Our alumni come from diverse backgrounds and have excelled since leaving UB EE. Please take this opportunity to get to know some of our alumni in their profiles below.

Jahmil Campbell, BS '07, MS '10

Chairman of the Board, Best Buy; CEO, Bytemobile, Inc.
Hatim A. Tyabji is recognized for both his visionary innovation and his executive leadership. He has more than 40 years of experience as a board member, operating executive and entrepreneur in various technology industry segments, including mobile communications, enterprise software, financial services and mainframe computing. Mr. Tyabji is also an active UB Alumnus and recipient of the UB Engineering Dean's Award. A profile on Mr. Tyabji may be found in The Buffalo Engineer.

Research & Development, Air Force Research Laboratory
John Matyjas joined the Air Force Research Laboratory in 2004, performing R&D in the information connectivity branch. His research interests are in the areas of wireless multiple-access communications and networking, statistical signal processing and optimization, and neural networks. Additionally, Dr. Matyjas serves as an adjunct faculty member n the Department of Electrical Engineering at the State University of New York, Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome.

Director, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Christopher Scolese is NASA chief engineer, leading a technical team of 30,000, and is responsible for the direction, oversight and assessment of all the agency's programs. Mr. Scolese is a recipient of the UB Clifford C. Furnas Memorial Award, presented to graduates with distinguished achievements in engineering or science.

Ericsson Mobile
Mysore Prakash is a telecommunications industry executive with a strong background in product management, strategic marketing and business development. After graduating from UB, Dr. Prakash worked at AT&T Bell Labs, in the Data Networking group. Later on he worked at Nortel Networks and Genband managing strategy and product groups in wireless and VoIP divisions.