ChemE ’89 • General Mills, Vice President of Innovation, Technology & Quality, International
“Everything we do in business requires collaboration. My education at the U, including my involvement with the Society of Women Engineers, taught me the importance of teamwork and leveraging each individual’s unique talents for successful outcomes.”
Stéphane Bancel
ChemE M.S. ’95 • Moderna Inc., Chief Executive Officer
“If you surround yourself with mission-minded people, you will do great things.... What were the odds that a kid from Marseille, France, sitting in the 1995 University of Minnesota graduating class, would have the opportunity to build a company like Moderna?”
Angela Busch
ME ’88 • Ecolab, Executive Vice President, Corporate and Business Development
“The U provided me with real-world, practical application in my classes, an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program [UROP] position and my mechanical engineering co-op experience, building an execution mindset and drive for results.”
Jeff Dean
CompSci ’90 • Google, Chief Scientist
“The University of Minnesota gave me my first taste of conducting independent research. This experience, with excellent faculty advisors, led me to pursue a Ph.D. and ultimately have a career rooted in research to advance computer science and AI.”
“My most valuable takeaway is the value of interacting with others. I learned an incredible amount from the many fantastic professors, fellow students, teaching assistants, and friends that I was so lucky to encounter at the U.”
Ken Pucel
ME ’89 • Polaris, Chief Technology Officer
“CSE started it all for me. I could pursue a first career at Boston Scientific because Professor Perry Blackshear crafted a program for me before there was a biomedical engineering degree. In addition, I learned leadership concepts that I have relied on for 30+ years in industry.”
University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering alumni also include:
Fiona Lee
CompSci • HP Singapore, Managing Director
Erik Rasmussen
Math • Voya Financial, Senior Vice President
Jay Puri
EE • NVIDIA, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations
Jim Heppelmann
ME • PTC Inc, Chief Executive Officer
Joe Liu
AEM Ph.D. • James Hardie, Chief Technology Officer
Ken Kelzer
ME • General Motors, Vice President
Mike Roman EE • 3M, Chief Executive Officer
Rob Bodor
EE, ME M.S., CompSci Ph.D. • Protolabs, Chief Executive Officer
Scott Reed
EarthSci • HDR Design Firm, Vice President
Tom Lorentz CivE, M.S. • Idom Inc., President
Vaughn Himes
ChemE Ph.D • Seagen, Chief Technology Officer
Vito Quaglia
EE M.S. • TE Connectivity, Chief Financial Officer
