 I'm Jackson Sanders, a senior from Short Hills, New Jersey, studying electrical engineering, focusing on controls with minors in computer science and mathematics. And I welcome you to the 2021 Distinguished Engineering Alumni, Alumni Awards. As a future innovation maker, I'm aiming for impact. Along with my senior design team, we've developed a rudimentary, high-performance yet low-cost digital logic analyzer, refining both the product and the business plan to bring this to market. Away from my studies, I serve as the director of internal development for the Purdue Engineering Student Council and am the alumni coordinator for the National Association of Engineering Student Councils. I am also the facilities manager for Ada Kappa New Honor Society, working to ensure the HKN Student Lounge stays open for ECE students, faculty, and staff to interact, bond, and take a break. I'm honored to introduce the 2021 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award recipients from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. First, is Lila Ibrahim, known for her ability to blend the technical expertise with a skilful and creative leadership. She's helped to grow some of the world's leading technology companies, impacting millions. Her career in the field began when she became the first Purdue student to co-op with Intel Corporation. This experience accelerated her transition into full-time employment with the company, where she was integral in making higher-performing computers more accessible for personal and work use through technologies like the Pentium processor. Ibrahim understands the correlation between future success and available technology to students. At Intel Corporation, she allowed various efforts, including the Educational Platform Group, developing tech solutions for K-12 classrooms around the world. She co-founded the nonprofit Team for Tech, immersing tech professionals in education service learning in developing countries. And she created computer labs at Drew's Orphanage in Lebanon where her father was raised. In her persistent pursuit of the next giant leap, Ibrahim, as CEO of DeepMind, leads 500 people in engineering, virtual environments, and operations pursuing reasonable AI research and innovation. Her exceptional impact has been recognized by a Henry Crown Fellowship from the Aspen Institute and the Anita Borg Institute Award for social impact. For her noteworthy managerial and entrepreneurial success in leading multiple venture capital and tech companies growth efforts by creating frameworks for performance management, technological infrastructure, portfolio development, initiatives, business models, and firm-wide operating processes, the College of Engineering is proud to present the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award to Lila Ibrahim. Our next honoree is Akshay Kothari, who is assisting millions of people to stay informed, connect, and work more efficiently. He created, co-founded, and was CEO of Pulse, an award-winning newsreader app named to the Apple App Store Hall of Fame. The application helps users keep their fingers on the Pulse of Life by redefining news so that access to your favorite content is provided in a comprehensive interface. To date, Pulse has 30 million users in more than 190 countries and more than 750 of the world's leading publishers distributing their content through the app. Two years later, LinkedIn purchased Pulse and Kothari joins the team to lead the integration of the app into their product space. Subsequently, he became head of LinkedIn India, the company's second largest market with 50 million members and 800 employees, and then served as product vice president and head of international for the company. Always in persistent pursuit of the next giant leap, he is currently COO of Notion, a pioneering tech company bringing workflow and tools together into a powerful and efficient all-in-one workspace in the San Francisco Bay area. For his enterprising achievements in developing a newsreader interface app, redefining how viewers on social media access content that became one of the fastest-growing consumer products inside the LinkedIn platform, the College of Engineering is proud to present the Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award to Akshay Kothari. To learn more about how Purdue influenced these honorees, please click on their video link below. Boiler up and hail Purdue.