Rising Professional Achievement Award
Jamal Madni M.S. ’08, M.S. ’12
Co-Founder & CEO, Ingage
Jamal Madni is Co-Founder & CEO of Ingage, a company intersecting artificial intelligence and human connection by developing a behavioral signal analytics-videoconferencing platform to help individuals better read and react to the virtual boardroom, exam room and classroom. Before starting technology entrepreneurship, Madni was Managing Director of Enterprise Technology Strategy for Boeing. In this capacity, he spearheaded the company’s integrated research and development road mapping, internal boutique technology assessments and technical due diligence for corporate mergers and acquisitions. His prior roles at Boeing included program management of the radio frequency-integrated electronics payload suite for NISAR, which is the world’s most expensive Earth imaging satellite. Furthermore, as a Boeing software engineer, Madni designed and developed a machine-learning system for “spacecraft disease diagnosis,” which was a variant of his thesis work in wireless health at UCLA. For these efforts, Madni has been recognized by national and international organizations such as the Ellis Island Honor Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers International, Space & Satellite Professional International, Institute of Engineering and Technology and The Engineers’ Council. Passionate about organizational culture, Jamal founded the da Vinci Summit, named North America’s Employee Engagement Project of the Year in 2017. As a social entrepreneur, Madni created a college application preparatory program, which has helped more than 50 first-generation, low-income, underrepresented minority students pursue STEM-based higher education. In addition to his double master‘s degrees from UCLA, Madni graduated with another master’s degree in management from Stanford Graduate School of Business as a Robert Joss Scholar.
