Industrial Advisory Board Meeting - Spring 2015
EECS Industrial Advisory Board
Approximately 28% of the engineers employed in Wichita, Kansas, the center of industrial
activity in the state, received their engineering education at Wichita State University.
Many of those engineers continue their education as part time graduate students. This
provides the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering the opportunity to obtain
evaluations of the performance of its graduates in industry.
The Industrial Advisory Board of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
consists of engineering leaders from electrical & computer engineering industry in
the Wichita area. These engineering leaders, representing the Wichita area industrial
constituency of the electrical & computer engineering programs, provide input as to
program objectives, and assist the Department in assessing the technical content and
performance of its programs. The Board meets with faculty of the Department at least
once per year to discuss issues and review goals and objectives.
Members Of The Board
(Updated on 05/30/2017)
Shon Gerber
Chief Information Security Officer
INVISTA S.a.r.l.
4111 East 37th Street North
Wichita, KS 67220
316-828-1338
shon.gerber@invista.com
BSAS, University of North Dakota, 1992
Bret S. Weber
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Platforms
Data Direct Networks
3814 N. Fossil Run
Wichita, KS 67205
304-3528
bweber@ddn.com
MS EE, WSU, 1986
BS EE WSU, 1982
Wayne Stout
Owner
MechSys Engineering, LLC
1684 Tiara Pines Ct.
Derby, KS 67037
788-7279
mechsyseng@gmail.com
PhD EE, WSU, 1996
MS AE, WSU
BS ME, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 1981
Leland Johnson (retired)
Director of Science & Technology
Hawker Beechcraft Company
Home info:
18 S. Lakeview Dr.
Goddard, KS 67052
794-8486
drjyro@yahoo.com
Stephen Guhl (Retired)
Network Design Engineer
The Boeing Company
stephen.guhl@wichita.edu
PhD EE, WSU, 2008
MS EE, WSU, 1993
Stan Skelton
Sr. Director, Strategy & Architecture
NetApp
3718 N. Rock Road
Wichita, KS 67226
636-8556
stan.skelton@netapp.com
BS CS, WSU, 1977
Tahir Ahmad
Owner
PetroPower, LLC
2595 N. Webb Rd
Suite #500
Wichita, KS 67226
tahmad@wiktronics.com
361-0222
BS EE, WSU, 2007
M.K. Jibbe
Director of Quality and Test Architect Team
NetApp
3718 N. Rock Road
Wichita, KS 67226
636-8810 (work)
208-5431 (cell)
mahmoud.jibbe@netapp.com
PhD EE, WSU, 1986
MS EE, WSU, 1983
BS EE, WSU, 1982
Andy Stallard (Retired)
Systems Engineering Specialist
The Boeing Company
721-2306 (Cell)
andy_stallard@yahoo.com
MS Information Systems Management, Univ. of Phoenix, 2008
BS EE, WSU, 1986
Lynn Schroeder
MKEC Engineering Success
411 N. Webb Rd.
Wichita, KS 67206
316-684-9600
lschroeder@mkec.com
BSEE, Kansas State University, 1987
PE
Janelle M. Reese
Director Safety and Technical Systems
INVISTA S.à r.l.
316-828-1411
Janelle.M.Reese@Invista.com
BS EE, WSU, 1991
CSP
Chris O'Neil
Manageability Development Team
NetApp Inc
Wichita, KS
316-636-8762
chris.oneil@netapp.com
MSEE, San Jose State University
Dan Biby
Facilities Department Manager
303 S. Topeka
Wichita, KS 67202
316-262-2691
dan.biby@pec1.com
BS AE, Kansas State University, 1993
Farris Jibril (Retired)
Director, Distribution Engineering
Westar Energy
316-655-3070
shockers13@cox.net
Mark Olive
Aircraft Certification Engineer
Garmin International
Wichita, Kansas Area
markolive@ieee.org
MSCS, Wichita State University, 2012
BSEE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1983
Dee Hairgrove
VP Tax Application and Audit Development
Tax & Accounting US
Wolter Kluwer
Office: 316-612-5203
Mobile: 316-765-3602
Dee.Hairgrove@WoltersKluwer.com
Michael Ballard
VP, Cloud Site Reliability Engineers
IBM Cloud Platform Services
mballard@us.ibm.com
Albert Dirkzwager
Director, Engineering
Textron Aviation
adirkzwager@txtav.com
Steve Castro-Miller
VP, Products
EFT Analytics (A Koch Industries company)
4111 E. 37th St N
Wichita, KS 67220
stevecm@eftanalytics.com
BA International Business, Furman University