Industry Advisory Board
The Industry Advisory Board is a valuable resource for the School of Engineering, providing strategic planning and program development insights and unique industry perspectives to the school's dean. Board members serve as ambassadors for the School externally and are integral to forging alliances between the School of Engineering and business.
Current Board Members
Rizwan Baig
Chief Engineer, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Remo J. Colarusso, Jr. ENG’83, RBSG’88, Chair
President, RJC Pharma Consulting
Vice President, Technical Operations, Johnson & Johnson (Retired)
Ian Copeland ENG'86, RC'86
Senior Advisor, Sustainable Infrastructure & Real Assets, Ultra Capital
Frank DeMauro ENG’88
Vice President of Global Operations, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Kevin J. Edwards ENG'88
Principal Vice President, Bechtel Corporation
Colette Hazen ENG'93
Associate Vice President - Virtual Network Operations, Verizon
Edward Hoffman ENG’85, Rutgers Business School – MBA'99
Founder and President, Competitive Business Solutions
President and CEO, Decision Flow
Ramsey P. Homsany ENG'97
Co-Founder and President, Octant, Inc.
James W. Hughes, Ph.D. ENG'65, GSNB'71
University Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Retired)
Tilak Lal ENG’84
Head of Investment Risk Management, Lighthouse Partners
Vita M. Lanoce GSNB'85
Chief Executive Officer, LanV Consulting
Strategic Advisor, Linical Americas
Rita Marty ENG’93, GSNB’96, RBSG'02
Chief Information Security Officer, AT&T
Michele E. O'Connor ENG'87
Principal, Langan
Emeka Oguh ENG’05
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PeopleJoy
Rina Parikh ENG’88
Board Director, MAG Aerospace
Rajiv Patel, ENG'89
Partner, Fenwick & West LLP
Brian P. Reilly ENG’80
Senior Vice President, Bechtel Corporation (Retired)
Dragan Samardzija, GSNB'00, '04
Head of Research Lab, Nokia Bell Labs
Vijay Swarup, Ph.D. GSNB'88, '90
Senior Director Climate Strategy and Technology, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (Retired)
David Wade ENG'89
President, Incrementum Energy LLC
Richard (Rich) S. Weeks
President, Weeks Marine, Inc. (Retired)
Emmanuel Yamoah ENG'98
Vice President R&D, Duracell, Inc.