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Randy Andrews
J. Randolph Andrews received his B.S M.E in 1981, B.S E.E in 1983 from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Andrews spent 4 years at
Hewlett Packard’s corporate research laboratory in the Applied
Physics Research center as well as the manufacturing research
center. The following 4 year period was spent with Galil Motion
Control.
In July 1991, Mr. Andrews founded douloi Automation, Inc. to provide
motion control hardware and software solutions for use with
Microsoft Windows and Windows NT. Professional interests include
motion control, software/electrical/mechanical system design
tradeoffs, high abstraction programming, real-time programming,
and visual programming techniques and tools.
TECH
Jennifer Apy
Jennifer Apy has a computer science and cognitive science
undergraduate degree, and Stanford MBA. Upon graduation, she
joined Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in their IT consulting
division. Ms. Apy then moved into marketing, but now, 20 years into
her career, she finds that the social media era has required her
understanding of computer programming and relational database
concepts more than she would have imagined. “The message I
would like to deliver to students, is that a STEM major can lead to
MANY careers, and can be a real differentiator in careers such as
marketing and business management.”
TECH
Pat Bournes
Pat Bournes has 30 years of product development experience. He
worked as a co-op for the CIA to pay his way through college. After
that, he moved in and out of classified government work and Silicon
Valley startups. Have worked on multi-billion dollar spy satellites,
CIA covert gear, robotics, micro-satellites and wooden toys.
TECH
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Jennifer Carlson
Jennifer Carlson dreamed of being an engineer when she was a little
girl in China, and has lived her dream for the past 25 years. Her
passion is to make technology easier for humans to use. Ms. Carlson
is now leading a team consisting of researchers, interaction
designers, usability engineers, a visual designer, a prototyper, a
research participant recruiter, and a project manager.
Engineering
Christine Chan
Christine Chan was born in Taiwan and grew up in New York
City. She attended Cornell University and majored in Animal
Sciences, staying on at Cornell and receiving her Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine degree four years later.
After eight years of snow and ice (and beautiful fall colors), Dr. Chen
says that she “decided she needed more sun and moved out to the
Bay Area!” She has been practicing as a small animal veterinarian
since, seeing mostly dogs and cats in a private animal hospital. She
works part time, which gives her the “flexibility to do volunteer work
and take care of my family (husband, three children, and a cat!).”
Medical
Geoff Chatterton
Educated at M.I.T., Geoff Chatterton is a technology executive and
entrepreneur focused on consumer hardware and software product
development. Mr. Chatterton served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy,
and began his career at Apple. He was a founder of Duff Research,
which was acquired by PayPal. He is currently the head of PayPal’s
Labs.
Engineering
Julie Chen
Julie Chen is a general pediatrician practicing in the same medium-
sized practice for the last 20 years in Los Altos. She has a BS in Biology
from Stanford University and an MD from Baylor College of Medicine
(in Houston). She completed her residency in Pediatrics at the Lucile
Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.
Medical
Fred Cheng
Fred Cheng majored in Mechanical Engineering entering college
because he liked the mechanics portion of my high school physics
class. But, discovering that he “wasn't really cut out for” mechanical
engineering in grad school, so he switched to computer science.
Since then, Mr. Cheng has worked at a variety of software
companies, from startups to large companies, and now works at a
large web company where he works on products that hundreds of
millions of people use. “Plus my company pampers us with free
gourmet meals and drinks and massages.”
Engineering
Liz Cox
Elizabeth (Liz) Cox is a RDN (Registered Dietitian Nutritionist). She has
worked in a variety of health care settings over the past 30 years,
doing personalized nutrition counseling, teaching in corporate
wellness, and writing for local community newspapers. She currently
works on a contract basis for 6 health care communities in the local
Bay Area. Mrs. Cox earned bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Science
with a minor in Chemistry from San Jose State University and
completed her dietetics internship at UC Berkeley.
Medical
Brian DuBois
Brian DuBois has worked for medical device companies ranging in
size from three employees to several thousand employees over the
last 24 years. He has been involved in the introduction of over three
dozen medical devices and holds over 30 US and international
patents for products in a variety of surgical specialties including
cardiac bypass surgery, spine and back pain, general surgery,
gynecology, endoscopy, and Ear, Nose, and Throat. He is currently
the Vice President of Research & Development for a small medical
device company that is developing products to improve the lives of
patients suffering from sinus and nasal diseases.
Medical/Bio Med Engineering
Shalan Ertis
In 2012, Shalan Ertis graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a
bachelors of science in mechanical engineering. After working on
school projects and having internships and jobs in a variety of
industries,he landed at a product development consultancy working
as a mechanical engineer. At Design 2 Matter, “we help clients
invent stuff by creating products that are interesting and
relevant.” He is experienced with the design process, from ideation
to design for manufacturing, and uses Solid Works (3D CAD software)
and creating prototypes with our 3D printers.
