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MEET THE TEAM

MEET THE TEAM

Leadership

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KION MANESH

Captain / Build Lead

"We aspire to learn and build upon the amazing engineering community that FTC has created. Learning engineering is also about coming together as a team and pushing ourselves explore what we don’t know and how to apply it to a robot."

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GASTON SORIANO

Build Lead

"Being able to work alongside the rest of the build team has been truly a fun and memorable experience. Teaching my fellow teammates and working with them is an invaluable experience."

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CHRYSA NGUYEN

Software Lead

"When we develop functions for our robot, the software team always explores the edge cases and the limits of our programs. I think that mindset helps us push our designs to their full potential."

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EFE
CELIK

Software Lead

"Seeing our code come to life and achieve results is an amazing feeling, and I'm proud to be a part of a team accomplishing great things through coding."

Build Team

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Kion Manesh

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Tommy Ho

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Wolfgang Lengsfield

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Gaston Soriano

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Aiden Zeng

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Albert Teoh

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Elliott Jang

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Ethan Zhang

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Ming Zhong

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Jason Wang

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Lin Aung

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Luna Joo

Software Team

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Chrysa Nguyen

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Efe Celik

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Edwin Lee

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Christopher Hong

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Ethan Henry

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Francis Hollis

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Jenny Zhu

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Millie Liu

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Ryan Kim

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Mike Nam

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Kim Huynh

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Business Team

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Sofia Villacorta

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Avi Gupta

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Yves Pan

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Vincent Hoang

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Muhammed Celik

Mentors

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DIANA RAMIREZ

Faculty Advisor

Ms. Ramirez is a Software Engineer with experience in web/mobile app development, front end technologies, programming languages, software testing, game development, graphic design software, and PyEdison robotics.

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GAURAV GUPTA

Software Team Mentor

Mr. Gupta has been working in Software Engineering for over 20 years. He has been mentoring Fairmont Prep Robotics (FRC & FTC) for the last 8 years, and he has enjoyed working with and guiding high school students in robotics and programming. 

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PRESTON FAWCETT

Software Team Mentor

Mr. Fawcett has experience serving as a mechanical technician and supervisor and has worked as a nuclear mechanic in the U.S. Navy and . He is currently studying for the sec+ certificate and the CySA+ certificate for cybersecurity.

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DAVE GEORGE

Build Team Mentor

Mr. George, Chief Technologist and President of Pryme Radio, holds 29 patents, has invented multiple award-winning products, and has worked as an RF engineer for over 40 years. He has mentored Fairmont Prep Robotics for the last 8 years.

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