Industrial Advisory Board Meeting - Spring 2015
School of Computing Industrial Advisory Board
Approximately 28% of the engineers/computer scientists employed in Wichita, Kansas,
the center of industrial activity in the state, received their engineering/computer
science education at Wichita State University. Many of these students continue their
education as part time graduate students. This provides the School of Copmuting the
opportunity to obtain evaluations of the performance of its graduates in industry.
The Industrial Advisory Board of the School of Computing consists of computing and
engineering leaders from the tech industry (mostly) in the Wichita area. These leaders,
representing the Wichita area industrial constituency of the school of computing programs,
provide input as to program objectives, and assist the Department in assessing the
technical content and performance of its programs. The Board meets with faculty of
the Department at least once per year to discuss issues and review goals and objectives.
Members Of The Board
- Stan Skelton, chair
Chief Architect; Sr. Director, Business Development
NetApp
stan.skelton@netapp.com - Shon Gerber
Chief Information Security Officer
INVISTA
shon.gerber@invista.com - Bret S. Weber
VP and CTO
Data Direct Networks
bweber@ddn.com - Kuok Hoe "KH" Tan
Principal QA Engineer, E-Series Trailblazer
NetApp
kuokhoe.tan@netapp.com - Jatlin "Jay" Talreja
CEO
Viaanix
jatlin.talreja@viaanix.com - Joshua Saxe
Chief Scientist
Sophos
joshua.saxe@sophos.com - Bill Vincent
Senior Director of Software Engineering
AccuWeather
bill.vincent@accuweather.com - Heath Howard
Director of Custom Software Development
High Touch Technologies, Inc.
heathh@hightouchinc.com - Michael Barnett
Smart City Coordinator
City of Wichita
mjbarnett@wichita.gov - Alex Harb
CEO
RBS IT Solutions
ahard@ribbitbusiness.com - Farris Jibril
Retired Director
Formerly with Westar
shockers13@cox.net