Instructors

Our instructors include pioneers in their fields, inventors, patent holders, internationally sought-after speakers, and authors. They are committed to helping you build your professional skills and carve out a great career.

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Abhay Singh
Abhay Singh
Silicon Operations and Partnerships, Google
Abizar A Lakdawalla
Abizar Lakdawalla
VP., Product Development, Apton Biosystems
Aditi Sapre
Aditi Sapre
Director of Biostatistics, Organon
Ajay K Baranwal
Ajay Baranwal
Dtr, Ctr for Deep Learning in Electronics Manufacturing | Program Advisor
Ajit A Natarajan
Ajit Natarajan
Sr. Software Engineer, Google
Alan Tsuda
Alan Tsuda
Founder & Global Team Consultant
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Alexander I Alten
Sr. Infrastructure Security Engineer, Zuora
Alka S Jarvis
Alka Jarvis
SEQ Chair | Global SQ Process/Performance Excellence Officer
Alp Tiritoglu
Alp Tiritoglu
Principal, UILAB LLC
Amanda Whalen
Amanda Whalen
Senior Data Sciences Product Leader, Genentech
Andres Mancera
Andres Mancera
Silicon Development Manager, Meta
Anna Heredia
Anna Heredia
Teacher, Santa Clara County Office of Education
Anna McDonald
Anna McDonald
Educational Therapist
Arpana Tiwari
Arpana Tiwari
Director of SEO & Organic Search Growth, Eventbrite
Arvind Vidyarthi
Arvind Vidyarthi
Chair | Sr. Dtr., Silicon Design Implementation & Methodology, Altera
Audrey A Blumeneau
Audrey A Blumeneau
CVC-OEI Lead Reviewer |Web Design Tech Instructor
Avnish Aggarwal
Avnish Aggarwal
Independent Technology Consultant
Becky Xu Hua Fu
Becky Fu
Postdoctoral Researcher, UCSF Medical Center
Benjamin Ting
Benjamin Ting
Principal Engineer, Microsoft
Bharat Patel
Bharat Patel
Director/Technologist in the Programmable Solutions Group, Intel
Bharat (Bill) C Kurani
Bharat (Bill) Kurani
Associate Vice President/Head of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance
Bhawna Dua
Bhawna Dua
MBA, MSEE | Strategic Portfolio and Program Manager
Bibinaz Pirayesh
Bibinaz Pirayesh
Educational Therapist & Founder, www.OneOfOneKids.org
Bineet Sharma
Bineet Sharma
Director/Assoc. Professor, Univ. of Silicon Valley|Chair/Instructor UCSC SV
Brian Gadus
Brian Gadus
Accessibility Specialist/Teacher, Palo Alto Unified School District
Briana K Ghan
Briana Ghan
Dtr. of Information and Educational Tech, Spreckels Union School District
Caleb J Zhang
Caleb Zhang
Partner, Alliance Solutions LLC
Cheryl M Palladino
Cheryl M Palladino
Inclusion Training Specialist, Santa Clara County Office of Education
Christin Jose
Christin Jose
Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon
Clarisa A Tate
Clarisa Tate
Director of Regulatory Affairs, USA & Canada, Ypsomed USA
Craig Coombs
Craig Coombs
President, Coombs Medical Device Consulting
Craig A Harrison
Craig Harrison
Professional Speaker, Trainer, Consultant, Coach, Expressions of Excellence
Danesh Forouhari
Danesh Forouhari
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Darin L Matthews
Darin L Matthews
Chief Procurement Officer, California Polytechnic State University
Darryl A. Leon
Darryl A. Leon
Director, Software Portfolio Strategy, Agilent Technologies
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David West
Senior Director of Medical Writing, Gilead Sciences
David Bakhtnia
David Bakhtnia
Certified Technical and Professional Consultant
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Deanna Mouser
