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Alumni

2017 Jalil Diaz de la Peña (ISyE) married the partner he met at USD during his final semester. He is currently pursuing an MBA part-time at USD, while working as the production manager for a food manufacturing company in San Diego. He is expected to graduate in the summer of 2026. Aaron Huott (ME) is continuing to support the Armed Forces and ensure fleet readiness as an aerospace engineer at Naval Air Systems Command. His free time is spent with his wife and two young kids enjoying beautiful San Diego. Ian Lituchy (EE) recently co-founded Leadoff.ai — a SaaS sales data and analysis platform that provides an understanding of how the best sales reps sell to win deals. He currently serves as the CTO of the company and stays involved with USD as an advisor of Beta Theta Pi.

The Immaculata. When not climbing, surfing and spoiling their cat, Peakey, the couple is planning their wedding next year in La Jolla.

Jasmine Garcia (ISyE) is an industrial engineer at Abbott, currently supporting capacity improvements for the recently FDA-approved Esprit BTK — a product that treats Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia. Garcia is also a professional photographer. On April 19, 2025 in Temecula, California, she married Andrew Smith, whom she started dating during her junior year at USD.

Undergraduate Engineering and Computer Science Alumni Updates

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BLAKE DUNKLEBERGER MAARON BEA

philanthropy and outreach chair for the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering Alumni Council. In her free time, she and her husband, Nick ’27 (BS, Real Estate), enjoy traveling the world. Last year, they were able to spend November exploring the breathtaking wonders of New Zealand and Australia. Blake Dunkleberger (ME) recently started a new position as COO at a privately-owned machine shop. He plans to apply the skills he gained working under Steve Saxer and Sam Burt at the USD machine shop to his new position while continuing to pursue his running career.

2009 Rich Sanchez (EE) is a technical director overseeing rapid‑prototyping initiatives for the United States Space Force. He recently earned a Master of Science in Cyber Security Engineering from USD and received a scholarship to pursue a doctorate in AI and machine learning at George Washington University in Fall 2025.

TROY PASCOE MIRA MAE

2020 Mira Mae (ME) is an artist, yoga instructor and entrepreneur. She uses her problem-solving in myriad creative ways to maximize her life’s contentment. She’s currently engineering a garden.

BORIS FRATKIN LAUREN HOFFMAN

2016 Boris Fratkin (ME) and (MAS-AESE, UCSD) was the senior mechanical engineering manager of Functions and Operations at Cubic Defense, where he led the mechanical, manufacturing and logistics teams for the Air Ranges division. He supported U.S. and international military programs, including the P5 missile pods featured in Top Gun . Based in San Diego, Boris recently bought a home and enjoys chasing after his energetic 2-year-old son, David.

JASMINE GARCIA

Mark Sasaki (ME) started a new position in June 2024 as mechanical engineer at HK Lighting in Thousand Oaks, California. He enjoys working in design and manufacturing on outdoor and architectural lighting fixtures. Sasaki loves spending life with his wife and two children, ages 2 and 4. Together, they spend much time with books, trains and ballet. They’re expecting a third child in December 2025.

RICH SANCHEZ CLARK FLEMING

2013 Clark Fleming (ME) recently joined his family’s business, Fleming Electric, Inc., as head of sales engineering. Fleming has worked in renewables since graduating from USD. He and his wife, Cierra, welcomed their second baby girl in August 2025. Their first daughter, Amelia, turned 2 in February.

Juan Pablo Galindo-DeWitt (ISyE) became a change architect, working for a multinational company, Bimbo Bakeries, traveling across the West Coast to provide training in continuous improvement methodologies. He then spent three years as a regional project manager PMO responsible for U.S. sweet baked goods, engineering and Mexico imports.

IAN LITUCHY DEVYN BRYANT

2018 Devyn Bryant (ME) is pursuing the opportunity to become a Chick-fil-A franchisee. He currently serves as the director of operations at Chick-fil-A Clairemont and remains an active member of the Torero Football Club.

Jazmyn Gonzalez (IntE) is a Multimedia Specialist II at the

Imperial Public Health Department, where she enhances the website’s user experience and boosts its social media presence. She also collaborates with Odesma Dalrymple, PhD, on developing new websites and branding for various partnerships at USD. Troy Pascoe (ME) proposed to his college sweetheart, Brooke Zalud (ME) , in December 2024 in front of

Lauren Hoffman (ME ) completed her PhD in chemical engineering at UC San Diego and is now a postdoctoral researcher at UCLouvain in Belgium, working with François Massonnet. She leads statistical modeling in the ArcticWATCH project, using machine learning and explainable AI to study Arctic Sea ice decline and to tease apart internal variability from the anthropogenic trend.

MARK SASAKI

2019 Maaron Bea (ME) is an AI product leader at Intuit working to accelerate financial software experiences for businesses globally. Maaron continues to participate in the USD alumni community and serves as the

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