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Northeastern was missing a real hackathon.

Hackathons have never been a big thing at Northeastern. For a school with this many people building things, there was surprisingly little to show up to: a few small events a year, each run by one club and each drawing from its own corner of campus.

When we started planning, we expected to run one more of those. Then we looked at who was in the room. Four clubs were already working together, and with our partners we could reach students in almost every major. We realized we could create the largest hackathon at Northeastern, so that’s what we decided to do.

THE PEOPLE RUNNING IT

  1. Shourya Yadav

    Head of Sponsorship Outreach

    Tech, Funding & Compliance

    Shourya's technical range shows up everywhere. He built agentic workflows to run parts of our operations and untangled the funding and compliance work most people never see. Without him, most of HACK1984's funding wouldn't exist, and it's a big reason hackers have something to compete for and our ops team has what it needs.

    CS + Business (Fintech), Northeastern '27 · Junior Healthcare Research Associate, M3 · Software Tech Lead, ACM @ Northeastern · Co-Founder, Claude Builders Club

  2. Smyan Sengupta

    Head of Operations

    Operations

    If something at HACK1984 runs smoothly, Smyan probably made it happen. For months he's been up until 3 a.m. working out workshops, rooms, timing, spreadsheets, day-of logistics, Discord, Devpost, and everything in between. More than half of what happens behind the scenes is his work. He's the stage crew that makes the whole show possible.

    CS (AI) + Math, Northeastern '27 · Vice Chair, ACM @ Northeastern · Full Stack Developer Co-op, FuzionX · Previously ML Co-op, Pfizer

  3. Sohum Balsara

    Head of Operations

    Theme & Fundraising

    Sohum gave HACK1984 its point. After a lot of back and forth on the theme, he pushed past safe, generic options for one with real substance: software that doesn't watch the people using it. He also worked alongside Shourya to bring in the funding that made the event possible.

    CS + Business, Northeastern '27 · VP, Rev · DevOps Software Engineer Co-op, Wolters Kluwer · Founder, Burrow Housing

  4. Mehr Anand

    Head of Partnerships

    Partnerships & Growth

    Mehr had the vision from day one: a hackathon built by clubs across Northeastern, not just one. Across four years and 25+ e-board roles, he built a network that reaches almost every corner of campus, and used it to bring students from different majors, clubs, and professional backgrounds into one room to build and share what they know. The partner clubs, speakers, and judges at HACK1984 trace back to that web of people.

    CS (AI) + Math, Northeastern '27 · Data Warehouse Management Co-op, General Atlantic · CTO, Teens 4 Teens · Founded 6 clubs at Northeastern Oakland

  5. Jackson Lamoureux

    Head of Marketing

    Design & Web

    Jackson is the reason HACK1984 looks like HACK1984. He designed graphics across the website and social media, and his eye for features and design helped turn the idea into something real.

    Business Administration, Northeastern '29 · President, Claude Builders Club · Claude Campus Ambassador · Founder, Lamoureux Enterprises

  6. Ruby Robicheau

    Partner Organization President

    Economics + Math, Northeastern · Executive Director, Rev · Partiful Campus Ambassador

  7. Krishan Gauri

    Partner Organization President

    Accounting + Finance, Northeastern · President, AINU · Incoming Private Equity Tax Compliance Co-op, Blackstone