Industrial Advisory Board
Mission
To forge a powerful partnership between industry and academia, ensuring SMU Computer Science graduates are the most innovative and job-ready talent in AI and Computer Science.
Goals
- Provide Strategic Input on curriculum to ensure it reflects critical and emerging industry skills.
- Foster Talent Development by engaging with students as mentors, speakers, and project advisors.
- Build an Innovation Bridge to connect academic research with real-world industry challenges.
- Promote Community & Collaboration among industry leaders to elevate educational standards.
Members of CS Executive Board
| Name | Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Cotishea Anderson | Senior Product Manager | Microsoft |
| Adil Attlassy | Chief Technology Officer | Compass Datacenters |
| Alex Bai | Sr. Software Development Manager | 1Finity |
| Rob Bass | SVP Product Transformation & Management | Bank of America |
| Chris Carter | Chief Engineer & Group Manager for Connected Technologies | Toyota |
| Andrew Dickerson | Head of Software Engineering | Samsung Electronics America |
| Dana Jaber | VP of Sales & General Manager- Utilities | Ericsson Inc. |
| Shahzad Noorani | Strategic Accounts Manager | Palo Alto Networks |
| Fayyaz Patwa | VP, Sales Engineering | Nokia |
| Simon Saugier | Omnicom Group Inc. | |
| Garrick Toubassi | Co-Founder | Mindtrip Inc. |
| Nick Niver | Partner | Valent Partners |
| Karen Jennings | VP, Change Delivery Lead, Tech&Ops | Comerica Bank |
| Jeffrey Voas | Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Computer Magazine | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| Rhema (Zoe) Johnson | Lead Architect Generative AI | AT&T |
| Jiankun Liu | Head of Engineering - Data & AI Infrastructure | Amazon |