Engineering
Martin Gates
After graduating from UC Berkeley with a BA in Computer Science,
Martin Gates worked at HP developing CAD software for integrated
circuit design. After 7 years, he joined a startup developing pen-
based computers – EPIC FAIL! At Intuit, he worked on Pocket
Quicken for handheld devices, and later managed parts of the
QuickBooks small business accounting package. That experience
prepared him to co-found a company that developed a SaaS
payroll service that was ultimately purchased by Intuit and is known
as Intuit Online Payroll. Mr. Gates now advises startups and writes iOS
apps for fun.
Engineering
Hannah Williams
Hannah Williams is a software engineer specializing in firmware,
which programs the hardware. She has previously worked on
firmware for devices like set top box, Blue Ray player, and internet
routers. She is currently working at Intel on firmware for Chrome Book.
Engineering
Jeff Haynie
Jeff Haynie is a seasoned technology executive and serial
entrepreneur. Currently an executive vice president at Axway, his
specialties include opensource software, and mobile, tablet and
alternate screen technologies and trends. He was a co-founder and
the CEO of Appcelerator, the leading platform for rapidly
developing native and web-based mobile applications and cloud
services
Engineering
Darren Heeke
Darren Heeke currently holds the position of Scientist at MedImmune,
a Biologics drug development company, owned by one of the top
ten pharmaceutical companies in the world called AstraZeneca. As
a scientist, Mr. Heeke works on advancing antibody molecules to the
clinic which will help fight cancers such as melanoma and lung
cancer, infectious diseases such as HBV and influenza, autoimmune
disorders like lupus and arthritis. Many of the day to day aspects of
his position involve working with human, monkey and mouse immune
cells and applying cutting edge genomic, proteomic and cellular
technologies to investigate immune responses.
Science
Dean Hung
Dean Hung received his Ph.D. in Genetics from Stanford University,
where he studied molecular signaling pathways controlling bacterial
cell division. He has been a co-founder of multiple
biotech/pharmaceutical startups involved in developing products
ranging from software, dermatology, and ophthalmology. Dr. Hung
enjoys observing the real-life effects of genetics in orchids, dogs, and
humans. Both of his kids are current TKA students.
Science
John Hurley
John Hurley is a mathematician and programmer, and he currently
work at Apple doing low-level security infrastructure code for iOS
and OSX. He uses C, C++, Ruby and Python for programming. "I have
a Ph.D. in Mathematics from SUNY at Stony Brook, and a Certificate
in Quantitative Finance. I have recently taken classes in data
science and am halfway through a specialization in Machine
Learning with the University of Washington.
He has a son who is a successful motion graphics artist and his
daughter, Jinju, is in the tenth grade at TKA. His other interest include:
learning languages, photography, horseback riding, and travel.
Science
Edward Jacobs
Edward Jacobs has had 30 years of experience in all phases of
digital hardware chip design. Chip functionality includes CPU, WiFi,
security, display touch sensor, network routers, and others. He has
experience at 50-person startup companies and 30,000-person large
firms.
Engineering
Dave Jensen
Dave Jensen and his wife, Barb, are the proud parents of a current
TKA student and two alumni. Mr. Jensen has a bachelor’s degree
from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and a mechanical engineering
degree from Santa Clara University. He is currently a senior manager
in hardware engineering at Varian, a medical device company.
Engineering
Kelly Johnson
Kelly Johnson has been an embedded systems software engineer for
3 decades, designing software that is embedded inside devices like
cell phones and GPS receivers. He’s worked for 4 startup companies
and 4 public companies, and has been working on location
technology (including GPS receivers) at Qualcomm, Inc. for the past
13 years. If you own a cell phone, then you have almost certainly
used his software
Engineering
Ken Knaus
Ken Knaus graduated from M.I.T. with degrees in Electrical
Engineering and Mathematics. He joined Hewlett Packard in 1982
and has been there ever since. His department serves as the "CSI" for
HP. To execute on this, sophisticated instrumentation is involved that
requires knowledge of physics, chemistry, and electrical and
mechanical engineering principles to interpret their output. His job
affords exposure to a host of engineering disciplines and constant
challenges from new product technologies.
Engineering
Leeanne Knaus
As a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania, LeeanneKnaus
practiced physical therapy for over 30 years. She has owned her
own practice for 20 years. Working with professional athletes,
musicians, and weekend warriors, her specialty is orthopedic and
sports rehabilitation
Medical
Mike Leary
Mike Leary received his B.S.E.E degree from the University of
Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. He has worked in the semiconductor
industry for over 30 years at such companies as Digital Equipment
Corporation, ATI, AMD,Silicon Valley startups and now Xilinx. Mr.
