Professor for A Day
February 24, 2016
ECS Week 2016 included the annual Professor for a Day event, held on Wednesday, February 24. Twenty one guests, 14 of which are CSUF alumni, shared their expertise and career insight in the engineering and technology professions.
Guests and Dean’s List students also participated an invitation-only keynote luncheon held at the Fullerton Marriott, featuring alumna, Mona C. Simpson (’87), Director of Site Services & Manufacturing Support with Boeing’s Shared Services Group Supplier Management and recipient of the 2015 Vision & Visionaries Distinguished Alumna award. Simpson presented on “Satellite Orbits and Operations.”
The event is held during National Engineers Week to promote a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of, and interest in, engineering and technology careers.
Guest Professors:
Fred Alexander, President, Alexander Consulting Gp, LLC
Yousef Alinaghian '75, ’77, President, CRC CLOUD
Bob Berenguer '88, Vice President, KPRS
Edith Bowdish '93, Federal Government, Federal Aviation Administration
Kevin Carnino, CEO (retired), Mercury Defense Systems
Pete Fiacco '91, VP/ COO, MobileMoney Inc.
Caecilia Gotama '82, ’86 Owner, PSPF Holdings. LLC
Chris Harrington
Howard Lam '79, Vice President / Managing Principal, Brandow & Johnston, Inc.
Jennifer Lewis, Director, C2 & TRS LLC Engineering, Thales-Raytheon Systems Company
Chacphet Limsakoune, Principal Engineer, Edwards Lifesciences
George Mansour '05, Director of R&D, Becton Dickinson
Kyle Minamide ’10, Packaging Engineer, Applied Medical
Richard Pana '09, Design Engineer, Hartwell Corp.
Sean Peasley '88, Principal, Deloitte
William Purpura 76, '79, '83, Managing Partner, Dargon Development
J.R. Richardson, Sr. Principal Systems Engineer, Raytheon
David Silver, Product Development Lead Engineer, Alcoa Fastening Systems and Rings
Steven Soria '00, Senior Software Engineer, IBM
Olivia Stella '08, '10, Panasonic Avionics
Faisal Zahlout '97, Senior Vice President, SYRUSA Engineering, Inc.
