Anthony Marino, BS'02
Lockheed Martin Corporation

Mr. Marino is a Systems Engineer Manager responsible for providing leadership and functional management for engineers supporting the design, development and test of the Aegis Display System software as well as integration and test of the software with the Aegis Combat System.

He previously served as the Command and Control (C2) Baseline Delivery Lead, Japanese Aegis Modernization program responsible for managing the technical, cost, and schedule aspects of the systems engineering tasks in support of the design, development, and integration of the C2 product. Additionally, he was the C2 integrated product team lead for the Japanese Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense program.

Anthony began his Lockheed Martin career in 2005 as a system engineer. He received his Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science degrees from Rowan University.

Bob Montgomery
Vice President, Business Development at Hose McCann Communications

Mr. Montgomery is currently the Vice President for Business Development at Hose McCann Communications in Medford, NJ. Previosuly he was the Director of Maritime Programs at L3 Harris. His responsibilities include complete business management for the systems architecture, design, development, production and integration for C4ISR capabilities for all new surface ships, submarines and shore based command centers across various programs, which range from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard to the state and local Emergency Operation Centers.

Prior to joining L3 in 2001, Montgomery was President of Decisive Business Systems, an IT integration and support company based in Cherry Hill, NJ. During his five years there, he increased sales by 65%, earning the company “Philadelphia Business Journal’s Top 25 Achievers from 1999-2001,” and the “Blue Chip Enterprise Award” from the US Chamber of Commerce. Montgomery started his career in 1985 with GE Aerospace in Materials Management, and continued in increasing responsible positions with Martin Marietta and Lockheed Martin, where he was challenged to lead a major product transitioning efforts and divisional restructurings to reduce costs, facilitate outsourcing, improve labor/union relationships and implement strategies to maximize program performance.

Montgomery is also very involved in his community. He is on the Board of Directors for the Symphony in C (formerly Haddonfield Symphony), and is also an active member of the Coast Guard Foundation. Bob was heavily involved with the Boy Scouts of America, including 7 years as Cubmaster for Pack 81. Bob and his wife Nancy, reside in Sewell, NJ, and have two sets of twins; Kevin and Colleen, age 27 and Megan and Matthew, age 24.

Bruce Oestreich
Boeing (retired)

Bruce graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology (summa cum laude) with a degree in Computer Engineering. He entered the United States Air Force where he flied primarily the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the F-117A Stealth fighter. Bruce's primary area of expertise was Operational Assessment of the Pilot / Vehicle Interface (PVI) and flew numerous missions conducting human factors and physiological flight tests. Bruce was recalled to Active Duty and flew numerous combat missions during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Bruce later completed a Master’s Certificate Program in Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California (USC). He published numerous Technical Papers and Articles over the years, primarily addressing Pilot / Vehicle Interface and Systems Integration; owns two night vision equipment related patents; and is an active member of 9 different Professional Associations.

Bruce retired from The Boeing Company in 2013 as the Director of Integrated Strategy for Boeing Military Aircraft (BMA) organization. Previously, he was the Director of BMA Systems Engineering and Integration where he directed the Engineering and Operations integration efforts across all BMA programs across 4 Business Units (Global Strike, Mobility, Surveillance & Engagement, and Missiles/Unmanned Airborne Systems). His leadership assignments at Boeing included Director – V-22 Weapon System Integration; V-22 Osprey Chief Engineer, MV-22 Program Manager, and Deputy Technical Director for the Bell-Boeing V-22 Joint Program Office, preceded by numerous management leadership assignments within the Integrated Product Team (IPT) and functional organization structure.

Bruce Oestreich currently provides executive program management and leadership consulting to several organizations that seek inputs regarding aerospace, defense, aviation, and supply chain management expertise in order to improve companies and individuals’ leadership and organizational skills. In addition to his consulting roles, Bruce teaches Engineering Design courses at Rowan, including First-Year and Sophomore “Engineering Clinic” consisting of multi-disciplinary, hands-on, projects that require engineering research, experimentation, documentation, and technical writing and presentation skills.

Finally, Bruce is associated with PathWays PA (a Philadelphia regional non-profit which helps young women and families achieve economic independence and family well-being). He joined Board of Directors in 2005 and was elected Chairman of the Board in 2007, a role he continues in today. Bruce additionally serves on the Board of Directors of the Queen’s Jubilee Education Foundation (QJEF), which manages and oversees the Duke of Edinburgh Award program for PA and Southern New Jersey.