Leary enjoys working on technology that everyone can use, such as
AMD microprocessors and Xilinx FPGAs, which are in self-driving cars,
Martian exploration vehicles, gaming platforms. He has been
involved with the MESA program at San Jose State, working with high
school students in STEM
Engineering
Greg Liu
Greg Liu works in Medical Devices as a manager at Verily Life
Sciences, which is part of Alphabet, the parent company for
Google, Google[x], Nest, and the Self Driving Car. He helps out with
partnerships, program management, testing, manufacturing, some
advanced R&D initiatives, and product feasibility. Mr. Liu
occasionally uses what he learned from his Bachelor's and Master's
degrees in mechanical engineering from Stanford (Go Cardinal!),
where he accepted Christ and met his wife Mina. Together they
have three children, the oldest of whom, Miya, is in seventh grade at
Kings (Go Sevvies!).
Technology
Dennis Majchrowicz
Dennis Majchrowicz attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign (a Big Ten school) and received a Bachelor of Science
degree in Metallurgical Engineering (the study of metals).
His first job was working for U.S. Steel in Chicago. He quit it, came to
California to visit a classmate, and began working for Lockheed
Corporation (now Lockheed Martin) in Sunnyvale. Other than a brief
stint at Raychem Corporation in Menlo Park, working on UV-curable
polymers, he has spent nearly his entire career in the Material and
Process Control Laboratories” of Lockheed Martin.
Science
Grace Leung-Marshall
Grace Leung-Marshall is the mother of a TKA Freshman. She has
been an engineer at Cisco Systems for 15 years. Ms. Leung-Marshall’s
current position is Technical Leader at the company's Cloud and
Visualization Technology Group, where her primary focus is in the
design and architecture of software defined controllers for the
networks.
She received a B.S. Computer Science and a Master in
Telecommunications at the University of California, San Diego. “I look
forward to sharing my career experience with you!”
Engineering
Brad Ostman
Brad Ostman currently is a Sales Executive for Pleora Technologies, a
high performance video interface company in the automation,
military and medical markets.
Prior to this, Mr. Ostman held various positions, including Director of
Sales & Marketing for BAE Systems, which included imaging products
from aerospace & defense, scientific cameras and dental X-ray
systems, among others. Prior to BAE Systems he served as Director of
Sales and Marketing at Fairchild Imaging in the aerospace &
defense business segment. He has also held other leadership roles
with Loral and Northrop Grumman.
Mr. Ostman holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business
Administration from California State University Chico.
Tech
Andreas Ott
Andreas Ott studied theoretical physics (masters) at the University of
Stuttgart in Germany, with minors in chaos theory and analog/digital
signal processing. He co-founded a consulting company producing
the first internet connectivity software kit for the German Research
Network.
Since 1997, Mr. Ott has worked in various positions as a network
engineer in Silicon Valley, first for the original consumer broadband
cable modem network; then for startups NetVMG, MetroFi and
PacketDesign. Now at Internap Corporation, Mr. Ott designs and
operates global datacenter networks, providing services to cloud
computing, retail and web commerce, and payment card
processors. He specializes in protocols and security.
Tech
Kevin Scott
Kevin Scott graduated from Stanford University with a BSEE in
Electrical Engineering. After a career-ending knee injury (NFL), he
joined Maxim Integrated Products as an applications engineer.
Maxim specializes in the design and manufacture of mixed signal
(analog and digital) integrated circuits. He remained there for 11
years where in addition to applications, he held the titles of business
manager and product definer for the data converter product group.
Mr. Scott currently works as a senior strategic marketing engineer (14
years) at Linear Technology Corporation, where he trains both the
LTC sales team and distribution partners on the company's latest
product releases.
Engineering
Sheela Pillai
Sheela Pillai received a B.Tech degree from The College of
Engineering, Thiruvanathapuram, in Electronics and Communication.
She has been part of the semiconductor industry for over 20 years
working in many Multinational Semiconductor companies (Philips,
Intel, AMD, Altera). She has spear-headed many company initiatives
and led a number of flagship product developments, and has
participated in many Industry leadership panels and symposia.
Ms.Pillai is passionate about chip design, mentoring, coaching and
guiding her team to get the best result while helping to build their
careers.
Engineering
Chris Shols
Besides being a TKA dad to Erika (Class of 2015) and Rebeka (Class
of 2017), Chris Shols has been a business technology advisor to a
variety of hi-tech companies in the valley. He has a BA in Chemistry
from Duke University and an MS in Chemical Engineering from the
Ohio State University. As a mentor to high school and college age
students, Mr. Shols hopes “to encourage this generation to explore
all the possibilities that they may not be aware of as they tap into
their intellectual potential in the world of STEM.”
