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CSIT Advisory Board

The MiraCosta College CSIT Advisory Board is a group of academic and industry professionals who are appointed for the purpose of advising the Department on courses, degrees, and certificate career pathways.  Through this valuable input, the advisory board members help maintain the quality and relevance of our programs as we seek to meet student and industry needs. 

If you are interested in serving on the CSIT Advisory Board, please contact the CSIT Department Chair,  Steve Isachsen 

CSIT Advisory Board Members

Michael Aguilar

Michael is a Business Product Technical Lead and Business Security Specialist for ESET America.

Nasari Balkis
Nasery is a Security Consultant and Client Success Manager at Proficio.

Joe Blocker

Joe is a Lead Technologist at Booz Allen and Hamilton and has Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) and ISC2 CISSP certifications.

John Caruthers

John is the Business Information Security Officer (BISO) at EVOTEK and the founder of HAK-iQ, used to raise cybersecurity awareness.  He holds two GIAC certifications (GSIF and GSLC).

DeShawn Carter

DeShawn is a Senior IT Manager at Qualcomm. 

Rico Cassoni
Rico is a Cloud Strategic Architect Consultant and a CSIT Associate Faculty Instructor at MiraCosta College.

Sam Carter
Sam is a MiraCosta College CSIT student. 

Andy Deninger

Andy is Vice President of Engineering for Fleet Solutions at Solera.

Wilson Figueroa

Wilson is Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Government Systems at ViaSat.

Ann Givens

Ann is the Executive Assistant to the Superintendent of the Oceanside Unified School District.

Bryce Helm

Bryce is a MiraCosta College CSIT student. 

Isabella Janovick

Isabella is President of Janovick Communications and a CSIT Associate Faculty Instructor at MiraCosta College. 

Jonathan King

Jonathan is the Chief Strategy Officer at iSafe.

Rob Laycock

Rob is Vice President of Product & Development at Ticketmaster.

Dr. Mike Leih

Mike is the Computer Information Technology Program Director at Point Loma Nazarene University.

Tim McLean
Tim is a Senior Principal Engineer for the Test Engineering Branch at Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity (MCTSSA) and a CSIT Associate Faculty Instructor at MiraCosta College. 

Teodora Musatoiu

Teo is a Solutions Architech at Open AI.

Paul Rothberg

Paul is a Network Administrator for Southern Pride Trucking/GRMG.

Dr. Bongsik Shin

Bongsik is a Professor of Management Information Systems at San Diego State University. 

Dr. Yi Sun
Yi is a Professor of Information Systems in the Management of Information Systems Department at CSU San Marcos.

Dr. Maria Zak
Maria is a Professor of Mathematics and the Department Chair for the Mathematics, Information, and Computer Sciences department at Point Loma Nazarene University.

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