Class Notes

MICHAEL F. LYNCH ’71 (ME), after a 50-year career in historic preservation, retired from the New York State Historic Preservation Office at the end of October 2021. Among his many professional accomplishments was serving as president of the Association for Preservation Technology International and as deputy state historic preservation officer for New York state; listing the site of the Woodstock Music Festival on the National Register of Historic Places (he participated in the 1969 event); and operating a private consulting practice in New York City. Michael resides in Troy, New York, with his wife, Susan, and remains engaged in local preservation efforts.

EDWARD E. PLASBERG ’73 (CEE) and his wife, Susan, a graduate of Canton College and strong Clarkson hockey supporter, are celebrating 50 years of marriage at their winter home in Titusville, Florida. He says, “Still spend half the year in Clifton Park, New York. We are both retired state employees and just sold our RV after 15 years of traveling throughout the U.S. and Canada. Living the dream.”

KEITH R. ABELL ’76 (ECE): “Retired after 3.5 years as a captain in the Corps of Engineers and started a high-tech career in June 1981 in embedded firmware development. Was a software development engineer and first line supervisor/manager for 38+ years at a number of companies, including Texas Instruments, Tandem Computers, Dell Corporation, QLogic and SolarBridge. Had the challenge (fun!) of dealing with 8-, 16- and 32-bit microprocessors from Motorola, TI, Microchip, MIPS, Infineon and STMicroelectronics over my career, and close to four decades of development in the areas of self-tests, boot functions, processor functionality testing, design verification, digital fluorescent light controls, PC server environmental management, fault tolerant design and PC server BIOS development (as manager). I have a great sense of accomplishment and consider my Clarkson education as the bargain of my life.”

STEVEN P. BYSZEWSKI ’77 (CEE) retired from SESI Consulting Engineers as president and senior partner. Steven was employed at SESI from August 1978, for over 44 years. He was the second full-time employee and made the youngest partner in 1983. As senior partner and president, Steven managed the 25-person company through the 2008 crash and grew the company even during the recent pandemic. When he retired, the company employed over 80 professionals and continues to grow, with over 100 employees this year. SESI is a leading geotechnical and civil engineering firm in the northeastern U.S. DIANE L. DIFRANCESCO ’77 (ChE): “Greetings from Chicago! I’ve recently launched DLD Career Coaching, specializing in STEM professionals and prospects. My mission with this nonprofit is to establish a sustainable scholarship program. After decades leading DLD Quality Engineering, helping medical manufacturing companies be in compliance with FDA and ISO regulations, I’ve decided to transition to a more philanthropic pursuit. Time to give back.”

ANDREW M. FRASER ’79 (CEE), the founder of Fraser Project Management, is celebrating the company’s completion of 125 projects in its first 10 years of business.

1980s

THOMAS M. LYGA ’81 (ID) joined Morris Products Inc. as marketing manager, in charge of product marketing and promotional activities.

INDERJIT CAMOTRA ’88 (MBA) has been appointed the first chief executive officer of Unity Bank.

PETER J. RADOSTA ’88 (CEE), aka Speedo, is happy to report a recent retirement from a fulfilling career in the water sector — enabling 100% time for personal pursuits, including full immersion in all things outdoors!

MICHAEL J. DONOVAN ’82 (CEE) was inducted into the 99th Assembly District Veterans Hall of Fame for his outstanding service in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

RAY GEIMER ’82 (ChE) became the laboratory manager for Hanford Laboratory Management and Integration.

JAMES E. MORRISON ’82 (Mkt) is the newly appointed assistant diocesan officer for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg, New York.

MATTHEW J. SLICHKO ’82 (Mgt) recently retired after 25 years of service with the Boeing Company as a senior human resources generalist and manager in the Puget Sound area, South Carolina and Wichita. Prior to this, he retired from the U.S. Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer and captain in 2013.

JOHN L. BLODGETT JR. ’84 (IE&M) is the vice president of sales and marketing at MacKay & Company Inc.

SUSAN G. FRANKS ’84 (Cm) joined the biotechnology company Eliem Therapeutics as senior vice president and the head of regulatory affairs.

MARYKAY WELLS ’84 (Mkt,CMS) recently joined the executive leadership team at Pearson, where she is the chief information officer.

PETER S. KENNEDY ’85 (Ac), a director and head of audit practices at Cover & Rossiter, joined the Delaware Community Foundation board of directors.

JEFFREY F. GLAJCH ’86 (MS,ChE) has joined Orion Engineered Carbons as chief financial officer.

DAVID A. KLAVSONS ’86 (ID) is the chief executive officer of King Juice Company Inc.

PATRICK J. MEANEY ’86 (ECE) achieved the 28th Patent Plateau level at IBM, which signifies 112 invention filings and 142 worldwide IBM patents to date. He was also accepted into the Mid-Hudson Valley Technical Vitality Affiliate Steering Committee at IBM and serves as the events chair.

