Industrial Advisory Board

Mission

Provide external, professional perspective and guidance to ensure that the SMU ECE Department continues to be a provider of internationally recognized engineering leaders.

Goals

  • Support the department in the achievement of its strategic goals.
  • Become an active and positive external spokesperson for the Department.
  • Assist in curriculum development and ABET accreditation.
  • Secure financial, technical and research support for the department

Members of ECE Executive Board

Name Title Company
Solyman Ashrafi Global Head of 5G Open Network Design, Integration and Service PLM Fujitsu Network Communications
Ceená Beall Senior Director, Strategic Solutions C3 AI
Ranjit Bhatia Vice President, Head of Software Sales and Sales Development BA Digital Services (North America), Ericsson
Joe Camp ECE Department Chair, ad interim SMU Lyle School of Engineering
Kevin Ding Advanced Digital Systems Director Center Point Energy
Charles Hanley Senior Manager of Grid Modernization Sandia National Labs
Sreenivasan Koduri, Ph.D. (Chair) Director, Analog and Power Technology Roadmapping Texas Instruments, Inc.
Ben Kroposki Director, Power Systems Engineering Center National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Giridhar D. Mandyam, Ph.D. Chief Security Architect for all IoT and Automotive Qualcomm
Elisabeth Marley, Ph.D. Director of Project Management QORVO, INC.,
Paul Pinsukanjana Vice President Technology/ Business Dev Intelligent Epitaxy Technology, Inc.
Kamakshi Sridhar, Ph.D. VP, RAN Technology and Strategy/Sr. Fellow CTSO Mavenir
Bill Stuart President and CEO Photodigm, Inc.
Matthew Tonnemacher, Ph.D. Staff Engineer, Research Samsung Research America
Karthik Vasnath Vice President and General Manager for Data Converter Business Unit Texas Instruments
Harvey Wiggins President and Founder Plexon, Inc.