Hub of DX

The Innovation Team

Leadership

• Orlando Leon, CIO
• Max Tsai, Innovation Architect and Coordinator of Digital Transformation

Sponsors

• Brad Barker, Senior Director of Cloud Strategies, Infrastructure & Technology Support

Core Team

Staff

Erick Castro, Innovation Consultant

Interns

• Shifatul Islam, Lead Developer Intern
• Henry Nguyen, Marketing and Business Analyst Intern
• Katrina Covarrubias, Media Communication and PR

Mentors

• Max Tsai, Technological Innovation and Program Development
• Valerie Kessler, PR and Outreach
• Vivian Lo, Project Management/Business Analysis
• Jonathan Castro, Communication/Branding
• Juan Solis, PR and Events
• Brian Beamer, Information Technology

* Graduated *

• Victoria Fall, Lead Developer Intern (~Summer 2017 and became staff for Fall 2017/Spring 2018)
• Emily Vagim, Graphic and Branding Intern (~Spring 2019)

Research and Project Interns

AI / Autonomous

• Ravi Shah, Lead
• Shifatul Islam
• Stanley Wan
• Michael GilletteBerg
• Jon Case (AY2019–20 Cohort)
• Lee Chang (AY2019–20 Cohort)
• Alwin Villamor (AY2019–20 Cohort)
• Evan Toland (AY2019–20 Cohort)
• Gurleen Kaur (AY2019–20 Cohort)

Blockchain

• Aramayis Orkusyan, Lead
• William Chen, consultant
• Open Position

Information Security (ELK)

• Eric Rodriguez, Lead
• Deepthi Nalia

Smart Campus / IoT, Alexa

• Stanley Wan, Lead
• Aizaz Ahmad
• Kishan Shah (~Summer 2018)
• Carlos Daccarett (~Summer 2018)
• Kavya Mandaliya (~Fall 2018)

AI / Chatbot — Virtual Learning Assistant

• Michelle Salomon (~ Fall 2018)
• Jeewaka Perera
• Abhishek Gupta (~ Fall 2018)
• Adrian Hernandez

Immersive Experience VR-AR / Game Development

• Chris Gonzalez (~ Fall 2018, continue with his Phd)
• Parth Thacker (~ Spring 2019)
• Adeshpaul Singh Gill (~ Spring 2019)

Project Ignite Team (2019)

• Agustin Rivera
• Brenna Partt
• Elizabeth-Agnes Gaw
• Emily Vagim
• Katrina Covarrubias
• Lilla Estrada Mendoza
• Macie C. Saiz
• Ravi Shah
• Robert Cervantes
• Shifatul Islam

Data Analysis / KPI

• Shital Revandkar (~ Fall 2017)
• More, Kalpak (~ Fall 2017)

Faculty Research Partners/Collaborators (by chronological order)

• Dr. Brent Auernheimer, DAT — Sponsor of many projects
• Dr. Alex Liu, AI & Cloud Computing
• Dr. Laura Huisinga, UX and Immersive experience
• Dr. Arun Nambiar (Spring 2018, Data Analysis and KPI)
• Dr. Yongsheng Gao (CSU Atlas Cluster, Lead)
• Dr. Harinder Singh Bawa (Fresno Atlas Cluster, Manager)
• Dr. Faith Sidlow (new! Holographic immersive experience)
• Dr. Scott Sailer (new! Holographic immersive experience)

Professional Mentors (by First Name order)

• Bryan Alvarado, Robotics
• Brian Beamer, Emerging Technology
• Guillermo Gaeta, AI
• Jay Fowler, co-PI —Cloud/ Streaming Media
• Jonathan Castro, Branding and Marketing
• John Wagenleitner, co-PI — Blockchain
• Rafael Villegas, co-PI — Info. Sec (ELK)
• Valerie Kessler, PR and Outreach
• Vivian Lo, PM/BA