Career Panels
Caltech alumni and others are periodically invited to speak with undergraduates about how they leverage their science and engineering degrees into successful careers in finance, management consulting, and entrepreneurship. Faculty in The Ronald and Maxine Linde Institute of Economic and Management Sciences organize these events in partnership with Caltech's Career Development Center.
In addition to having an opportunity to listen to alumni speak about their own career paths, students can schedule one-on-one interviews with the participating alumni on the same day as the panel discussions.
Past Panels
November 18, 2021 – Finance
Miral Kim-E
BS '78, Chemical Engineering
Portfolio Manager for Frontier Global Partners
Patricia McKenna
Portfolio Manager and Principal, Hotchkis and Wiley
Lily Wu
BS '85, Electrical Engineering
Chief Investment Officer for China Prosper Group
May 12, 2021 – Entrepreneurship
Graham Free
BS '04, Economics
Co-Founder of Virtu Financial
Kelly Littlepage
BS '09, Applied and Computational Mathematics and Business Economics and Management, minor in Control and Dynamical Systems
Founder of OneChronos
Zach Rivkin
BS '14, Mathematics
Founder of Gatsby Labs; former Chief of Staff at 8VC
December 1, 2020 – Finance
Susan Schnabel
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, aPriori Capital Partners
Robert Sinnott
Co-Chairman, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors
Lance West
MS '83, Electrical Engineering
Founder and Director, 25Madison
Scott Richland
Chief Investment Officer, Caltech
November 4, 2019 – Finance
John Krowas
BS '93, Engineering and Applied Science
Director of Investor Data Solutions, LendingClub
George Papa
BS '94, Applied Physics / BS '94, Economics
CEO and Founder, SpiderRock
Allen Pu
MS '93, Electrical Engineering / PhD '97, Electrical Engineering
Deputy Head of Portfolio Management, North America, Dimensional Fund Advisors
April 25, 2019 – Finance
Mark Holdsworth
Founder, Holdsworth & Co., LLC
Gang Hu
Associates; PhD '01, Applied and Computational Mathematics
Managing Partner, WinShore Capital Management
Scott Richland
Chief Investment Officer, Caltech
Lance West
MS '83, Electrical Engineering
Former CEO, Centerbridge Partners Europe
January 17, 2019 – Entrepreneurship
Brian Calle
Publisher of LA Weekly
Anthony Chong
BS '11, Computer Science
CEO, AKASI
Phillip Chen
CA State Assembly
Victoria Slivkoff
Strategic Partnerships, Innovation & Entrepreneurship for the UC System
Kevin Xu
CEO & President, MEBO International
May 10, 2018 – Entrepreneurship
Delia Bailey
PhD '07, Social Science
Senior Vice President of Data Science, YouGov
Anthony Chong
BS '11, Computer Science
Founder and CEO, IKASI
Stephane Lintner
PhD '07, Applied and Computational Mathematics
Co-Founder and CEO, Jiko
January 18, 2018 – Finance
Alexander Lipton
Founder and CEO, StrongHold Labs; Connection Science Fellow, MIT
Rahul Malhotra
BS, Physics, 1996
Director and Senior Portfolio Manager, Allianz Global Investors
Ren Wu
BS & MS, Electrical Engineering, 1993-1994
Managing Director, FHAM
November 9, 2017 – Entrepreneurship
Peter Foley
PhD, Social Sciences, 2013
BS, Double Major in Engineering and Applied Sciences and Social Sciences, 2006
Group Vice President of Analytics, 605
Melanie Goodrich
BS, Business Economics and Management (BEM), 2004
Research Manager, Westat
October 13, 2016 – Finance
James Caron
BS, Engineering, 1992
Managing Director, Investment Management, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Matthew Moore
PhD, Molecular Biophysics, 2013
Assistant Vice President, CIT Bank
John Naud
BS, Physics, 1996
Chief Operating Officer, Global Fixed Income, Citadel, LLC
May 17, 2016 – Entrepreneurship
Calum Chisholm
PhD, Materials Science, 2003
CEO and President, SAFCell, Inc.
Joel Grus
MS, Social Science, 2004
Engineer and Researcher, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Mario Munich
PhD, Electrical Engineering, 2000
Senior Vice President of Technology, iRobot Corp.
March 10, 2016 – Finance
Thomas Luke
BS, Physics, 1986
Chief Risk Officer, Alphadyne Asset Management
Rosemary Macedo
BS, Economics, 1987
Chief Investment Officer, QS Investors
Daniel Murphy
BS, Physics and Economics, 2001
Vice President, Alternative Investments and Manager Selection (AIMS), Goldman Sachs
December 7, 2015 – Finance
Kevin Franklin
BS, Physics and History, 2000
Managing Director, Scientific Active Equity Investment Group, BlackRock
Robert Gingrich
PhD, Physics, 2002
Manager of Derivatives and Alternatives Risk, Western Asset Management
Richmond Wolf
PhD, Geological and Planetary Sciences, 1997
Partner and Investment Analyst, Capital World Investors, Capital Research and Management
November 18, 2015 – Management Consulting
John Bowen
Eng., Aeronautics, 1992
Consultant, EHS Partners
Kurinji Pandiyan
Consultant, Boston Consulting Group
Jeffrey Prisbrey
PhD, Social Sciences, 1993
Vice President, Charles River Associates
October 15, 2015 – Finance
Michael Amori
MS, Applied Physics, 2007
Managing Director, Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management
Mark Holdsworth
BS, Engineering and Applied Science, 1998
Co-Founder and Operating Partner, Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC
Tencia Lee
BS, Applied Computational Mathematics and Economics, 2009
Portfolio Manager in Systematic Futures Trading, Crabel Capital Management
March 12, 2015 – Finance
Remy Hathaway
BS, Engineering & Applied Sciences and Economics, 1995
Managing Director, Prager & Co., LLC
Gerard O'Reilly
PhD, Aeronautics, 2004
Co-Chief Investment Officer and Head of Research, Dimensional Fund Advisors
Eduardo Repetto
PhD, Aeronautics, 1998
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Dimensional Fund Advisors
December 9, 2014 – Finance
Robert Gingrich
PhD, Physics, 2002
Risk Modeler/Manager, Western Asset Management Company
Jason Hsu
BS, Applied Mathematics and Economics, 1996
Co-Founder and Vice Chairman, Research Affiliates
Kenneth Winston
MS, Mathematics, 1974
Chief Risk Officer, Western Asset Management Company