Guest Speakers

Friday, July 17, 2026

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Keynote Talk: Careers in AI – 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM (West Pauley)

Ali Douraghy

Head of Special Projects, Frontier AI Affairs

Google DeepMind

“Faculty Job Search Strategy” with Dr. Daniel Olson-Bang – 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (East Pauley)

Daniel Olson-Bang Director

Graduate School Professional and Career Development

Syracuse University

Company Pitches – 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (West Pauley)

Cynthia Bukowski

Lead Applications Engineer, R&D

Qnity

Abby Tsai

Senior Data Scientist

Qnity

Justin Ondry

Sr. Process Engineer

Lam Research

Hector Mendoza

R&D Computational/Experimental Thermal Researcher

Sandia National Laboratories

John Pott

Sandia National Laboratories

Erwin Lau

Principal Engineer

Exponent

“Job Search Strategy in the Age of AI” – 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM (West Pauley)

Shirin Frederich

Principal Talent Acquisition Partner 1

Calico

Hector Mendoza

R&D Computational/Experimental Thermal Researcher

Sandia

Panel: Careers in Biotech – 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM (East Pauley)

Ishan Deshpande

Principal Scientist & Group Leader

Genentech

Sara Gushgari-Doyle

Associate Director of Strain Development at ZymoChem

ZymoChem

Naresh Sunkara

Founder

Nostalgic Foods

Rishi De-Kayne

Scientist

Arcadia Science

Workshop: “Interviewing for Industry Jobs,” Bill Lindstaedt – 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM (West Pauley)

Bill Lindstaedt

Career Consultant

STEM PhD Career Development

Panel: Engineering & Data Careers – 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM (East Pauley)

Terri Lin

Process Engineer

Tesla

Justin Ondry

Sr. Process Engineer

Lam Research

Valerie Boctor

Research Data Scientist

Google

Beichen Zhang

Climate Data Scientist

BlackRock

Erwin Lau

Principal Engineer

Exponent

Drop-In Consultations: Non-Academic Resumes/CVs, Academic Job Search – 2:35 PM – 4:00 PM (B North 82A)

Daniel Shaw

Associate Director of Career Services

Berkeley Career Engagement

May Wilson

Assistant Director for Graduate Employer Engagement

Berkeley Career Engagement

Rosanne Lurie

Director, QB3-Berkeley Graduate and Postdoc Career Development

UC Berkeley

Nicolas Gattig

Business Communication Coach