Gene Colabatistto
Group President, Defence & Security, CAE

Gene Colabatistto was appointed Group President of CAE’s Defence & Security Group in June 2012. The Defence & Security business represents approximately half of CAE’s total revenues. Mr. Colabatistto has more than 25 years experience in the global defence industry, and has held leadership positions in both the military and the private sector. Before joining CAE, he was a Senior Vice President in the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Group at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) - a leading provider of scientific, engineering, systems integration and technical services. He was responsible for the growth of their ISR and Cybersecurity businesses.

Prior to joining SAIC, Mr. Colabatistto was President of Olive Group North America, a global, integrated security corporation. Before that Mr. Colabatistto was President of Space Imaging Solutions, the leading provider of satellite imagery products and services. He was also President of SPOT Image Corporation, the North American subsidiary of the world’s first commercial provider of satellite imagery. Previously, Mr. Colabatistto spent almost 10 years with Veridian Corporation, responsible for the growth of its engineering products, imagery, and signals intelligence business. Mr. Colabatistto also served in the United States Marine Corps and was responsible for intelligence information systems and acted as the service’s representative for satellite and airborne reconnaissance during Desert Storm.

Mr. Colabatistto has an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University, and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and an M.S. in Systems Management from the University of Southern California (USC). He is a member of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA), Armed Forces Communications-Electronics Association (AFCEA), National Defense Intelligence Association (NDIA), United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Daniel J. Epstein
Executive Chairman and Founder The ConAm Group

Dan Epstein is the Executive Chairman and Founder of the ConAm Group headquartered in San Diego.  ConAm is among the top privately owned apartment management/ownership firms in the country and presently operates a total of approximately 55,000 apartments throughout the United States.  In addition to its management activities, ConAm is developing apartments and mixed-use projects in Seattle and Portland.

Dan serves on the USC Board of Trustees and is a member of the Executive Board.  He is on the executive committee of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate Development and also serves on the advisory committee of the USC Viterbi School’s Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.  Recently Dan was awarded USC’s Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award.  In addition, Ernst & Young named him San Diego's Entrepreneur of the Year for the Real Estate Industry.  He graduated from USC in 1962 with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering.

Balasubramani Ganesh
President and CEO, MTSI Inc.

Balasubramani Ganesh (known as Ganesh) is the Founder, President, and CEO of California-based Managing Technology Solutions International Inc. (MTSI, Inc). Founded in 1997, MTSI is an information technology and business consulting firm specializing in Oracle/ PLEX business applications (cloud and on premise) and Mobile solutions for Fortune 1000 clients.

Ganesh graduated from USC in 1985 with an M.S. in Industrial and System Engineering and started his carrier with Transamerica Delaval (Wiggins Connectors Division), an Aerospace and Defense component manufacturer. He was instrumental in developing and implementing Lean Manufacturing in his division, which was recognized by Raytheon as the as the Best Supplier out of 3000 candidates. More recently and in addition to leading MTSI, Ganesh has served as a strategic advisor and founding team member of several startups in the Aerospace and Defense and Medical Device industries. Ganesh is also part of the leadership team of the USC India Alumni group and active with the USC-India initiative.

In 1979, he received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, NIT, India. He did post-graduate Technical Studies from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, and Management Studies at HAL/BEML (India) Staff College (1980).

Greg Greeley
CEO, Thrasio

Greg Greeley is currently CEO of Thrasio.  Greg has decades of experience leading and investing in fast-growing global companies at the intersection of

 media, ecommerce, and technology. He joins Thrasio from Opentrons, an open-source lab automation company where he served as President and Chief Operating Officer. 

Previously, Greg was president at Airbnb during a period of dynamic acceleration, where he oversaw the company's $30-billion plus Homes business.

Prior to Airbnb, Greg had a distinguished nearly two-decade career at Amazon leading significant portions of their finance, operations, marketing, media, retail, marketplace and technology functions. He resided in Europe for nearly six years while managing Amazon's various European consumer businesses and subsequently led the launch Amazon's eCommerce websites in Italy, Spain, India, and Brazil. His Ultimately, he came full circle to lead Amazon's global Prime program, growing subscriptions to more than 100 million members while introducing dozens of new member benefits across the Amazon ecosystem. Before Amazon, Greg held leadership positions at Sun Microsystems, United Airlines, McDonnell Douglas, and Boeing.

Greg received a BS in Engineering from the University of Washington, an MS in Systems Management from the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. He also serves as an advisor to Wheels Up, TCV, and Tapas Capital.

Justin Jameson
Program Manager, General Atomics Corporation

Justin Jameson serves as a Program Manager at General Atomics Corporation where he is responsible for standing up several international advanced technology businesses. Previously he served as a project manager and business development manager for Northrop Grumman, where he was responsible for the market development of the Firebird Optionally Piloted Aircraft. Justin serves on the board of Glenair Inc, Lentera Africa and LIDCO Inc. Justin received a B.A. in Industrial Engineering and a M.S. in Engineering Management from the University of Southern California. He has obtained his MBA from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. He serves on the Advisory Board of the USC Epstein School of Industrial Engineering.

Bill Jia
VP of Engineering, Google, Core Machine Learning and AI

Bill Jia is the VP of Engineering at Google, Core Machine Learning and AI. In this role, he is leading an org to co-design AI software/hardware (e.g. TPU), build AI compiler and framework (e.g. JAX and TensorFlow), create AI training and inference software services, optimize AI developer experiences with tools and automation, and drive Google's AI efforts including Gemini from AI model research to production.

Prior to joining Google, Bill was the Senior VP of Engineering at Meta/Facebook, overseeing AI Infrastructure/Platform, Data Infra/Platform, Software Performance and Capacity Engineering, and Hardware Engineering. Bill also worked at Microsoft and was in charge of improving and optimizing various Microsoft online services.

He received dual BS degrees from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and received his MS degree from National University of Singapore. Bill obtained his PhD degree in Operations Research from the University of Southern California (USC) in 2007.

Zohreh Khademi
Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Devices New Product Introduction + Outsource Design & Operation Management

Zohreh Khademi is responsible for Microsoft Devices New Product Introduction + Outsource Design & Operation Management that span across the devices portfolio of Surface, Xbox, accessories and Innovation (Hub and Hololens). She leads a team of 200+ Technical leaders, Engineers and Program managers responsible for delivering products across hardware and software from concept to high volume production and through sustaining stage. Zohreh joined Microsoft in 1998 and in the past 20 years, she has held several Technical and leadership roles within Microsoft’s Manufacturing and Supply Chain and devices business groups. During this time, she has led every first generation of devices in Microsoft and brought them to high volume manufacturing and launch.

Prior to this role, Zohreh spent 10+ years in various Technical & Engineering roles in Manufacturing and Consumer products Industries with focus on Automation and Robotics, before taking time off to raise her family and pursue other personal passions.

Zohreh earned her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. She also holds a Certificate in Microcomputer and Systems Networking from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA.