Engineering Advisory Board
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The Berkeley Engineering Advisory Board is composed of successful alumni, tech pioneers, industry leaders and creative visionaries. The board advances our academic and research excellence by:
- strengthening relationships with our partners in academia, industry and government;
- shaping new research agendas;
- envisioning new educational initiatives;
- developing fellowships, endowed chairs and other forms of student and faculty support; and
- creating sustainable funding models, among other efforts.
Engineering Advisory Board 2023-24
![Charles Giancarlo](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_giancarlo-charlie.jpg)
Charles Giancarlo, Co-chair, M.S.’80 EECS
CEO, PureStorage
![Diane B. Greene](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_greene-diane.jpg)
Diane B. Greene, Co-chair, M.S.’88 EECS
Former founding CEO, VMware; former CEO, Google Cloud; Board member, SAP and Stripe
![Tsu-Jae King Liu](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot-tjkliu-1.jpg)
Tsu-Jae King Liu
Dean and Carlson Professor of Engineering
College of Engineering, UC Berkeley
![Mike Abbott](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MikeAbbottBW-150x187.jpg)
Mike Abbott
Executive vice president, Software
General Motors
![Dado Banatao](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_banatao-dado.jpg)
Dado Banatao
Managing partner
Tallwood Venture Capital
![Tara Bunch](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/TaraBunch.jpg)
Tara Bunch, B.S.’85 ME
Head of Global Operations
Airbnb
![Purnendu Chatterjee](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_chatterjee-pc.jpg)
Purnendu Chatterjee, M.S.’72, Ph.D.’74 IEOR
Founder and chairman, The Chatterjee Group
![Wenchi Chen](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_chen-wenchi.jpg)
Wenchi Chen
President and CEO
VIA Technologies, Inc.
![T.Y. Chiu](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot-chiu-ty.jpg)
T.Y. Chiu, Ph.D.’83 EECS
President, NSIG (National Silicon Industry Group)
CEO, Zing Semiconductor Corp.
![Dipanjan Deb](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_dipanjan-deb.jpg)
Dipanjan Deb, B.S.’91 EECS
Co-founder and CEO
Francisco Partners
![William S. Floyd, Jr.](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_floyd-bill.jpg)
William S. Floyd, Jr., B.S.’56 IEOR
Vice president (retired)
Sierra Chemical Company
![Coleman Fung](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_fung-coleman.jpg)
Coleman Fung, B.S.’87 IEOR
Board chair, Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership
CEO and co-founder, Blue Goji
![Michael Grimes](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_grimes-michael.jpg)
Michael Grimes, B.S.’87 EECS
Managing director
Global Technology Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley
![Ashraf Habibullah](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_habibullah-ashraf.jpg)
Ashraf Habibullah, M.S.’70 CEE
Founder, president & CEO
Computers & Structures, Inc.
![Deirdre Hanford](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hanford-deirdre4x5bw.jpg)
Deirdre Hanford, M.S.’85 EECS
CEO and Trustee
Natcast
![Barbara Humpton](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/barbara-humpton.jpg)
Barbara Humpton
President & CEO
Siemens, USA
![Paul E. Jacobs](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_jacobs-paul3.jpg)
Paul E. Jacobs, B.S.’84, M.S.’86, Ph.D.’89 EECS
Founder, XCOM Labs; CEO, Globalstar
![Kristin Johnsen](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/KristinJohnsen.jpg)
Kristin Johnsen, B.S.’88 IEOR
Board member, Tech Data and Access Information; Former CVP, Microsoft
![James Lau](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_lau-james.jpg)
James Lau, B.A.’81 CS & Applied Math
Co-founder
Network Appliance, Inc.
![Ann Lee-Karlon](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ann-Lee-Karlon-bw.jpg)
Ann Lee-Karlon, B.S.’89 BioE
CEO & president
EpiBiologics
![Mark Liu](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot-liu-mark2.jpg)
Mark Liu, M.S.’81 Ph.D.’83 EECS
Executive chairman, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TSMC)
![Howard McKenzie](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/mckenzie-howard100.jpg)
Howard McKenzie, B.S.’88 ME
Chief engineer and executive vice president of Engineering, Test & Technology
The Boeing Company
![Sanjay Mehrotra](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_mehotra-sanjay.jpg)
Sanjay Mehrotra, B.S.’78, M.S.’80 EECS
President & CEO
Micron Technology, Inc.
![Kim K. Polese](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_polese-kim.jpg)
Kim K. Polese, B.S.’84 Biophysics
Chairman
CrowdSmart
![Rajiv Ramaswami](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ramaswami.jpg)
Rajiv Ramaswami, M.S.’88, Ph.D.’90 EECS
President & CEO
Nutanix, Inc.
![In Sik Rhee](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_rhee-insik.jpg)
In Sik Rhee, B.S.’93 EECS
General partner
Vertex Ventures
![Sandra Rivera](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SandraRivera.jpg)
Sandra L. Rivera
Executive vice president
General manager, Datacenter and AI Group
Intel Corp.
![Clyde Rodriguez](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ClydeRodriguez.jpg)
Clyde Rodriguez, B.S.’95 EECS
Founder and principal, Ascent Logic
![Harry Shum](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_shum-harry.jpg)
Harry Shum
Advisor, MSRA (Microsoft Research Asia)
![Thomas Siebel](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_siebel-tom.jpg)
Thomas Siebel
Founder, chairman and CEO
C3 AI
![Roger Strauch](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_strauch-roger.jpg)
Roger Strauch
Chairman and co-founder
Roda Group
![Sehat Sutardja](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_sutardja-dehat.jpg)
Sehat Sutardja, M.S.’85, Ph.D.’88 EECS
Co-founder
Marvell Semiconductor
![Lib-Bu Tan](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Lip-Bu-Tan.jpg)
Lip-Bu Tan
Chairman, Walden International
Founding Managing Partner, WRVI Capital
![Kirsi K. Tikka](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/headshot_tikka-kirsi.jpg)
Kirsi K. Tikka, M.S.’84, Ph.D.’89 Naval Architecture
Independent non-executive director, Ardmore Shipping and Pacific Basin
![Weijie Yun](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/WeijieYun.jpg)
Weijie Yun, M.S.’89, Ph.D.’92 EECS
Founder & managing partner
Tyche Partners