Engineering Science Advisory Board (ESAB)
The local industries, businesses and community support and collaborate with the department in fulfilling its educational mission through an Engineering Science Advisory Board (ESAB). The mission of the ESAB is to advise and assist the Engineering Science Department in achieving excellence in teaching, research and development, promoting technology education in the North Bay region of San Francisco area at all educational levels and enhancing interaction and collaboration with the local industries, businesses and community.
The ES Advisory Board helps the ES Department plan and launch new degree programs such as a program in the area of biotechnology. Periodically, the Board will advise the ES Department regarding its future directions, educational needs of the industry, foster collaboration between academia and local industries to enhance R&D efforts, and other similar tasks of mutual interest. The following tables list the current members of ESAB.
Members of the ES Advisory Board
| Company |
Name |
Position |
| Agilent Technologies |
Mark Pierpoint |
VP |
| Agilent Technologies |
Kenn Wildnauer |
Business Technology Manager |
| Alcatel |
David Carballal |
CEO, Petaluma Division |
| Bookham Technology |
Mark Kozlowski |
Director, Product Development |
| Buck Institute for Age Research |
Remi Gross |
VP |
| Calix Networks |
Tim Church |
Director, DV&T |
| Dilithium Networks |
Unmesh Mehta |
VP, Worldwide Engineering |
| Economic Development Board/SC |
Ben Stone |
Executive Director |
| Kaiser Permanente SR |
Bob Schultz |
Physician in Chief |
| Kaiser Permanente SR |
Judy Coffey |
Senior VP |
| L-3 Sonoma EO |
Che Voight |
President |
| Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster |
Michael Newell |
Executive Director |
| Santa Rosa Junior College |
Robert Agrella |
President |
| Department of Education/SC |
Carl Wong |
Superintendent |
| Symmetricom |
John Dutil |
VP |
| Teknovus |
Ed Boyd |
VP, Engineering |
| Tellabs |
Jim Sackman |
VP & CTO |
Community Members
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Ajaib Bhadare |
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Tom Corker |
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Jerry Gladstone |
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Sonoma State
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Saeid Rahimi |
Dean, School of Science & Technology |
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Jagan Agrawal |
Chairman, ES Department |