Mentors
Mentors and Coaches are individuals from all backgrounds and disciplines who work with students to share their knowledge and guide them through the season. Many Mentors contribute on a weekly basis during competition season, or support the team with subject matter expertise on an as needed basis. Teams may have additional or more specialized roles or a combination of roles as needed. In addition, Mentors help to foster the idea of Gracious Professionalism® and have the students do as much of the work as possible.
– Mentor and Coach Roles, USFIRST.org
Bellarmine Faculty
Brad Lindemann
| Expertise | Software Development |
|---|---|
| Career | Computer Science Teacher at Bellarmine |
| Team 254 | Mentor (2012-) |
Ann Johnson
| Expertise | Program Management |
|---|---|
| Career | Club Manager and Robotics Coordinator at Bellarmine |
| Team 254 | Mentor (2013-) |
Sachin Salgaonkar
| Expertise | VRC |
|---|---|
| Career | Mathematics Teacher at Bellarmine |
| Team 254 | Mentor (2018-) |
Industry Mentors
Travis Covington
| Expertise | Design, Manufacturing & Strategy |
|---|---|
| Career | Senior Director of Hardware Engineering at Johnson & Johnson |
| Team 115 | Student (1998-2001) |
| Team 968 | Mentor (2001-2008) |
| Team 254 | Mentor (2008-) |
Ryan Johnson
| Expertise | Software Development and Wiring |
|---|---|
| Career | Senior Software Engineer at Alife Health |
| Team 254 | Student (2014-2017), Mentor (2021-) |
Cory McBride
| Expertise | Manufacturing, Strategy, Scouting, Team Organization |
|---|---|
| Career | Staff Mechanical Engineer at Johnson & Johnson |
| Team 100 | Student (2000-2004) |
| Team 254 | Mentor (2006-) |
Andrew Torrance
| Expertise | Mechanical Design and Manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Career | Mechanical Engineer at Auris Health |
| Team 254 | Student (2011-2015), Mentor (2016-) |
Mark Sheridan
| Expertise | Mechanical |
|---|---|
| Career | Mechanical Engineer at Johnson & Johnson |
| Team 766 | Student (2002-2005), Mentor (2006-2011) |
| Team 3309 | Mentor (2011-2014) |
| Team 3476 | Mentor (2014-2018) |
| Team 254 | Mentor (2018-) |
Patrick Fairbank
| Expertise | Project Management, Manufacturing, Web Dev, Scouting |
|---|---|
| Career | Senior Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn |
| Team 296 | Student (2001-2005), Mentor (2005-2006) |
| Team 1503 | Mentor (2007-2011) |
| Team 254 | Mentor (2012-) |
EJ Sabathia
| Expertise | Strategy & Design |
|---|---|
| Career | Mechanical Design Engineer at Carbon, Inc. |
| Team 254 | Student (2000-2002), Mentor (2003-) |
Jared Russell
| Expertise | Software, High Level Design, Strategy |
|---|---|
| Career | Technical Lead at Waymo |
| Team 341 | Student (2001-2005), Mentor (2005-2013) |
| Team 254 | Mentor (2014-) |
Gianluca Zanutta
| Expertise | Wiring |
|---|---|
| Career | Mechanical Engineer at Carbon, Inc. |
| Team 254 | Student (2016-2018), Mentor (2018-) |
Solomon Chang
| Expertise | Software Development & Controls |
|---|---|
| Career | Software Engineer at Google |
| Team 1160 | Mentor (2012-2015) |
| Team 1868 | Mentor (2016) |
| Team 254 | Mentor (2017-) |
Nick Eyre
| Expertise | Design, Graphic Design & Website Develpoment |
|---|---|
| Career | Mechanical Engineer at Johnson & Johnson |
| Team 254 | Student (2007-2011), Mentor (2011-) |
Joey Diamond
| Expertise | Design, Wiring |
|---|---|
| Career | Senior Mechanical Engineer at Johnson & Johnson |
| Team 254 | Mentor (2019-) |
Bryan Culver
| Expertise | Design |
|---|---|
| Career | Mechanical Engineer at Auris Health |
| Team 254 | Mentor (2021-) |
Tom Bottligeri
| Expertise | Design, Manufacturing & Strategy |
|---|---|
| Career | Autonomy Engineer at DoorDash Labs |
| Team 195 | Student (2002-2006) |
| Team 125 | Mentor (2007-2011) |
| Team 254 | Mentor (2010-) |
Peter Zollinger
| Expertise | Assembly & Controls |
|---|---|
| Career | Spacecraft Propulsion Systems Engineer at Maxar Technologies |
| Team 254 | Mentor (2021-) |
Marya Unwala
| Expertise | Business Operations |
|---|---|
| Career | Senior Financial Analyst at Niantic, Inc. |
| Team 2583 | Student (2009-2013) |
| Team 6800 | Mentor (2018-) |
| Team 254 | Mentor (2019-) |
Paul Ventimiglia
| Expertise | Design, Manufacturing, Business Development |
|---|---|
| Career | Senior Product Design Engineer at Amazon Lab126 |
| Team 190 | Mentor |
| Team 254 | Mentor |
| Team 3310 | Mentor |
