Science and Engineering Advisory Board

Science and Engineering Advisory Board, 2018

HCU’s Science and Engineering Advisory Board began as the Engineering Advisory Board. The group’s initial focus, beginning in May 2015, was to study the possibility of establishing a College of Engineering at HCU. The Board, comprised of industry experts, conducted a literature review, analyzed labor market data, and collected information from industry partners to determine areas of possible growth. Based on this information, the focus of the Board quickly centered on creating a degree program in Cyber Engineering as a first step in building programs under a College of Engineering. The Cyber Engineering program is unique to this region and results in the production of highly sought-after graduates in this emerging, professional field.

Advisory Board Members

  • President
    Adams Consulting
    Baycliff, TX

  • Chief Information Officer
    Katy Independent School District
    Katy, TX

  • Sr. Project Manager, ISD Project Management Office
    Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
    Houston, TX

  • Regional Sales Manager
    Exabeam
    Houston, TX

  • Security and Compliance Officer
    Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
    Houston, TX

  • Former Chairman
    The GeoQuest, Butler Companies
    Houston, TX

  • Vice President, Giving Strategies
    Waterstone
    Colorado Springs, CO

    After 32 years in banking, Terry Cargill retired from JPMorgan Chase as a Managing Director to pursue other life-long interests while more actively serving his church and community. In August of 2015, Terry joined WaterStone, a Christian foundation, in the role of Ambassador/Giving Strategies. Most of Terry’s career has been centered in Commercial Banking and Treasury Management where he has held a number of leadership roles. As a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP), Terry has spoken at numerous conferences on various treasury management topics and has been honored as a “Hall of Fame Favorite Banker” by the Houston Treasury Management Association. Terry and his wife, Barbara, graduates of Baylor University, have three sons and reside in The Woodlands, Texas. Barbara is serving her third elected term on the Texas State Board of Education.

  • Chief Innovation Officer

    Howard Huges Corporation
    Houston, TX

  • CIO, Program Manager, Consultant
    Systematic Design Consultants
    Richmond, TX

  • CEO
    Hope Biosciences
    Sugar Land, TX

  • Chief Operation Officer
    Tech Cess Cyber Security Group
    Houston, TX

  • Senior Cybersecurity Fellow
    Schlumberger
    Houston, TX

  • PRESIDENT – ENERGY ADVISORY GROUP

    Bruce Crager is President of Endeavor Management’s Energy Advisory Group which is comprised of Expert Advisors having experience in energy activities worldwide. He has over 49 years of experience in offshore drilling and production, primarily in management positions. This has included significant experience evaluating and providing all types of field development solutions, particularly those based on floating production systems and subsea production equipment. Bruce joined Endeavor in 2010 and is responsible for the development of an experienced team to support clients in the areas of strategy development, organizational change/development, decision analysis, and in technical areas such as field development planning, operational improvement and energy transition. Bruce has co-authored 4 patents and has written numerous technical and management articles.

  • Information Services Partner
    The Catapult Group
    Houston, TX

  • Satpon
    Houston, TX

  • General Manager
    ETix
    Houston, TX

  • Chairman
    Carbon Neutral Energy
    Houston, TX

  • Professor, School of Dentistry
    UT Health Science Center
    Houston, TX

  • Founder, CEO
    Superior IS
    Sugar Land, TX

  • A fourth generation Houstonian and strong proponent of education, Carl is a 1977 graduate of the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business and continues to support many of the University’s programs. Named Distinguished Alumnus of the Year in 2003, he has served as the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the University’s Wolfe Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Carl also served as Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Department of Petroleum Engineering beginning in the Fall of 2004 through 2008 and is currently an active board member. Tirelessly committed to the accounting professions and his community, Carl is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation for which he has worked diligently for 15 years. Texas Business Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization whose mission it is to provide scholarships for students in 22 Texas colleges. Carl is Chairman of the Finance Committee and as a committee member, has served since 2010. He also a member of professional organizations including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants & the Houston Chapter of the Texas Society of CPAs. Carl also serves as an advisor on the Thomson Reuters Editorial Board. Carl is also a member of the AICPA’s Forensic Valuation Services Section.

  • Firm Administrator
    GLO CPAs, LLLP
    Houston, TX

  • VP & Associate General Counsel

    Empower Pharmacy

     

  • Software Manager
    Virtual Solutions
    Houston, TX

  • Chairman of the Board
    TriEnergy
    Houston, TX

  • Chairman Emeritus
    Ryder Scott
    Houston, TX

    Mr. Harrell is a Petroleum Engineering graduate of Louisiana Tech University and continues as Chairman Emeritus of Ryder Scott Company, Petroleum Consultants. He retired as Chairman in May 2006. Ron remains active in the industry as a licensed engineer in three states and serves on several Boards of Directors including corporations, universities and notfor-profit organizations. He is a Senior Advisor to RSK(UK)LTD, The Carlyle Group and Morgan Stanley Private Equity Group.

  • CEO
    ChangeInEx Inc.
    Pearland, TX

  • Security Architect
    BMC
    Houston, TX

  • Chief Executive Officer
    Paradigm Group
    Katy, TX

  • Founder, President
    Ascending Leaders
    Sugar Land, TX

  • Supervisor of Information Security
    Plains All American Pipeline
    Houston, TX

  • Information Security Manager
    FROSCH
    Houston, TX

  • President
    RCK, Inc., State of Texas Life Insurance Organization
    Houston, TX

    Dick moved to Houston in 1964 and started working in the insurance business. He earned the following designations: CLU, APM, MSFS, CIC, CFP®, ChFC, AEP, RFP, RFC, CIS, CEC, CRIA. He became President of the State of Texas Life Insurance organization. Dick has also been President of or is on the Board of 17 organizations giving of his time freely to give back to a community that has been supportive of his efforts. Having worked for many charities in helping raise money through the creative use of life insurance products he is ready to once again lend his expertise. He is most proud of his 6 children and their spouses plus 12 grandchildren.