Employment and Labor Lawyer/ Founder, Mouser Law Firm
Diana Black Kennedy
Diana Kennedy
Educational Therapist, Speaker, Author
Dianne V Conry
Dianne Conry
Consultant, Kranz & Associates | Program Chair
Don Young
Don Young
Consultant in Clinical Biostatistics
Hamed Mouseghy
Dr. Hamed Mouseghy
Dr. Deepthi Nair
Dr. Deepthi Nair
Senior Director, UCSC Premed Postbaccalaureate Program
Durgam Vahia
Durgam Vahia
Product Management Leader, Google
Edison Fong
Edison Fong
RF Engineer and Analog Engineer, Consultant
Edward T Ong
Edward T Ong
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Power Integrations
Edwin Mach
Edwin Mach
Director of Product Management and Head of Product Stream Processing Splunk
Emiliano Morini
Emiliano Morini
Principal Formal Verification Engineer, NVIDIA
Eric Dorf
Eric Dorf
Senior UX Designer, Google
Eric C Heilmann
Eric Heilmann
Senior Consultant, Technical Program Management, Dell Technologies
Erin Berg
Erin Berg
Educational Specialist in Private Practice
Farhan Shahab
Farhan Shahab
Vice President, Quality and Regulatory, Welldoc
Gary Wallichs
Gary Wallichs
Principal Engineer, Broadcom Corp
Gerald P Shabe
Gerald P Shabe
President, Advance Research Associates
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Gilbert P Garcia
Independent Contractor
Gohar Eslami, Instructor in the Clinical Trials Design and Management Program
Gohar Eslami
Molecular Tumor Board Management, Stanford School of Medicine
Guido Bordignon
Guido Bordignon
Professor, Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, UCSC
Hamed Mouseghy
Hamed Mouseghy
Hemil N Patel
Hemil Patel
Principal Engineer, CDK Global
Hien C Luu
Hien Luu
Program Chair | Head of Machine Learning Infrastructure, Zoox
Hinkmond Wong
Hinkmond Wong
Principal Software Engineer
Holly C Cornelison Hopla
Holly Cornelison Hopla
Learning Designer
Hong Nguyen-Phuong
Hong Nguyen-Phuong
Independent Consultant
Ibrahim Delibalta
Ibrahim Delibalta
Sr. Director of SoC Design at Intel Corp.
Ioana Dayagi
Ioana Dayagi
Product Consultant
Irene Vargas
Irene Vargas
Head Start Preschool Teacher, Santa Clara County Office of Education
Irv D Kalb
Irv Kalb
Technology Author | Instructor
Janani Rangarajan
Janani Rangarajan
Statistical Data Analyst, Gilead Sciences
Jeaneen C Wallis
Jeaneen Wallis
Consultant | Instructor
Jeanette Smith
Jeanette Smith
Creative Dtr., former owner, Wild Horse Design | Research Coord., Stanford
Jeffrey S Miller
Jeffrey Miller
Cloud Developer (AWS), Lead Programmer, Stealth Mode Startup
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Jennifer Kato
Jesse Anne Gillispie
Jesse Anne Gillispie
7th Grade Head Teacher, Peninsula School
Jessica Roth
Jessica Roth
Teacher, Mentor, Curriculum Developer, Academic Coach
Jignesh Shah
Jignesh Shah
Principal STA & CAD Engineer, d-Matrix
Joanna Mapel
Joanna Mapel
Field Application Engineer, Xilinx/AMD at Avnet
John H. Bailey is an instructor in UX Design Department
John Bailey
Director of UX Research, Data & AI, IBM Software
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John Tat
John Watson
John Watson
PCB Designer/Engineer | Instructor | Author
John R Fleming
John Fleming
Founder / Director, Developmental Learning Solutions
Jonathan Innes
Jon Innes
Principal/Founder, UX Innovation
Judy A Lacroix
Judy Lacroix
Talent Management & Development | Leadership & Organization Development
Juergen Kienhoefer
Juergen Kienhoefer
Managing Partner, AIRcable LLC
