Mentors
Meet our fabulous mentors! They teach and guide us throughout the build season and our lives.
Linda Barbian
Where did you go to school?
Masters: UW-Madison Doctorate: ATT Still University
What is your company and Job title?
Clinical Audiologist
What is your role on the team?
Website Mentor
Do you have any other hobbies or additional skills?
Quilting, Reading, Cooking
Wendy Copeland
Where did you go to school?
Carroll University
What is your company and Job title?
Marketing Director at the Waukesha Business Improvement District
What is your role on the team?
Website Mentor
Do you have any other hobbies or additional skills?
Photography, Aviation, Ham Radio, FLL Coach
Anything else you would like to say?
I like helping students having fun and learning.
Curtis Doane
Where did you go to school?
GMI (currently called Kettering University)
What is your company and job title?
HK Systems, Manager of Control Technologies
What is your role on the team?
Controls and programming sub-teams mentor
Do you have any other hobbies or additional skills?
Woodworking, camping and photography
Brian Farrell
Where did you go to school?
UW- Milwaukee
What is your company and job title?
Rockwell Automation, Team member
What is your role on the team?
Programming and controls mentor
Do you have any other hobbies or additional skills?
I enjoy spending time with my family.
Do you have anything else you would like to say?
I really enjoy working with the students, watching them learn and develop real life skills.
Alan Gilganbach
Where did you go to school?
Milwaukee School of Engineering
What is your company and job title?
Honeywell, Quality Engineer Manager
What is your role on the team?
Programming mentor
Do you have any other hobbies?
Web programming, Gardening, Management Theory
Ron Hahn
Where did you go to school?
MSOE
What is your company and job title?
MetalTek, Model maker
What is your role on the team?
Mechanical mentor
Do you have any other hobbies or additional skills?
Fishing, Boy Scouts
Do you have anything else you would like to say?
Robotics is great!
Michelle Krauska
Where did you go to school?
Master’s: UW- La Crosse
Bachelor’s: Butler University
What is your company and job title?
Montessori School of Waukesha, Assistant Director
What is your role on the team?
Fundraising Mentor
Do you have any other hobbies or additional skills?
Health Education, Languages, and Knitting
Do you have anything else you would like to say?
I’m honored to work with such a great group of students and mentors.
Paul McCoy
Where did you go to school?
Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL
What is your company and job title?
Homemaker (Electrical Engineer/Electrical Compatibility Engineer)
What is your role on the team?
Mechanical sub-team mentor and FIRST volunteer (VIMS)
Do you have any other hobbies or additional skills?
Model rocketing and modeling
Do you have anything else you would like to say?
Where was FIRST when I was in high school? This is a great program and I am proud to be a part of it.
Tim Skloss
Where did you go to school?
Austin College and Texas A&M
What is your company and job title?
GE Healthcare, System Engineer
What is your role on the team?
Programming and controls mentor
Do you have any other hobbies or additional skills?
Piloting, R/C hobbies, amateur radio and photography
Do you have anything else you would like to say?
GO CORE!
Dennis Skurulsky
Where did you go to school?
UW Platteville
What is your company and job title?
Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy Coordinator
What is your role on the team?
Field Coach/Lead Mentor
Do you have any other hobbies or additional skills?
Fishing
Do you have anything else you would like to say?
This experience is the most rewarding thing I have ever done with high school students.
Mark Spoerk
Where did you go to school?
Undergrad and Master’s: UW-Stout
What is your company and job title?
School District of Waukesha, Teacher
What is your role on the team?
Lead Mentor
Do you have any other hobbies or additional skills?
Hunting, Fishing, Camping
Robin TaylorWhere did you go to school?
College of Advanced Technology in London, England
What is your role on the team?
Mechanical Mentor
Do you have any other hobbies or additional skills?
Home Brewer, Golf, Racquetball
Do you have anything else you would like to say?
Robots and soccer rock!
Lenny Wagner
Where did you go to school?
Waukesha WCTC
What is your company and Job title?
R.J. Zeman Tool & MFG. Co.; Plant Maintenance Manager
What is your role on the team?
Mechanical support
Do you have any other hobbies or additional skills?
Woodworking, sketching, spending time with family
Do you have anything else you’d like to say?
I enjoy teaching kids and learning from them in return.
Richard Zamorski
Where did you go to school?
Marquette University
What is your company and job title?
Wind Lake Solutions, Sr. Programmer/Analyst
What is your role on the team?
Animation, Chairman’s, and Web Site mentor
Do you have any other hobbies or additional skills?
Photography