  • Patrick Lewis
    President
    Houston Angel Network
    Houston, TX

     

  • Dr. Nansen G. Saleri is the President, CEO, and co-founder of Quantum Reservoir Impact (QRI), a unique value-creation enterprise in the upstream oil and gas industry since 2007. He is considered one of the industry’s preeminent authorities in reservoir management for his pioneering ideas in maximizing hydrocarbon recoveries, and he currently holds three U.S. patents. He is also the President of the Kristin Saleri Art Foundation. As the former Head of Reservoir Management for Saudi Aramco for nearly a decade, Dr. Saleri led efforts toward establishing reservoir management metrics and launching its massive gas expansion program. He played a pivotal part in the company’s technological ascendancy in its upstream capabilities, specifically in the area of modern reservoir management and ‘smart’ technologies. Dr. Saleri was chief architect of the company’s hugely successful optimization programs, most notably for Ghawar, the world’s largest field. Prior to his work with Saudi Aramco, Dr. Saleri worked for Chevron, serving as Manager of Reservoir Engineering. In 2006 he was the recipient of the Society of Petroleum Engineers John Franklin Carll Award, and he is both an SPE Distinguished Member and Distinguished Speaker. Dr. Saleri is also cited among the industry’s game changers in the book titled, Groundbreakers – The Story of Oilfield Technology and the People Who Made it Happen by Mark Mau and Henry Edmundson (2015). He is a sought-after opinion leader on global energy issues with wide-ranging media engagements, including the Wall Street Journal, Houston Chronicle, Reuters, Bloomberg and CNBC, and business forums such as the MIT Sloan School of Business, ABANA, and Hart Energy.

  • Dr. Bob holds a BBA in Business/Accounting/Industrial Engineering from the University of Houston. In 1965, he got his MBA with a focus on economics and finance from the University of Houston, and in 1972, he received his PhD in Economics, also from UH. Realizing that a PhD wasn’t quite enough education (and letters behind his name), Bob subjected himself to the CPA exam and became a CPA in 1973. During the decade of the 80s, Mr. Sternenberg spend most of his time with Hughes Tool Company as the Vice President and Treasurer. A company with sales of $2.2 billion, Hughes Tool was a key player in the merger of Baker and Hughes. In the 90s, Bob spent time as President and CEO of Wedge Group, Incorporated, an investment company with annual sales between $300 million and $2 billion before becoming a consultant. In the early 2000s, Bob was a partner with Tatum LLC, which was a company that provided contract CFOs and project-based financial services to companies in need of financial expertise.

  • Tony is President of ExtremeTix, Inc. a SaaS model ticketing solutions company based in Houston. ExtremeTix has 500+ active clients across North America. DiCamillo has played an instrumental part in the design, implementation and support of ExtremeTix’s technology platform. In addition to leading the organization, Tony’s additional roles include studying industry trends and security practices as well as communicating with customers to identify their current and future needs. ExtremeTix is the sole ticketing provider for HBU men’s and women’s sports. With over 20 years of management experience DiCamillo has held related roles with the Houston Rockets, LMI and SMG Worldwide venue management groups. Tony holds a Bachelor of Science degree earning a double major in Business and Kinesiology from Houston Baptist University where he was a 4 year letterman on the Huskies basketball team

  • Senior Scientist
    NASA Johnson Space Center
    Houston, TX

  • Houston Manager
    Cybraics
    Houston, TX

  • ConocoPhillips

  • Manager, Information Services
    UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, TX

  • Chief Strategy Officer
    Fulcrum Technology Solutions
    Houston, TX

  • Chief Operating Officer
    Velocity Bioscience
    Houston, TX

  • Manager, Cyber Security
    CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
    Houston, TX

  • Director of Security, Facilities and Regulatory Compliance
    Port of Beaumont
    Beaumont, Texas

  • Chief Technology Director
    InduMar Products, Inc.
    Houston, TX

  • Chief Information Officer
    National Oilwell Varco
    Houston, TX

  • Assistant Dean
    National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor
    Houston, TX

  • CEO, Managing Partner
    ARB Energy Investments
    Houston, TX

  • Founder & Principal
    Spiers Group
    Houston, TX

  • Senior Sales Executive
    Intel
    Houston, TX

  • CEO, Chairman
    Mobile Encryption Technology
    Houston, TX

  • Endeavor

  • Former CISO
    Harris Health System
    Houston, TX

  • Business Director
    Excelsys Global Consulting LLC
    Sugar Land, TX

  • Corporate Sales Manager
    Nordstar Group
    Houston, TX

  • Sales Executive, US Operations
    Technics
    Houston, TX

  • Partner
    B2B CFO
    Houston, TX

  • Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Houston, TX

  • Founder
    Athletes for Computer Science
    Spring, TX

  • Information Security Officer
    Memorial Hermann
    Houston, TX

  • Chief Information Officer
    Stewart Information Services
    Houston, TX

  • President
    IT Works
    Houston, TX