The Department of Computer Science has formed an advisory board to serve as stewards of the department\u2019s continued growth in academia, advancement, and outreach.\u00a0 The membership includes a diverse\u00a0cross-section of alumni, several of whom have been engaged with the\u00a0department for many years, and represent myriad industries from banking to gaming. An inaugural meeting of the Department of Computer Science\u2019s newly formed advisory board occurred Oct. 20.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe enjoyed welcoming members of the advisory board to the Blacksburg campus for our inaugural fall meeting,\u201d said department head and Professor Cal Ribbens.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cTheir advice on strategic planning and\u00a0advancement will be invaluable as we continue to grow as a department and respond to new challenges\u00a0and opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Current advisory board members are:<\/p>\n
Michael Austin<\/u><\/strong> is director of Corporate Strategy at Eastman.\u00a0 He has a bachelor’s in computer science from Virginia Tech<\/p>\n Jeremy Barksdale<\/u><\/strong> is a user experience researcher at Microsoft. Barksdale has a doctorate in computer science from Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n Jamika Burge<\/u><\/strong> is the head of Research Curriculum and Outreach at Capital One. She has a doctorate in computer science from Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n Ron Forbes<\/u><\/strong> is an event producer at Riot Games.\u00a0 Forbes has a bachelor’s in computer science from Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n Stephen Gillote<\/u><\/strong> is founder and CEO of Reinventing Geospatial Inc. (RGi).\u00a0 He has a bachelor’s in computer science from Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n Greg Lavender<\/u><\/strong> is managing director and global head of Technology Architecture and Engineering in the Office of the CTO at Citigroup. He has a doctorate in computer science from Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n James E. Miller<\/u><\/strong> is CEO of Strategic Resources International.\u00a0Miller has a bachelor’s in computer science from Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n Barbara Ryder<\/u><\/strong> is an emerita faculty member in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech where she held the J. Byron Maupin Professorship in Engineering and served as department head from 2008-2015.<\/p>\n Iccha Sethi<\/u><\/strong> is a senior software developer at Atlassian.\u00a0 Sethi has a master’s in computer science from Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n Madhan Subhas<\/u><\/strong> is an entrepreneur and software engineering executive working on a new startup after successful exit of a previous startup. Subhas has an MS in CS from Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n Laurian Vega<\/u><\/strong> is a user experience and systems engineer at Next Century Corporation.\u00a0 Vega has a doctorate in computer science from Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n J.D. Young<\/u><\/strong> retired from Oracle and continues working as an entrepreneur and investor.\u00a0 Young has a bachelor’s in computer science from Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Department of Computer Science has formed an advisory board to serve as stewards of the department\u2019s continued growth in academia, advancement, and outreach.\u00a0 The membership includes a diverse\u00a0cross-section of alumni, several of whom have been engaged with the\u00a0department for many years, and represent myriad industries from banking to gaming. An inaugural meeting of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2127"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2130,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions\/2130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}