Our Team

Mentors

Joseph O'Brien | FIRST Robotics Competition Coach, Design Team lead, Engineering mentor

Adam Zimmerscheid | CNC* Expert, Manufacturing Team lead

* Computer Numerical Control encompasses the manufacturing process where machines cut, carve and form parts based on computer codes that control the cutting tool's speed and movement.

Monica Allen | FIRST Robotics Competition Software Expert, financial planning

Joe Clark | Software developer

Tod Bennett | Retired software developer, mechanical engineer, firefighter

Justin Brackley | Design Team mentor

Isaac Rackliffe - Design Team mentor

David Fletcher | Manufacturing Team mentor

Jason Crocker | Manufacturing Team mentor

Leah O'Brien | Business Team lead

Emily Jackson | Business Team mentor

Charlie Roberts | Business Team mentor, Fundraising

Liz Montoya | Branding, team travel logistics

Kristi Rackliffe | Event Coordinator, Fundraising

Sue LeDoux | Fiber Arts Instructor: Knitting and spinning yarn; former 4-H Instructor for knitting

Joseph O'Brien

President

Joseph is a retired Boeing System Safety engineer for a variety of projects from Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) to Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS), where he was the first to call for an in-flight emergency for all 72 aircraft worldwide. He’s also a veteran FIRST design/technical mentor with Bear Metal Team 2046 and has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.

Monica Allen

Treasurer

Leah O’Brien

Secretary

Leah is a USAF veteran, where her last assignment was flight test engineer for F-16s. She is a retired Boeing Process/Project engineer for Fabrication Safety and a veteran FIRST scouting/strategy mentor with Bear Metal Team 2046. Her strengths are organization and team management. She has a B.S. Mechanical Engineering, M.S. Human Factors Engineering.

Joe Clark