Engineering Alumni Society Board

Sevile graduated with a BSE in Electrical Engineering. While at Penn, Sevile served as Co-President of Penn's IEEE student group, a member of the Hexagon Engineering Society, a peer advisor and also spent a year as a DJ for Penn's Student run radio station. He worked for several years as a design engineer before returning to Penn to obtain a Masters degree in Liberal Arts. He currently works for Penn Engineering, managing the Bioengineering Undergraudate Laboratories while pursuing a Ph.D. in the Religious Studies department.

Harris graduated with a BSE in Electrical Engineering in 1998. In his senior year, he was awarded First Prizes in the Electrical Engineering senior design competition, the overall Penn Senior Design Competition, and the Harold Berger Award. As an undergraduate, Harris was Vice President of Penn's IEEE student group, a member of the GRASP robotics lab, and a member of the Hexagon Engineering Society. While on the Board, Harris has served as Chairperson of the Undergraduate Committee, Chairperson of the Alumni Society Mentoring program, Chairperson of several annual event committees and is a past Director and Vice President of the Board. Harris is currently the Vice President of Product Management at The Neat Company, which sells integrated software hardware solutions that transform static, paper-based data into easy-to-use digital information. Harris received the Young Alumni Award of Merit in 2010.

Tim graduated with a BSE in SSE in 1992, and received an MSE from the University of Notre Dame in 1993. While a student at PENN, Tim was the President of the Hexagon Engineering Society, skied on the PENN ski team, participated in the William Penn Scholars program, tutored freshmen engineering students, and received the David S. Fine Memorial Award in Civil Engineering at time of graduation. Tim has served as the Chairman of the D. Robert Yarnall Award nominating committee, Chairman of the Alumni Society Mentoring program, Chairman of the Senior Design Competition and is a past Director and Vice President of the Board. Tim currently works for Affiliated Engineering Laboratories in Edison, New Jersey as a consulting forensic engineer, specializing in civil, environmental and structural engineering matters. Tim received the Young Alumni Award of Merit in 2007.

Brad graduated in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics. Having worked for years in building products wholesale distribution, he now manages product strategy and vendor relations for Philadelphia based Sonepar Management, USA. Sonepar is the world's largest privately-held electrical distributor and since 1998 has grown in the US to operate 16 regional companies with over 450 stores. While at Penn, Brad was the President of Penn's first Solar Powered Race Team that successfully competed in the 1990 GM/DOE Sunrayce from Florida to Michigan. Brad and his family live in Cherry Hill, NJ.

Walt graduated with a BSEE in 1957 and an MSEE in 1968. Registered Professional Engineer and Certified Manufacturing Engineer retired from GE/Lockheed Martin Aerospace. Now an independent consultant working in the areas of Manufacturing and Facilities Management.

Eric graduated with a BSE in CSE in 1977 and an MSE in CIS in August 1977. Earned an MBA in International Business at Temple University in 1986. Also involved at Penn as co-president of the Class of 1977, member of the Alumni Class Leadership Council, and an interviewer for the Secondary School Committee. Works as a software development manager at Unisys Corporation in Malvern, Pennsylvania, where he's also on the Penn relationship team.

Dick graduated with a BSME in 1951 and with GEE in 1967. Retired from the Unisys Corporation as Staff Engineer in Secure Communications. Other major experience as Engineering Manager in Air Traffic Control System Design with Unisys.

Ms. Hubing received her BS in chemical engineering in 1964 from the University of Pennsylvania, graduating magna cum laude with awards from the American Institute of Chemists, the American Society for Testing Materials, and Pi Mu Epsilon, the mathematics honor society.  She was the first female from Penn to become a member of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society.  She was also the first female to be elected president of the Engineering Alumni Society for the University of Pennsylvania.  She worked as a chemical engineer for Rohm and Haas and Sun Oil Company for over twenty years.

Ms. Hubing received her JD, magna cum laude, in 1990 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.  Her honors include the Order of the Coif and membership on the Moot Court Board.  She is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and is admitted to appear before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the District of New Jersey, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.  She is a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Association of Alumnae of the University of Pennsylvania. 

