Overview
Industry Advisory Board

The MSIT Industry Advisory Board (IAB) was created in 1998 to help guide the future direction of the MSIT program. The IAB includes IT industry leaders from sectors such as manufacturing, transportation, pharmaceutical, and consulting. Members help ensure the continued success of MSIT by:

  • Ensuring the program continues to address industry needs
  • Performing regular review of the program’s curriculum and course offerings for relevance and usefulness
  • Developing and implementing strategic plans
  • Assisting in program promotion, marketing, and recruitment 


Current IAB Members
Naveed Asem Chief Technology Officer, Oaktree Capital Management, MSIT Class of 2013
Brett Bernstein Sr. Director, Data Engineering and Business Intelligence, NCSA College Recruiting, MSIT Class of 2001
David Carr Associate VP Cyber Infrastructure, Northwestern University, MSIT Class of 2000
Todd Fitzgerald Managing Director/Cybersecurity Leadership Author
Kevin Glynn Managing Principal, The Laminar Group LLC, and board chairman
Jibran Ilyas Director, Google, MSIT Class of 2009
Dimitra Kane Sr. Business Architect, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, MSIT Class of 1999
Bryan Knight Director of IS, Biocartis, MSIT Class of 2024
Varun Kulkarni Lead AI Product Manager, Microsoft, NU Class of 2016
Lowell Lindstrom President and Founder of The Oobeya Group
Yusuf Ozturk VP Product and Engineering, OLIMP Warehousing
Pramod Sadalage Director Data & DevOps, ThoughtWorks Inc, MSIT Class of 2020
Rohit Verma President & CEO, Alight Solutions, MSIT Class of 1999
Sausan Yazji Technology Leader, Amazon Web Services