Meet the Experts

Noel was valedictorian of DHS class of 2009, where he also played on the soccer and tennis teams. He studied Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at Berkeley, doing Astrophysics research on the side. He worked at Google & Microsoft, has multiple patents in computing, was a founding engineer at unicorn startup Rubrik, and is currently the founder & CEO of the tech company Augment. With a Hungarian heritage, he carries a trio of citizenships with the US, Canada, and Serbia... but calls the Bay his home. Noel currently lives in Austin, TX with his wife and golden retriever. He loves the intersection of tech & business, and is stoked to see what students these days are building!

Mark Guadagni graduated from DHS in 2008, where he participated in soccer, cross country, and tennis. He pursued Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley and later earned a Masters in Business from St. Mary's College in Moraga. During his MBA studies, Mark secured third place in a competitive business pitch competition. Mark worked at Zero Waste Energy LLC, a leading company specializing in renewable energy from organic waste, and Marathon Petroleum, one of the largest energy producers in the SF bay area. Fueled by his passion for the environment, he pursued a Masters in Environmental Engineering from John Hopkins University. Recently, he happily accepted a position at the Delta Diablo Water Resource Recovery Facility. Mark is delighted to witness the remarkable progress emanating from Dublin High School, which played a significant role in shaping his journey.

Mithra works as a senior Mobile Engineer and holds a master's degree in Computer Science. He has been working on developing mobile apps (IOS & Android) for last 9 years. 

Daniel is currently a freelance software developer, specializing in Discord bot development. He previously served 8 years in the Army as a Senior Signals Intelligence Analyst.

Lauren is currently a Technical Project Manager at Nuro.  Prior to this, she has worked for the national labs focused on system security. She holds a Master's degree from UC Berkeley in Information and Cybersecurity and a Bachelor's of Technology from Capella University in Information Technology. 

Kirk is a Product Manager who works collaboratively with teams leveraging data & experimentation in solving users' problems. He is strong mentor, individual contributor, and manager; and has been an Active Angel Investor for the past 4 years.  

Eric is a Materials Analysis Staff scientist that graduated from the University of Oregon in 2021 with a degree in chemistry. He started as an intern in January of 2022, working on polyimide aerogel synthesis and characterization as well as recyclable photo-polymers. He received his master's in chemistry with a focus in polymer science from U of O last October and has been working as a staff scientist ever since in the Direct Air Capture and CO2 catalysis fields. 

Dipesh is a passionate engineering leader with two decades plus experience in developing enterprise software applications. He is currently working for Ivanti in securing devices like Apple, Android, Windows, ChromeOS, and others on the secured Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) platform. He is a problem solver and enjoys identifying gaps and solving 3-P - Product, Process, and People. Outside of work, he enjoys hiking, playing badminton, and doing some volunteer work.

A Dublin High alumni with a passion for engineering, Noah has designed and fabricated countless prototypes. He has a generalist skill set with particular interests in control systems, manufacturing, and heat transfer. He has just graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (minor in Computer Science) and will be returning in the fall for his master's.

Ramana is currently a Customer Engineer, whose primary role includes handling customer-reported issues. He is a solutions-oriented Software Engineer with great experience in GPU (ML and HPC) and embedded technology. His experience includes software development and testing on Linux, Windows, and RTOS, and has worked on client-server applications, board bring-up, device drivers, and network protocols.

A graduate of the first class of engineering academy students at DHS (c/o '14), Josh earned degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Molecular & Cell Biology at UC Berkeley (B.S., B.A. '18) and in Biomedical Informatics at Stanford (M.S. '22). He has worked for three years in the biotechnology industry, first as a software engineer at the CRISPR company Synthego and now as an independent contractor/consultant. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Bioengineering at Harvard, where he will research computationally-driven approaches to engineering immune cells and tissues for next-generation therapeutics.

Archana is a compassionate leader with 20+ years of industry experience, specifically 15+ years at Google, incubating and scaling strategic initiatives in close collaboration with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Developer Relations, Finance and Vendor Outsourcing teams. She is adept at managing globally distributed teams,  blending technical and operations skills to deliver exceptional results across consumer and product operations with 5+ years in AI/ML efforts that benefit Google’s end users and internal product teams.