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Advisory Board

The Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences Advisory Board provides external counsel to the Dean of the college in support of its teaching, research, and outreach missions. The board comprises executives and practitioners from industry, governmental agencies, private business, consulting firms, and alumni and friends of the college who have demonstrated leadership in their fields and to the college.

The board meets in formal sessions twice each year. It offers advice to the Dean of the college on strategies and means for improving programs and enhancing resources to achieve the goals of the college. The board also assists in promoting the college to potential students, employers, legislative leaders, governmental agencies, industry, and private foundations.

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Ahmed Abdullah

Co-Founder, Producer, Creative Lead, Developer, Decoy Games
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Khalil Abdullah

CEO and Co-Founder, Decoy Games
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Madhura Chacko

Director and Founding Member, Credit Capital Research, LLC
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Quentin Clark

Managing Director, General Catalyst
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Renu Chipalkatti

COO and Advisor, BitReel
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Nancy Wogrin Confrey

Principal, Inflexion Consulting
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Wayne Duso

Advisor, Bedrock Security
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Nick Merlino

Cyber Mobile Research Engineer, Mitre Corporation
Part-Time Lecturer
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Kate Putnam

Katherine Putnam

Managing Director, Golden Seeds Boston
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Tripp Peake

Tripp Peake

General Partner, LRVHealth
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Shriram Revankar

Shriram Revankar

Senior Vice President, Dolby Labs
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Debra Richardson

Debra Richardson

Professor Emeritus, University of California, Irvine
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Paul Scorza

Paul Scorza

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Robert Sproull

Bob Sproull

Adjunct Professor
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Matthew Vaughn-Vail

Matthew Vaughn-Vail

Director of Software Engineering, YouTube TV
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Tom Wagner

Tom Wagner

Founder/CEO, Berkshire Grey
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Steven Willis

Steven Willis

Engineer, Executive, Co-Founder of Networking Companies Wellfleet and Argon
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