The Department of Applied Computing has two industrial advisory boards (IABs) that provide valuable information, steady guidance, and decades of experience to the College. The diverse input of Advisory Board members ensures that Applied Computing courses and degree programs are teaching the most current industry best practices, as well as helping the department anticipate and respond to emerging trends in the industries where our graduates work.
IT/Cybersecurity Industrial Advisory Board
The IT/Cybersecurity Industrial Advisory Board provides valuable guidance and information related to current practices and emerging trends in the industries where our graduates work. Advisory board members come from a wide variety of industries and bring with them a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. This wealth of knowledge is used to keep our curriculum current and help us prepare our students for the challenges of the global workplace.
The board generally meets annually, and the members participate as evaluators for IT and Cybersecurity students' Senior Design Project presentations, meeting with students to offer feedback and provide general advice and mentoring.
This board also serves as the CAE-CD Industry Advisory Board.
IT/Cybersecurity Board Members
- Matt Black
Director, Information Security
Contentstack - Dan Boyle
Project Manager
Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions (UPHCS) and
Upper Peninsula Health Information Exchange (UPHIE) - Bill Burns
Pilot, Educator, Builder, Advisor, Former CISO - Michael Gauthier
Chief Technology Officer
Heartland Business Systems - Todd Gingrass
Director, Business Development
ePlus Inc. - David Hale
Former Chief Information Security Officer (retired)
Michigan Tech IT - Tom Ressler
Chief Information Security Officer
Great Lakes Sound and Vibration - Michael Ross
Data Center Technician
Michigan Tech IT - John Steenport
Vice President, Information Technology Services
Camera Corner/Connecting Point - Dan Toth
Cyber Security Engineer
American Transmission Co. - Charles Warren
Network Quant Engineer
Jump Trading - ML Waters
Solution Architect
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Mechatronics, Electrical, and Robotics Engineering Technology (MERET) Industrial Advisory Board
The MERET Industrial Advisory Board provides valuable guidance and information related to current practices and emerging trends in the industries where our graduates work. Advisory board members come from a wide variety of industries and bring with them a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. This wealth of knowledge is used to keep our curriculum current and help us make sure that we are preparing our students for the challenges of the global workplace. The board generally meets each semester and members participate in EET and Mechatronics students' Senior Design Project presentations as evaluators, meeting with students to offer feedback and provide general advice and mentoring.
MERET Board Members
- James Clevenger
Mercury Marine - Mike Cooney
Senior Systems Engineer/Project Lead
Leidos - Andrew Diepen
Chief Executive Officer
Caladan Robotics - Johannes Eidnes
Hardware Engineering Manager
A&D Technology, Inc. - Bryan Gahan
Calumet Electronics - Mark Gauthier
President
Donald Engineering - Morgan Gwynne
Georgia-Pacific - Sam Hoff
Chief Executive Officer
Patti Engineering - Randy Keranen
Mohawk Technology - Chinmay Kondekar
Senior Controls Engineer
Patti Engineering - Andy Krystiniak
Senior Controls Engineer
JR Automation - Lawrence Marrah III
System Integration Engineer - BEV Motion Features
General Motors - Prince Mehandi Ratti
Senior Process Controls Engineer
General Motors - Joshua Olusola
Tesla - Natarajan Suresh
Dana, Inc. - Rob Washeleski
Chief Delivery Officer
Orbion Space Technology - Aaron Wendzel
Senior Systems Engineer
Orbion Space Technologies