TE Profile: Nick Yarnall
Founder of Potestiam: Nick Yarnall
- CEO and Founder, Potestiam (Doylestown, PA)
- M.Eng., Technical Entrepreneurship, Lehigh University, 2020
- BBA, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Temple University, 2018
TE Profile: Justin Jacobs and Pratheek Palanethra
Justin Jacobs
- Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, freebowler LLC (Bethlehem, PA)
- M.Eng., Technical Entrepreneurship, Lehigh University, 2016
- B.S., Industrial Technology, Millersville University, 2011
Pratheek Palanethra
TE Profile: Jon Akers
Jon Akers: in the fast lane
- Former CEO and Founder of Lithium Cycles
- M. Eng., Technical Entrepreneurship, Lehigh University, 2015
- B.S., Finance, Lehigh University, 2010
TE Profile: Brianna Gardell
Product Inventor: Briana Gardell
- CEO and Founder, Mezzimatic, LLC
- M.Eng., Technical Entrepreneurship Program, Lehigh University, 2015
- B.S., Business Information Systems, Lehigh University, 2014
TE Profile: Jessie Garcia
From global studies to entrepreneurship: Jessie Garcia
- Founder, Tozuda, LLC (Rutherford, NJ)
- M.Eng., Technical Entrepreneurship, Lehigh University, 2013
- B.A., Global Studies, Lehigh University, 2012
TE Profile: Steve Boerner
Entrepreneur ecosystem builder Steve Boerner
- Developer of the product HeliumIQ at Hatch Lab LLC, a spin-off company from Hatch House Ventures, LLC (Bethlehem, PA)
- M.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 2015
- B.A.Sc., Business Leadership, University of Delaware, 2009
TE Profile: Ali Almasi
Founder of Saffron Startup Ali Almasi
- Founder and Manager, Almas Foods International, LLC (Bethlehem, PA)
- M.Eng., Technical Entrepreneurship, Lehigh University, 2016
- B.Sc., Information Technology, University of Tabriz, Iran, 2011
Rossin Connection Podcast: Unfolding the universe with Scott Willoughby '89
Gable '93 named VP of innovation and president of Chevron Technology Ventures
Materials science and engineering alum Jim Gable '93 has been named vice president of innovation and president of Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV), effective February 1, 2022.
Gable, who has developed broad commercial, operations, and technology experience over his 23 years at Chevron, was most recently overseeing the development and deployment of downstream-related technology for the corporation and served as vice president of Chevron Technical Center.
He succeeds Barbara J. Burger, who is retiring from the company after 34 years.
Bader ’90 ’91G elected as Fellow of Association for Computing Machinery
Electrical and computer engineering alum David Bader ’90 ’91G has been named a Fellow of ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery.
A Distinguished Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Bader is one of 71 top innovators recognized in the 2021 class of ACM Fellows. He is also founder of NJIT's Department of Data Science and inaugural director of its Institute for Data Science.
He earned his BS in electrical engineering from Lehigh in 1990 and his MS in computer engineering in 1991.