Jumar T Balacy
Jumar T Balacy
Program Advisor | User Experience Designer, Amazon Lab126
Kalyan Rapolu
Kalyan Rapolu
Senior Solutions Engineer, Keysight
Kara Scanlon
Kara Scanlon
Educational Therapist, Disability Specialist, Life Coach
Katherine Stephenson
Katherine Stephenson
Founder | Principal, Dyad Engineering | Grant Reviewer
Kathleen M Atkinson
Kathleen Atkinson
Human Factors Consultant
Kavitha Velusamy
Kavitha Velusamy
Senior VP of Engineering, Robust.AI
Keshav Kannan
Keshav Kannan
Verification Lead, Intel Corporation
Kiran Gulati
Kiran Gulati
Principal Medical Device Consultant / Program Chair
Kris Hamner
Kris Hamner
Chief People Officer | CHRO | Consultant
Kristie Lambert
Kristie Lambert
TESOL Instructor
Lavanya Aryasomayajula
Lavanya Aryasomayajula
Principal Engineer, onsemi
Leena Kadakia
Leena Kadakia
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, RefleXion Medical
Linda S Gunther
Linda Gunther
HR Consultant/ Author/ Instructor
Lisa Yen
Lisa Yen
Director of Regulatory and Quality, Alembic LLC
Ly-Huong T Pham
Ly-Huong Pham
Educator, Business, and Technology Executive
Lynne Mariam Goldfarb
Lynne Goldfarb
Chief Executive Educator, Doctors of Education | Consultant
Malkiat Singh Sandhu
Malkiat Sandhu
College Instructor
Mandar M Munishwar
Mandar M Munishwar
Formal Verification Architect, Intel Data Center and AI Division
Marc J. Friedman
Marc Friedman
Senior Consultant/Partner Affiliate McMillanDoolittle
Marco F Rosa
Marco Rosa
HR Exec Consultant & Coach | Search Consultant
Marilson B Campos
Marilson B Campos
Senior Staff Engineer - ML Platform, Apixio
Maryam Moarefian
Maryam Moarefian
Postdoc Fellow, UC Santa Cruz
Mehrdad Peyvan
Mehrdad Peyvan
Senior Application Manager, Analog Devices
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Melissa Colleen Campbell
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Melissa Colleen Fedoronko
Melissa Hall
Melissa Hall
Founder and Principal Consultant, Statera Regulatory Consulting, LLC
Melissa Chi Le
Melissa Le
Teacher
Michael H Savod
Michael Savod
Adjunct Professor
Michael A. Wang
Michael Wang
Director of Business Development, ISSI Integrated Silicon Solution Inc.
Michelle A Carpenter
Michelle Carpenter
Executive Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at Star Therapeutics
Michelle C Rosenaur
Michelle Rosenaur
Technology Trainer
Michelle Deneau
Michelle Deneau
Senior Director of People Experience and Analytics, Cloudflare
Mike E Tzamaloukas
Mike Tzamaloukas
General Manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Automotive
Min Wu
Min Wu
Senior Staff Software Engineer, ServiceNow
Moshe Gotesman
Moshe Gotesman
Principal, Mosgot Consulting
Nicole L. Sharratt
Nicole Sharratt
Chair | Head of User Experience, Leidos QTC Health Services
Niharika Kamat
Niharika Kamat
Head of Clinical Operations
Ninet Moradi, ECE program chair and instructor
Ninet Moradi
Instructor | Program Chair | ECE Professional Advisor
Paddu N Melanahalli
Paddu Melanahalli
Sr. Director-Engineering, Enterprise Networking & Cloud, Cisco Systems
Parag Bhatt
Parag Bhatt
VP of Engineering, Signature IP Corporation
Parthasarathy M Padmanabhan
Parthasarathy Padmanabhan
Principal Software Engineer, New Relic | Program Chair
Patrick Reardon
Patrick Reardon
Technical Learning Architect, NetApp | Instructor
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Patrick Lee
Director of Regulatory Affairs, BioCardia, Inc.
