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MEM Corporate Collaboration Council

The Corporate Collaboration Council (CCC) helps MEM students during their studies and in planning their career paths by providing an industry perspective, helping find challenging projects and internships, and serving as mentors for first job placements after graduation. CCC members also work with MEM faculty and staff to improve program recruitment, admissions, and structure.

CCC Chairs

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Rebecca Carroll Th'09
CCC Co-Chair

Senior Director, Market Analytics and Global Learning at Trio

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Greg Chittim Th'03
CCC Co-Chair

Partner, Digital Health Sector Head at Health Advances

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Drew Matter Th'15
CCC Co-Chair

President, CEO at Mikros Technologies

CCC Members

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Bachar Al Hady Th'20

Senior Product Manager at Oscar Health

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Mark Allen

Vice President of Engineering and Operations at Viant Medical

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Neha Bharti Th'22

Technical Program Manager at Google

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Sean Casten Th'98
(on CCC Sabbatical)

Illinois Representative, US Congress

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Don Castle '79 T'81

Director for Industry Engagement at Thayer School of Engineering

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Shailesh Chandra Th'90

Customer Experience at Adobe

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Chuck Collins 

Director, University Research & Engagement at Fidelity Center for Applied Technology

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Santiago Correa Th'19

Business Unit Manager at Mikros Technologies

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Maya Davis '13 Th'14 Th'16

Senior Manager of Project Steering at Scout Motors Inc

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Jared Fry Th'02

Founder, COO at Collision Communications, Inc.

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Dominic Germana Th'02

Founder, Chief Engineer at Impact Embedded, LLC

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Ross Gortner Th'03 Th'04

Advisor/ Mentor

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Chris Graves '05

Director, Risk and Compliance Engineering at Google

Headshot of Surabhi Grover

Surabhi Grover Th'17

Senior Product Manager at Google

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Dana Guernsey '06 Th'07 Th'08

CEO at Voltus

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Benjamin Hoxie Th'20 Th'21

Associate at OM Venture Capital

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Samantha Inks Wilson Th'23

Manager at Simon-Kucher

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William E. Jacobson Th'72

Managing Partner at Ranger Partners

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Lin Jia Th'18

Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI

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Andrew Lackner Th'99

Managing Director at Energy Innovation Capital

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Shaneil Lafayette Th'20

Senior Product Marketing Manager at Equinix

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Augustus Moore '99 Th'01

Space Systems Development Leader at True Anomaly

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Vanessa Pinney '21 Th'22 Th'23

Associate at New Energy Risk

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Shaguna Punj Th'12

Partner, Healthcare Enterprise Strategy Consulting at PwC Strategy&

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Peter Rice Th'06

President, COO at CCX

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Sanjana Smruthi Srinivasan Th'19

Senior Product Manager at Intrinsic AI

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Apurva Subramanian Th'22

Staff Technical Program Manager at ServiceNow

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Poorna Suresh Th'19

Associate Director, Public Health at Guidehouse

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Bala Sahitya Vadlamani Th'17

Founder and Product Leader at BSV Advisory and Media

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William Voigt Th'14

Senior Technical Product Manager at Amazon Robotics

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Tabish Warsi Th'24

Supply Chain Optimization Engineer at Champro Sports 

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Heli Vyas Th'24

Product Marketing Manager at Precisely