Advisory Board
The advisory board of the USC Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science is composed of distinguished professionals representing diverse sectors of the technology industry, including software engineering, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, hardware development, venture capital, research institutions, and nonprofit organizations focused on technology education and innovation.
Olivier Bernard
Worldwide Go-To-Market Lead
Amazon Web Services
USC MS ’91 EE
Travis Boatman
CEO
Carbonated Inc.
USC BS ’95 Exercise Science
Yar Chaikovsky
Global Chair of IP
White & Case LLP
USC BS ’91 CS
Karen Dahut
CEO
Google Public Sector
USC MS ’88 Systems Mgmt-ISSM
Dwipal Desai
Product Lead
Android, Google
USC MS ’04 CS
Nader Fathi
CEO
Enlil, Inc.
USC BS ’80 /MS ’81 EE
Shweta Goyal
VP GTM & Finance Products
Atlassian
USC MS ’00 CS
Sam Heidari
CEO
Lumotive
USC MS ’90 / PhD ’96 EE
Tae-Yong Kim
VP of engineering, Omniverse
NVIDIA
USC MS ’97 CS / PhD ’02 CS
Jean Lee
Founder
Exaltitude
USC BS ’07 CS
Vibhu Mittal
Chairman Emeritus
Edmodo
USC PhD ‘93 CS
Sam Nagar
Founder / Entrepreneur
USC BS ’11 CECS
Shishir C. Shah
Advisory Board Member
Moving Analytics, Inc.
USC MS ’84 Engineering
Abhjit Shanbhag
President and CEO
Graymatics
USC PhD ’96 EE
Jaideep Tandon
Director
Tandon Group
USC BS ’94 EE
Ambrish Verma
Chief Product Officer
Ingram Micro
USC MS ’01 CS