ECE Advisory Board

Purdue University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Advisory Board provides an objective level of advice for decision-making within the Elmore Family School of ECE. Our Board members represent industry, academia, and entrepreneurship. The Advisory Board’s responsibility is to offer an array of experiences and insights on different topics including the academic needs of industry, the needs of our student body, and suggested areas for research advancement.

James (Jim) Anderson

President & CEO
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
MSEE 1997

Markell Baldwin

Partner
Drive Capital
BSEE 2014

David Beering

Founder and Owner
Intelligent Designs LLC
MSEE 1987

Nikhil Bhogal

Co-Founder and CTO
June Oven
BSCmpE 2003

Ellery Blood

Principal Research Engineer
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc.

Guru Chahal

Partner
Lightspeed Ventures
MSEE 2000

Darius Elliott

Enterprise Data & AI Solution Specialist
Microsoft

Kristen Daihes

Vice President of Global Supply Chain
Mars Snacking
BSEE 1996

Scott Fancher

Senior Vice President and GM (Retired)
Airplane Development
Boeing
BSEE 1981

Jennifer Graves

President and CEO
Graves Technologies
BSCEE 1986

Darby Hadley

Vice President
Engineering for Automotive Audio (Retired)
HARMAN International
BSEE 1988

Sue Hong

Manager of Electrified Powertrain Systems and Leader of Team Edison
Ford Motor Company
BSME 1988

Rouz Jazayeri

Co-Founder and Managing Director
Catapult Ventures
BSEE 2002, MSECE 2004

Apeksha Kumavat

Co-Founder & Chief Engineer
Gatik
MSECE 2016

Daniel Lee

CEO/Founder
Kokomo24/7
BSEE 2002

Albert (Al) John Loper Jr.

Corporate VP, Silicon Design Engineering
AMD
BSECE 1992

Raed Malhas

Co-Founder and CEO
RD Labs
BSEE 2002, MSECE 2004

Akanksha Mehrotra

VP Marketing
Dell Technologies
BSEE 2001

Charles Mok

Board of Trustees
Internet Society
BSECE 1985, MSECE 1987

Amit Rohatgi

Entrepreneur
Stealth AI
BS 1997, MS 1999

Sid Sheth

Founder and CEO
d-Matrix
MSEE 1997

Vivek Thakkar

Vice President, US Carrier & Enterprise
Apple Inc
BSCmpE 2001

Dr. Ed Teidemann, Jr.

Senior Vice President of Engineering
Qualcomm, Inc.
MSEE 1977