University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Jim Lundeen

President/CEO

Lundeen Software

Ed Thomson

Software engineer

Microsoft, UK

Ashley Llorens

Chief, Intelligent Systems Center

Johns Hopkins University

Steve Gray

CEO

Asteri Networks

Carey Radebaugh

Product manager

Google

Michelle Bassett

VP/digital media

Bassett & Bassett

Mark Pelczarski

Software developer

Obama for America, 2011-12

Michelle Lenzen

Researcher/writer

Humans at Heart

William Seemann

Software engineer

Pandora

Bob Purvy

Ret. software engineer

Google

Eric Klinker

CEO/co-founder

Resilio Inc.

Mitch Altman

Inventor, hacker

Cornfield Electronics CEO

Rick Cattell

Database systems whiz

7 patents, 5 books

Shivani Singh

Software engineer

Google

Kathleen Kayse

Chief media strategy/partnerships officer

Ad Council

Bill Hill

Asst. managing editor

MLB.com

Mark Zediker

Laser technology pioneer

CEO, NUBURU

Candi Butzow

Director, brand strategy

BuzzFeed

Paul Johnson

Executive VP/International

PGA Tour

DeVaris Brown

CEO

Floodgate Academy, Oakland

Mike Muhney

Software entrepreneur 

Co-founder, ACT!

Tony Zale

Software engineer

Google

Danielle DuMerer

VP of technology

Shedd Aquarium

Chris Konrad

CEO/founder

Design firm Konrad+King