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James Eric LupoÌý(ElCompEngr'97; MD'08) moved back to Colorado from Los Angeles after completing his final two years of surgical training in otology, neurotology and lateral skull base surgery. He joined the practice at the Rocky Mountain Ear Center in Englewood, Colo.

Justan Steichen (ElEngr’00) has been promoted to director of engineering for Jewell Instruments. Steichen has been with the New Hampshire-based company since 2014.Ìý

Nathan Seidle (ElEngr’04) received the Kalpana Chawla Outstanding Recent Graduate Award at the CU Â鶹ӰԺ Alumni Association’s 87th Annual Awards Ceremony. In 2003, Nathan opened a one-man business reselling circuit boards from Europe. His Â鶹ӰԺ-based firm SparkFun now employs more than 100 people. He lives in Â鶹ӰԺ.

From his college apartment,ÌýNathan SeidleÌý(ElEngr'04) built and sold his first circuit boards. Twelve years later his company, SparkFun, sells 100,000 circuit boards a month, offers 2,000 different products and has annual revenues of nearly $33 million. This summer SparkFun opened its first offline store in Niwot, Colo., catering to small-scale buyers interested in kits and parts.

The first microbrewery in Jordan, Carakale, was created byÌýYazan KaradshehÌý(ElEngr'06). Yazan produces 40,000 bottles per month. He hopes to create brews more reflective of Jordan's native flavors and hopes to transform local tastes.

David Novotny (ElEng’90, MS’96) received a Department of Commerce Silver Medal for his work as part of a National Institute of Standards and Technology team. The team designed and implemented a new type of high-frequency antenna measurement system based on accurately controlling an industrial robot with a laser tracker.

Last fall,ÌýPhillip De LeonÌý(MElEngr’92; PhD’95) was named associate dean of research and doctoral studies at the New Mexico State University College of Engineering. Phillip has been with NMSU since 1996 and was the first recipient of the John and Tome Nakayama Professorship in Engineering for Teaching Excellence. He has published 70 papers in international journals and has four U.S. patents.

Ryan Carlson (ElEngr’96) is chief marketing officer of Okta, where he oversees demand generation, brand, customer marketing, public relations, analyst relations, partner marketing and corporate communications. He lives in Oakland with his wife and two young daughters.

California formal verification services company Oski Technology, Inc. appointedÌýDave Perry (ElEngrCompSci'80) chief operating officer. He previously served as vice president of engineering at Arteris. He also worked for Silicon Graphics, Inc., serving in multiple development and leadership roles for multiprocessor systems. Dave has seven granted U.S. patents and one pending in microprocessor, system and SoC design.

Allan Steinhardt (MElEngr’81, PhD’83) has joined robotic vision company AEye Inc. as their chief engineer. Steinhardt formerly served as a chief scientist at DARPA, a vice president and chief scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton, radar project lead at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and director of signal processing for the defense industry at BAE/Alphatech.

Derek Thompson (CompSci, ElEngr’85) was recognized by Intel Corporation with a promotion to principal engineer. Before joining Intel in 1997, Derek worked as a design engineer for NCR Corporation.

Michael Rochester (ElEngrCompSci’85) recently joined Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capital as their senior director for engineering and construction. Rochester has more than 20 years of experience in property engineering and construction, and is a LEED Green Associate.Sandia National Laboratories researcher Ray Byrne (MElEngr’89) has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for his work on miniature robotics and grid integration of energy storage.ÌýByrne joined Sandia in May 1989.