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Each year, the Center for Digital Strategies welcomes a cohort of CDS Associates who advance our mission of exploring how technology enables innovation, strengthens organizations, and reshapes the global business landscape.

The 2025–2026 CDS Associates represent a remarkably diverse group of leaders whose experiences span cloud infrastructure, analytics, robotics, AI-powered product development, national economic policy, hospitality innovation, social impact, and entrepreneurial ventures. This year’s cohort includes individuals who have helped design sovereign digital bond programs, launched patented robotics technologies for warehouse automation, built and scaled data-driven startups, and led product teams creating cutting-edge AI features used by thousands of customers. Others have advised Fortune 50 companies on digital strategy, strengthened inclusion in financial services, modernized government technology, and driven transformation across consumer, travel, healthcare, and energy industries.

They bring perspectives shaped by remarkable experiences: advising governments on financial policy, designing patented robotics solutions, leading large-scale hospitality teams, building AI-enabled products, driving civic engagement initiatives, contributing to military operations and leadership development, launching consumer startups, and even competing professionally in e-sports. Together, they reflect the multidisciplinary perspective that defines digital strategy today: a blend of technical fluency, creativity, operational excellence, and human-centered thinking.

Each year’s cohort is selected through a competitive application process that evaluates students across several dimensions central to the mission of the Center for Digital Strategies. Applicants are assessed on their demonstrated interest in technology and digital transformation, their professional and academic experiences, and their ability to contribute meaningfully to center programming and discussions. The selection committee also looks for evidence of thoughtful leadership, curiosity about the strategic implications of emerging technologies, and a commitment to strengthening the Tuck community. This intentional process ensures that each Associate brings both depth in their own domain and the mindset needed to engage with complex digital challenges alongside peers from diverse backgrounds.

We invite you to explore the profiles below and get to know each of our 27 Associates who will help shape CDS in the year ahead.

 

Mir Baquri

• Hometown: London, England 
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Ledyard Canoe Club
• Fun fact: Mir is nerdy about science.
• Digital essential: Microsoft To-Do
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Espresso
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: Tannhauser Overture by Wagner (conducted by Barenboim)
• Before Tuck: Advisor to the Economics Minister – His Majesty’s Treasury (UK)

Guyanna Bedington

• Hometown: San Diego, California 
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Woodstock
• Fun fact: Guyanna can walk on her hands.
• Digital essential: Chat GPT
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Black coffee and a Cliff bar.
• Before Tuck: Investment Analyst, Sellwood Investment Partners

Maddie Beecher

• Hometown: Marlborough, Massachusetts / Madison, Connecticut
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Hanover River Trail (great swimming area for my dog, Shadow!)
• Fun fact: Maddie is really good at Mahjong.
• Digital essential: Notion to organize my career goals, project portfolio, networking tracker, and company dream list
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Cold brew from Dirt Cowboy
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: Charli XCX’s Brat album
• Before Tuck: Deputy Program Development Director, Kamala Harris for President

Vivek Bhagat

• Hometown: Pune, India
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Campion Ice Rink
• Fun fact: Vivek loves solving puzzles (sudoku, kakuro, mathdoku, or anything!)
• Digital essential: Kindle
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Caramel macchiato
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: Wanderer by Ensiferum
• Before Tuck: Director, Founder’s Office, Rightbot Technologies

Amos Cariati

• Hometown: Providence, Rhode Island
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Baker-Berry Library – Tower Room looking out over The Green
• Fun fact: Amos has played the violin since he was 4.
• Digital essential: Wireless, noise-cancelling, over-the-ear headphones
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Gummy bears
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: My ~40hr long Country music playlist
• Before Tuck: Senior Customer Success Manager, Dover

Abdulmalik Carim

• Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Mt Moosilauke
• Fun fact: Abdulmalik used to be in a choir.
• Digital essential: Apple watch
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Trail mix
• Before Tuck: Product Engineering Specialist, Atmus Filtration Technologies

Nate Chou

• Hometown: Cerritos, California
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Joe Hall’s office
• Fun fact: Nate spent the last 2 years before Tuck backpacking the world and has visited 44 countries in total.
• Digital essential: Password manager
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Black coffee 
• Before Tuck: Cofounder & CEO, VulnFree

Hunter Clark

• Hometown: McLean, Virginia
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: A frozen Lake Morey
• Fun fact: Hunter’s aunt was a teacher at Hanover High and taught Dean Slaughter’s son.
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Sour gummy worms
• Before Tuck: Operations Manager, Group Trips, Indagare Travel

Joe Guthart

• Hometown: San Francisco, California
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Dartmouth Skiway
• Fun fact: Joe loves to backcountry ski.
• Digital essential: Spotify
• Study snack / caffeine fix: French Press Coffee
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: Sugar We’re Going Down – Fall Out Boy
• Before Tuck: Project Manager, Finance Business Process Reengineering, Apple

Spencer Hogan

• Hometown: Middletown, New York
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Oak Hill XC Ski Center
• Fun fact: Spencer had a stint as a professional photographer.
• Digital essential: Whoop (Fitness Tracker)
• Study snack / caffeine fix: An espresso and some dark chocolate
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: The Tragically Hip’s greatest hits! (The greatest 90s Canadian Rock band)
• Before Tuck: Consulting Associate, Kearney

Tari Kandemiri

• Hometown: Silver Spring, Maryland
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Lucky’s Coffee Garage
• Fun fact: Tari is helping build the Zimbabwe National Women’s & Men’s Lacrosse teams! #OlympicsBound
• Digital essential: My iPad
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Cappuccino with oat milk and brown sugar
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: Any and all jazz playlists on YouTube and Spotify
• Before Tuck: Founder & CEO, Hama Beauty

