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Meet Our Team! – Mentors<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Adam Stockton<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> KeyBank \/ Software Developer<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 17<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Scouting, Imagery, Treasurer<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger: <\/strong>Try Not to Overthink Things!<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song: <\/b>A.D.I.D.A.S- korn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bob Vasko<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> MAHLE\/ Engineer Director<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 20<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Build<\/p>\n

Favorite Part About Robotics:<\/b> Solving Problems<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger: <\/strong>Don’t Be Afraid To Try Something New<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song: :<\/b> We Are The Champions!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fred The Fish<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> Fish<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 2<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Water<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger: <\/strong>Just Keep Swimming<\/p>\n

Favorite Part About Robotics:<\/b> The Pineapple In My Tank<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song: <\/b>Under The Sea<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hope Wright<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> Lockport Highschool- Computer Tech Teacher<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 1<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Programing\/ Undecided<\/p>\n

Favorite Part About Robotics:<\/b> Seeing Students Solve Complex Problems And Seeing Them Teach Others<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger: <\/strong>Girls Can Do Tech Stuff Too!<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song: <\/b>Defying Gravity – Wicked<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jeffery P. Rogowski<\/h2> \n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> Secondary Technology Educator<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 23<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> President<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger: <\/strong>Try Not to Overthink Things!<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song: <\/b>Don’t Stop Believing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jeremy Stoddard<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> Moog (NF) – Project\/Product Engineering Intern, UB EE MS Student<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 9<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Build<\/p>\n

Favorite Part About Robotics: <\/b>Seeing an idea from a student become a physical portion of that year\u2019s robot<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger: <\/strong>Try Not to Overthink Things!<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song: <\/b>Don’t Stop Believing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jessica McCarthy<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> A&A Beauty Supply ~ Executive Assistant<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 3<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Outreach\/Media<\/p>\n

Favorite Part About Robotics:<\/b> Watching Students Succeed<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger: <\/strong>Soak Up Every Moment- The Older You Get The Faster Time Goes!<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song: :<\/b> Journey- Don’t Stop Believing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Joel Yacono<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> Self employed volunteer<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 26<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Logistic, Design and build<\/p>\n

Favorite Part About Robotics:<\/b> To See The Students Learn And Grow<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger:<\/strong> Do more to challenge yourself<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song:<\/b> Don’t Stop believing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kelly Topolski<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> Author<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 8<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Programming<\/p>\n

Favorite Part About Robotics:<\/b> Seeing Everyone Work Together At Competition. Even Though Everyone Is Competing Against Each Other, The Students Are Always Willing To Help Each Other Out!<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger: <\/strong>Its Okay To Be Yourself Don’t Let Others Guide Your Actions<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song: <\/b>Loser, Baby(Hazbin Hotel Soundtrack)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Lieber<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> Teacher in the Lockport City School District<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 20<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Team Support \/ Student Support<\/p>\n

Favorite memory about Robotics:<\/b> Winning the FLL Champions Award, attending Worlds and earning Robot Dependability at Worlds<\/p>\n

If You Were a Flavor of Ice Cream Which Would You Be And Why:<\/b> Cherry Garcia – Because I’m mainly boring plain Vanilla, but every once in a while I’m fun and exciting. Plus Ben and Jerry and the Grateful Dead are Awesome!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Root<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> Welder \u2013 Root\u2019s Quality Welding<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 11<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Build<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger: <\/strong>Try Not to Overthink Things!<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song: <\/b>Don’t Stop Believing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mike Stutz<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> GMCH Toolroom Machinist<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 14<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Build<\/p>\n

Favorite Part About Robotics:<\/b> The Look On Students Faces When They Make Their Own Part<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger: <\/strong>Don’t Be Afraid To Fail, That’s Where Some Of The Best Lessons Are Learned<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song: <\/strong>Wheels On The Bus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Noah Raymond<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> Technology Teacher<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 19<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Build<\/p>\n

Favorite Part About Robotics:<\/b> Watching Students Turning Into Problem Solvers<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger: <\/strong>Take More Chances!<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song:  <\/b>Cake-The Distance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rachel Bucci<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> Great Lakes Medical Imaging\/Director of Billing<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 7<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Outreach and Media<\/p>\n

Favorite Part About Robotics:<\/b> Watching The Amazing Students On The Team bring A Robot To Life<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger: <\/strong>Your Intuition Is Almost Always Right<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song: <\/b>Friends In Low Places-Garth Brooks Vanilla<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Steve Barnes -Woodie Flowers Winner<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation: <\/b>GM\/Delpw Skill Trade ( Machine repairman)<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 20<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Build<\/p>\n

Favorite Part About Robotics:<\/b> I enjoy being able to spend time working with bright and motivated students and mentors accomplishing something incredible together year after year.<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger: <\/strong>There Is Never Enough Time, So Do It Right The First Time, But When There Is Enough Time Do It Again<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song: <\/b>I Did It My Way – Frank Sinatra  ( Mr. Barnes Didn’t Want To Answer The Question But The Students Always Find Him Singing This Song When It Comes On)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sue Vasko<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> MAHLE (Sr. Engineering & SAP Analyst)<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 19<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Build<\/p>\n

Favorite Part About Robotics:<\/b> Watching how the students grow and progress through their participation on the Team. (And Saturday team lunches during build season!)<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger: <\/strong>Don’t Be Afriad To Try New Things. Don’t Let The Fear Of Failure Stop You From Trying Anything …. As Not Trying Is The Only Guaranteed Failure. We Learn MORE From Our Mistakes, But Try Not To Keep Making The Same Ones Over And Over!<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song: <\/b>The Cupid Shuffle – But With Mr. Vasko’s Modifications<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tim Brounscheidel<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> Retired<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> 10<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Electrical\/Programming<\/p>\n

Favorite Part About Robotics: <\/b>Seeing A Students Facial Expression When They Grasp A New Concept<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger:<\/strong> Buy Amazon<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song: <\/b>Luckebbach Texas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tyler Halifax<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Employer\/Occupation:<\/b> College Student GM InternShip<\/p>\n

Years involved in FIRST:<\/b> A Whole Lot<\/p>\n

Role\/Area of expertise of the team:<\/b> Programing<\/p>\n

Favorite Part About Robotics:<\/b> Seeing Everyone Use Their Brains And Letting Loose<\/p>\n

What Is A Piece Of Advice That You Wish You Could’ve Heard When You Were Younger: <\/strong> Its Okay To Know How Cool You Are<\/p>\n

What Is Your Go To Karaoke Song: <\/b>Toxic – Britney Spears<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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