Abdo brings over 10 years of marketing and analytics experience to the Informatics Advisory Board. She was a member of the inaugural Informatics class and worked as a Research Analyst at the UW, studying people’s interaction with technology following graduation.

Since then, Abdo has been an integral part of two startups that were acquired, including NetConversions, where she helped develop the company’s website optimization practice. NetConversions was bought by aQuantive, and then Microsoft in 2008. In 2009, Abdo joined a TV advertising and analytics agency, PrecisionDemand (Lucid Commerce), where she helped build an agency from the ground up and managed the company’s key accounts. PrecisionDemnand was acquired by Adap.TV in 2013. Jenny spent three years working in senior management with CDK Global before moving on to Amazon.

As an Enterprise Information Architect in the Information Architecture group within Boeing Information Technology's (Boeing IT) Information Management (IM) organization, Kevin Cushman works with members of IT and the business in the areas of information architecture, information management, data warehousing, business intelligence, governance, data quality, information asset management, master data management, content management, and process development.

Prior to his current role, Cushman held several different positions within the engineering and information systems/technology fields. Cushman started in Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 1991 as a Manufacturing Engineer supporting the 747 and 767 programs. From 1993 to 1996, he was a senior Tool Design Engineer supporting the mechanical handling equipment for the 747 and 767 programs. In 1996, Cushman transitioned to the information systems field becoming Data Management Specialist on Boeing Commercial Airplane's (BCA) Define and Control Airplane Configuration / Manufacturing Resource Management (DCAC/MRM) program. He was a member of the Data Conversion organization and represented his organization on the program's Integrated Design Team (IDT) as well as leading the efforts to define and prepare the engineering related data for conversion into the to-be DCAC systems. Following DCAC/MRM, Cushman transitioned into the BCA's Information Systems Transformation (IST) program where the role of the Information Architect was established. He participated in domain validations representing information architecture and was part of the team that established the BCA Computing Governance process.

In 2008, Cushman was a member of the first graduating class of BCA's Leadership Development Excellence (LDE) program. Cushman serves as a Boeing focal to the University of Washington's Information School as part of Boeing's Enterprise University Relations program, a position he has held since 2006. Cushman served in the Minnesota Army National Guard and Washington Army National Guard as an infantry soldier from 1986 to 1992 and achieved the rank of Sergeant E-5 (a Non-Commissioned Officer).

Cushman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of North Dakota (1991), a master's degree in Business Administration from Seattle University (1994) and a Master of Science degree in Information Management from the University of Washington (2005).

Paul Hutchison is the SVP of Enterprise Program Management and Business Solutions at BECU. He currently leads Program Management for all technical projects while also driving solution definition of BECU Technology products.

Hutchison has more than 30 years of leadership experience in the high-tech and financial services industries. Prior roles include leading IBM’s AI, Data, and Transformation Consulting for the U.S. Financial Services Practice, VP of IBM’s Blockchain Business in Asia/Pacific, President of E*Trade Financial Services, Global COO of Alight (formerly NGA), and SVP of Product and Operations at Fidelity Investments.

Hutchison has a BS in Computer Science from Randolph-Macon College and a MA in Organizational Change and Leadership from Liberty University. He is currently a Doctoral candidate at the University of Southern California. His scholarly studies focus on closing the racial wealth gap in the United States by leveraging technology and community banking to support entrepreneurship in historically marginalized communities.

Taurean Jones has more than 20 years of experience leading product design, operations, research, visual design, and design education. In his current role as the Director of Design at Intuit, he spearheads a global experience organization for the developer ecosystem, driving innovation to enable Developer Velocity across Intuit's consumer and commercial applications — including QuickBooks, TurboTax, Mailchimp, and CreditKarma — serving 100 million customers. Jones also sits on the Board of Design at Intuit for the One Intuit Design Community (OIDC) and is a key stakeholder in shaping the design function at the company.

Nicole Maclean is the vice president for UX at Delinea. Prior to her current role, she was director of product design at Tableau Software, and before that, a UX design lead at Google, developing data analytics products for the Google Cloud platform. She has been in the user experience design field for more than 15 years. Maclean began her career as an information architect focused on e-commerce at Nordstrom, then spent seven years leading UX design and research for news websites and mobile apps at The Seattle Times. From 2014-2017, she was the director of user experience Design for Getty Images, an industry-leading provider of creative and news imagery and video. 

Maclean is a 2003 graduate of the iSchool's MLIS program. She has an undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Irvin MacQuarrie had a 13-year career in consulting and software development working primarily with technologies connected to SharePoint. His most recent FTE role was as a Principal Developer for Liberty Mutual.  Over the years, he worked for a wide variety of organizations such as 5 years as a Senior Developer with the Actuarial Consulting Company, Milliman. He spent many years doing contract and consulting with organizations like Microsoft, Intellinet, iSoftstone, Sana Biotechnology, EMC,  Seattle Public Schools, 3Sharp, Green Rubino, and Engine Interactive.  

