Executive Team

  • Farrel Sudrajat | Head of Design

  • Manasa Lingireddy | Founder & Director of Buildspace

  • Niyati Trivedi | Founder & Director of BuildHER

  • Tim Avilov | Director of External Outreach

  • Harshitha Rebala | Director of Internal Outreach

  • Yasmine Shubber | Director of Communications

  • Aditi Rana | Social Communications Lead

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  • Benya Vahdat | Outreach Lead

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  • Kulbir Singh | Outreach Lead

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  • Winston Wihono | Outreach Lead

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  • Dhanshika Vijayaraj | Marketing Lead

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  • Gurucharan Lingamallu | Co-President

  • Hawa Drammeh | Co-President, Founder of cseed

Past Team Members

  • Judy Kang

    Co-Founder | Co-President | LinkedIn
    2023 - 2024

    Hello and welcome to cseed! My name is Judy and I’m a third-year student in Computer Science. Whether it is through creating a business, working on a project or starting a club like cseed, my goal is to find purpose by creating value through the work I do. I am very excited to get to know you and have you join me on this new experience!

  • Arman Mohammed

    Founding Team | Director of Outreach | LinkedIn
    2023 - 2024

    Hey guys, welcome to cseed. My name is Arman and I’m excited to lead outreach for cseed. I’m going into my third year in the Allen school, with a focus on Distributed Systems and Language Models. I want to remove the barriers to entry for tech entrepreneurship and provide you guys with an open environment to explore the entrepreneurship world. See you soon!

  • Sthiti Patnaik

    Founding Team | Director of Communications | Linkedin
    2023 - 2024

    Hey everyone, I'm Sthiti, a sophomore studying computer science at the Allen school! Entrepreneurship has been a big source of inspiration for me, so I am excited and thankful to have an opportunity to provide a platform that can inspire others. I can't wait to meet you all and see you at the next CSEED meeting :)

  • Eric Bae

    Founding Team | Communications | LinkedIn
    2023 - 2023

    Heya I'm Eric! I'm constantly curious about many different fields, like biology, space, and technology. As a second year studying Computer Science, my goal is to leave a positive impact on society and tech in as many ways as possible.

Advising Team

  • Kurtis Heimer | Faculty Advisor

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    Kurtis Heimerl is an Associate Professor at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering, and serves as a technical advisor at Madrona Venture Labs. He is dedicated to improving internet access, especially in underserved areas, and has co-founded Endaga, a mobile platform enabling independent cellular networks for rural communities, which was acquired by Meta.

  • Andrey Risukhin | Student Advisor

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    Andrey is a BS/MS student studying computer science & has been immersed within the entrepreneurial community @ UW since his freshman year.

  • Elias Belzberg | Student Advisor

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    I am a Senior at UW studying Computer Science. I have always had a creative mindset and got into programming because it is how people make things in the modern world. I am a Seattle local that transferred into the Allen School from North Seattle College.