• Harald Braun, Board Chair, President and CEO, Siemens Networks, LLC, Boca Raton, FL


• Dr. Hanafy Meleis, Board Vice-Chair, CEO, Trendium, Inc., Sunrise, FL


• Rick Qualman, Vice President, Sales Global Telecommunications and South Florida Senior Location Executive, IBM, Boca Raton, FL


• Jaime Borras, Senior Fellow, Senior Vice President, 4G/WiMAX Advanced Technology, Motorola Inc., Plantation, FL


• Ruben Bravo, Latin America Public Sector Managing Director, Microsoft, Ft. Lauderdale, FL


• Michael Buchenhorner, P. A., Patent Law, Miami, FL


• Christopher Fleck, V.P., Platform Development, Citrix Systems, Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL


• Dr. Roy Gerber, CTO, Ultimate Software Group, Sunrise, FL


• Ralph MacNamara, Manager, Berenfeld, Spritzer, Shechter & Sheer, Sunrise, FL


• Pete Martinez, V.P. Chief Technology & Innovations Officer, The Quantum Group, Boca Raton, FL


• John Nygard III, CIO, Lennar Corp., Miami, FL


• Aristides "Arti" Pallin, CIO, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL


• Dr. Marek Rusinkiewicz, V.P. Research, Telcordia Technologies, Morristown, NJ


• Daisy Santana, Program Director, Industry Enablement, SWG, IBM, Boca Raton, FL


• Michael Shen, MD, MS, FACC, FASNC, Head of the Section of Cardiac Imaging and a staff physician, Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL


• Ravi M. Ugale, Managing Director, Crossbow Ventures, Boca Raton, FL

The Industrial Advisory Board is an important and crucial role as part of the greater process designed to strengthen the research and educational efforts of CIS, and to achieve our long-term goals. Our distinguished, engaging and committed Board will produce significant impact on our program design and execution, student training and placement, research collaboration and funding, and visibility. More specifically, we look to the Board's support and insights in the following areas:

• Serve as advocate for the CIS programs to FIU administration, industry, and funding agencies; and help to enhance CIS/FIU visibility to industry in national and local venues.
• Help to advance CIS research programs by identifying or providing opportunities of collaboration and funding in basic research, technology development and technology transfer through industry and government agencies.
• Provide industry feedback and insights on the direction, design and execution of our research and education programs.
• Promote opportunities for the School's students to become exposed to industry. Provide practical training to our students by creating co-op programs, mentoring programs and internships. Help to identify and/or provide employment opportunities for our students.
• Help to identify, solicit and/or provide financial sponsorship to CIS faculty endowment, research/teaching laboratories, and student scholarships.