CEAA Members
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CEAA Members 2020-2021 Jamie Hintlian Jamie Hintlian presently serves as President, the Cornell Engineering Alumni Association, '82 ORIE, '85 MEng, '86 having previously served as Vice President, Regions. He is currently the COO of a food MBA manufacturing company in Boston, having recently retired as a Partner/Principal at Ernst President. CEAA & Young (EY) where he led the Life Sciences Supply Chain practice. He worked with cli- Winchester, MA ents to improve their supply chain performance, including manufacturing strategy, plant operations, and supply chain planning. He has been a pioneer in leading industry initia- tives concerning safe and secure supply chains and regulatory compliance. Prior to EY, Jamie worked for over 20 years at Accenture, where he also led the Global Health and Life Sciences Supply Chain. Additionally, Jamie built and led the Pharmaceuticals Business Unit at Aspen Technology. At Cornell Jamie leads a class in Applied Operations Strategy at Johnson Graduate School of Management, and has previously led the Semester in Strategic Operations (SSO) im- mersion program as an adjunct professor, preparing the next generation of operations and supply chain leaders. He also serves on the ORIE Alumni Advisory Council and Cornell University Council. Jamie earned a BS and MEng in Operations Research, and his MBA from Johnson. Jeff Loren Jeff Loren has been an active member of the Cornell Engineering Alumni Association and '75 ENG its predecessors, the Cornell Society of Engineers and the Engineering Alumni Council, Secretary since 1983. The first phase of his professional career spanned over 21 years in Systems En- Seattle, WA gineering and Flight Test Engineering at Boeing, where he worked on both commercial and military aircraft programs. He then spent four years on near-full-time active Reserve duty with the Air Force, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel from the Headquar- ters USAF Engineering and Technical Management Division at the Pentagon in July 2003. He remained in essentially the same job as a support contractor for almost nine years, es- tablishing himself as a recognized thought leader and subject matter expert in pre- acquisition technical planning. Since 2012 Jeff has supported SAIC’s National Security Group and predecessor organizations in developing, maturing, and advocating innova- tive big-picture perspectives and approaches for “Systems Thinking” – the intersections of systems engineering, technical project and program management, and key focus areas of both philosophy and practice within each – to satisfy evolving customer requirements while delivering enhanced contract and task performance. Additionally, he brings articu- late thought leadership to capture planning and proposal development; leverages conti- nuity and consistency of messaging into team efforts to craft and refine compelling, re- sponsive leading-edge solutions that strategically align with corporate and client goals; and provides technical and mentorship professional guidance to junior and mid-career Systems Engineering staff. Jeff has published 16 technical papers along with 12 conference briefings and tutorial ses- sions, and has presented multiple guest lectures in Air Force Institute of Technology grad- uate-level and continuing education courses; he was also an invited panelist at Cornell’s Systems Engineering Day in 2007, discussing Air Force initiatives and activities to revital- ize the practice of SE. He holds an Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP) certifi- cation from the International Council on Systems Engineering, and also serves as the CE- AA Board Liaison to the Cornell Club of Western Washington. Lisa More Lisa identifies real estate properties that have investment potential through renovation. '87 ORIE She loosely uses her Operations Research background to maximize returns while optimiz- VP of Communications ing the functionality of the space and creating a beautiful environment. In addition to her Greenwich, CT own projects, she provides design and construction management services to others seek- ing to renovate their homes. She has also volunteered as an owner’s representative for non-profit organizations’ construction projects. Prior to seeking a more creative outlet, Lisa spent 10 years on Wall Street. Her experience spanned the buy side and sell side of fixed income derivatives. She developed risk man- agement systems and derivative pricing models and analytics. Lisa eventually transi- tioned to the trading floor, selling both over-the-counter and exchange traded derivatives to institutional investors. Her places of employment included the former Greenwich Cap- ital Markets and JP Morgan. Besides being a member of CEAA since 2016, Lisa enjoys