Below is a list of mentors who are willing to serve as a resource to other
mentors.
Accenture |
Jason Hagman
Manager
|
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1999 (UM) |
jason.l.hagman@accenture.com
Mentor 1 year |
Alliant Techsystems |
Mike Gawronski
Engineering Manager
|
PhD Electrical Engineering, 1978
MBA Business Administration, 1992
MS Electrical Engineering, 1972 |
763-744-5138
mike.gawronski@atk.com
Mentor 5 years |
Altair Ventures |
Naeem Zafar
Partner
|
BS Electrical Engineering, 1981
MS Electrical Engineering, 1983 (UM) |
408-218-1920
nz@ieee.org
Mentor 2 years |
BAE Systems |
Craig Bibeau
Project Engineer
|
BS Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, 1995 (UM) |
763-572-7619
craig.bibeau@baesystems.com
Mentor 3 years |
Boston Scientific |
Richard Feidt Business
Process Specialist |
BS Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, 1988 (UM)
MS Management of Technology, 2009 (UM) |
651-582-6778
rick.feidt@guidant.com
Mentor
3 years |
David Gilbert
Sr. Process Development Engr |
MS Physics, 1978
MS Metallurgical Engineering, 1980 |
763-694-5716
david.gilbert@bsci.com
Mentor
1 year |
Michael Heier
Engineer |
BS Chemical Engineering, 2005 (UM) |
763-494-1471
heierm@bsci.com
Mentor
1 year |
Brandon James
Quality Engineer |
BS Chemical Engineering, 2003 |
763-255-0087
jamesb@bsci.com
Mentor
1 year |
Drew Lindseth
Sr Process Engineer |
BS Chemical Engineering, 1994 (UM)
MBA Business Administration, 2002 (UM) |
drew.lindseth@bsci.com
Mentor
1 year |
Michael Maass
Senior Manufacturing Engineer |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1991 (UM) |
763-694-6922
maassm@bsci.com
Mentor
6 years |
Tracy Regan
Process Development Engineer |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 2003 |
regant@bsci.com
Mentor
1 year |
Braemar Inc |
Peter Zechmeister
Sr Systems Engineer |
BS Electrical Engineering, 1978 (UM) |
651-286-8620
pzechmeister@ieee.org
Mentor
8 years |
Braun Intertec Corporation |
Kelton Barr
Principal Hydrogeologist |
BA Geology, 1972
MS Geology, 1978 (UM) |
952-995-2486
barrx006@umn.edu
Mentor
16 years |
Cargill, Inc. |
Ronald Christenson
Corp. V.P. and Chief Technol. Officer |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1972 (UM) |
952-742-6657
ron_christenson@cargill.com
Mentor
5 years |
Dat Tran
Network Architect |
MS Electrical Engineering, 1981 (UM)
MBA Business Administration, 1995 |
952-984-5469
dat_tran@cargill.com
Mentor
2 years |
Cartwright Consulting Co. |
Peter Cartwright
President |
BS Chemical Engineering, 1961 (UM) |
952-854-4911
cartwrightconsul@cs.com
Mentor
9 years |
Cognos |
Sonja Fisher
Senior Software Consultant |
BS Statistics, 1992 (UM)
MBA Business Administration, 2001
BS Mathematics, 1992 (UM) |
949-468-6579
sonja@sonjafisher.com
Mentor
13 years |
Datacard Group |
Arthur Paulson
Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1977 (UM) |
952-988-1448
art_paulson@datacard.com
Mentor
9 years |
Davco Technologies |
Dave Povolny
President |
BS Electrical Engineering, 1992 (UM) |
651-641-0824
dave@davco-tech.com
Mentor
10 years |
Delta Environmental Consultants, Inc |
Mark Nelson
Senior Specialist |
BS Civil Engineering, 1993 (UM) |
651-261-6540 mdnelson@deltaenv.com
Mentor
2 years |
Digital River Inc. |
VK Rao
Sr. QA Engineer |
BS Electrical Engineering, 1985 (UM)
MS Information Systems, 1992 (UM)
PhD Computer Science, 2002 |
952-253-8316
vkrao@digitalriver.com
Mentor
1 year |
Donaldson Company |
Kristin Amsden
Chemist |
BA Chemistry, 2004
BS Chemical Engineering, 2004 (UM) |
somewoman@gmail.com
Mentor
1 year |
Eaton Hydraulics |
Kyle Jansson
