Dean’s Advocacy Council

The College of Engineering Dean’s Advocacy Council is comprised of business and alumni leaders who provide strategic assistance in advancing the priorities of the College, as well as serve as ambassadors of and active advocates for the College. The Council’s commitment and leadership help to assure that the mission and goals of the College are met. The Council plays a vital role in helping Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering continue its recognition as an elite engineering college. Current members are listed below:

Wayne Balta

Wayne Balta E’82
Vice President, Corporate Environmental Affairs and Product Safety
IBM

John Bertucci

John Bertucci E’63, TPR’65
Chairman of the Board
MKS Instruments, Inc.

Raymond Betler

Raymond Betler DC’79, E’79
Retired, President & CEO
Wabtec Corporation

Michele Blazek

Michele Blazek E’87
Director of Environmental Health and Safety
Stanford Health Care

Paul Browning

Paul Browning E’90
President & CEO
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas, Inc.

Michael Bruce

Michael Bruce E’95
President and CEO
Sirius Technical Services, Inc.

Barbara Buck

Barbara Buck E’73
President
International Molybdenum Association

Aris Candris

Aris Candris E’74, E’78
Retired, President and CEO
Westinghouse Electric Company

Russell Crockett

Russell Crockett E’87
Senior Energy Advisor
RTC Energy LLC

Shyam Dighe

Shyam Dighe E’77, E’79
Founder, President, & CEO
Dighe Technologies Corporation and
Aquasource Technologies Corporation

Phillip Dowd E’63
Managing Director
Sherick Enterprises LLC

Edward Frank

Edward Frank S’85
Founder & Vinter
Compass Vineyards

Dirk Gates

Dirk Gates
CEO
Xirrus

Deepak Gupta

Deepak Gupta E’89
Founder and Chairman
The Denita Group of Companies

Patricia Hatter E’84, E’87
Strategic Advisor, Multiple Startups
Former Senior Vice President of Operations
Intel Security (McAfee)

Steve Hoover

Steve Hoover E’89, E’94
Endowed Executive Director
Global Cyberscurity Institute
Rochester Institute for Technology

Matt Howard
Managing Partner
Norwest Venture Partners

Kathryn Jackson

Kathryn Jackson E’87, E’90
Director, Energy & Technology Consulting
KeySource

Raj Kapoor

Raj Kapoor E’92
Chief Strategy Officer
Lyft, Inc.

John Kenny

John Kenny E’82
Executive Vice President & Director
Gannett Fleming, Inc.

Oleg Khaykin

Oleg Khaykin E’87
President and CEO
Viavi Solutions, Inc.

John Kibarian

John Kibarian E’86, E’88, E’90
President & CEO
PDF Solutions

Tom Klopack

Tom Klopack E’73
Executive Consultant
Progenity, Inc.

Hillard Lazarus

Hillard Lazarus E’70
Retired, Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Tom Marchok E’87, E’89, E’95
Business Development, Private Equity
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Frank Marshall

Frank Marshall E’69
General Partner
Big Basin Partners LP

Drew Perkins

Drew Perkins E’86
CEO
Mojo Vision, INc.

Opal Perry

Opal Perry E’93
Executive Vice President & Cheif Information Officer
The Hertz Corporation

Ana Pinczuk

Ana Pinczuk E’10
Senior Vice President, Chief Development Officer
Anaplan

Kears Pollock E’62, E’64
Retired, Executive Vice President
PPG Industries, Inc.

Matt Rogers

Matt Rogers E’04, E’05
Partner
Incite.org

Shirish Sathaye

Shirish Sathaye E’93
General Partner
Cervin Ventures, Formation 8 Ventures

Hauke Schmidt

Hauke Schmidt
Head of Corporate Research North America
Robert Bosch LLC

Venkee Sharma

Venkee Sharma E’87, TPR’87
President & CEO
Aquatech International Corporation

John Sontag

John Sontag E’79
Retired, Vice President, Systems Research
Hewlett Packard Labs

Lip-Bu Tan

Lip-Bu Tan
Chief Executive Officer
Cadence Design Systems
Founder & Chairman
Walden International

Sin Min Yap

Sin Min Yap
Vice President, Strategy & Partnerships
ANSYS, Inc.