External Advisory Board

The Mission of the ISE External Advisory Board (EAB)

Is to advise, promote and advocate for the University of Washington Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering in the education, training and mentoring of students.

The Purpose of the EAB is to:

analyze issues and make recommendations to the ISE chair and department
provide advice and feedback on strategic planning
advocate for industrial & systems engineering
strengthen the department's relationship with all constituencies

The EAB has actively engaged members who are leaders in industry, non-profits, government, academia, and professional industrial engineering organizations. Four committees — External Relations, Student Advancement, Recruiting & Governance, and Philanthropy — support and promote the ongoing work of the EAB.

Interested in Joining the EAB?

ISE is always interested growing our network of thoughtful and passionate advisors. We invite you to reach out to us if you are interested in joining the board. Please contact Kelly Foong at kellyn@uw.edu

Current External Advisory Board Members:

Name	Company
	Tracy Ballweber, Business Development Manager, UMC
	Ben Bourlier, Industrial Project Engineer, Starbucks
	Richard Cross, Senior Program Manager, Amazon
	Tracy Daly, Director - Production Engineering, Boeing
	Fanny Goey, Vice President, Process Engineering Director, U.S. Bank
	Jimmy Kwong, Senior Supply Chain Audit Program Manager, Microsoft
	Roberto Lu, Vice President - Technology, TE Connectivity
	Gary Martz, Sr. Director Intel Foundry Services, RISC-V Ecosystem Enablement, Intel Corporation
	José Meléndez, Sr. Manager, Industrial Engineering, The Walt Disney Company
	David Israel Mendez, EAB Chair, Management Consultant, ScottMadden Inc.
	Aven Samareh, Senior Lead Data Science, Microsoft
	Suraj Shetty, Executive Director of Operations, Sound Transit
	Himanshu Sinha, SVP, Growth & Storefront, Quince
	Kaz Takeda, Founders of Kaz and Effect Solutions, LLC
	Nicholas Tom, Improvement Consulting Manager, Seattle Childrens
	Vicky Tseng, Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Apple
	Matt Twitchell, Sr. Director, Manufacturing Operations & Business Excellence, Stryker
	Emily Whelan, Quality Systems Data Engineer, Tesla
	Yun Zhang, Co-founder and CEO, Wyze Labs
	GL Zunker, Senior Managing Director, Accenture