BRUCE SCHECHTER, ADVISOR, CONSULTANT AND INVESTORSeptember 28-October 4, 2025
BS Physics and Math (Purdue University), MS Computer Science (Stanford University)
Bruce Schechter is an active advisor, consultant or investor in a variety of technology startups, including Life360, BigML, Carbon Lighthouse, Illumeo and more. He is a member of the Band of Angels, Silicon Valley’s oldest organized angel investor organization. Schechter began his career at Intel Corporation in 1980 and there he served a 17-year tenure in a variety of roles, including fab process engineering, microprocessor product management, the corporate strategy group, and director of online marketing in the Corporate Marketing Group. Bruce was on the founding team of Pandesic LLC, a pioneering eCommerce cloud service provider, where he served as director of operations management and later director of strategic alliances.
Schechter is active in mentoring student entrepreneurs at both Stanford University and Purdue University and is active in non-profit work, including his role as founder and President Emeritus of the Intel Alumni Network, a worldwide network of former Intel employees with focus on thought leadership, and as co-founder/co-chairman of Purdue SVBIG (Silicon Valley Boilermaker Innovation Group), a group of esteemed Purdue alums offering mentorship to startups arising out of Purdue. He also serves on the Dean’s Leadership Council (DLC) for the College of Science.
Bruce received a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Math from Purdue University, where he graduated with highest honors and Phi Beta Kappa and, much later (at age 49), received a master's in computer science from Stanford University.
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TOPIC AREAS: Technology Startups, Innovation, Investing, Technology, Marketing, Silicon Valley, Semiconductors, Microprocessors, Mentoring
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ERIKA STEUTERMAN, MAJOR GENERAL (RETIRED), U.S. AIR FORCEOctober 1-8, 2025
Major General Erika Steuterman retired from the United States Air Force in February 2011 after 34 years of service, both active-duty and reserve. Erika graduated from Purdue University in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts in Language and earned her Master of Business Administration from the Krannert School of Management in 1977. She was commissioned into the United States Air Force in May 1977.
A career intelligence officer, Major General Steuterman served with the Air Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency and US European Command in Stuttgart, Germany, among many others. She deployed in 2003 as the director of the Information Operations Coordination Element at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and missions in the Horn of Africa.
Major General Steuterman has served on many boards of directors at the state and community levels, including the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, Wabash Center, United Way and the YWCA Foundation Board. She currently serves on the Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Merit Board, BATS, Inc. and the Friendship House Board of Directors.
Major General Steuterman was recently awarded the Sagamore of the Wabash by former Governor Eric Holcomb.
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TOPIC AREAS: Communications, Leadership, Public Service, Work/Life Balance, Special Needs Population
BRIAN BRYAN, FBI SPECIAL AGENT (RET.)November 5-9, 2025
BA in Spanish (Purdue University), MS Industrial Technology (Purdue University)
After earning a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Purdue University’s College of Liberal Arts in 1991, Brian went on to receive a master’s degree from Purdue’s School of Industrial Technology in 1993. Early in his career, Brian took on roles prior to law enforcement, working at UPS and later as a department manager in water sports at Galyan’s Sporting Goods stores in Ohio and Indiana. These formative years helped build a foundation of discipline, leadership and people skills.
In 1998, Brian joined the FBI, launching a career in federal law enforcement. Brian began as a case agent in the San Francisco division, handling a range of investigations including drug trafficking organizations and international terrorism before being selected for an undercover assignment in South Carolina. There, Brian formulated a drug task force dismantling drug networks leading to the arrests and convictions of a significant number of individuals. The task force’s effectiveness made he and his family a target, resulting in credible death threats and necessitating a transfer.
Relocated to Tennessee, Brian spent three years undercover, focusing on corruption within law enforcement, which culminated in the successful prosecution of multiple corrupt police officers and federal agents.
Eventually assigned to another division in Tennessee, Brian has since specialized in long-term undercover operations involving public corruption. His efforts have played a key role in high-profile investigations targeting mayors, district attorneys and city officials across multiple states.
TOPIC AREAS: Law Enforcement, Strategic Thinking, Public Service, Undercover Work, Investigations, Careers in Liberal Arts
CHRIS JONES, DIRECTOR OF ROBOTIC POWER TOOLS, STRYKERJanuary 28 - February 4 , 2026
BS Electrical Technology (Purdue University), MBA (Ball State)
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TOPIC AREAS: Leadership, Team Building, Complex Product Development, Structured Problem Solving, Mentoring, Boy Scouts of America, General Aviation
JENI ARNDT, MAYOR, FORT COLLINS, COLORADOFebruary 18-24, 2026
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TOPIC AREAS: Coming soon
AMY HESS, FORMER EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FBIMarch 4-10, 2026
BS Aeronautical Engineering (Purdue University)
With more than 34 years of experience in public safety, Amy Hess has held leadership roles across federal, state and local government. She currently serves as executive advisor in Kentucky’s Department of Criminal Justice Training, after having served in a similar position in the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. As Chief of Public Safety for Louisville Metro Government, she played a key role in the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest in 2020-2021.
For the previous 29 years, Hess was a special agent and senior executive in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with assignments in Kansas City, Louisville, Tucson, Afghanistan, Memphis, Quantico, and Washington, D.C. Her FBI career culminated with promotion to special agent in charge of two field offices and executive assistant director of two branches at FBI headquarters, where she oversaw the entirety of the agency’s criminal and cyber investigations, international operations, science and technology capabilities and worldwide response to crisis events. She currently resides in Louisville and holds a degree in aeronautical/astronautical engineering from Purdue University.
TOPIC AREAS: Technology, Public Service, Safety, Government Relations, Science and Technology as it Relates to Law Enforcement and National Security, Crisis Management, Policy and Legislation.