Product Engineer |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 2006 |
952-974-7730
kylesjansson@eaton.com
Mentor 1 year |
Energy Services Group |
Michael Eckhardt
Manager of Engineering |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1975 (UM) |
651-407-0311
eckhardtm@aol.com
Mentor
2 years |
E-Tech, Inc |
Duane Martinson
President |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1973 (UM) |
612-722-1366
dmartinson@etechsystems.com
Mentor
3 years |
General Dynamics - AIS |
Brian Ellis
Principal Systems Engineer |
BS Engineering Physics, 2002
MS Electrical Engineering, 2003 |
952-921-6157
Brian.Ellis@gd-ais.com
Mentor
1 year |
Nathan Hastad
Chief Technologist |
BS Electrical Engineering, 1996 (UM) |
952-921-6237
nathan.hastad@gd-ais.com
Mentor
1 year |
Ted Koler
Sr. Lead Systems Engineer |
BS Electrical Engineering, 1981
MBA Business Administration, 1993 |
tmkoler@hotmail.com
Mentor
1 year |
Juris Ozols
Senior Systems Engineer |
BS Electrical Engineering, 1966 (UM)
MS Business Administration, 1968 (UM) |
952-921-6311
juris.ozols@gd-ais.com
Mentor
1 year |
Jonathan Robinson
Sr. Systems Engineer |
BS Computer Science, 2003 (UM) |
952-956-5063
Jonathan.Robinson@gd-ais.com
Mentor
3 years |
Caitlyn Rosendahl
Principle Engineer - Hardware |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1999 (UM) |
952-921-6731
caitlyn.rosendahl@gd-ais.com
Mentor
2 years |
Wendel Sanders
Sr. Systems Engineer |
BS Electrical Engineering, 2003 (UM) |
952-956-5434
wendel.sanders@gd-ais.com
Mentor
4 years |
General Mills |
Mike Engstrom
Engineer II |
BS Chemical Engineering, 2003 (UM)
BS Food Science, 2003 (UM) |
763-764-2446
mike.engstrom@genmills.com
Mentor
3 years |
Chris Field
International Senior Process Engineer |
MS Chemical Engineering, 1999 |
763-764-5849
chris.field@genmills.com
Mentor
2 years |
Graco, Inc. |
Jerry Horning
Engineering Lead |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1990 (UM) |
612-623-6766
jhorning@graco.com
Mentor
2 years |
Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C. |
James Larson
Partner |
BS Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, 1989 (UM)
JD Juris Doctor, 2003 |
612-455-3805
jlarson@hsml.com
Mentor
1 year |
HDR Engineering, Inc. |
James Booty
VP Sr Project Manager |
BS Civil Engineering, 1971 (UM) |
763-591-5471
jbooty@hdrinc.com
Mentor
7 years |
Hoffman Enclosures |
Michele Massimino
Director of Lean Enterprise |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1995 (UM) |
michelemassimino@yahoo.com
Mentor
3 years |
Honeywell |
Kartik Ariyur
Sr Research Scientist |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1996
MS Mechanical Engineering, 1999
PhD Mechanical Engineering, 2002 |
612 951 7129
kartik.ariyur@honeywell.com
Mentor
5 years |
Kailash Krishnaswamy
Research Scientist |
PhD Mechanical Engineering, 2004 (UM) |
kailash.krishnaswamy@honeywell.com
Mentor
1 year |
Ben Winstead
Sr. Development Engineer |
BS Electrical Engineering, 2001 (UM)
MS Electrical Engineering, 2006 (UM) |
612-951-5777
ben.winstead@honeywell.com
Mentor
1 year |
IBM |
Wiren Becker
Sr. Technical Staff Member |
BS Electrical Engineering, 1982 (UM)
MS Electrical Engineering, 1985
PhD Electrical Engineering, 1993 |
845-435-6735
wbecker@us.ibm.com
Mentor
1 year |
Kevin Larsen
Marketing manager |
BA Mathematics, 1991 (UM)
MS Software Engineering, 1999 (UM)
MBA Business Administration, 2007 (UM) |
kevlars@us.ibm.com
Mentor
2 years |
Independent Consultant |
Anthony Harder
Consultant |
BA Computer Science, 1982 (UM)
BA Mathematics, 1981 (UM)
MS Computer Science, 1996 (UM) |
anthony_harder@engineer.com
Mentor
3 years |
Ingersoll-Rand/Climate Control Technologies |