Apostolos Topalis, BS '04, MS'05
Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT), Senior Systems Engineer

Apostolos Topalis has 10+ years of Radar Systems Engineering experience. During his previous employment at Lockheed Martin, he held a wide range of technical and leadership positions. He provided analysis and design recommendations on tactical and operational configurations for flight tests, SPY radar signal processing modifications, discrimination and tracking improvements. Mr. Topalis participated in special studies for performance requirements analysis on several Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (ABMD) programs.

Over the past 5 years, Mr. Topalis has been applying his design and analysis expertise towards the advancement of IDT’s automated testing tool suite, ATRT. Apostolos develops ABMD SysML system behavior models in support of automated testing. This includes requirements mapping and verification, event reconstruction and analysis. 

Mr. Topalis received a M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 2005, and a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2004 from Rowan University where he focused on pattern recognition, digital signal processing and data fusion.

Dr. David Prutchi
Chief Technology Officer and Executive VP at Impulse Dynamics

Dr. David Prutchi received his Ph.D. in Engineering from Tel-Aviv University in 1994, and then conducted post-doctoral research at Washington University. His area of expertise is the development of active implantable medical devices, and is currently the Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Product Development at Impulse Dynamics.

Dr. Prutchi has over twenty five years of experience in Biomedical R&D, Medical Electronic Instrumentation Design and Management. He is deeply versed in design for compliance with U.S. and International regulations and directives regarding medical electronic devices; and has extensive experience in the definition and design of active implantable medical devices, the development of physiological signal acquisition and processing instruments, biomedical sensors, and micropower analog and mixed mode electronics. His expertise also includes methods, procedures, and management for in-vitro and in-vivo experimentation. As CTO and Executive VP, he is also experience in management and  leading interdisciplinary engineering teams all the way from basic research, through conceptual prototyping, production, regulatory submissions, clinical trials, and commercial operations.

Dr. Prutchi is the lead author of “Design and Development of Medical Electronic Instrumentation - A Practical Perspective of the Design, Construction and Test of Medical Devices” (J. Wiley & Sons, 2004), “Exploring Quantum Physics through Hands-On Projects” (J. Wiley & Sons, 2011), and "Exploring Ultraviolet Photography: Bee Vision, Forensic Imaging, and Other Near Ultraviolet Adventures with Your DSLR" (Amherst Media, 2017). Over 40 published scientific/technical articles, and over 80 patents.

Outside of his professional duties, he is an adept do-it-yourselfer dedicated to bringing cutting-edge experimental physics within grasp of fellow science buffs.

Emad Tabatabaei
Inductotherm Corp.

Emad Tabatabaei has been with Inductotherm Corp. for thirty years and has served in various capacities the latest being Vice President of Technology. Inductotherm is the leading manufacturer of Induction melting, heating and pouring systems with its headquarters in Rancocas, NJ.

Emad received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University. His professional affiliations include involvement with the ISA NJ chapter and currently serves on the National Electric Code making Panel 12.

Samantha Pfeiffer, BS'14
General Motors

Samantha Pfeiffer is a graduate of Rowan University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering program (’14). She holds a Master’s degree in Systems Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and is also pursuing a second Master’s from Johns Hopkins in Data Analytics, with future plans on getting her MBA. During her Rowan years, Ms. Pfeiffer served as the President of the Rowan chapter of Society of Women Engineers and Vice President of the Rowan IEEE chapter.

She is currently living in Detroit metro area, and works for General Motors as a systems engineer on the Cadillac Program Team. She has also served as an electrical development and validation engineer on various Chevrolet and Buick products. She is also currently the Vice President of GM’s largest employee resource group, JumpStart. JumpStart is a global organization with over 27,000 members. Ms. Pfeiffer is very passionate about engineering even beyond her 9 – 5 job, and enjoys participating in community outreach programs that share math and science with young women and at risk youth, in particular. She is delighted to give back to her alma mater by serving on our advisory board.

