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

Vice President Internal
Lexi Nguyen
She/They

Vice President External
Khoa Vu
He/Him

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.

Treasurer
Daniel Antonio F.R.
he/him
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.
Chairs

Webmaster
Bryan Tineo Ccasani
he/him
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.

Professional Development Chair
Marx Guzman
he/him
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
they/them
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).