Computer Science Ceremony Diploma Guest Speakers

We proudly recognize our departmental diploma ceremony guest speakers.

May 19, 2001
Christopher M. Crump (BS 1978)

VP of Engineering

NetworkPhysics, Inc.

May 18, 2002
Keith Collins (BS 1982)

Sr. VP & Chief Tech. Officer

SAS Institute, Inc

May 17, 2003
F. Jo Goodson (BS 1975)

Project Manager

BNX Systems

May 15, 2004
Gerhard Pilcher (BS 1985)

President

H.B. & Rose, Inc.

December 15, 2004
Donald Haile

President

Fidelity Investment Systems Co.

May 14, 2005
Bill Weiss (BS 1976)

Founder, Chairman & CEO

The Promar Group

December 14, 2005
Dr. Donald Bitzer

Dist. Univ. Prof. Of Comp. Sci

NC State University

May 13, 2006
Matthew Szulik

Chairman, CEO & President

Red Hat

December 20, 2006
Steve Worth (MS 1985)

Technical Dir., SPO Global Engr.

EMC Corporation

May 12, 2007
Sue Horn

VP Software Group

IBM

December 19, 2007
Paul Jones (BS 1972)

Director of ibiblio.org

UNC-Chapel Hill

May 10, 2008
Joyce Hatch

Retired Dir. of Undergrad. Advising

NC State University

December 17, 2008
Mark Wyatt (BS 1980)

VP of Smart Eneregy Systems

Duke Energy

May 9, 2009
C.R. (Rudy) Puryear (BS 1974)

Director of Global IR PRactice

Bain & Company

December 19, 2009
Suzanne Gordon (BS 1975, MS 1980)

VP of IT & Chief Information Officer

SAS Institute

May 14, 2010
John O'Neill (BS 1996)

President & Founder

Spark Plug Games

December 17, 2010
Marshall Brain (MS 1989)

Author, TV Personality, & Founder

HowStuffWorks.com

May 13, 2011
Kristopher Tyra (BS 1986)

Director of User Experience Development

Deutsche Bank Global Technology Inc.

December 16, 2011
Carol Miller

Retired Lecturer, CSC Department

NC State University

May 11, 2012
Donald A. Thompson, Jr.

President & CEO

I-Cubed

December 14, 2014
Tanya Markow (MS 2004)

Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army

Asst. Professor, U.S. Military Academy

May 10, 2013
Nate Johnson (BS 2000)

Meteorologist & Executive Producer

WRAL-TV

December 18, 2013
Greg Germain

Vice President

NetApp

May 9, 2014
Heather Miller (BS 1993)

Director of Business Architecture, PMO and Vendor Relationship Manager

Coca Cola

December 17, 2014
Wayne Clark

Retired CNS Architect

Cisco

May 8, 2015
Jeff Crume

Distinguished Engineer & IT Architect

IBM

December 17, 2015
Robert T. "Bob" Geolas

President and CEO

Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina

May 6, 2016
Dr. Terri Lomax

Executive Vice President

Discovery-Science-Technology

RTI International

December 15, 2016
Dereck Whittenburg

Associate Athletic Director for Community Relations and Student Support

NC State University

May 11, 2017
Dr. Elizabeth Mynatt (BS 1988)

Executive Director, Inst. For People and Tech

Professor, Georgia Tech College of Computing

December 15, 2017
Micheal Scott Lipps

President and Chief Operating Officer

MercuryGate International

May 10, 2018
Kimberly Calhoun

COO, MoneyMasters TV and Network

CEO and Founder of Cap Science Labs

December 19, 2018
William Pagán

Partner

Coats & Bennett, LLC

May 10, 2019
Jim Fletcher (BS 1976)

Strategy Partner

Momenta Partners

December 20, 2019
Joe Bastante

Chief Technology Officer

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina

December 3, 2020
Dr. Nachi Nagappan (MSCN 2002, PhD 2005)

Partner Research

Microsoft Research

May 13, 2021
Dr. Bushra Anjum (PhD 2012)

Data Analytics Manager

Doximity

December 10, 2021
Dr. Kamala Subramanian

Engineering Site Lead, Durham, NC

Google

May 5, 2022
Beth Smith (BS CSC 1987)

General Manager of Worldwide Technical Sales and Customer Success

IBM

December 16, 2022
Lance Berberian

Executive VP and Chief Information and Technology Officer

Labcorp