University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Autumn Saddler Williams

Technical recruiter

Google

Danielle DuMerer

VP of technology

Shedd Aquarium

Cliff Redeker

Culture evangelist

Google

Ping Fu

3D graphics expert

Geomagic cofounder

Samir Mirza

Former Twitter engineer

Advisor/investor

Roger Dickey

Founder/CEO

Gigster

Kelly Taaffe

Senior tech writer

MarkMonitor, San Francisco

John Aravosis

AMERICAblog founder

Democratic consultant

Fontaine Richardson

Computer science pioneer

UI Engineering HOF

Christopher Kenessey

CEO

NetMotion Software

Aaron Buckley

Microsoft director

Revenue and monetization

Brand Fortner

Software visionary

Distinguished Alumni Award

Russel Simmons

CTO and co-founder

Yelp

Ryan Marzolph

Post-production lead

Snapchat

Auggie Sandri

Major league video coordinator

Milwaukee Brewers

Ahmed Abukhater

Digital aviation, Boeing

Palestine powerlifting champ

Parisa Tabriz

'Browser Boss'

Google

Michael Coates

Former Twitter chief information security officer

Co-founder & CEO, Altitude Networks

Andrew McIntyre

VP/technology

Chicago Cubs

Jeremy Stoppelman

Yelp CEO

Ex-PayPal VP/engineering

Yemaya Bordain

Pioneering Ph.D. student

Intel Corp. engineer

Clark Benson

CEO/founder

Ranker

Anna Patterson

Founder, Gradient Ventures

Google

Taeyun Paik

Creative strategist

Google of Singapore