Master of Engineering Management blogs

Dr. Dina Requena serves as Adjunct Professor of the Practice in the MEM Program. She brings over 15 years of technology management experience. Dr. Requena currently works as the Director of Technology Services at Quarterline where she drives the development of custom information technology solutions for the US Federal and State health care sector.  Prior to joining Quarterline, Dr. read more

Siddarth Shetty received his Master's in Engineering Management from Duke University in 2006 and his Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering from VESIT (Mumbai University) in 2005, where he graduated as the President of the Student Government and Chairperson of the IEEE. Sid is the Vice President of Operations at ServiceChannel, Inc., the leading technology platform in the retail facilities industry, where he oversees multiple functions ranging from Business Intelligence, Client technology Support, Call Center, Partner Support to day to day administration. read more

Mr. Orville Pierson,  Senior Vice President, Corporate Director of Program Design and Service Delivery for Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH).  Mr. Pierson is the author of The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search and Highly Effective Networking: Meet the Right People and Get a Great Job, will present "The Highly Effective Job Search". read more

Dr. Kimberly Jenkins is the MEMP Executive in Residence and member of the Duke University Board of Trustees. Her presentation is entitled "Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Lessons Learned from a Career in Start-ups." read more

  Dr. Larry Boyd is a Duke BME and MEMP Adjunct Professor, Founder and President of Palmetto Biomedical, Inc. and Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer for Bioshape Solutions, Inc..  Dr. Boyd is also the Associate Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization (CERC) at Duke read more

Mr. Egger joined the Duke MEM Program in 2009 after seventeen years of hands-on experience in technology startups and venture capital. Mr. Egger has developed his own innovative technologies, founded companies, and raised venture capital as an entrepreneurial CEO; served as a member of the Board of Directors and as a value-added advisor to numerous successful high-tech companies; and was a founder and Managing Partner of a venture capital fund focused on seed and early stage investing in new technology companies.

Adrienne Kelly Lumpkin is president of Alternate Access, a telecommunications company providing Voice over IP phone systems to businesses and branch offices employing 10-250 people at a location. Offerings include fax servers, interactive voice response, telephones and related communication technology. Over 16 years, Alternate Access has serviced customers in financial services, real estate, medical, staffing, engineering, retail and other service industries in the Carolinas and around the US. read more

Kyle Montgomery is an Associate Partner with Clarkston Consulting, where he is responsible for client engagements, new business development, and employee development in the South Central region, based out of Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. Mr. Montgomery serves clients in both the Consumer Products and Life Sciences sectors, focusing on value creation through operational excellence, demand and supply integration, quality and regulatory management, technology enablement, and organizational effectiveness. read more

HeatherHollick is the founder and Chief Coach at Rizers, a new company helpingambitious people and smart organizations achieve their potential. Throughcoaching, consulting, speaking, and workshops, Rizers is inspiring leaders,energizing teams, and changing the conversation around careers and teamperformance. read more

Julie King is a Distinguished Engineer at the Research Triangle Park, NC site and a Director in Software Strategy & Technology. She is Chair of IBM's Software Architecture Board, which provides architectural direction with a focus on product integration for the software product portfolio; Co-Chair of the Asset Architecture Board, and a member of the IBM Academy of Technology. She has been working in software product development for over 28 years, having held various Chief Programmer, Chief Designer, and Technical Strategist positions. read more

This week’s seminar will feature a panel discussion with members of the MEMP Industrial Advisory Board. The topic for discussion will be “What are Companies Looking for in a New Hire?” and will offer valuable insights for your job search from industry professionals who know the MEMP well. Panelists will include Steven Baumberger of Accenture, Ed Paradise of Cisco, and Scott Zufall of Stryker.

Fonda Daniels is currently employed as a patent engineer at SAS, Institute in Cary, NC. In her role as a patent engineer she supports corporate council in filing patent applications throughout the company, its regional offices and subsidiaries. Fonda Daniels received her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1998. In addition to receiving her Ph.D. at North Carolina State she also received a Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. read more

Ms. Vijayashanker graduated from Duke University with a double degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science. After graduating she headed out to Silicon Valley, where she first worked for Synopsys as an R&D Engineer, and started working towards a Masters in Computer Science at Stanford. She left her Masters to join Mint.com in 2006 as the third employee, and was the only female engineer there. In January 2010, Poornima left Mint.com to start her own startup BizeeBee.com, where she is currently the CEO & Founder. read more

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Chetan Kundavaram is a Business Consultant at Cisco. Chetan currently works on building business cases and performs financial analysis and research in valuing business benefits enabled by technology. He also serves as a board member for DiabetesSisters, a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health and quality of life of women with diabetes, and to advocate on their behalf. Chetan helps in fund raising, technology direction and growing the organization to have a global footprint. read more