Five years ago, MacQuarrie chose to leave the grind of the tech world behind to pursue other passions. He founded a Sports travel agency just prior to the Pandemic. He decided to get outside where he teaches and coaches tennis. He teaches private lessons (where he has many tech clients).  He is the head tennis coach at both an inner city school, Rainier Beach High School, as well as a private catholic school, Kennedy Catholic High School. These jobs provide for different and often opposite challenges.  

MacQuarrie migrated to the great Northwest from his home state of Florida to attend the University of Washington and was immediately attracted to the moderate summers and the natural beauty. He made his way to the Informatics program by way of the Business school and graduated with a B.S. in Informatics in 2005. He is an avid athlete curious about the world and looks to find ways to give back and invest in the lives of others.

Dave Miller has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington, but has developed a career primarily in software engineering. He began his career in Detroit in manufacturing support, returned to Seattle to work in CAD/CAM, then transitioned to product development in the Cable TV industry. Miller is currently in cybersecurity as the Software Engineering Manager for the Platform group at ExtraHop.

Naqvi specializes in exploiting emerging technologies to transform business practices and outcomes from the status quo to the yet unimagined.  Her current position of Global Vice President for Enterprise Applications at Avanade demands vision and thought leadership on the evolving role of enterprise information technology.  As a veteran technology evangelist, she is a driving force in defining the digital workplace, leading cloud transformation, innovating digital service design, and exploiting enterprise data toward digital disruption.  She is a thought leader in social and mobile computing across the enterprise.  Naqvi recognizes the impact of change on organizations and is adept at leading teams through change with courage and compassion.  She is an unabashed supporter of women in technology and business leadership.

Naqvi has a broad background in both information technology and consulting.  She has led development of collaboration and customer relationship management solutions, as well as mobile applications, for clients across a wide range of industries. Her previous experience includes establishing a global IT transformation roadmap for Fortune-300 manufacturing and financial services firm Paccar, and leading a highly successful combined business/IT strategic planning initiative at Western Wireless. Prior to those accomplishments, she managed a $10 million portfolio across three regions for Novell. Naqvi began her career at Cambridge Technology Partners where she contributed to building an e-commerce consulting practice that increased company revenue by 50 percent during her tenure.

Naqvi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Telecommunications and Electronics and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science. She serves on the Board for the Informatics Program at the University of Washington. She is a member of the mentor program at the Foster School at the University of Washington.

Brian O'Donnell creates best-in-class digital solutions that deliver tangible business benefits. For example, he developed the strategic plan and lead the re-engineering effort of the core operations platform for a high-growth retail SaaS company, creating a solution that can scale to 300,000 transactions weekly and manage millions of dollars in financial purchases. His background in enterprise architecture and cloud platforms, combined with the experience of building two cloud businesses, enables him to bring a unique blend of business and technical aptitude to clients’ challenges.

His career journey has common threads that run throughout as an entrepreneur, business leader, and technology professional. In these capacities, he has found professional fulfillment in building teams and organizational capabilities, growing strategic partnerships and channels, and collaborating with clients on initiatives that have measurable impact on performance. In 2006, he co-founded Attunix, a cloud services provider. Over a dozen years, he guided its growth to a firm of more than 70 people – and, just as importantly to him, one recognized as a best workplace in the region before selling it in 2018. He holds a degree in business administration from Gonzaga University. 

Jamie Prins is a product leader who has worked at Amazon for over 10 years. Currently she is a principal in Alexa, where she spearheaded the launch of Alexa's first masculine-sounding voice worldwide. She previously managed Alexa's North Star team which oversees Alexa's research catalog, usability testing, and voice design training programs. Prior to Alexa, she drove product management and marketing for Kindle Education and Amazon Logistics.  

Before joining Amazon, Prins worked at Forum One, where she managed UX projects for clients in public health and education, including the Gates Foundation and Department of Education. Formerly, Prins was a strategist for Razorfish, where she leveraged her expertise in human-centered design to build their global site optimization and web analytics practice with Fortune 100 companies.
 
Prins has a B.S. in Informatics (4th cohort) and has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Washington. 

David Wu has spent his career in the management consulting industry, helping organizations use information technology to solve business problems. Wu joined Point B as a senior associate in 1997, bringing an extensive technology background and strong project leadership experience to his clients. He became CIO of Point B in 2008. Prior to joining Point B, he spent several years as a technical architect in the technology group at Andersen Consulting.

Wu currently serves on the CIO Council for NPower Northwest and is actively involved with his church and growing family. He received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington in 1990.