University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Ping Fu

3D graphics expert

Geomagic cofounder

Andre Crump

CEO

TasteTV Networks

Samir Mirza

Former Twitter engineer

Advisor/investor

Roger Dickey

Founder/CEO

Gigster

Kelly Taaffe

Senior tech writer

MarkMonitor, San Francisco

Ilyce Glink

CEO/founder

Best Money Moves

Marra Gad

Director, president

Egad! Productions

John Aravosis

AMERICAblog founder

Democratic consultant

Adam Hecktman

Microsoft director

Technology/civic innovation

Fontaine Richardson

Computer science pioneer

UI Engineering HOF

Christopher Kenessey

CEO

NetMotion Software

Tony Russo

VP/legislative affairs

T-Mobile, USA

Emma Johnson

Author, founder

WealthySingleMommy.com

Luvvie Ajayi

Best-selling Nigerian author

'16 LAS Young Alum of Yr.

Jill Estey Mark

Career assists leader

UI women’s basketball

Martin Eberhard

Co-founder, former CEO

Tesla Motors

Brand Fortner

Software visionary

Distinguished Alumni Award

Russel Simmons

CTO and co-founder

Yelp

Ryan Marzolph

Post-production lead

Snapchat

Mary McDowell

Polycom CEO

Distinguished Alumni Award

Auggie Sandri

Major league video coordinator

Milwaukee Brewers

Parisa Tabriz

'Browser Boss'

Google

Michael Coates

Former Twitter chief information security officer

Co-founder & CEO, Altitude Networks

Brian Wesselman

Expedia manager

Business Intelligence