Meet the Officers

Overview

The California Theta Chapter officer team is made up of eight Executive Board members and eight Chairpersons. The reasoning behind this specific number of Officers stems from the wisdom of having “too many cooks in the kitchen” and the reasoning why a larger team is not necessarily more efficient than a smaller one.

Executive Board

President

Lauren Van

She/Her
Lauren Van is a third-year electrical engineering student with a passion for blending creativity and technology in the entertainment industry. She is particularly interested in stage production lighting, and amusement park ride engineering. In her free time, she’s either studying foreign languages, baking cookies, or roller skating along the beach.
 

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Vice President Internal

Lexi Nguyen

She/They
Lexi Nguyen is a 2nd-Year Computer Science undergraduate concentrating in software development with a minor in cybersecurity. She also is an officer for another club on campus, Women in Computing. After graduation, she hopes to work in game development at an indie studio. Outside of academics, Lexi likes to illustrate and plays Dungeons and Dragons as hobbies.
 

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Vice President External

Khoa Vu

He/Him
Khoa Vu is a third-year student at California State University, Long Beach, where he is pursuing a degree in Computer Science with specialization in cybersecurity. He is also one of the recipients of the Edison STEM Scholarship, which has allowed him to further engage in his disciplinary study and career path. His interested in cybersecurity stems from his goal of protecting the significant of personal data and preventing unauthorized access. Upon completion of his undergraduate studies, he intends to apply for the government to further his knowledge of cybersecurity and progress toward a career as a security engineer.
 

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Corresponding Secretary

Nicholas Tsimerekis​

He/Him

Nicholas is a fourth year Computer Science student at CSULB. He currently works as a year-round software development intern at  NASA JPL for the Mars Science Laboratory mission (Curiosity Rover). Along with MSL, he also is a system administrator for the Sorin Laboratory here at CSULB.

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Treasurer

Daniel Antonio F.R.

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I’m Daniel Freire Rosales, a Senior Mechanical Engineering student at California State University, Long Beach, pursuing a double major in Mechanical Engineering and Physics. As a Navy veteran and first-generation college student, I bring over eight years of experience in Clinical Laboratory Science to my engineering studies. I’m passionate about AI development, nanoscale manufacturing, and currently looking forward to an interdisciplinary masters ’s in Computational Engineering.

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Chairs

Webmaster

Bryan Tineo Ccasani

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Bryan, a fourth year computer science major with a minor in Cyber Security, is gearing up for a 2025 graduation and a future in software engineering. He’s skilled in developing APIs and integrating them with React. With a passion for learning new programming languages, Bryan also finds joy outside of coding, whether it’s playing his guitar, tennis, or basketball. As the society’s webmaster, he’s eager to contribute in the coming semesters.

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Professional Development Chair

Marx Guzman

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Marx Guzman Castro is an Electrical Engineering student concentrating in Control Systems. After graduation, he plans to work in the Aerospace Industry, focusing on Electronics for Radar and RF. In his free time, he enjoys going to concerts, playing video games, watching movies, and shows, and exploring food places!

Advisory Board

Chapter Advisor

Chris Braga

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Chris is an electrical engineer graduate student with an emphasis in power, with plans to graduate in Spring 2023 and pursue a career working with green energy, batteries, or electric vehicles. They are honored to serve as co-president of the California Theta chapter and look forward to welcoming more members into the chapter. Chris’s favourite colour is purple; if you see someone in the Tau Beta Pi office with a purple water bottle, purple phone case, purple dance bag, and purple keyboard, that’s probably Chris. In their free time, Chris enjoys ballet, writing, and playing Dungeons and Dragons as a Dungeon Master (they, of course, own many purple dice sets).