Engineering
Jonathan Wu
Jonathan Wu is the Sr. Director of Product Management at NETGEAR
for the last 8 years and has played a critical role in growing
NETGEAR’s retail business to the #1 position by expanding into new
geographical territories and entering into new product
categories. Prior to NETGEAR Jonathan worked for Apple, where he
launched the first iPod Touch product. Earlier in Jonathan’s career
he was a software programmer working for Agilent Technologies
where he programmed semiconductor equipments to test FLASH
memories. Mr. Wu has a MSEE from Georgia Tech and a MBA from
Columbia Business School.
Engineering
Amit Kumar
Amit Kumar is the founder and CEO of a data analytics startup. He
previously worked at Cisco Systems in various global roles involving
strategy, engineering and consulting services. Mr. Kumar studied at
USC and Stanford, and specialized in developing new products that
connect the physical world with the digital world; and in cyber
security.
Engineering
Jeff Jasper
Jeff Jasper graduated with a B.S. degree in chemistry from Cal Poly,
San Luis Obispo. He earned his Ph.D. in pharmacology at UCSD’s
School of Medicine and completed his postdoctoral training at
Stanford in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology and in the
Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology. Dr. Jasper is Vice
President of Preclinical Sciences at Revolution Medicines, Inc.
(Redwood City) and has more than 20 years of experience in the
pharmaceutical industry, including Merck & Co. and Roche
Pharmaceuticals. He is co-founder of Altos Therapeutics, devoted to
developing pharmaceuticals for gastrointestinal disorders. Dr. Jasper
hasserved for more than 18 years on the Editorial Board for the
American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology and has published
over 50 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Additionally, for 12 years he instructed the “Molecular
Pharmacology” course for the University of California, Berkeley
Extension.
Science
Sanjeev Kumar
Sanjeev Kumar is a Vice President, and Head of Insurance at Saama
Technologies in Campbell, CA. He is responsible for delivering
innovative data analytics solutions to the industry. Before joining
Saama, Mr. Kumar was the co-founder, COO and board member of
InfoSTEP, a position he held at the time of their acquisition by
Saama. Prior to InfoSTEP, He has served in senior management BI/BA
roles at Silicon Valley mainstay companies Sun Microsystems, SGI,
Applied Materials and CMC Ltd.
Tech
Gregory Niven
Gregory Niven is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for
Necsel. Necsel designs and manufactures high powered
visible lasers. It has become the leader in visible laser system
solutions. Necsel's unique patented technology has transformed
cinema projection and specialty lighting markets. Mr. Niven studied
engineering physics and electrical engineering at the University of
Alberta. He is a TKA parent, and a member of its school board.
Tech
Divas Neupane
Divas Neupane is a senior pharmaceutical scientist at Merck. His
undergraduate degree is in biochemistry (San Francisco State), and
he holds a PhD from Dartmouth Medical School in pharmacology
and toxicology (pancreatic cancer biology). Dr. Neupane focuses
his efforts on therapeutic biologics development.
Science
Stephen Tom
In addition to being a member of TKA's school board, and a TKA
parent, Stephen Tom is the Lead Senior Engineer at Synopsis, Inc. He
is responsible for the development and architecture of core web
applications. Mr. Tom graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a degree in
computer science, and holds several patents.
Engineering
David Young
David Young is a senior software quality & assurance engineer at
Highfive Technologies, Inc. He has a passion for "breaking" software
and using open source tools. Mr. Young has prior experience at
Hewlett Packard and Google, and other companies. He earned his
undergraduate degree in math and computer science at San Jose
State, and he is a TKA parent.
Engineering
Joseph Lee
Joseph Lee has been a business development professional at
Adobe Systems for over 8 years. He received his B.S. in mechanical
engineering from MIT and a M.S. from Stanford University. Joseph
began his career as a hardware support engineer at Applied
Materials, he then transitioned into a product marketing and
business development role at Silicon Image, a semiconductor
company best known for creating the DVI and HDMI standards. At
Adobe, he is responsible for engaging in strategic partnerships that
grow demand for Adobe’s authoring software and cloud services. As
a self-proclaimed nerd, Joseph’s personal interests include playing
video games, building gaming PCs, home automation, and green
technology. He feels immensely blessed to be married with two sons
(Andrew in the TKA 7th grade, and Aiden who will enter TKA’s
6th grade in the fall).
Engineering
Bryant Ling
Bryant Ling holds a B.S. in computer and systems engineering from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he attended through the
NROTC program. He subsequently served in the US Navy as an A-
6E "Intruder" bombardier/navigator before he relocated to Silicon
Valley with a well known government agency. He has two decades
of experience in criminal investigations, computer security, and
digital evidence analysis, and is currently the supervisor of his
agency's digital evidence laboratory
Engineering
Steve Ling
Steve Ling has been at Texas Instruments as Field Application
Engineer for 22 Years and 11 years as a Design Engineer. In both roles
his focus has been on firmware and embedded
processors/microcontrollers. Steve graduated from the University of
Texas, Arlington.
Engineering