Industrial Advisory Board

Our Industrial Advisory Board, which held its first meeting in April 2004, is comprised of representatives from the leading technological companies in the region, as well as the Boston-based Sun Microsystems and UNH Computing and Information Services.

“In broadest terms, the goal of the advisory board is simply to build closer relationships between the department and representatives of local industry who hire our students,” says Phil Hatcher, chair of the CS Department. “Many of the companies are interested in creating formal internship opportunities for our students. A key goal is to use the internships as a way to attract more students to our program, which is obviously a win-win situation for all of us.”

A large number of CS students are hired by the companies represented on the IAB. In fact, many of the board members are UNH Alumni with degrees in computer science or computer engineering.

Board Members:

Jeff Creem, senior principal software engineer, BAE Systems
Dave Todaro, vice president, Bid2Win
Julie Pierce, vice president of development and Greg Park, vice president of software development, Bottomline Technologies
Peter Clairmont, director, product engineering and support, Computer Associates
Vibhash Desai, senior software development manager, CISCO Systems
Jim Richmond, co-founder, Cyclist Nexus
Paul Goransson, chairman of the board, Elbrys Networks
Neal Ramasamy, senior vice president, brokerage technology, Fidelity Investments Company
Barry Reinhold, president, Lamprey Networks
Daniel Eckerson, deputy CIO, Liberty Mutual
Christopher Sullivan, director of product platform development, Markem-Imaje Corporation
Kashyap Kapadia, associate, McKinsey & Company
Mike Kaufman, engineer, embedded software design and release, Segway
John Leser, Solaris test development engineer, Sun Microsystems
Scott Valcourt, director, project management and consulting, UNH Computing and Information Services
Erica Johnson, director, UNH InterOperability Laboratory

The IAB had its first meeting in April 2004 and meets twice yearly in October and April.