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Moutaz Fakhry
Public Speaking Tutor, School of Engineering - Technical Communications Program
Staff, School of Engineering - Technical Communications ProgramBioChief of Staff, Global Operations
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Education
BS in Electrical Engineering, Ain Shams University
MS in Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business
MA in Public Policy, Stanford University
Moutaz has 15 years of experience at leading companies that manufacture semiconductors. He has been part of the foundry technology organization at Advanced Micro Devices, where his team is involved in defining yield-acceleration strategies that enable high-performance semiconductor solutions. Moutaz was previously a project manager at IBM, leading a team of 25 engineers who contributed US $5.5 million to IBM’s annual savings by pushing the limits of chip manufacturing technology. At Mentor Graphics, Moutaz led a joint development agreement and concluded consulting engagements that contributed US $15 million in revenue over three years. Early in his career, Moutaz co-founded Innovance after taking second in the Technology Development Fund competition for best startup business model in Cairo, Egypt, in 2006. -
Humera Fasihuddin
Co-Director, University Innovation Fellows, d.school
BioHumera co-directs the University Innovation Fellows Program. She trains students to create lasting institutional impact that enhances the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus.
Prior to the University Innovation Fellows program, she worked for nonprofit VentureWell and led the creation of numerous programs including the organization’s first foray in advanced venture training workshops, which today account for over half of the 501c(3)’s income. Before that, she created innovation networks between industry and the University of Massachusetts Amherst under an NSF Partnership for Innovation grant.
Humera began her career at the publicly-traded UK firm Rexam, serving as product manager in their precision coated materials subsidiary. Humera holds an M.B.A. from UMass Amherst and a B.S. from Smith College. -
Ernestine Fu
Adjunct Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Program Speaker, Stanford Center for Professional Development
Speaker, Stanford Center for Professional DevelopmentBioDr. Ernestine Fu is an Adjunct Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. Focused on the transformative effects of technology on humanity, she examines how the next wave of technological innovation and globalization will affect our countries, our societies and ourselves.
She has scaled emerging technology companies for over a decade in sectors ranging from robotics and artificial intelligence to defense technology. As a venture capitalist at the early-stage technology fund Alsop Louie Partners, she leads investments in frontier technology startups and supports companies from inception to late-stage scaling. As a global leader, she works with international organizations like Hyundai to lead technology development on novel transformer-class vehicles and DBS Bank to advise on innovation and venture debt financing. As an advisor, board director and executive chairman, she has guided companies on product development, partnerships, growth strategy and M&A. She has been featured in multiple technology and business publications for her work.
At Stanford, she has designed and taught interdisciplinary courses across engineering and medicine: MED/CEE 214 Frontier Technology: Understanding and Preparing for Technology in the Next Economy, CEE 144 Design and Innovation for the Circular Economy, CEE 326 Autonomous Vehicles Studio, MS&E 476 Entrepreneurship Through the Lens of Venture Capital and MS&E 477 Silicon Valley and the U.S. Government: Scaling Business-to-Government Technology.
She has written several publications with colleagues at Stanford. With former Stanford Law School Dean Thomas Ehrlich, she co-authored "Civic Work, Civic Lessons" to encourage community engagement with informed moral and civic judgments. With Nobel Prize energy economist John Weyant, she co-authored "Renewed Energy" to guide future government policy and investment strategies for a sustainable energy future. She has examined how emerging technologies such as additive manufacturing and 5G will shape our next economy. Her work has been published in top-ranked academic conferences hosted by ACM and IEEE.
She completed her B.S., M.S., MBA, Ph.D. and postdoc at Stanford University. Graduating with Tau Beta Pi and Phi Beta Kappa honors, she was awarded the Kennedy Prize for the top undergraduate thesis in engineering and the Terman Award as one of the top thirty graduating seniors in engineering. Her doctoral thesis focused on human operator and autonomous vehicle interactions with system bias and transitions of control. She is an inventor on numerous granted or in-process technology patents.
She is the proud wife of a U.S. Navy veteran, and they share a deep interest in philanthropy and civic engagement.
