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Council of Advisors

Council Meetings

Dean

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Dean Pisano

Albert P. Pisano
Walter J. Zable Chair in Engineering
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Dean, Irwin and Joan Jacobs School of Engineering

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Council of Advisors

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Chair

Mary Bui-Pham, Ph.D.
(M.S. ’88, Ph.D. ’92)
VP, Strategy, Operations, and Culture
Indeed.com

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Vice Chair

Oliver Ratzesberger
Chairperson
OpenCorporates Ltd.

Victor Bahl, Ph.D.
Technical Fellow
Chief Technology Officer for Azure for Operators
Strategic Missions and Technologies
Microsoft Corporation

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Angel R. Bours Zaragoza
President & CEO
Sonora Agropecuaria SA de CV

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Jeff Carter
(B.A. '86)
Vice President, Relational Databases Services
Amazon.com

Robert W. Conn, Ph.D.
Partner, Conn Enterprise Consulting (CEC)
President and CEO, Retired. The Kavli Foundation
Walter J. Zable Distinguished Professor and Dean, Emeritus
Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego

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Glyn Davies
President, Materials and Structural Analysis Division
Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Martha G. Dennis, Ph.D.
Principal
Gordian Knot
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Charles Elkan, Ph.D.
Venture Partner, Fellows Fund
Affiliate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Jacobs School of Engineering
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Peter C. Farrell, Ph.D.
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Founder & Chair Emeritus
ResMed

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John J. Fratamico Jr., Ph.D.
Executive Consultant and Board Member

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Matt Grob
Chief Technical Officer
Globalstar

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Harry Gruber
Co-Founder
JouleOne

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Taner Halicioglu
(B.S. ‘96)
Lecturer, Angel Investor, Advisor

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Arlene J. Harris
CEO ofÌýDyna LLC
Founder, Chairwoman ofÌýWrethink, Inc.

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Steve HartÌý
(M.A. ‘80)
Chair, Â鶹´«Ã½ Foundation Board
Co-Founder & CTO
Viasat, Inc.

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Waguih Ishak, Ph.D.
Retired VP and Chief Technologist
Corning R&D Corporation
Member, National Academy of Engineering

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​Carly Jackson
Chief Technology Officer
NIWC Pacific

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Honorary Chairman

Irwin M. Jacobs, Sc.D.
Founding Chairman & CEO Emeritus
QUALCOMM, Inc.
Member, National Academy of Engineering

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Sanjay K. Jha, Ph.D.
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Partner
Eclipse Ventures

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Rick Kornfeld
(B.S. ‘82)
President and CEO
Kitu Systems

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Anantha Krishnan, Sc. D.
Senior Vice President for Energy Group
General Atomics

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Ann Lee-Karlon, Ph.D.Ìý
(Ph.D.​​ '96)
President and CEO
EpiBiologics

Aiiso Yufeng Li (Jeff)
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
CorDx

Rami Mehio
Head of Global Software and Informatics, R&D
Illumina

Gioia Messinger
(B.S. ‘84)
Founder & Principal
LinkedObjects, Inc.

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Steve Mollenkopf
Chief Executive Officer
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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Omkaram (Om) Nalamasu
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
Applied Materials, Inc.
Member, National Academy of Engineering

Matthew J. Newsome
(B.S. ’91)
Strategic Advisor
Cubic Transportation SystemsÌýAmericas

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Bahram Nour-Omid, Ph.D.
Chairman and
Managing Partner
Scopus Ventures

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Gary W. Pace, Ph.D.
Entrepreneur
Director
Cardiff Oncology and
Pacific Channel

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Gregory M. Papadopoulos
(B.A. ‘79)
Venture Partner
New Enterprise Associates

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Sam Ramji
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Toby Eduardo Redshaw
Chief Executive Officer
Verus Advisory

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Ronald Reedy, Ph.D.
(M.S. ‘81, Ph.D. ‘83)
Co-Founder & CTO Emeritus
Peregrine Semiconductor

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Venkata (Murthy) M. Renduchintala, Ph.D.

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David SchwabÌý
(B.A. ‘79)
Founder & Managing Director
Vertical Ventures

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Munjal Shah
Co-Founder and CEO
Health IQ

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John Smee, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Head of Wireless Research
Qualcomm

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James H. Thompson
Chief Technology Officer
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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Susan Tousi
Chief Executive Officer
DELFL Diagnostics
Member, National Academy of Engineering

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Julie Meier Wright
Retired President & CEO (retired)
San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation

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Honorary Member

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Bernard Gordon
Trustee
BMG Charitable Trust
Danvers, MA

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Emeritus Members

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Amir Abolfathi
Bob Akins
Daniel L. Alspach
Joseph "Joe" Beery
Claude Benchimol
Steve Blank
Linden S. Blue
Edward J. Brown, Jr.
Malin Burnham
Eugenio Clariond
Robert E. Englekirk
Hossein Eslambolchi
Gordon E. Forward
​Kaigham Gabriel​
Richard Goldberg
Paul E. Jacobs
Carmela A. Keeney
Dan Harrington
Patrick T. Lee
Thomas M. Loarie
Bertram Lubin
Asad M. Madni
​Scott McClendon
Paul Mirabella
Anton Monk
Paul Muret
Henry L. Nordhoff
William A. Owens, Admiral
Roberto Padovani
Ake Persson
Tom Pieronek
Steve Poizner
Rick Rashid
Sachio Semmoto
Andrew Senyei
John Sos
Mallik Tatipamula
Delores Washburn
Peter Yanofsky
Mark Zdeblick

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