speaking to prospective students through her involvement with CAAAN. While at Cornell, she was on the Field Hockey and Sailing Teams. Benjamin Weiss Ben Weiss is an operator, investor, and advisor in the New York FinTech community. He '03 ORIE most recently led Financial Products at Carta, delivering payments, lending and banking VP of Global Program- services for startups and venture capital firms. Prior to Carta, Ben held a number of oper- ming ating roles at Two Sigma, Opera Solutions, and StockTwits. He also founded Almond NYC, NY Bank, which was acquired by Cross River. He also held investment roles at Greylock Part- ners, Social Leverage, and Two Sigma Ventures. Ben holds a BSc in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell Engi- neering and an MBA from INSEAD. Ben has been an active member of CAAAN since graduating in 2003, and sat on the Cornell Hillel board for 10 years. Michael Hanson Michael Hanson presently serves as the Vice President for Regions, having previously '01 ORIE served as President and Vice President for Communications. VP of Regions Washington, DC Michael earned a BS in Operations Research in 2001 and Masters of Public Administra- tion on 2002 from Cornell, along with a Data Science Certificate in 2017 from the Naval Postgraduate School. He is a near twenty-year employee of the US Government, pri- marily working in the defense and intelligence sectors integrating technical solutions to business, security, and operational support endeavors. Michael lives with his wife Su- san ’01, MEng ’02 and two children in the Virginia suburbs of the nation’s capital. He has also served on his Class’s Council, Cornell Admissions Alumni Ambassador Net- work, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs Alumni Council, and Cornell University Council, along with being the leader of his son’s Cub Scout Pack. Brian Warshay Brian performs economic and technical analysis on energy storage, solar, electric vehi- '06 BEE cles, energy policy, rate design, wholesale power markets, and competitive retail ener- VP of Student/Young Alumni gy as a consultant at DNV GL. He provides technical due diligence as an independent NYC, NY engineer and owner's engineer across a variety of energy storage and distributed ener- gy resource projects, from utility scale to residential. Over the years he has contributed written and verbal testimony in policy proceedings and settlement negotiations on re- tail rate design for energy storage and vehicle charging infrastructure. Prior to working at DNV GL, Brian performed product and project economic analysis at Tesla and SolarCity and cleantech market research at Bloomberg New Energy Fi- nance and Lux Research. He earned his master's degree in Engineering Systems and Management at the Masdar Institute in Abu Dhabi, UAE and spent his first three years after Cornell undergrad as an environmental consultant working on solid waste and recycling programs, thanks in part to what he learned in BEE 4760! Sharon Bader '91 ORIE Downington, PA Prashanth Chandrasekar Currently, Prashanth is a member of Rackspace's Senior Leadership Team and is Sen- '03 MEng CEE ior Vice President & General Manager of Rackspace's $2 billion+ Cloud & Infrastructure San Antonio, TX Services portfolio of businesses including the Public Clouds, Private Clouds, Managed Hosting, Colocation and Managed Security businesses. Previously, Prashanth was Senior Vice President & General Manager of Rackspace's high growth, global business unit focused on cloud services for the world's leading Public Clouds including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Alibaba Cloud, with end-end P&L responsibility. Prashanth has held a range of leadership roles at Rackspace including leading Rackspace's high growth Amazon Web Services business and Rackspace's SMB Marquee business seg- ment focused on Rackspace's fast growing, most critical and high potential SMB / mid- market customers. Prashanth joined Rackspace as Chief of Staff to the General Manager of Rackspace's SMB Business Unit. Prior to joining Rackspace, Prashanth was a Vice President at Barclays Investment Bank, focused on providing Strategic and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) advice for clients in the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) industries. Prashanth was also a Manager at Capgemini Consulting where he managed Operations transformation en- gagements and consulting teams across the US. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an M.Eng in Engineering Manage- ment from Cornell University and a B.S. in Computer Engineering (summa cum laude) Ruchi Chitgopetkar Ruchi is a senior at Cornell majoring in Chemical Engineering and minoring in English. '21 CBE She is from Chicago, IL and is a big fan of deep dish pizza and the Chicago Bears. Ithaca, NY On campus,