Advisory Board

Our department's advisory board is composed of respected leaders in industry, government, and academia. 

Meet Our Advisory Board

Our board members, who are from a range of organizations involved in the application of electrical and computer engineering, include:

Thomas G. Krappweis, advisory board chairman, senior engineer and principal (retired), Lockheed Martin Corporation

Lisa M. Assadzadeh, manager III, Space Systems Engineering, BAE Systems

Jason Bales, VP and chief engineer, Mission Technology, CACI

Robert Berezdivin, technical director and data scientist, Powertek Corporation

Sandra Cauffman, deputy director, Astrophysics Division, NASA

Terry Collins, former CEO and president, Argon ST

Jim Cullen, advanced technology consultant, Northrop Grumman

Esmael Dinan, founder and CEO, Ofinno

Abdi Dirie, manager, Washington Intellectual Property Law, IBM

Gene Eckhart, senior director for international operations, NEMA

Scott Goldstein, senior VP, Parsons 

Phil Harvey, principal engineering fellow of information and services, Raytheon

Ludovit Hintos, manager, Dominion Energy

Robert Hummel, chief scientist, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

Glen Martin, FLASH Process Integration senior manager, Micron Technology

Carl Schaefer, air vehicle lead, T-100 advanced pilot trainer program, Leonardo DRS

Chitra Sivanandam, president, Living Dino, LLC

Tony Tether, Tony Tether and Associates

“The advisory board members are passionate about contributing from our backgrounds and experience in industry to assist the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in maximizing the opportunities and solving the challenges of the future.”

— Hank Orejuela, president, Applied Systems Analytics