Advisory Board
The advisory board of the USC Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science is composed of distinguished professionals representing diverse sectors of the technology industry, including software engineering, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, hardware development, venture capital, research institutions, and nonprofit organizations focused on technology education and innovation.
Parag Batavia
President
Neya Systems, LLC
USC BS ’95 CECS
Travis Boatman
CEO
Carbonated Inc.
USC BS ’95 Exercise Science
Ross Boucher
Entrepreneur
USC BS ’06 EE / MS ’07 CECS
Yar Chaikovsky
Partner, Silicon Valley
White & Case LLP
USC BS ’91 CS
Karen Dahut
CEO
Google Public Sector
USC MS ’88 Systems Mgmt-ISSM
Dwipal Desai
Product Lead
Android, Google
USC MS ’04 CS
Nader Fathi
CEO / Founder
Kiana Analytics
USC BS ’80 /MS ’81 EE
Randy Glein
President
Managing Director
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
USC MS ’90 EE
Shweta Goyal
VP GTM & Finance Products
Atlassian
USC MS ’00 CS
Sam Heidari
CEO
Lumotive
USC MS ’90 / PhD ’96 EE
Sanjay B. Kucheria
CEO
Trinus Corporation
USC MS ’90 CS
Roberto Medrano
CEO
Beach View
USC BS ’80 EE
Vibhu Mittal
Chairman Emeritus
Edmodo
USC PhD ‘93 CS
Sam Nagar
Senior Vice President
Siemens
USC BS ’11 CECS
Waheed Qureshi
CEO
Mesmer Palo Alto
USC PhD ’96 CS
Richard Selby
Director of Software Products
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
University of Maryland MS ’83 / PhD ’85 CS
Shishir C. Shah
Advisory Board Member
Moving Analytics, Inc.
USC MS ’84 Engineering
Abhjit Shanbhag
President and CEO
Graymatics
USC PhD ’96 EE
Jaideep Tandon
Director
Tandon Group
USC BS ’94 EE
Nariman Yousefi
President and CEO
Celero Communications Inc
USC MS ’91 EE