Mentors
Select a mentor for a short biography:
Faculty Mentors:
Allan Mothersele
Jesse Wilkinson
Professional, Alumni & Parent Mentors:
David Bridge
Chris Carnevale
Lynn Casagranda
Richard D’Onofrio
Evan Goldberg
Ulf Jonsson
Pete Matteson
Eric O’Brien
Dave Schroeder
Name: Allan Mothersele (Mo)
Education: BS, MA, 6th year in Education, Central Connecticut State University (CCSU)
Employer/Job Title: South Windsor Public School/Director of Technology Systems and Programs
FIRST Experience: Founder and team lead of the Bobcats since 1995
Bobcat since: 1995
Name: Jesse Wilkinson
Education: BS Technology Education, Central Connecticut State University (CCSU)
Employer/Job Title: South Windsor Public School/TEMS 7th grade Technology Education Teacher
FIRST Experience: Student 1996 – 1999, College mentor 2000 – 2001, Teacher mentor 2006 – present
Bobcat since: 1996
Name: David Bridge (Bridge)
Education: BS Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University
Employer/Job Title: Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense/Project Engineer
FIRST Experience: Student 2001 – 2004, mentor 2009 – present
Bobcat since: 2001
Name: Chris Carnevale (Carn)
Education: BS Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson University
Employer/Job Title: UTC Power/Cell Stack Design Engineer
FIRST Experience: 2000 – 2002 student on Team 151, 2003 – 2006 college mentor for Team 229, 2007 mentor for Team 148, 2008 – present mentor for Team 177
Bobcat since: 2008
Name: Lynn Casagranda
Education: BS Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Employer/Job Title: UTC Power/Program Chief Engineer
FIRST Experience: Mentor 2003 – present
Bobcat since: 2003
Name: Richard D’Onofrio (Dick)
Education: BA Business Administration
Employer/Job Title: Aetna Inc./Senior Project Manager
FIRST Experience: Parent mentor 2010 – present (publicity & fundraising)
Bobcat since: 2010
Name: Evan Goldberg
Education: BS Electrical and Computer Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Employer/Job Title: Northeast Utilities/Transmission Protection & Controls Engineer
FIRST Experience: Student 2001 – 2004, mentor 2008 – present
Bobcat since: 2001
Name: Ulf Jonsson
Education: Ph.D Mechanical Elements/Design
Employer/Job Title: UTRC/Staff Engineer/Sci
FIRST Experience: Parent mentor 2010 – present
Bobcat since: 2010
Name: Peter Matteson (Pete)
Education: BS Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)/MS Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Employer/Job Title: Pratt & Whitney/Sr. Project Engineer
FIRST Experience: Mentor 2003 – present
Bobcat since: 2003
Name: Eric O’Brien (EO)
Education: BS Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson University
Employer/Job Title: UTC Power/Senior Design Engineer
FIRST Experience: 2000 – 2001 student on Team 177, 2002 – 2005 college mentor for Team 229, 2006 – present mentor for Team 177
Bobcat since: 2000
Name: David Schroeder (Dave)
Education: BS Computer Science and Computer Science Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Employer/Job Title: UTC Power/Software Engineer
FIRST Experience: Mentor 2010 – present
Bobcat since: 2010
