
National Grid
Thelma Arceo (M.S., 87)
Senior Project Manager
Edison Energy, LLC
Ted Bier
President
T.M. Bier & Associates, Inc.
Anthony Cacioppo, P.E.
Consulting Engineer
Professional Engineering Services
Peter M. Curtis (B.T., 83; M.S., 94)
President
Power Management Concepts
Mary Frost Distler (Adv. Cert., 09)
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
John J. Eff, Jr., DGCP (B.S., 73)
Co-Chair
Long Island Energy Partners, LLC
Fredric Goldner, CEM. (M.S., 87)
Principal
Energy Management & Research Associates
Phil Gavosto
Gavosto Associates Inc
Fredric Goldner, CEM. (M.S., 87)
Principal
Energy Management & Research Associates
Pat Impollonia
City of New York Office of Energy Conservation
Milana Kononenko (M.S., 03)
Associate Engineer, Certified Opacity Observer
Shapiro Engineering, P.C.
Peter Krumdieck, P.E., CEM (M.S., 05)
Office of Energy Management
Thomas Lanzilotta, CEM (M.S., 10)
Campus Energy Manager
Stony Brook University
Joseph S. Lopes
Principal Consultant, DNV GL
Kent McCord (M.S., 10)
Director of Marketing Strategy
Doosan Fuel Cell America, Inc.
Robert M. Pellegrino
Environmental Manager
Con Edison
Henry O. Perez
Wendell Energy Services
Gloria G. Russo (M.S., 04)
Co-Chair, Manager, Environmental Planning and Compliance
Long Island Rail Road
David Schieren, (M.S., 06)
Chief Executive Officer
EmPower Solar
Michael Tedaldi
ASQ NY/NJ Metropolitan Section
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