Jeffrey Berge
Manager R&D |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1976 (UM)
MBA Business Administration, 2005 |
952-887-2231
jeff_berge@irco.com
Mentor
7 years |
Intel Corporation |
Adam Peterson
Sr. Product Development Engineer |
BS Electrical Engineering, 1997 (UM) |
916-356-7239
adam.c.peterson@intel.com
Mentor
2 years |
Lockheed Martin |
Eric Anderson
Systems Engineer Staff |
BS Computer Engineering, 1999 |
651-456-3303
eric.w.anderson@lmco.com
Mentor
1 year |
Fotis Bazakos
Senior Quality Engineer |
BS Computer Science, 2003 (UM)
MBA Management of Technology, 2006 |
651-456-4914
fbazakos@cs.umn.edu
Mentor
1 year |
Katie Black
Systems Engineer |
BS Computer Engineering, 2002 (UM)
MBA Business Administration, 2006 |
651-456-3231
katherine.m.black@lmco.com
Mentor
7 years |
Frederick Roos
Senior Software Engineer |
BS Mathematics, 1995 (UM)
BS Computer Science, 1998 (UM) |
651-456-2086
frederick.roos@lmco.com
Mentor
4 years |
Abner Yemaneab
Systems Engineer |
BS Electrical Engineering (UM) |
651-456-4384
abner.t.yemaneab@lmco.com
Mentor
1 year |
Medtronic |
Kurt Casby
Capacitor Development Engineering Manager |
BA Chemistry, 1992
BS Materials Science & Engineering, 1995 (UM) |
763-514-1296
kurt.casby@medtronic.com
Mentor
2 years |
Jonathan Dorff Mechanical
Design Engineer |
BS Biomedical Engineering, 2003 (UM) |
763 514-5112
jon.dorff@medtronic.com
Mentor
3 years |
Medtronic Energy & Component Center |
Christian Nielsen
Pr. Scientist |
BS Physics, 1986
MS Physics, 1992 |
763 514 0925
chris.nielsen@medtronic.com
Mentor
1 year |
Michaud Cooley Erickson |
Douglas Cooley
Vice President |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1973 (UM) |
612-673-6804
dcooley@michaudcooley.com
Mentor
6 years |
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency |
Hien Le
Air Quality Permit Engineer |
BS Chemical Engineering, 1996 (UM) |
651-296-9287
hien.le@state.mn.us
Mentor
1 year |
MTS Systems Corp |
Rosamond Dolid
Project Manager |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1990 (UM)
MS Mechanical Engineering, 1993 |
952-937-4928
roz.dolid@mts.com
Mentor
8 years |
Adrienne Kelsey
Mechanical Design Engineer |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1999 (UM)
MS Manufacturing Systems, 2006 |
952-974-6278
roma0014@mchsi.com
Mentor
8 years |
Northwest Airlines |
Paul Macheledt
Director of Finance - Flight Ops |
BS Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, 1985 (UM) |
612-727-7635
pmacheledt@mn.rr.com
Mentor
3 years |
OakRiver Technology |
Shan Pin Koh
Sr Systems Engineer |
BS Electrical Engineering, 2000
MS Software Engineering, 2008 (UM) |
pin@shanpin.com
Mentor
1 years |
Oracle |
Sonja Fisher
Senior Solutions Architect |
BS Statistics, 1992 (UM)
MBA Business Administration, 2001
BS Mathematics, 1992 (UM) |
949-468-6579
sonja@sonjafisher.com
Mentor
13 years |
Page Enterprises, Inc. |
Jack Barstow
Partner & Founder |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1942 (UM) |
jbarstow@mn.rr.com
Mentor
6 years |
Palen/Kimball Company |
Michael Mercier
V. P. Design/Build Division |
BS Electrical Engineering, 1987 |
651-647-4524
m.mercier@palenkimball.com
Mentor
4 years |
Pyxis Technology |
Naeem Zafar
President & CEO |
BS Electrical Engineering, 1981
MS Electrical Engineering, 1983 (UM) |
408-218-1920
nz@ieee.org
Mentor
2 years |
QX Inc |
Ronald Peterson
President |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1974 (UM) |
763-478-9878
ronpeterson@qxinc.net
Mentor 2 years |
RLK Incorporated |
Larina DeWalt
Professional Engineer |
BS Civil Engineering, 2001 (UM) |
larinadewalt@yahoo.com
Mentor
