Alumni Profiles

Errika Mallett: IE’s Can Go Anywhere and Do Anything

Alumni from the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) can be found in leadership positions in a variety of industries around the globe.

Kristin Goin

Kristin Goin is one of the 2012 New Faces in Engineering

Kristin Goin

Kristin Goin, MS HS 2008, has been selected to be the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) representative for the 2012 New Faces of Engineering, a program that honors promising young engineers

Evan Toporek, IE '93

A third-generation apparel executive, Evan Toporek, 1993 IE, is the CEO, partner, and member of the Board of Directors for Alternative Apparel, a leading lifestyle apparel brand that specializes in casual clothing for young men

Suzanne Shank, Civil Engineering '84

Suzanne Shank, who graduated from Georgia Tech in '84 with a degree in Civil Engineering, currently serves as the President & Chief Executive Officer of Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. LLC.  Shank was recently awarded a place on the list of "75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street" by Black Enterprise magazine.

Rodney Adkins, IBM Executive

Rodney Adkins, who received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech, currently serves as the Senior Vice President at IBM Systems and Technology Group.

Tech Grad Now Designs New Mars Rover

Jessica Clark entered Georgia Tech on a president's scholarship that paid her tuition in full and began her studies in biomedical engineering.  "After my first semester in bio-medical engineer

Alumni are Making it Their Business to Better the World

Many Georgia Tech engineering alumni have been inspired to devote their lives to making a positive impact around the globe.

Sandy Magnus, last woman to to fly aboard the space shuttle

On July 8th, 2011 Sandy Magnus entered space for the third time on the final space shuttle.

McKinley Conway, Visionary

McKinley Conway, founder of the World Development Federation, has passed away.

Bryan Swarn (l) AATCC Young Entrepreneur

Textile Engineer Grad Wins AATCC Young Entrepreneur Award

Bryan Swarn (l) AATCC Young Entrepreneur

Bryan Swarn (BS'03 PTFE) is the 2010 recipient of the AATCC Young Entrepreneur Award.

GT CoE Graduate President and CEO of Municipal Finance Firm

Suzanne Shank graduated from Georgia Tech in 1983.

Retired General and VP of Referee Operations

Ron Johnson has not set foot on a basketball court as a referee in over 30 years. This is, however, his third season as the NBA's senior vice president of referee operations.

Sailing Faster than the Wind

The BlackbirdRick Cavallaro, AE ‘84, has created a dirt sailing device that, while sailing downwind, goes faster than the wind that is propelling it.

Captain Alan Poindexter

Veteran Astronaut becomes dean at Naval Postgraduate School

Captain Alan Poindexter

Alan Poindexter, AE '86, will be serving as Dean of Students and Executive Director of Programs at the Naval Postgraduate Schoolin Monterey, California.

Dr. Michael Gazarik

Alum named NASA's deputy chief technologist

Dr. Michael Gazarik

Georgia Tech College of Engineering graduate Michael Gazarik has been selected as NASA’s new deputy chief technologist.  As such, Gazarik will be responsible for managing, coordinating, and tracking the agency’s technology investments. 

Engineering grad General Breedlove becomes new vice chief of staff

General Breedlove

General Philip Breedlove took over as vice chief of staff of the Air Force Jan. 14, succeeding Gen. Carrol H. "Howie" Chandler who held the position since August 2009.

Sean MacFarland

Engineering Alumnus Commands Staff College

Sean MacFarland

General MacFarland

Brigadier General Sean B. MacFarland is a West Point graduate and earned a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech in 1990.

Sally Jabaley with Associate COE Dean Larry Jacobs

Sally A. Jabaley, Civil Engineer goes from Off-Shore to Around the World

Sally Jabaley with Associate COE Dean Larry Jacobs

Jabaley on a platformSally A. Jabaley was born in Lagrange, GA and attended Georgia Tech from 1970-1974, earning a BS in Civil Engineering.

Amit Roy

Chemical and Biomolecular graduate Amit Roy joined the IFDC (International Fertilizer Development Center) in 1978 and was recognized as one of the worlds leading experts in fertilizers, leading to his being named President and CEO of the IFDC in 1992.

COE Engineering Graduate Michael Duke, Wal-Mart CEO

Michael T. Duke inducted to the NAE

COE Engineering Graduate Michael Duke, Wal-Mart CEO

Michael (Mike) T. Duke graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in Industrial Engineering in 1971 and is the current president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.