Lyndsay Digneo, BS'04
Federal Aviation Administration

Lyndsay Digneo is an electrical engineer with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at the William J. Hughes Technical Center (WJHTC) in Atlantic City, NJ. During her 13 years at the WJHTC, she has participated on various projects and collaborated with representatives within her organization as well as industry and academia to contribute to the success of the agency. Her experience includes managing labs for aviation weather testing and research, implementing configuration management and quality assurance processes, conducting system testing, and providing subject matter expertise in the areas of cloud computing and big data. Lyndsay is also very active in Aviation Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (AvSTEM) outreach at the WJHTC.

Lyndsay received her M. S. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University in 2008 and her B. S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2004 from Rowan University.

Jeffrey Eker, BS'16
Business Technology Analyst, Deloitte
Founder and CEO, TEdiferous, LLC.

Jeff graduated from the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering as an Electrical and Computer Engineering major and German Studies minor in 2016. He has traveled around the world in eight days, visited nineteen countries outside of the US, and looks forward to visiting many more! Jeff is heavily involved with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), representing Young Professionals in the mid-Atlantic region of the US on the local and international level. Meeting people from around the world is always Jeff’s favorite part of travel, and who he is today has been shaped in a huge way by the opportunities he’s had for embracing local cultures. Jeff is the CEO and founder of Tediferous, LLC that created the CultureCloud(R) platform. The CultureCloud mobile app allows travel users to instantly connect based on similar interests and hosts a community mode for any organization to form a social environment for their members. Jeff and his team launched CultureCloud at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He now also champions a project in Pakistan to crowdsource opportunities for enabling social mobility in refugee populations. 

Since graduation, Jeff has worked for Deloitte Consulting, LLP in the Analytics and Information Management practice for Life Sciences and Healthcare clients, managing projects in technology landscape assessments, robotic process automation, and dashboard visualizations. He has also been privileged to attend and speak at many conferences including his TEDx talk in Bandung, Indonesia. Jeff is proud to support the Electrical and Computer Engineering department and currently resides in Philadelphia, PA.

Pete Mauro,

DTCubed, LLC, President
An Opportunity's Knocking, Inc, Founder

Mr. Mauro, a native of Philadelphia and resident of Mullica Hill NJ, graduated from Drexel University in 1993 receiving a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. His former company, PGFM Solutions, a local engineering firm serving the DoD since 2003 was acquired by Private Equity in 2019. Branded under Gryphon Technologies, Mr. Mauro led the growth of Gryphon’s Cybersecurity and Digital capabilities as the Chief Cyber Technology Officer and Chief Innovation Officer. His duties also included inaugural Chair of their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council where he proudly served his employees and the Federal Government all over the country and parts of the world. As a Sr. Executive at Gryphon, Mauro was instrumental in the recent $350M sale of Gryphon to publicly held ManTech International in December 2021.

Being somewhat of a serial entrepreneur, Mr. Mauro founded DTCubed in Jan 2022. Leveraging 32+ years of experience with industrial control systems and operational technology, DTCubed has focused efforts on critical infrastructure and cybersecurity. He is currently consulting for a handful of large and small companies as he spins up his new venture.

Mr. Mauro also owns and operates local real estate companies, Vert Properties Inc., Vert Holdings, LLC, and Incutate Workplace, LLC. As a big proponent of local businesses and talent, Mauro routinely reaches out locally to universities, vendors, and businesses for employees, products, and services. Mauro has had strong ties to the community for decades as it is his conviction that success is people driven. This belief has led to years of success through cooperation and communication and part of his recipe for success as evidenced in a recent interview: Team Talk w/ Chief Cybersecurity Officer at Gryphon Technologies, Pete Mauro - YouTube.

Mr. Mauro also founded An Opportunity’s Knockin’, Inc. (A O. K.), a non-profit 501(c)3 charity centered on the development of values and character in children and young adults.  Mr. Mauro started A O. K. in 2002 to help give back to children and help open their minds to new perspectives and ideas as well as core principles to live by. He believes that helping students open doors enables them to walk through and experience some of life’s lessons to better prepare them for their own challenges. A O.K. events focus on sharing experiences, both successes and failures, which help students grow into successful people and productive citizens. Mr. Mauro himself, as a business owner, husband, father and as a person continues to work hard to improve.

