Departmental Advisory Board
CSE’s Departmental Advisory Board (DAB) was formed to provide external counsel on matters that affect the department, such as education and research programs, strategic planning, development and philanthropy, classroom enrichment, student job placement, and industrial relations. Members are industrial leaders, many of whom got their start at UB, and are committed to the department’s continued success.
Founder, President, and CEO, Iconics; Co-Chair, Computer Science and Engineering Industrial Advisory Board
Email: russ@iconics.com
Former President and CEO, SofTrek; Co-Chair, Computer Science and Engineering Industrial Advisory Board
Email: bob.girardi@gmail.com
Director of Incubation, Microsoft Asia-Pacific Research and Development Group (ARD)
Email: trihorses@gmail.com
Email: rchoplin@yahoo.com
Email: skhedekar@bloomberg.net
Mike Kurdziel (MS '88, PhD '01)
Senior Engineering Manager, Core Networking and Network Security Group, Harris Corporation, Communications Systems Segment
Email: mkurdzie@harris.com
Email: ruocco.robert@healthnow.org
Michael J. "Sonny" Sonnenstein
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Consumer, Business and Digital Banking, M&T Bank
Email: msonnenstein@mtb.com