4 years |
Rockwell Automation |
Vivek Singhania
Project Manager - Lean |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 2000 (UM)
MS Industrial Engineering, 2003 (UM) |
952-942-3698
viveksinghania@gmail.com
Mentor
1 year |
Rosemount |
Jennifer Bharucha
Sr. Manufacturing Engineer |
BS Chemical Engineering, 1995 (UM)
MS Manufacturing Systems, 2001 |
952-949-7326
jennifer.bharucha@emersonprocess.com
Mentor
2 years |
SRF Consulting |
Melissa Barnes
Engineer |
BS Civil Engineering, 2004 (UM) |
mbarnes@srfconsulting.com
Mentor
2 years |
Jessica Dauer
Engineer |
BS Civil Engineering, 2004 (UM) |
763-475-0010
jdauer@srfconsulting.com
Mentor
1 year |
Matthew Gjersvik
Senior Engineer |
BS Civil Engineering, 2001 |
763-475-0010
mgjersvik@srfconsulting.com
Mentor
1 year |
Avo Toghramadjian
Senior Associate |
BS Civil Engineering, 1993 |
763-249-6755
avo@srfconsulting.com
Mentor
1 year |
St. Jude Medical |
Eric Wilkowske
Manager, Product Development |
BA Economics, 1992 (UM)
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1996 (UM)
MS Management of Technology, 2000 (UM) |
952-351-1629
ewilkowske@sjm.com
Mentor
5 years |
Summit Fire Protection |
Ryan Bierwerth
Fire Protection Engineer |
BA Chemical Engineering, 1999 (UM) |
651-251-1855
rbierwerth@summitfire.com
Mentor
2 years |
Symantec |
Raymond Gilson
Sr. Principal Software Eng |
BS Electrical Engineering, 1981 (UM) |
raymond_gilson@symantec.com
Mentor
1 year |
Target Corporation |
Amit Kirdatt
Manager - Stores Development and Target.com |
BS Computer Science, 2005 (UM) |
amit.kirdatt@gmail.com
Mentor
2 years |
Kim Skanson
Group Manager - Information Technology |
BA Management of Technology, 1996
MBA Information Systems, 2001 |
612-304-0967
Kim.Skanson@target.com
Mentor
3 years |
Tennant |
Tom Johnson
Director New Product Development |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1971 |
763-540-1326
tom.johnson@tennantco.com
Mentor
3 years |
The Dow Chemical Company |
Nick Beck
Operations Leader |
BS Chemical Engineering, 2002 (UM) |
beck0464@tc.umn.edu
Mentor
1 year |
Theresa Hermel-Davidock
Research Specialist |
BS Materials Science & Engineering, 1997
PhD Materials Science & Engineering, 2003 (UM) |
979-238-7661
tjhermel@dow.com
Mentor
1 year |
Thomson Corporation |
Meyrick Vaz
Director - Technology Project Management Office |
BS Computer Science, 1993
MBA Information Systems, 2002 (UM) |
651-687-5900
meyrick.vaz@thomson.com
Mentor 1 year |
Traffic Technologies |
| Scott Rich Director of Engineering |
BS Computer Science, 2003 (UM) |
612-521-2122
scottr@traffic-technologies.com
Mentor 6 years |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
Tamara Cameron
Project Manager |
BS Civil Engineering, 1991 (UM) |
651-290-5197
tamara.e.cameron@mvp02.usace.army.mil
Mentor
6 years |
Unisys Corporation |
James Plasek
Database Consultant |
BS Computer Science, 1979 (UM)
MS Computer Science, 1996 (UM) |
651-635-3420
James.Plasek@unisys.com
Mentor 3 years |
Ellen Sorenson
Sr Software Engineer |
BS Computer Science, 1981 (UM)
MS Software Engineering, 1988 |
651-635-3459
ellen.sorenson@unisys.com
Mentor
10 years |
University of Wisconsin |
Lyle Hall
Professor |
BS Chemistry, 1956
MS Chemistry, 1960
PhD Chemistry, 1961 |
lh1361@yahoo.com
Mentor
4 years |
US Bank |
Anthony Harder
Application Consultant |
BA Computer Science, 1982 (UM)
BA Mathematics, 1981 (UM)
MS Computer Science, 1996 (UM) |
anthony_harder@engineer.com
Mentor
3 years |
Xcel Energy |
Patricia Toenies
Director |
BS Mechanical Engineering, 1989 (UM)
MBA Business Administration, 1998 (UM) |
612-330-5661
patricia.l.toenies@xcelenergy.com
Mentor
10 years |