Sathya Keerthi

• Hometown: Originally from Chennai, India but has been in Boston for the last 5 years.
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Norwich!
• Fun fact: Sathya can solve the Rubik’s cube in under 30 seconds!…and he has written a book about Physics!
• Digital essential: Gadget – AirPods, App – Google Maps!
• Study snack / caffeine fix: homemade Chai with Ginger and Cardamom
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: Classical Music, anything from Mozart to Paganini!
• Before Tuck: Chef de Cuisine, Boston Harbor Hotel

Adah Lindquist

• Hometown: Wayne, Pennsylvania
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Still exploring!
• Fun fact: Adah is a certified yoga instructor.
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Addicted to coffee
• Before Tuck: Data Strategy and Communications Lead, Enterprise Transformation, Liberty Mutual Insurance

Matt Neal

• Hometown: Santa Barbara, California
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Dunks 2.0 once it reopens
• Fun fact: Matt can balance a broom on his nose like a seal.
• Digital essential: Chat GPT
• Before Tuck: Consultant, Deloitte Consulting

Margaret Palko

• Hometown: Collegeville, Pennsylvania
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: POST
• Fun fact: Margaret loves to draw and doodle! She hopes to make her own stickers someday.
• Digital essential: Procreate!
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Matcha covered almonds
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: Mess – Noah Kahan
• Before Tuck: Senior Associate, Strategy & Operations, DoorDash

Samrat Patel

• Hometown: North Stonington, Connecticut
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Broken Hearts Burger
• Fun fact: Samrat was a press photographer for one of the last major conferences in NY before COVID, Vogue Knitting Live 2020.
• Digital essential: Outlook!! I mainly digest news through newsletters (~20/day)
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Double espresso followed by a black coffee
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: Lots of EDM
• Before Tuck: Consultant, L.E.K. Consulting

Alankrita Patil

• Hometown: Mumbai, India
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Pine Park, Tuckerbox
• Digital essential: Big Excel fan
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Matcha/lightly salted nuts
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: Eye of the tiger!
• Before Tuck: Logistics Planning Advisor, ExxonMobil

Cecily Power

• Hometown: Newton, Massachusetts
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Woodstock Farmer’s Market
• Digital essential: New York Times Cooking app
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Cold Brew
• Before Tuck: Product Manager, aPriori Technologies

Calogero Ramirez

• Hometown: Falls Church, Virginia
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Base Camp Cafe
• Fun fact: Calogero has built a digital speaker from scratch (procuring pieces from electronics vendors and designing the enclosure).
• Digital essential: Oura Ring
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Blueberry Luna Bar
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: Nice to Each Other – Olivia Dean
• Before Tuck: Staff Engineer, Stryker

Julie Sanduski

• Hometown: Pleasantville, New York (lately Seattle, Washington)
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Still North
• Fun fact: Julie can be found crabbing on her paddleboard in the summer.
• Digital essential: A good ol’ cast iron skillet
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Too much coffee
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: Whatever my discovery weekly is on spotify
• Before Tuck: Senior Product Designer, Pioneer Square Labs

Lars Erik Schönander

• Hometown: Larchmont, New York
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Lou’s
• Fun fact: Lars is a triplet! He has two sisters.
• Digital essential: The Apple calendar app. 
• Study snack / caffeine fix: A Nutella sandwich.
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: Salvatore Ganacci – Fight Dirty
• Before Tuck: Policy Technologist & Research Fellow, Foundation for American Innovation

Sehaj Seli

• Hometown: Chandigarh, India
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Giles Trail
• Fun fact: Sehaj is artistically inclined and enjoys painting. 
• Digital essential: ChatGPT, notebookLM
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Cappuccino
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: It’ll all work out
• Before Tuck: Senior Account Director, LinkedIn

Tanya Shah

• Hometown: New Delhi, India
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Giles Mountain Trail
• Fun fact: Tanya enjoys singing and playing the guitar!
• Digital essential: Google Maps
• Study snack / caffeine fix: A banana and black coffee; other times a diet coke!
• Before Tuck: Senior Manager, Founder’s Office, ApnaKlub

Alex Seokmin Sohn

• Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Han Fusion
• Fun fact: Alex used to be a competitive e-sports game player (almost 15 years ago).
• Digital essential: Outlook App
• Study snack / caffeine fix: I always drink Iced Americano even during the cold winter
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: Luke Combs playlist
• Before Tuck: Manager, Data Center Hardware Procurement, NAVER Cloud

Jen Spadaro

• Hometown: Mystic, Connecticut 
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Putnam’s Vineyard
• Fun fact: Jen was a ballerina growing up.
• Digital essential: My AirPods!
• Study snack / caffeine fix: AWAKE Chocolate (caffeinated chocolate bites!)
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: “This Is Taylor Swift” on Spotify
• Before Tuck: Strategy Senior Consultant, Deloitte Consulting

Jack Thompson

• Hometown: Cary, North Carolina
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: The local wooded walking trails. 
• Fun fact: Jack went skydiving in Hawaii last year. 
• Digital essential: GrapheneOS
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Dark Chocolate >90%
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: Frank Sinatra’s Greatest Hits
• Before Tuck: Infantry Officer, United States Marine Corps

   

Simone Wasbin

• Hometown: San Clemente, California
• Favorite place in the Upper Valley: Quechee
• Fun fact: Simone is currently learning Russian to be able to talk with extended family abroad
• Digital essential: Chat GPT
• Study snack / caffeine fix: Dark chocolate peanut buttercups
• Soundtrack for recruiting/finals: “relaxing classical guitar” playlist on spotify
• Before Tuck: Senior Product Manager, Everlaw

We are grateful to this year’s Associates for the energy, talent, and perspective they bring to the Center for Digital Strategies. We look forward to the impact they will make across Tuck and beyond in the year ahead.