OUR TEAM
2025-2026 Leadership Team
Leah Marie Kocian
Director of the Board
Ph.D., Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Kseniia Zhgun
President
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
Catherine Nkoutche
Vice President of Finance, Treasurer
PhD. in Chemical Engineering
Ajay Sabari S V
Vice President of Business Development
MS in Industrial Engineering
Abdelrahman Elsayed
Vice President of Education
PhD. in Material Science
N. Mitha Angelina
Vice President of Marketing
PhD in Petroleum Engineering
Vice President Project Management
MS in Economics
Hu "Oliver" Zhao
Vice President of Marketing
Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Ushara De Silva
Vice President of Entrepreneurship
PhD., Mechanical Engineering
Talal AlRababah
Ryan Connors
Advisory Board
M.S., Analytics
Jim (James) Donnell
Advisory Board
TAMU Professor of Practice
CEO & COO
Industry Advisory Board
Anuj Chaudhry, Ph.D.
McKinsey & Company
Associate Partner
Radhika Saraf, Ph.D.
Boston Consulting Group
Consultant
Sean Li
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory
Manager
Nick Edwards, Ph.D.
Former BCG; Alloy Therapeutics
Venture Partner
(Creator, Producer and Host of Once a Scientist Podcast)