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
- Stan Skelton, co-chair
Chief Architect; Sr. Director, Business Development
NetApp
stan.skelton@netapp.com - Al Tamimi, co-chair
VP, Transmission Planning and Policy
Sunflower Electric
atamimi@sunflower.net - Shon Gerber
Chief Information Security Officer
INVISTA
shon.gerber@invista.com - Bret S. Weber
VP and CTO
Data Direct Networks
bweber@ddn.com - Kuok Hoe "KH" Tan
Principal QA Engineer, E-Series Trailblazer
NetApp
kuokhoe.tan@netapp.com - Jatlin "Jay" Talreja
CEO
Viaanix
jatlin.talreja@viaanix.com - Joshua Saxe
Chief Scientist
Sophos
joshua.saxe@sophos.com - Bill Vincent
Senior Director of Software Engineering
AccuWeather
bill.vincent@accuweather.com - Heath Howard
Director of Custom Software Development
High Touch Technologies, Inc.
heathh@hightouchinc.com - Michael Barnett
Smart City Coordinator
City of Wichita
mjbarnett@wichita.gov - Alex Harb
CEO
RBS IT Solutions
ahard@ribbitbusiness.com - Lynn Schroeder
Transmission Engineer
Sunflower Electric
lynn.schroeder@sunflower.net - Janelle M. Reese
Director of Safety
INVISTA
janelle.m.reese@invista.com - Dan Biby
Owner
PEC1
dan.biby@pec1.com - Farris Jibril
Retired Director
Formerly with Westar
shockers13@cox.net - Cody Hastings
Supervisor, Distribution Systems Engineering
Evergy
cody.hastings@evergy.com - Ryan Kham
Manager in Networks, Intergration & Automation
Burns and McDonnell
rkham@burnsmcd.com - Alex Mages
Engineering and Operations Manager
LP Technologies
alex.mages@lptech.com - Jonathan Hochstetler
VP of Technology
Integra Technologies
jonathan.hochsetler@integra-tech.com - Bryan Edwards
Engineer, Eletromagnetic Effects
Texton Aviation
bledwards@txtav.com