The University of Michigan EECS Club of the SF Bay Area

Go Blue!

The University of Michigan comes in at No. 21 in the world in Times Higher Education's World University Rankings: myumi.ch/6Ox8q

A great time!

Annual Family Picnic https://umalumni.force.com/EventApi__simple_event?id=a1Q1a000003JmteEAC

Bay Area Alum Ruba Borno (now w/ Cisco Systems) delivers a terrific talk on women and technology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqnOYoubD4Q

Responsibility in Action Ruba Borno, Chief of Staff and VP of Growth Initiatives, gave an inspiring, motivating keynote highlighting her passion for bringing women into technology ro...

On June 23rd, the IPO market came roarding back to life when yet another Michigan grad living in the bay area, Jeff Lawson, took his company public. Here is a great talk he delivered at Michigan in 2014. Cheers! http://www.engin.umich.edu/college/about/news/stories/2014/march/jeff-lawson-entrepreneurship-hour-talk

Jeff Lawson: CEO and co-founder, Twilio Jeff is the CEO and a co-founder of Twilio, bringing over 15 years of entrepreneurial and product experience to the team.

Another Bay Area alum rocking the boat! Go Blue!

Avegant Raises $24M in Series B Round | Avegant Glyph We are pleased to announce that Avegant has closed another round of funding to help accelerate product development of the Glyph. The full Series B round closed

Stay tuned silicon valley!

Connecting the Bay Area to Michigan at our Founders Forum in ! Scape founder Mary Lemmer ( BBA '10) talks about turning food consumers into food producers with fellow entrepreneurs this morning. No stranger to food and sustainability, Mary is the co-founder of in , a former at , and a current member of the Summer '15 cohort, and we love that she took feverish notes of suggestions and contacts from the discussion (and drank her coffee out of a Zingerman's mug!). Our Founders Forums are monthly meet-ups of founders in : a casual, informal, opportunity to share stories, contacts, and advice and create a perpetual entrepreneurial network. We are kicking them off in Silicon Valley soon - be sure to follow social channels for dates and details (and check out for some inspiration!).

Alumni Profile: Don Woods (BSEE '00) | Center for Entrepreneurship - University of Michigan

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Congratulations Ruba!

ECE Alumna Ruba Borno to Join Cisco's New Executive Team | Electrical and Computer Engineering... Dr. Ruba Borno (MS PHD EE ’03 ’08) has been selected as Cisco's new Vice President of Growth Initiatives and Chief of Staff to the CEO-designate, Chuck Robbins. The young executive has an extensive history in both the business and tech worlds, and promises to be a powerful asset to the company's new…