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🤔 How do Office Hours work?

• Members of the iii community may schedule a meeting with any alum.

• Review the alum profiles below and, if available, visit their LinkedIn to learn more. 

• When you find a good fit, click "Schedule A 1:1 Meeting"; you'll be redirected to that alum's Calendly page. 

• Check their availability and choose a meeting time.

• Prepare for your meeting (i.e. why did you choose this alum, what questions do you have for them...?).

• And, of course, attend the meeting and have a great conversation!

✍️ Please Take Note:

• "🤝 Formal Mentorship" - this alum is open to mentoring you. Mentorship typically involves goal setting and regular meetings over an extended time period. can help with structure.
• Meetings are for guidance and advice - not to ask for internships or jobs.
• "No Shows" are unacceptable and unprofessional. If you cannot make a meeting, cancel it. If you "no show" more than once, your ability to participate in Office Hours will be restricted.
• A "thank you" message is always appreciated. When applicable, share outcomes too! For example,  if an alum helped you prep for an internship interview, let them know how your interview went.
• Feedback is welcome; contact Mary Kilcoyne to share.

Shobhit Aggarwal (MIIPS 2022)
Advanced Manufacturing Engineer - Robotics
Manufacturing Futures Institute

I did my undergrad in Industrial engineering and worked for 2+ years as a supply chain analyst before pivoting to product design and manufacturing. I grew up in various cities in India, and am currently based in Pittsburgh.

Let’s chat about:

• Career Guidance, Resume Review, Portfolio Feedback, Transitioning to the US, and Project Ideas
• 🤝 Formal Mentorship

Shuhan Li (MSTV 2018)
Robotics Sensor Engineer
Flexiv Ltd

I am working in a robotics company. I am working on robotics sensing and embodied AI. At the same time, I have been pursuing my PhD degree in embodied AI since 2022. I live in San Jose and received my Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Science in Technology Ventures degree from Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë.

Let’s chat about:

• Career Guidance, Interview Prep/Practice, Resume Review, Portfolio Feedback, Startups/Entrepreneurship, Transitioning to the US
• 🤝 Formal Mentorship

Pratyush Dave (MSSM 2009)
Embedded Software and Wireless Specialist Consultant
N2N Software Solutions LLC

Schedule a 1:1 Meeting w/ Pratyush

I have 35+years of industry experience leading embedded software development projects, and managing teams. I grew up in India until the age of 15 and have been in the US for over 36 years, and I enjoy hiking, biking, and outdoors in general.

Let’s chat about:

• Career Guidance,Interview Prep/Practice,Resume Review,Portfolio Feedback,Building One's Network,Transitioning to the US
• 🤝 Formal Mentorship

Rahul Iyengar (MSSM 2010)
Vice President of Software Engineering
GoPro Inc.

I have worked in the valley for about 25 years and am currently the VP of Software Engineering at GoPro where I manage cloud engineering and Data Science Engineering. Over the years I’ve had the opportunity to build from the ground up, augment and lead globally spread out engineering organizations through rapid growth and innovation. I live in Union City with my family and graduated from Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë in 2010 with a Masters in Software Management.

Let’s chat about:

• Career Guidance, Interview Prep/Practice, Startups/Entrepreneurship
• 🤝 Formal Mentorship

Xinyong Lyu (MSSM 2020)
Software Engineer
Oracle Corporation

I have 3 years of backend software engineer experience till now. I grew up in Hangzhou, China and now live in the SF Bay Area.

Let’s chat about:

• Career Guidance, Building One's Network

Shabbir Suterwala (MSSM 2011)
Principal Machine Learning Engineer
Altos Labs Inc

Hello! Please learn about me here. I have since joined Altos Labs (https://www.altoslabs.com/), where I lead the Computational Systems Modeling & Scaling team - drug discovery + computational biology / chemistry + AI = lots of tough software engineering problems (if you read the spotlight, you may notice a theme here :) )

Happy to chat about:

• Career Guidance, Portfolio Feedback, Startups/Entrepreneurship, Building One's Network, Transitioning to the US
• 🤝 Formal Mentorship

Judy Zhang (MSSM 2013)
Software Engineer

As a full stack software engineer, I have extensive experience leading and managing software projects throughout the development life cycle, with a background in both corporate and educational settings. After living in the Bay Area for 10 years, I moved to Hawaii to be closer to my extended family during the pandemic. Growing up in China and having lived in multiple cities in Canada and the US has given me a diverse perspective that I bring to my work. I’m committed to supporting students and helping them develop practical skills for their careers in tech.

Let’s chat about:

• Career Guidance, Interview Prep/Practice, Resume Review, Portfolio Feedback, Transitioning to the US
• 🤝 Formal Mentorship

Dhairyya Agarwal (MSSM 2020)
Product Manager II
Microsoft Corporation

I am a generalist product manager working at Microsoft after interning at a lot of startups. I am now living in my 3rd country now - Vancouver, Canada after India and USA.

Let’s chat about:

• Career Guidance, Resume Review

Geethanjali Anand (MSTV 2020)
Project Manager
American Honda

I am a Project Manager at Honda where I work on new business ideation and business model development of new products and services. I have previous product experience from a startup environment. I grew up between North America and India, and currently live in Chicago.

Let’s chat about:

• Career Guidance, Startups/Entrepreneurship, Building One's Network, Transitioning to the US
• 🤝 Formal Mentorship

Arthur Cen (MIIPS 2020)
Product Operation Manager
Google LLC

Formerly a Front-end Developer, now a Product Operation Manager at Google, I have always been to find interesting things to do. I have experience in both small startup and large corp. I love running, climbing, and obstacle races.

Let’s chat about:

• Career Guidance, Interview Prep/Practice, Resume Review, Building One's Network, Transitioning to the US
• 🤝 Formal Mentorship

Manini Chattopadhyay (MSSM 2017)
Sr. Program Manager
Google

I have over 10 years of experience in technical program management. As a TPM with Google Payments, I work at the intersection of payments engineering and user needs to deliver high-quality products to our customers. In addition to MSSM, I am a certified SAFe Agilist and a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science.

Let’s chat about:

• Career Guidance, Transitioning to the US
• 🤝 Formal Mentorship

Kevin Killeen (MIIPS 2023)
Global Product Line Manager - Flame Detection
MSA Safety Inc.

I came from an engineering and sales background for 4 years before pivoting to product management. I worked in the process measurement industry before joining the MIIPS program and transferring my skills to the industrial safety industry. I'm a born and raised Pittsburgher, and when I'm not working I'm probably walking my dog Scratch

Let’s chat about:

• Career Guidance, Interview Prep/Practice, Resume Review, Building One's Network
• 🤝 Formal Mentorship

Francis Kurupacheril (MSSM 2013)
Director of Product Management, Collaboration AI
Cisco Systems, Inc.

25+ years of experience in developing and launching enterprise collaboration solutions. I spearhead the productization of Large Language Model (LLM) based applications for Cisco Webex as part of the Cisco Collaboration AI organization.

Let’s chat about:

• Interview Prep/Practice
• 🤝 Formal Mentorship

Xi Liu (MIIPS 2015)
Product Manager / Former Startup Founder
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In my 20s, I explored various professional paths—developer, UX designer, product manager, and most recently, startup founder. I'm now advancing my career as a product manager. Having lived in four countries over the past decade, I’ve gained unique experience adapting to different cultures and environments. I believe true passion emerges through exploration, so why not try out all possibilities? Up for a chat about career paths, culture, or anything else on your mind. Feel free to reach out!

Let’s chat about:

• Career Guidance, Startups/Entrepreneurship, Building One's Network, Transitioning to the US
• 🤝 Formal Mentorship

Taciano Moraes (MSSM 2015)
Technical Operations Manager
Edoo

A Brazilian living in the Toronto area and passionate about winter. I currently work as a Product/Tech Operations Director for a startup called Edoo, on a product with 1.2M users and that was recently launched in Spain. My background is in Computer Science (worked as a Dev for 7 years) but since my masters at Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë-Silicon Valley I've been working with Product, for almost a decade now. In my spare time, I like volunteering for nonprofits and traveling; doing extreme sports like Snowboarding, Climbing, and Slacklining; besides studying about Entrepreneurship, Psychology, and Leadership.

Let’s chat about:

• Career Guidance, Interview Prep/Practice, Resume Review, Portfolio Feedback, Startups/Entrepreneurship, Building One's Network, Transitioning to the US
• 🤝 Formal Mentorship

Ruben Rincon (MSSM 2015)
Group Product Manager, Developer Experience
Adobe Systems Incorporated

Most of my career has been circling around developer platforms and developer communities from the angles of advocacy, project and product management in companies such Adobe, Dropbox, HP, Microsoft, Nokia. I enjoy being a people manager and I'm committed to be better at it each day. I came to the US 12 years ago from Latin America and went through all the paperwork and VISA hoops that you can think of. I'm happy to help.

Let’s chat about:

• Career Guidance, Interview Prep/Practice, Resume Review, Transitioning to the US

Kanika Sachdeva (MIIPS 2023)
Associate Product Designer & Manager
Anew

I worked for ^+ yrs in physical experience design and project management before taking transition into UX design and product management field. I worked with Walmart last year with their product team.

Let’s chat about:

• Career Guidance, Interview Prep/Practice, Resume Review, Building One's Network, Transitioning to the US