Alumni Notes
Featured in the June 2025 Alumni Link
Tom Bailey BS’02 has been named chief financial officer of Borland Groover in Jacksonville, Florida, the second largest independent gastroenterology practice in the U.S. Bailey has also earned the FACHE certification from the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Christian Belady MS’86, MS’90 was recently honored with the Data Center World Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The award honors Belady for his groundbreaking work with data centers at HP, Microsoft and Digital Bridge.
Sejal Desai MBA’99 has been selected by Senior Source to be the aging and caregiving organization’s new board chair. Desai is the executive director of the Akanksha Education Fund. She specializes in nonprofit board leadership, entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility.
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Anmol Agarwal BS’19, MS’20 has been recognized as a 40 under 40 honoree for Top Cyber News Magazine and a Cyber Woman of Impact by Team8. She has been recognized by the New York Stock Exchange and featured in media outlets including Yahoo Finance, Business Wire and Security magazine.
Jessica Santibanez BS’16 and Andre Southivong BS’15 have announced their engagement. The couple lives in New York City where Santibanez is a senior vice president in investment banking with Goldman Sachs and Southivong works in compliance at Bloomberg.
Rebecca Thompson PhD’18 has published the book “Passing Misery,” the true story of a young student’s trials in Nazi Germany in World War II. Thompson translated the account from French based on a self-published story by Jean Louis Mary Pasquiers and includes photos provided by Pasquiers’ family.
Maneesh Reddy Ajjuguttu MS’16 is a senior lecturer in operations and business analytics at Ohio State University. He teaches courses in operations management, international operations, and operations planning and control.
Kacie Byrd BS’10, MPA’13 has joined the Dallas law firm of McCall, Parkhurst & Horton as a public finance attorney. She will work with government entities by helping them navigate and structure financial transactions.
Madeline Hamer MS’24 earned her speech-language pathology master’s degree from UT Dallas and now works for the Methodist Health System in Dallas. Hamer is an acute care speech language pathology clinical fellow.
Melinda Wilson Andrews MS’88 received the Excellence in Teaching Award from Dallas College in 2024. She teaches in the college’s School of Education and has taught at the institution for more than 12 years.
David Joy MS’19 is a senior sales engineer at Cockroach Labs in Dallas where he helps customers and partners design, deploy and optimize data solutions. With over six years of experience in data architecture, cloud consulting and NoSQL technologies, he has a passion for solving complex business problems.
Derek Klein MS’15 was recently named vice president of marketing for The Dallas Foundation, the first community foundation in Texas. Klein will lead marketing and communications efforts to advance the foundation’s mission of inspiring charitable giving and strengthening the local community.
Abijita Debata MBA’10 is senior director of human resources and payroll for the Cincinnati Museum Center. She has recently joined the board of directors for the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati.
Davey Edwards PhD’16 is president of the National Society of Professional Surveyors. This responsibility includes being the delegate to the International Federation of Surveyors. In 2025 he will start as adjunct professor in the geomatics program at New Mexico State University.
Jennifer Todling CERT’21 will publish her debut memoir “Dancing on My Own Two Feet” with She Writes Press in April 2025. She is a leadership development coach and author focused on integrating neuroscience and creative expression. Learn more at jenntodling.com.