Meet the
Conference Participants
Conference Speakers

Hassan Akmal
Executive Director of Career and Professional Development, UC San Diego, Career Center
Elena Alferova
Clinical Research Coordinator, Moores Cancer Center

Mojgan A. Amini
Sr. Director, Process Management & Continuous Improvement, IT Services, UC San Diego
Sean R.B. Bearden, Ph.D.
Principal Officer, Bearden Data Solutions LLC

Anton Buyanovskiy
Founder, InterviewSmile.com

Gert Cauwenberghs
Professor of Bioengineering and Co-Director of the Institute for Neural Computation, Chair of Graduate Admissions for the Bioengineering Department, UC San Diego

Ayana Chen
Product Manager, Microsoft
Sabrina Cheng
Jr. Designer, UC San Diego, The Design Lab, Interdisciplinary Computing & the Arts major
Deborah Clow
Director of Project Management, My Point Credit Union
Stephen DeStefani
Wells Fargo Program Executive, Enterprise Neurodiversity Program

Kevin Dietrick
Director, MSBA & MSM at Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business of Carnegie Mellon

Roxy Farkas
Director, Student Success Center, UC San Diego, School of Physical Sciences

Lisa Ganem
Associate Director, Career Development and Industry Engagement, UC San Diego, Career Center
Pradipta Ghosh, M.D.
Principal Investigator, Director, Institute for Network Medicine; Executive Director, HUMANOID Center of Research Excellence (CoRE)

Arturo Gonzalez
Director, Communications, Media and Internet Practice, NERA Economic Consulting

Sina Hajhassan
Career Coach and Public Relations Specialist, Alumni ‘20

Kris Hergert
Director, Innovation Strategy, UC San Diego, Office of Operational Strategic Initiatives (OSI)
Matt Hill
Vice President, Talent Acquisition, Dexcom
Suzaita Hipolito
MBA, Alumna '13 (Rady) - Coach, Entrepreneur, Disruptor, Speaker, and Author

Natalie Huynh
Career Peer Educator, UC San Diego, Career Center, Bioengineering & Mathematics - Computer Science major

Corrine Ishio
Hiring and Career Coach, SHRM-CP, Alumni ‘16

Brandon Joe
Co-Founder, Treasure Hacks, Mathematics-Computer Science major, UC San Diego

Ellie Kim
Career Peer Educator, UC San Diego, Career Center, Public Health major with a concentration in Health Policy and Management
Jiaqi Liu
Data Engineer, Gilead Sciences

Melanie Lo
PhD, Wix Higher Education
Anusha Malla
Marketing and Communications Intern, UC San Diego, Career Center, Business Economics major
Jordan Maness
Career Advising Specialist for Continuing Education, University of Colorado Boulder; Certified Life Coach; Podcast Host
Pedro Manrique, Ph.D.
CEO, DRP Systems, Author, Professor, Inventor, Strategic Analyst, Business Consultant and Coach

Dr. Cameron Martin, Ph.D.
Spiritual Coach, Leadership Expert

Megan Martinez-Montano
Sr. Associate Director, Career and Professional Development, UC San Diego, Career Center

Analia Mendez
CEO, and Founder of Signature Careers LLC
Nataly Mendez
Assistant Director of Human Resources, Hilton San Diego
Soumyarka Mondal
Co-Founder and CTO at Sybill.ai
Victoria Morales-Vargas
LAEP Research Assistant, Psychology Cognitive & Behavioral Neuroscience major, UC San Diego
Daniel Nagey
Content & Digital Media Specialist, My Point Credit Union

Tod Oliviere
Director, Student Employment and Career Development, UC San Diego, Career Center

Jade Pearson
Associate Director of Career Development and Industry Engagement, UC San Diego, Career Center

Cam Pham
Associate Director of Career Development and Industry Engagement, UC San Diego, Career Center
Alex Phan, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Student Success, UC San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering
Kevin Popović
Education Manager, UC San Diego, The Design Lab
Judy Reilly
MBA, Director, Center for Neurodiversity and Employment Innovation, University of Connecticut
Toni Rhorer
Executive Director, Graduate Career Management Center, Rady School of Management
Naba Rizvi
Ph.D. Candidate, UC San Diego

M'Chelle Ryan
Director, Upwork Academy

Kian Salehizadeh
Vice President of CFO Solutions, LPL Financial

Aunika Santos
Student Employment Analyst, UC San Diego, Student Employment Office
Steven Savini
Senior Strategic Initiatives Analyst, UC San Diego, Operational Strategic Initiatives (OSI)
Jessica Serrano
Vice President, Talent Management & Talent Acquisition, Lytx Inc.
Rochelle Smarr
Director, Experiential Learning, UC San Diego, Teaching + Learning Commons
Rachelle Snook
Rachelle Snook, Vice President of Global Talent, WD-40

Sonja Steinbrech
Director of Admissions, UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy

Amy Stevens
Associate Director of Admissions, USC Gould School of Law
Qui-Shawn Tran
Interdisciplinary Computing & the Arts major, UC San Diego

Hannah Wang
Marketing and Communications Intern, UC San Diego, Career Center, Business Psychology major

Cong Wen
BotBar Operations Manager

Ada Wong
BotBar VP, Marketing and Development Manager

Mike Zucker
Associate Director of Career Development and Industry Engagement, UC San Diego, Career Center
Conference Facilitators and Moderators

Maria Coates
Future of Work Research Assistant, Communications major, UC San Diego

Marcy Morrison
Associate Director of Career Development and Industry Engagement, UC San Diego, Career Center

Tod Oliviere
Director, Student Employment and Career Development, UC San Diego, Career Center

Josue Pinal
Associate Director of Career Development and Industry Engagement, UC San Diego, Career Center

Ron Reyes
Interim Sr. Associate Director, Career and Professional Development, UC San Diego, Career Center

Michael Stromayer
Associate Director of Career Development and Industry Engagement, UC San Diego, Career Center

Jessica Wilson
Associate Director of Career Development and Industry Engagement, UC San Diego, Career Center
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