ECE Startups

Many of our ECE alumni create the next great thing, while creating startup companies that seek to change the world. See anyone missing? Let us know below and we’ll add them to this list.

Hersh Tapadia
CEO and Co-founder
B.S. ee 2009

Founded in 2016
North Carolina

Anand Lal Shimpi
Founder
B.S. cpe 2004

Founded in 1997
North Carolina

Stephen Smith
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
B.S. ee 2013

Founded in 2020
Florida

Scot Wingo
Co-founder
M.S. cpe 1991

Founded in 2001
North Carolina

Shraddha Rathod
Founder, CEO
B.S. ee & cpe 2018

Founded in 2018
North Carolina

Scot Wingo
Co-founder and CEO
M.S. cpe 1991

Founded in 2014
North Carolina, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Dallas

Ryan Pratt
CEO
B.S. ee 2000

Founded in 2013
North Carolina

Nick England
Cofounder
B.S. ee 1969

Mary Whitton
Cofounder
M.S. ee 1984

Founded in 1978
North Carolina

M. Ali Khatibzadeh
President and CEO
B.S. ee 1982 M.S. ee 1984 Ph.D. ee 1987

Founded in 2014
North Carolina

P. Mark Buff III
President
B.S. ee 1994 M.S. cpe 2003 Ph.D. ee 2006

Founded in 2011
North Carolina

COO and Co-founder
B.S. ee 2014

Founded in 2014
North Carolina

John Bass
COO and Co-founder
B.S. ee 1990 M.S. ee 1995

Founded in 2018
North Carolina

Sonali Luniya
Co-founder and Chief Customer Officer
Ph.D. ee 2006

Founded in 2008
North Carolina

John Bass
Chief Information Officer
B.S. ee 1990 M.S. ee 1995

Founded in 2015
North Carolina

Matthew Schmidt
Founder & CEO
B.S. ee 2004

Founded in 2019
North Carolina

David Nackashi
CEO and Co-founder
M.S. ee 1999 Ph.D. ee 2004

Founded in 2002
North Carolina

Scott Vu
CEO
B.S. ee & cpe 2004

Founded in 2015
North Carolina

Mary Whitton
Cofounder
M.S. ee 1984

Nick England
Cofounder
B.S. ee 1969

Founded in 1986
North Carolina

Aaron Walker
CEO
M.S. ee 1999 Ph.D. ee 2005

Founded in 2004
North Carolina

Steven LeBoeuf
President and Co-founder
Ph.D. ee 2001

Founded in 2006
North Carolina

John Amein
Founder and CEO
B.S. ee 1984

Founded in 2005
Florida

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