Industry Advisory Board

Industry Advisory Board

Industry Advisory Board

Members of the School's Industry Advisory Board function as liaisons to the business community for students and faculty.  Their activities include the following:

  • For faculty, the IAB provides guidance and support to faculty entrepreneurs who are transitioning research to commercialization,
  • For students, the IAB helps the School identify summer internships and job opportunities for our graduates.
  • Both faculty and students benefit from the advice of IAB members concerning the curricula of majors courses that are important to prospective employers.

We are privileged and grateful to have these enormously accomplished individuals working together with us.

Membership
Max Akhterov
Apple Inc.
akhterov@gmail.com
Kaveh Azartash
Venture Partner, Broadline Capital
kazartash@gmail.com
Marie Christ
InVision Biomedical Inc.
mchrist@invisionbiomedical.com
Gerald Deren
Siemens Inc.
glerald.deren@siemens.com
Matt Dickason
Immunogenx Inc.
mdickason@immunogenx.com
Nicholas Gilani
CFO of Rallio
nicholas@rallio.com
Neil Gleason
neilglea1@cox.net
Shiv Grewal
shiv@grewal.email
Mehdi Hatamian
CEO, 2Pi-Sigma Corporation
mehdi@2pisigma.com
Ali Javadian
amjavadian@gmail.com
Assad Kazeminy
assadkazeminy@gmail.com
Ali Mokhberi
ali.mokhberi@gmail.com
David Powell
dwpowell2@gmail.com
Leila Safavi
Co-founder and CEO of Purist
lsafavit@uci.edu
Jaynita Sodhi
Pimco Inc.
jaynita@gmail.com
Lihua Zhao
lihuazhao.ca@gmail.com