2025: Eight Industrial Engineers Among the 38 by 38 Honorees
The 38 by 38 Award celebrates 38 young alumni (38 years old or younger) from Purdue's College of Engineering who have shown accelerated professional success and meaningful impact. This year's class includes an exceptional set of eight graduates from the Industrial Engineering program each now making waves in diverse industries, from tech and data to entrepreneurship and corporate leadership.
Here is a brief look at each of these standout Industrial Engineering alumni:
Harsh Wardhan Aggarwal (BSIE ’10, MSIE ’12, PhD IE ’18)
Currently working as a Senior Product Manager, Technical at a major e-commerce and technology company (Amazon).
Ghiya Al-Haj-Hasan (BSIE ’09)
Now serves as Chief Commercial Officer — Middle East and Africa for a global engineering and technology firm (Honeywell International).
Stephanie Bonk (BSIE ’12)
Cofounder and President of a startup named Overland AI.
Juanita Duque (BSIE ’13)
Cofounder and CEO of Seccuri, Inc.
Seven of the eight awardees recently returned to take part in a panel discussion for Industrial Engineering students.
Jeremiah Jones (BSIE ’20)
Now Senior Partner – Operations Manager at Amazon Prime Video.
Tareq Khalifeh (BSIE ’09)
Cofounder and Managing Director of MASE.
Timothy Loescher (BSIE ’13, MSIE ’15)
Currently leads as Head of Insurance Solutions – North America at data-driven company Quantexa, Inc.
Giovanni Malloy (BSIE ’22)
Chief Data Scientist at Aerospace Technical Services.
The diversity among this year’s IE honorees, ranging from product management and AI startups to commercial leadership, insurance analytics, and aerospace data science, underscores a key strength of an Industrial Engineering education: versatility. Some leveraged their technical background into product and data-driven roles. Others took entrepreneurial paths and founded their own companies, while some moved into business leadership and commercial operations across global organizations.
The 2025 38 by 38 class shows that IE graduates continue to be at the forefront of innovation, leadership, and entrepreneurship. This breadth demonstrates that IE offers a foundation broad enough to launch many different types of impactful careers.
Congratulations to these eight Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering alumni for being recognized as 2025 38 by 38 Awardees. Their achievements reflect not just personal success, but the strength and adaptability of the Industrial Engineering program — and serve as an inspiration to current and future Boilermakers.