External Advisory Council
Dr. Fikret Atalay
Co-Founder, Filio Corporation
Dr. Brian Bielenberg
Director of Academic Strategy and Initiatives in the Office of the Dean, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Dr. Jenna Carpenter
Dean, School of Engineering, Campbell University
Dr. Joel Ducoste
Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement in the College of Engineering and Professor in the Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Department at North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Mr. Justin Gage, PE
Director, Innovations Engineering, Reynolds America, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC
Mr. Cris Gaut
Chairman and CEO, Forum Energy Technologies, Houston, TX
Dr. Raina Haque
Professor of Practice of Technology, Wake Forest University School of Law
Founding Attorney, Erdõs Intellectual Property Law
Mrs. Josephine (Jo Ellen) Hayden
Consultant, various roles
Dr. Gregory L. Heileman
Vice Provost, Undergraduate Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Dr. Amol Joshi
Bern Beatty Fellow and Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Wake Forest University School of Business
Mr. Fareed Khan
Chief and Head of Retail, Just Food For Dogs, Irvine, California
Dr. Martin S. Kohn
CEO and Chief Clinical Scientist, MedPredixAI, LLC; Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Dr. Wendy Newstetter
Assistant Dean for Educational Research and Innovation, College of Engineering at Georgia Tech
Ms. Regan O’Donnell
Associate Consultant, Putnam, Boston, MA.
Mr. Adam Park
Vice President, Engineering and Bid Management, Strata Solar, Durham, NC.
Ms. Sharene Pierce, P.E.
VP for Customer Experience and Services Operational Transformation at Duke Energy
Dr. Keith Robinson
Professor of Law and Faculty Director for Intellectual Property, Technology, Business, and Innovation, Wake Forest University School of Law
Senior Adjunct Professor, American University Washington College of Law
Mr. Andrew Rust
Student, M.S. Computer Engineering, Columbia University
Front-end developer, Dub Dates Co.
Co-founder, Tech Lead, Instructor and Manager, ByteSize Learning, LLC
Dr. John Sumanth
Associate Dean, MBA Program, Wake Forest University School of Business
Associate Professor, Wake Forest University School of Business
Dr. Rick Vaz
Co-Director, Center for Project-Based Learning, Worcester Polytechnic Institute