Mentors

Thomas Amsler

  • Application Developer
  • Enterprise Platforms
Thomas is a senior developer on the Enterprise Platforms team and a veteran mentor of the Student Professional Development Program, having worked with the program for over six years and helping dozens of students into top technology companies.

Jose Boveda

  • Application Delivery Manager
  • Enterprise Platforms
  • Enterprise Applications
  • Web Development
Jose manages a number of teams that build software solutions and services for the university such as web development, platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Salesforce, custom applications, mobile, and more.

Chris Callahan

  • Enterprise Architect
  • Application Services
Chris works on the Enterprise Applications team which supports critical campus services such as Banner and Identity Management.

Tricia Dai

  • Security Risk Analyst
  • ISO Risk & Compliance
Tricia Dai coordinates and completes reviews of suppliers requested by units or departments. She also introduces students to working in the analytical field of information security.

Andy Holguin

  • Data Engineer
  • Enterprise Platforms
Andy develops systems which integrate data from diverse campus services and support operational decision-making. He also collaborates with researchers and other campus groups when they have data engineering and custom web development needs.

Sam Irungu

  • Application Developer
  • Advising Technology
  • Enterprise Platforms
Sam Irungu is the Principal Lead Salesforce developer for Aggieservice, Stem Strategies, and their related AWS custom platforms.

JR Jacobe

  • Advising Technology Supervisor
  • Advising Technology
JR serves as the Advising Technology supervisor within IET Academic Applications, where he leads a team of web application developers as well as a systems administrator.

Brandon Knieriem

  • Application Developer
  • IET Academic Applications
Brandon is a full stack software engineer and user experience designer for IET Academic Applications. As a student, he developed educational video games, virtual reality experiences, published cybersecurity research, and was a teaching assistant. He values interdisciplinary collaboration and mentorship.

Tim Leamy

  • Manager of Computer Lab Management
  • Computer Lab Management
Tim Leamy maintains the Computer Lab Management servers and works with his staff to ensure the campus community's access to computer classrooms, open access labs, media facilities, and academic resources.

Gary Sharpe

  • Application Developer
  • Backend Systems
Gary is an Application Developer who has worked on back-end systems for moving, munging and synchronizing data.

Questions about the Student Powered program? Contact the Mentors via email at studentpowered@ucdavis.edu.