Raka Sandell
Vice President of Project Management, Campus Advantage

Sandell has over 20 years of experience in process improvement and operational optimization
across various industries spanning semiconductors, computers and information technology.
As the vice president of project management at Campus Advantage, a leader in off-campus
housing. Raka brings her diverse set of experiences to help structure and successfully
execute projects across the company. Previously, she was responsible for managing
and executing significant projects at companies such as Motorola, AMD, Dell and Northrop
Grumman.
Sandell is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management
Institute (PMI)). She has published papers on modeling and simulation analysis of supply chain planning
at various conferences including the Winter Simulation Conference sponsored by INFORMS
and IEEE.
Education
University of Texas at Austin, M.S. — Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
Delhi Institute of Technology, B.S. — Instrumentation Engineering
Presentations
Sandell, R. (2021). ‘Venture Capital Decision Making and the VC Team Mental Model’,
USASBE 2021: Be Boldly Unscripted, Virtual Event, 5-8 January 2021.