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CLASS NOTES ( Continued )

MIND YOUR BUSINESS

UC San Diego alumni made up a quarter of the San Diego Business Journal ’ s “ Top Business Leaders Under 40 .” Congratulations , Tritons !
Thomas Beaudette , Warren ’ 11
Program Manager , General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc .
Kristin Elliott , Marshall ’ 05
CEO , Precision Measurement Engineering
Michael Esposito , MA ’ 04
Managing Partner , Snake Oil Cocktail Company
Daniel Kagan , MS ’ 10 , PhD ’ 12
COO , Scientist . com
Suman Kanuganti , MBA ’ 14
Co-founder and CEO , Aira Tech Corp
Kevin Murphy , Warren ’ 03
President , Murphy Jones APC
Zachary Schlagel , Muir ’ 04
Assistant Director , Government Affairs , UC San Diego Health
Vicken Merjanian , Marshall , is
founder and CEO of Titan HST , a
comprehensive emergency alert
system and mass notifications
app for schools , businesses and
government agencies .
Lindsay Mineo , Muir ,
participated in Miami
University ’ s Earth Expeditions
global field course in Namibia .

2008

Miriam Goldstein , MS , PhD
’ 12 , a marine biologist , joined
the energy and environmental
policy team as director of
ocean policy at the Center for
American Progress . She will
focus on supporting sciencebased
policies that protect and
restore ocean health for the
benefit of America ’ s economy ,
environment and coastal
communities .
Thammaradee Prypiroonrojn ,
MPIA , is a business
development manager at LINE
Thailand in Bangkok .

2010

Vishaal Buch , Revelle , was
named the grand prize winner
of a spec script contest for The
Simpsons to solve what has
become known as the show ’ s
“ Apu Problem .” A longtime fan
of the show , Buch is a family
doctor in Bethesda , Maryland .
Garfield Kwan , Muir , MS
’ 16 , released his first book ,
Squidtoons : Exploring Ocean
Science with Comics , based on
his website of the same name ,
published by Andrews McMeel
Publishing .

2014

Emily Callahan-Hazelwood ,
MAS , and Amber Jackson , MAS ,
made the Forbes “ 30 Under
30 ” energy list for work with
their company , Blue Latitudes ,
which aims to transform
decommissioned offshore oil
platforms into artificial reefs
that encourage the growth of
thriving ecosystems .
Natalya Gallo , MS , made the
list of Forbes “ 30 Under 30 ”
in the science category for
her research on how climate
change is impacting marine
communities and the health of
fish and fisheries .

2016

Adam Cohen , MAS-IA , is
manager of business operations
at PayPal in San Francisco ,
Calif .
Camille Erskine , Warren , a
teacher at Carlmont High
School in Belmont , Calif ., was
chosen by the Knowles Teacher
Initiative , a national network
of mathematics and science
teachers , as a member of its
2018 cohort of teaching fellows .
Joshua Shapiro , MA ’ 07 , PhD ’ 12
Executive Director , UC San Diego Center for Applied Research and Evaluation
Shivani Singh , Muir ’ 00 , MS ’ 07
CEO , Dharma Express
Pierre Sleiman , MBA , ’ 13
Founder and CEO , Go Green Agriculture

2011

Brian Lynn , Sixth , joined the
wealth strategies team at
Lathrop Gage in Kansas City ,
MO .

2013

Dechawuthi Dispanurat , MPIA ,
is senior associate at KPMG in
Los Angeles , Calif .
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