SECS Advisory Board

Michael Bolon, Chair 
Retired Senior Vice President, General Dynamics Land Systems, Engineering Design and Land Development

Bob Lee, Vice Chair 
Retired Vice President and Head of Engine Powertrain and Electrified Propulsion Systems Engineering, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (currently, Stellantis)

Mamatha Chamarthi
Senior Vice President & Chief Digital Officer, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Glenn Denomme
Retired Consultant, Stellantis

Paul Fleck
Founder and CEO, Dataspeed

Cedric Flowers
Vice President, DTE Gas

Alecia Gabriel, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, Motor City STEAM Foundation & The Lab Drawer

Grant R. Gerhart, Ph.D.
Retired Senior Research Scientist, TARDEC

Seyed Hajimirza
Head of Research and Advanced Manufacturing, Continental Automotive Systems

Maurcio Herndandez-Distancia, Ph.D.
Head of High-Performance Computers #SWX - Global Engineering Director, Stellantis

Fred Killeen
Retired Chief Technology Officer, General Motors LLC, Information Technology

Ron A. May
Retired Executive Vice President, DTE Energy

Mark Michel
Project Manager and Business Development Leader, Raytheon

Charon Morgan
Vice President Engineering, Autoliv Americas

Jason Ryska
Global Vice President of Manufacturing Engineering, Lucid Motors

Robert Richard
Senior Vice President, Major Enterprise Projects, DTE Energy, Energy Distribution 

George Saikalis, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Research and Development, Hitachi America, Ltd.

Abdallah Shanti
Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Digitalization Officer, Volkswagen Group NAR

Kristen Siemen
Retired Vice President of Sustainable Workspaces and Chief Sustainability Officer, General Motors Corporation

Dave Schubring
Global Information Technology Director, SiteRx

Diana Wagner
SWX Software Vehicle Program Management, Stellantis

Nicole Waters
Retired Global Director of Propulsion Systems Value Optimization & Benchmarking, Stellantis

Louay Chamra, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Oakland University

Qian (Beth) Zou, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Oakland University

Daniel Aloi, Ph.D.
Director of Research, School of Engineering & Computer Science, Oakland University

Chris Kobus, Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering Professor and Director of SECS Outreach, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Oakland University

Anthony Gallina
Director of Corporate Relations, School of Engineering & Computer Science, Oakland University 

Sarah Brown
Sr. Director of Philanthropy, School of Engineering & Computer Science, Oakland University

Kelli Foskic
Director of Career and Life Design, School of Engineering & Computer Science, Oakland University

Shailesh Lal, Ph.D.
Chair, Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Oakland University

Guangzhi (Mark) Qu, Ph.D.
Chair, Computer Science & Engineering, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Oakland University

Osamah Rawashdeh, Ph.D.
Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Oakland University

Vijitashwa Pandey, Ph.D.
Chair, Industrial & Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Oakland University

Xia Wang, Ph.D
Chair, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Oakland University