Division of Engineering Programs

Engineering Alumni 2000-2004

Amir Adeel

Degree: BSc Electrical Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2001

Current Company: J & P Coats, Pakistan

Current Position: Plant Engineer

Brett Arteta, PE

Degree: BSc Electrical Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2001

Graduate School: Mount St. Mary College; MS in BA, 2003

Graduate School: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute(RPI); MS in Electric Power Engineering, 2005

Current Company: Central Hudson Gas and Electric

Former Position(s): Associate Engineer, Energy Efficiency

Current Position: Director of Meter Services

Professional Licence: NYS PE Licence #085472, 2008

Chair of IEEE Mid-Hudson Section, 2014

Beatriz Bailon

Degree: BSc Electrical Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2000

Graduate School: University of New Hampshire; Master in Management of New Technologies, 2004

Current Company: Raytheon Network Centric System

Current Position: Senior Quality Engineer II

Program quality engineer for the SMART-T AEHF programs

Brian Berry

Degree: BSc Electrical Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2000

Graduate School: MS in Software Engineering; Marist College, 2005

Current Company: IBM

Current Position: Application Architect

Created Methods for application development

Holds US patent 07814125 (10/12/2010)

Extended Model-View-Controller architecture (to reduce development effort and cost and increase functiona capabilities)

Stephanie Bonny

Degree: BSc Computer Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2004

Former Company(ies): OpenText, Software Engineer

Current Company: Oracle

Former Position(s): Senior Technical Support Engineer

Current Position: Principal Technical Support Engineer

Pasquale Catalano

Degree: BSc Computer Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2003

Graduate School: SUNY New Paltz; MS in Electrical Engineering, 2006

Current Company: IBM, Poughkeepsie, NY; Vendor Solutions Connectivity Laboratory

Current Position: Systems Test Engineer

Member of the IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society

Luis Centeno, PE

Degree: BSc Electrical Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 20

Current Company: MTA NYC Transit

Current Position: Electrical Engineer III

Passed FE and PE examinations

Member of Local 375, DC37 Civil Service Technical Guild

Paul Chauvet

Degree: BSc Computer Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2003

Graduate School: SUNY New Paltz; MBA, 2011

Current Company: SUNY New Paltz Computer Services

Former Position(s): UNIX Systems Administrator

Current Position: Information Security Officer

Recipient of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Services, 2014

Stephen Conroy

Degree: BSc Electrical Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2001

Graduate School: Polytechnic; MSTE, 2005

Former Company: Financial companies in NY-CT area-Technical Sales Representive

Current Company: Cong IT

Current Position: IT Consultant

Dorman Alonso Crawford

Degree: BSc Electrical Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2001

Current Company: Orbital Sciences Corporation

Current Position: Reliability Engineer

Member of IEEE and NSBE

Glenn De Martin

Degree: BSc Electrical Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2001

Graduated Magna Cum Laudi

Current Company: CEA Instruments

Current Position: Electrical Engineer

Paul DePuy

Degree: BSc Electrical Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2000

Graduate School: SUNY New Paltz; MS in Electrical Engineering, 2011

Former Company(ies): NXP Semiconductors, Fishkill, NY

Former Position(s): Manufacturing Engineer

Member of IEEE and the IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society

Alma Jaze

Degree: BSc Electrical Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2002

Graduate School: SUNY New Paltz; MS in Electrical Engineering, 2003

Current Company: IBM, Poughkeepsie, NY

Current Position: Electromagnetics and Power Engineer

Holds two patents on electromagnetic compatibility

Member of IEEE and the IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society

John Kelly

Degree: BSc Computer Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2002

Former Company(ies): Precision Flow Technologies-Electrical Engineer

Current Company: Central Hudson Gas and Electric

Current Position: Substation Technician

Current Company: Pulse Controls

Current Position: Owner

Member of the New Paltz Fire Department

Member of the IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society

Robert Molina

Degree: BSc Electrical Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2001

Graduate School: MS in Mathematics-Secondary Education(7-12)

Current Company: Bronx Cener for Science and Mathematics

Current Position: Math and Engineering Teacher

Recipient of the "Whatever it Takes" Award, 2007

Daniel Nieves

Degree: BSc Computer Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2002

Graduate School: SUNY New Paltz; MS in Computer Science, 2003

Current Company: IBM

Current Position: Software Engineer

Member of the IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society

Ehi Okoene

Degree: BSc Electrical Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2002

Graduate School: SUNY New Paltz; MS in Electrical Engineering, 2004; Graduate Assistant

Former Company: Zoe Engineering LLC, Milwaukee, WI-Staff Electrical Engineer

Current Company: TSBS Engineering Ltd.

Current Position: Principal Owner

Member of SPE

Member of the IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society

ReJOYce in Jesus Campus Fellowship, New Paltz Outreach and Milwaukee Outreach

Richard Oppendisano

Degree: BSc Computer Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2004

Graduate School: SUNY New Paltz; MBA, 2008

Former Company(ies): Telephonics-Senior Program Manager/Scheduler

Current Company: Morgan Stanley

Current Position: Senior Manager of IT Finance in Enterprise Computing

Hunter Shi

Degree: BSc Electrical Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2004

Recipient of Outstanding Student Award

Current Company: IBM, Fishkill, NY

Current Position: End-to-end Functional Characterization Engineer for IBM Power and Mainframe Chip and Module

Member of the IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society

Boglou Stavros

Degree: BSc Electrical Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2000

Current Company: Independent Contractor in Greece

Current Position: Control Engineer

Member of the IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society

Peter Ta

Degree: BSc Computer Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2001

Current Company: MFC Electronic Division

Former Position(s): Senior Electrical Engineer

Current Position: Electrical Engineer

Responsible for Hardware and Software Developments as Design Lead

Math and Science Tutor ar Kids Club

Danny Zima

Degree: BSc Computer Engineering, SUNY New Paltz, 2002

Graduate School: Syracuse University; MS is Computer Engineering, 2005

Current Company: Lockheed Martin

Former Location: Moorestown, NJ

Former Position: Lead Missile Systems Engineer

Completed Lockheed Martin ELDP (Engineering Leadership Development Program), 2005

Current Location: Orlando, FL

Current Position: System Engineer Senior - Joint Strike Fighter(JSF)

Member of the IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society