Board Member Bios

Amanda Zook, President

Amanda Zook is the President of the Business & Technology Club. Amanda graduated from Biola University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Management Information Systems. Prior to Tepper, she worked as a System Administrator within the Information Technology department at Biola University. During her time at Tepper, she interned with Apple, Inc. as a project manager within the Information Systems & Technology department. Amanda is pursuing the Technology Leadership Track at Tepper along with concentrations in Information Systems and Organizational Behavior.

Email: azook@tepper.cmu.edu

Silvio Tannert, VP of Technology Education

Silvio serves as the VP of Technology Education for the Business & Technology Club. Silvio is also involved with the Consulting Club, the Entrepreneurship Club, and the Tepper Wine Club. Silvio holds a Master’s degree in Information Systems from the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany. Prior to Tepper, Silvio worked as an Associate of a global management consulting firm. He is currently on an educational leave from that same firm and will rejoin their German office after completing his MBA. To further deepen his passion for the intersection of business and technology, Silvio is currently pursuing the Technology Leadership MBA Track, which is a joint offering of the Tepper School of Business and Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science.

Harsha Hegde, VP of Student Relations

Harsha Hegde graduated from Visveswaraiah Technological University, India as an Electronics and Communications Engineer. Prior to Tepper, Harsha worked in the software industry in India for 6 years at Manhattan Associates and Oracle. He has primarily worked in product development, developing enterprise products and solutions. He is passionate about technology and wants to collaborate with and learn from like minded people. At Tepper, he is concentrating in Marketing, Strategy and Organizational Behavior.

Daniel Dallala, VP of Technology

Daniel graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Computer Science. Always the early adopter, he is deeply passionate about technology and its potential to solve complex business problems. He has worked as Web Developer and Digital Marketing Consultant for Canada's biggest telecommunications company before coming to business school. Daniel is now pursuing the Technology Leadership Track at Tepper along with concentrations in marketing and entrepreneurship.

Gerald Vincent Teo, VP of Career Development

Gerald is an early adopter of various consumer technologies. His interest and passion for technology leads him to follow the trends of the industry by reading articles and experimenting on consumer and smart-home technologies. He aspires to be a technology evangelist or a product manager that aims to influence critical mass adoption of new software, hardware and infrastructure designs through exploring practical and unusual applications of current and emerging technology.

Graham Gibson, VP of Corporate Relations

Graham graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a degree in Management Science and a minor in Computer Science. Prior to attending Tepper, he worked for a technology startup company, ZoomSystems, for seven years. There, he applied his skills and passion for technology to bring to market robotic networked vending solutions for world-class brands such as Best Buy and Proactiv Solution. He is now pursuing the Management of Innovation and Product Development track, a joint collaboration between the Tepper School of Business and the CMU School of Design. He serves the B&T Club at Tepper as the VP of Corporate Relations.