Paul A Saunders
Paul Saunders
Biotechnology Consultant
Philip H Ziman
Philip Ziman
Program Chair & Instructor | President, Zi-Tech Professional Services
Phu Pham
Phu Pham
Business Lawyer | Instructor
Pooja Kartik
Pooja Kartik
AAMI Faulty | VP, Quality & Regulatory, Triple Ring Technologies
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Poonam Narula
Prabhu Raghavan
Prabhu Raghavan
Consulting VP of Regulatory and Quality for Medical Devices
Prajakta Badhe
Prajakta Badhe
Manager, Product Security at Origami Risk
Praveen Kumar
Praveen Kumar
Screening Lead, Atomic AI
Praveen Krishna
Praveen Krishna
Cofounder of an AI Startup | AI Program Chair
Preetpal Kang
Preetpal Kang
Vice President of Firmware, Sibros
Purnima J Krishnamurthy
Purnima J Krishnamurthy
Director, Learning Experience Design, Workday
Raghav Vinjamuri
Raghav Vinjamuri
Independent Computer Software Professional
Rajani R Shailender
Rajani Shailender
Vice President, Business Unit Head, Tech Mahindra
Rajesh Y Pendurkar
Rajesh Pendurkar
Director of Engineering, Capgemini
Ramin Elahi
Ramin Elahi
Partner Sales Enablement manager, Keysight Technologies
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Ravikumar Nandagopalan
Enterprise Data Architect/Senior Consultant, Cisco
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Renee Garcia
Richard B Rondeau
Richard Rondeau
Agile Coach/Program Manager Safeway
Robert M Durstenfeld
Robert Durstenfeld
Digital Marketing Director, MisssionNEXT
Robyn F Stone
Robyn F Stone
Leader in STEM Education
Romi Behbehanian
Romi Behbehanian
Sr. Director | Global Scientific Program Director. | BPharm tech
Ruhina Najem
Ruhina Najem
Professor, Biology
Ruth A Arthur-Asmah
Ruth Arthur-Asmah
Director of Analytics and Data Services, American University
Samit Mehrotra
Samit Mehrotra
Microarchitect, Intel Corp.
Samuel S Ting
Samuel Ting
Visual Design Lead, IBM Data & AI
Sanjay Agarwal, AI Engineer instructor
Sanjay Agarwal
Chief Operating Officer, Security 2.0
Sanjay Bhatia
Sanjay Bhatia
Director of Program Management
Sara Saatchi is an instructor for UCSC Extension Technology Courses.
Sara Saatchi
Professor
Sarah Eminhizer
Sarah Eminhizer
Dtr, Programs & Workforce Devlpmt, UCSC Coastal Science & Policy Program
Satyen Kansara
Satyen Kansara
Head of Data and Visualization, Illumio
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Semere Bairu
Shakila Pothini is an instructor in the UCSC Extension Bioinformatics certificate program.
Shakila Pothini
Vice President of Engineering, Software, Bio-Rad Laboratories
Shane Brubaker, Bioinformatics Instructor
Shane Brubaker
Senior Manager of Bioinformatics Software Engineering, Myriad Genetics
Sharmila Roy
Sharmila Roy
Educational Therapist | Program Chair
Shashidhar Sathyanarayana
Shashidhar Sathyanarayana
Founder and CEO, Numeric Insight | Machine Learning Specialist
Shree Laguduva
Shree Laguduva
ASIC Physical Design Engineer, Apple
Siddartha Punj
Siddartha Punj
Healthcare Data Analysis Consultant
Sivakumar Mallari
Sivakumar Mallari
Principle Data Architect, Infoblox
Soma Bhakta
Soma Bhakta
UX Consultant, Adviser, Mentor
Sri Srinivasa
Sri Srinivasa
Program Management Leader, Tesla
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Stephen Hyatt
Engineering Staff, Mattson Technology
Sue Coakley
Sue Coakley
Consulting Marketing Leader
Sumeet Syal
Sumeet Syal
Sumeet Syal, BS, MBA, Entrepreneur and Tech Executive
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Surina Gulati
Sutanu Ghosh
Sutanu Ghosh
Staff II Program Manager at VMware
Teresa Chapman
Teresa Chapman
Chief People Officer, Santa Clara Family Health Plan
Thomas P Moyer
Thomas P Moyer
Group Media Director, H&L Partners
Thomas R Pamukcu
Thomas R Pamukcu
CEO, Health Wallet
Thomas Poliquin
Thomas Poliquin
President, Soft Computing Technology,
Tiffany Knight
Tiffany Knight
Marketing Communication Consultant, TiffanyMarComm
Timothy Bombosch
Timothy Bombosch
Chair | Project Manager, Technical University of Munich North America
Tram Nguyen
Tram Nguyen
Organizational Learning & Leadership Development Consultant
Venkat R Mavram
Venkat Mavram
Director of Engineering
Venkata Duvvuri
Venkata Duvvuri
Principal Cloud AI Architect, IBM Corp.
Wayne L Fenton
Wayne Fenton
Backend Platform Architect, Upwork
Xi "Bill" Chen
Xi "Bill" Chen
Senior Software Engineer, Meta
Yvette Durazo
Yvette Durazo
Principal Consultant, Unitive Consulting
Zara Hajihashemi
Zara Hajihashemi
Founder and CEO, Cybele Health