Industry Advisory Board

Jan Beatty-Hendley is a Relationship Manager in wealth management at Pinnacle Asset Management (PAM), a division of Pinnacle Financial Partners. Before joining Pinnacle in 2021, Jan’s long career in banking began with First Union, later becoming Wells Fargo. Jan retired from Wells as a Senior Vice President and Senior Trust and Fiduciary specialist. Her career […]

Originally from Charlotte, NC, Bonnie attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for Mechanical Engineering, graduating summa cum laude with a concentration in Motorsports. Her passion for the automotive industry led her to begin her career at BMW Manufacturing in South Carolina. She started in technical roles for Total Vehicle Validation for Drivetrain and […]

Nelson Cosgrove is currently the Executive Engineer at Toyota Racing Development USA, a role he has held since September 2024. With a rich career spanning over two decades in the automotive and motorsports industries, Nelson has worked in various high-profile positions. Prior to his current role, he was the Executive Engineering Director at Toyota Racing […]

Insurance agency owner Christian Gallardo has established a presence in the Mecklenburg community and surrounding by working with different non profits, sponsoring events, helping small business owners with many services while educating customers about underwriting and claims. The agency has partnered with soles4souls by donating shoes/clothes which in returned has partnered with Sherwin Williams in […]

Suresh Kumar Ramasamy PhD, is currently with Apple as their SME for Texture Metrology. His focus is on visual and tactile characterization of metals and brittles for the customer facing surfaces of Apple products.  Prior to that, he was with Hutchinson Technology as the Principal Engineer in Advanced Vision and Measurement Group, where he focused on […]

Dr. Stern is currently a Principal and the Director of Biomechanics at Engineering Systems Inc. (ESi) in Charlotte, NC where she applies her expertise to a wide range of forensic and biomechanical analyses. She has provided testimony at deposition or trial in federal and state cases nationwide over 100 times related to premises liability claims, […]

Thomas G. Roddey is a native of Catawba, South Carolina, and a 1981 graduate of Rock Hill High School. He served in the United States Navy from 1985 to 1993, where he was a first-class machinist’s mate and leading engineering laboratory technician. His early career laid the foundation for an extensive background in commercial nuclear […]

Dr. Richard M. Seugling is the Manufacturing Engineering Section (MES) Leader within the Materials Engineering Division (MED) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). MES comprises over 200 machinists, technicians, and engineers who support various manufacturing efforts across LLNL programs. Dr. Seugling has been with LLNL since 2004, contributing to experimental programs for over 20 years. […]