Margaret Kolb joins the Fung Institute with a PhD in English Literature from UC Berkeley and a BA in abstract mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis. Before completing her PhD, she worked as a quantitative analyst in economic research at Bank of America. Find her writing on literary history in Victorian Studies, Configurations, and… Read More »

Mark Bauer brings his focus on the effective use of language to the Fung Institute’s Communications for Engineering Leaders courses.  He received his PhD in English from UC Berkeley, where his research centered on twentieth-century autobiographical poetry and the modes by which poets alternately embrace and question the ability of language and literature to capture… Read More »

Ms. Lauchengco’s multi-disciplinary approach pulls from over 20 years of experience in executive positions in marketing, product management, and as chief-of-staff to the CEO at companies including Microsoft, Netscape/AOL and Loudcloud/Opsware. Martina has helped contribute to several industry leading products, but she is best known for her work leading marketing initiatives – first for Microsoft… Read More »

Matthew co-founded IP Checkups in 2004 to help companies align their patent strategy with their R&D and business objectives. He has managed hundreds of engagements and advised large and small corporate clients, start-ups and investors on IP strategy. Matthew co-founded the Center for Intellectual Property (CIP)-Berkeley. An academic and executive-education program focused at the intersection… Read More »

Nick Farrell has 25 years of experience in high tech, working at startups, large universities and multi-national tech companies. He is currently a Senior Artificial Intelligence Program Manager at Microsoft, managing projects using reinforcement learning to solve industrial automation problems for Fortune 500 companies. Prior to working at Microsoft, Nick worked as a product manager… Read More »

Nima Shomali is the Global Head of Learning and Development at Plug and Play Tech Center, the world’s most active corporate innovation and venture capital firm. At UC Berkeley, he holds a dual position as Lecturer and Leadership Coach at the UC Berkeley College of Engineering Fung Institute and Fellow at the UC Berkeley Haas… Read More »

Promita is a project manager in the oil and gas field for the past 15 years. She received her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering at the University of Southern California and then obtained her MBA at Cal State Bakersfield in August 2016. She has worked for several companies across California such as Chevron, Jacobs, Fluor,… Read More »

Dr. Reginald Bailey has over 40 years of experience within the defense, cargo security, and educational technology industries, with a background in software and systems engineering, and project management. He has led teams (collocated, distributed) for large multi-national companies (e.g., IBM), large defense companies (e.g., Lockheed Martin), as well as small technology startup companies (e.g.,… Read More »

Ronald Star is a Partner in the Corporate and Securities practice at Arnold & Porter  LLP, and co-chairs the Northern California Emerging Companies group. His practice focuses on financings, venture capital, technology transactions, corporate governance, securities law and mergers and acquisitions. He works closely with start-up and private companies on issues related to equity and… Read More »

Sarah has over 20 years of experience as a CMO building marketing and communications teams in a variety of industries, including multi-national consulting firms, global membership organizations, educational institutions and high-tech startups. She is currently part of the senior administrative team at Head-Royce, running the marketing and communications team. She is also the founder of… Read More »