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. Christina DiMarino

Assistant Professor, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech;

Assistant Director, Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), Virginia Tech

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. Karl Freeman

Range Director, Volvo Group North America, Group Trucks Technology, Greensboro, NC

Mr. Justin Gage, PE

Director, Innovations Engineering, Reynolds America, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC

Mr. Cris Gaut

Chairman and CEO, Forum Energy Technologies, Houston, TX

Mr. Rich Glover, P.E.

President, Glover Engineering, PLLC, Greensboro, NC 

Ms. Claire Griffin

Associate Engineer, Avangrid Networks, Portland, ME

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

Mr. Eric Hennessy

Director, Product Development, Charter Medical, Winston-Salem, NC

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

Mr. Paul McIlvaine

Engineering Consultant, Researcher, Educator

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. Johnny Powers

Executive Consultant, Naples, Florida

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