Through all his roles, Mr. Mauro continues to maintain strong ties to Rowan University through the Engineering School, the Tech Park and Business Development, and the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC). These relationships have matured since 2003 and have the potential to grow even further to help establish a unique but closely related set of characteristics for overall life success of Rowan students, faculty, and staff. Mr. Mauro believes that all aspects of life tie closer together than people realize. Faith, family, friends, career, and society are entwined and consequently have a significant effect on each other. Mr. Mauro sincerely enjoys his continued involvement in Rowan University, through the students, faculty, and staff.

Alexis Nieto, BS'09, MS'10
Manager of Distribution Reliability Programs, Pepco Holdings

Mrs. Nieto is currently the Key Manager of Distribution Reliability Programs for Pepco Holding Inc. (PHI)/Exelon, the energy delivery company that serves portions of NJ, DE, MD, & Washington DC. Her responsibilities include oversight and management of real-time data analysis, and ownership of the System Performance & Corrective Maintenance Distribution Line Programs. In addition, her teams help support project initiation, scoping, and the development of strategies to improve overall reliability performance at PHI.

Her experience consists of several diverse roles in the areas of Distribution Lines Engineering, Customer & Commercial New Business Service Installations, Substation Primary & Secondary Design, oversight and Project Management of entire utility lifecycle projects, Storm & Emergency Incident Response, and Financial management and controls.

Mrs. Nieto is a South Jersey native, and graduate of Rowan University. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering (’09) & Master of Engineering Management ('10). She also holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification from PMI. During her Undergraduate career at Rowan University, she served on the board of several professional organizations (Rowan University IEEE & SWE Chapters), and participated in the Universities D3 Athletics.”

Mr. Alfie LaTorre, BS'08
Director, Solutions Engineering, Bluescape

A NJ homegrown, Mr. LaTorre attended Rowan University from 2004-2008 and graduated from the School of Business with a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems. That degree and the foundational IT education he received at Rowan helped him secure a job in the IT consulting industry, working at Accenture for 8 years. During that time Ihe explored the industry and several roles within the IT space from project management to application engineering. His passion for working directly with customers to develop complex technical solutions led him down a path of technical pre-sales roles over the following eight years focusing on commercial enterprise and eventually the public sector. Today Mr. LaTorre is the Director of Sales Engineering at Bluescape – a highly secure visual collaboration solution – where his team help agencies across the Public Sector solve the inherent collaboration challenges of modern globally distributed teams.  

Ms. Maggie Bosak, BS ECE '02

Ms. Bosak is a 2002 graduate of the ECE program. She is currently the Chief Technology Officer at RTM Vital Signs, where she leads the development of a wearable respiratory monitor that transmits data to a mobile application with cloud-based data analytics for medical applications. With over ten years of experience in the Internet of Things (IoT) domain, she has a deep understanding of wireless and cloud IoT technologies, especially LoRaWAN and Bluetooth LE, and their respective RF and networks, benefits and drawbacks, cloud infrastructures, applications and implications.

Ms. Bosak has recently returned to Rowan ECE to serve as an Adjunct Professor, where she teaches senior and graduate level course on IoT wireless communications protocols, focusing on LoRaWAN. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and passion for IoT with students and inspiring them to pursue careers in this emerging and exciting field. Additionally, she serves as a Board Advisor at VINYA Intelligence, Inc., where she provides strategic and technical guidance on IoT solutions and products. Her core competencies include technical leadership, product development, product management, engineering management, public speaking, engineering education, and mentoring.

Ms. Makayla Holt, BS, CEE '14
US Navy, NSWC Philadelphia Division

Ms. Makayla Holt is the Branch Manager for the Weapons/Cargo Handling and Stowage Systems for Aircraft Carriers group at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD). Her previous experience at NSWCPD includes serving as an Environmental Engineer for Oil Pollution Abatement systems and the Auxiliary Systems Engineering Manager for the USS Constellation (FFG-62) Class. 

Ms. Holt is a Rowan University graduate, earning her B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2014 and Master of Engineering Management in 2016. She highly values continuing education, and has also earned a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute in 2021 and a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Leadership and Innovation Management from Penn State University in 2023.

Ms. Holt is deeply committed to developing and recruiting engineering talent and is actively involved in various STEM outreach efforts, such as the Delaware Valley Science Fairs and Girl Scouts STEM Summer Camps. She is also involved with the Women in Defense Liberty Chapter, as well as with the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE), serving as the Communications Chair for the Delaware Valley Section and on the National Council for ASNE Headquarters.