Dick worked at the Philadelphia Electric Company in a range of capacities from 1952 to 1991.He has been the Executive Director, Secretary, and Treasurer of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia since 1991. Dick graduated the Tuck Executive Program at Dartmouth College in 1985 in addition to receiving an MSME in 1957 and a BSME in 1952 from Penn.

Jim graduated from Penn in 1970 with a BSCE degree.  He also holds a M.S. in transportation engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Wharton School.

Jim was an engineer and planner for highway and transit projects in the Boston area for 6 years.

He was employed by Conrail for 20 years, where he held a variety of positions in finance, marketing and business development.

Subsequent to Conrail’s sale, he was CFO of a small technology company for 3 years. Afterwards, he shifted into the education industry and directed $1 million annual giving campaign at a private school in the Philadelphia area for 9 years.

He is currently a private trader of equity and index options.

Jeannine graduated with a BS in Chemical Engineering in 1983 from Penn and an MBA from New York University in 1997.    In her 27 years with IBM she has held a number of roles including manufacturing engineer, systems engineer, project manager,  technical pre-sales engineer, and sales account manager.   In her current role as a Client Executive she is responsible for IBM's overall relationship with several leading national and global retailers.    In addition to her involvement with the Penn Engineering Alumni Board, Jeannine has also held several Board positions in the Junior League of Stamford-Norwalk and  volunteers as a costumer for the Ridgefield High theater department. 

Rich graduated from Penn with a  BS in Electrical Engineering in 1993 and he holds an MBA from the Wharton School.  He has served in senior leadership positions at Comcast, America Online, Lockheed Martin and IBM through which he gain expertise in product development and complex data processing software systems.   Rich is an active entrepreneur and he recently started  Green House Energy Management, a company that builds specialized software for utilities that identifies energy waste.   He also helps several Silicon Valley start-ups that are in various stages of development.

Eileen graduated with a dual degree from the Engineering School and from Wharton in 2002. She is currently working in New York City as an Environmental Engineer for Hazen and Sawyer. While at Penn, Eileen was President of the Management and Technology Club, a Peer Advisor for Engineering freshmen, a member of Hexagon Senior Engineering Society, captain of the Synchronized Swim Team, and received the Sidney Shore Award in Civil Engineering at time of graduation.

Russ graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1969. He worked for Western Union Telegraph Company in various technical and management positions from 1969 to 1985. He worked at SEI Corporation, now SEI Investments, from 1985 to 1990 where he was responsible for the design, installation, maintenance and operation of the data network and three US based data centers. From 1990 to 2000, he was a Senior Manager at Shared Medical Systems. From 2000 to 2004, he was Vice President of Network Services for Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services. He became an independent consultant in 2004 at RRM Communication Consulting.

Jason Rifkin, Esq. joined Delcath in June 2007. He was named Vice President Clinical Operations and Secretary of Delcath in December 2008 and was recently named Vice President of Commercial Programs. Prior to joining Delcath, from 2006 to 2007, Jason practiced law at Fox Rothschild LLP, where he was an Associate in the Corporate Department - Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology Group. There, Mr. Rifkin worked extensively on intellectual property matters, including domestic and international patent applications and regulatory and licensing issues. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Rifkin practiced at a boutique litigation firm in New York City, Goldstein & Weinstein, where he served as trial and appellate counsel in a wide array of cases in both federal and state courts. Prior to that, Mr. Rifkin worked for the Legal Aid Society. Mr. Rifkin holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law and a Masters in Biotechnology from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Stan retired from the Lockheed Martin Co. in February of l998. Mr. Warchaizer worked for 36 years for the General Electric Aerospace Group, which eventually became a part of Lockheed Martin. During his time with the company, Mr. Warchaizer advanced through the engineering management chain and worked as both functional manager and program manager on a number of notable projects, including Program Manager of the Air Force primary communications satellite, DSCS III and Program Manager of design and fabrication of the present NASA primary satellite ground station at White Sands, New Mexico.
 
In his last position at Lockheed Martin, Mr. Warchaizer managed the classified data systems business area for the Management and Data Systems Co. of Lockheed Martin, with yearly sales in excess of $500,000,000. Since his retirement, he has been involved with volunteer work at the Philadelphia Art Museum and the University of Pennsylvania, in addition to his efforts with Congregation Or Ami.