DAVID R. RAKVICA ’86 (CEE): Engineering News-Record selected CHA Consulting’s Troy Seawall Stabilization project as one of its Top 20 Best of the Best, chosen from more than 800 projects throughout the nation. Dave led CHA’s fieldwork on this unique project. He joined CHA in 2018 and currently leads its transportation business practice for construction inspection located at the corporate headquarters in Colonie, New York.

STEPHEN D. SKILLINGS ’88 (ID) is the developer of BusyBox, a digital, programmable “busy” sign he designed in response to being interrupted while working at home during the pandemic. He pitched his product on Season 13 of Shark Tank.

TERRENCE R. GUAY ’87 (ID) was appointed Associate Dean for International Programs, Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University.

LISA A. NAPOLIONE ’87 (ChE), senior vice president of global research and development at The Estée Lauder Companies, was the speaker at the launch of The City University of New York’s Center for Advanced Technology. She shared about Estée Lauder’s ongoing collaborations with CUNY and how Estée Lauder is driving the future of beauty through science and partnerships.

ROBERT J. PERREGO ’88 (ME), an analyst and trader on Wall Street, is the founder of Buy Low Sell High LLC.

CAROL-JO SCHIRALDI ’88 (TC), now a photographer, recently published a book of images taken while on location in Guilin, China. The book, Beautiful Under Heaven, is available as a coffee-table book (from Amazon) and also an e-book (from Apple Books). For more information on Carol, check out her website: www.carolslittleworld.com.

DENISE D. BECKLES ’89, ’93 (Ac; MBA) was appointed chief financial officer of Zevia PBC.

KAREN W. CLARK ’89 (CEE) was promoted to senior associate at Barton & Loguidice.

ROBERT E. COTTON ’89 (Ac), the chief operating officer of National Life Group, joined the board of directors at Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company and the New England Guaranty Insurance Company.

SANDEEP K. DALVIE ’89, ’92 (MS,ChE; PhD,ChE) is the global supply chain director for the Titanium Technologies business at The Chemours Company.

DONALD E. DELNERO ’89 (CEE) joined WSP USA as the vice president and senior director of tunnel engineering.

1990s

JOHN V. MARTINSON ’90 (ME) is the chief operating officer at StatLab Medical Products, where he oversees manufacturing and supply chain operations.

THOMAS C. BAIRD ’91 (CEE) was promoted at Barton & Loguidice to senior associate.

LEO J. TITUS JR. ’91 (CEE), the chief operating officer of ECS Limited, became president of the Geoprofessional Business Association.

AHSAN U. AHMED ’92 (PhD,Cm), who sits on an advisory panel of the Green Climate Fund, attended COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. He is actively involved in helping Bangladesh prepare for climate change.

KEITH A. LEAL ’92 (CEE) was appointed the Upstate New York business leader for the Gilbane Building Company’s Albany and Buffalo offices.

SHANNON L. ROCHE ’92 (EM) has joined Houston-based Kastech Software Solutions Group as senior director, client and community engagement. The global professional services organization supports a variety of software solutions, including Workday, Salesforce, PeopleSoft, Oracle Cloud, SAP, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite and Ellucian Banner, along with robotic process automation, test automation and other accelerators.

PAUL D. SCHMIDT ’92 (CEE) was appointed president of CMA Engineers, where he has worked for more than 25 years.

MICHAEL C. LEE ’93 (EM) joined Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc., where he is senior vice president, chief information officer.

TADD F. WILSON ’93 (ECE) is a partner at Spencer Fane LLP, where he counsels clients as part of the company’s Intellectual Property Practice Group.

BRIAN T. BARTLETT ’95 (IE&M) has joined MPS Microsystems as the national sales manager for its U.S. operations.

JEFFREY J. PAWLICKI ’95 (CE) was promoted by Ruston Paving Co. Inc. to regional manager of the New York divisions.

STEPHEN J. WILKINSON ’95 (MBA) is the president and chief executive officer of the mining exploration company Gold’n Futures Mineral Corp.

TIMOTHY S. JENSEN ’97 (ChE), global account manager and senior thermal technologist at Indium Corporation, presented at the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative’s Packaging Tech Topic Series. He spoke on the increased adoption of metal thermal interface materials in high-performance computing.

MICHAEL E. MURPHY ’97 (CpE) and MICHAEL S. RUSSELL ’05 (CpE) have both been promoted in the Defense Systems and Solutions Division at SRC Inc. Murphy is now the assistant vice president of advanced radar and sensors, and Russell is the assistant vice president of strategy and technology.

PRIYA M. ABANI ’98 (MS,CS), the president and chief executive officer of AliveCor Inc., was listed as a 2022 Top 50 Healthcare Technology CEO by The Healthcare Technology Report. Abani was also recently appointed to the TIAA board of trustees.

CRAIG EVANS ’98, ’99 (AE; MENG) is the president and founder of ESS Inc., a company that manufactures iron flow battery systems.