Our Team Leaders
Reid Becker
Reid is a retired business owner and Financial Executive. He founded and managed a medical diagnostic firm. Prior to his entrepreneurial experience, he was a Financial Executive for various publicly traded manufacturing firms including Cordis Corporation, The Singer Company, and General Electric. He has an MBA degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz. As a retiree, he is pursuing his life-long interest in technology, now focusing on Robotics, 3-D Design and Printing and promoting STEM/STEAM education in public schools. |
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Bob Choban
Bob spent his career in various technology areas. From programming to an early adopter of the Windows PC world in the mid 1980's to ending his career as a Senior Network Engineer with IBM. He loves the hardware aspect of 3D printing and is also interested in bringing quad copters, Raspberry PI and arduino boards into STEM and STEAM schools. Bob is also a hobbyist woodworker.
Fay Choban
Fay worked at the University of Minnesota for 25 years and spent the last 15 years managing various technology projects and departments. She also builds websites for small companies and individuals. Making hands for kids really touched her heart and made her want to be a part of this group. She hopes her new 3D Doodler pen might be something schools are interested in. Fay is also a hobbyist woodworker and amateur painter.
Tom Crocker
Following 4 years as an officer in the US Army, Tom worked with manufacturing companies to help them improve their planning and supply chain operations. After 20 years with Eastman Kodak, he worked for another 10 years as a consultant to numerous and varied manufacturing businesses in the US, Europe, and the Far East. Throughout this time, he made use of his BS in Physics as background to help him understand how systems operate and what can be done to improve their performance.
Since retiring over 10 years ago, Tom has been involved with several volunteer organizations, from Red Cross disaster response to Literacy Volunteers and delivering Meals on Wheels.
Tom became involved with the 3D printing group to help him learn about this exciting technology and to get some hands-on experience with it. The eNable hand project has given him and the team a meaningful way to make use of this technology to make a difference to people with a real need.
Bob spent his career in various technology areas. From programming to an early adopter of the Windows PC world in the mid 1980's to ending his career as a Senior Network Engineer with IBM. He loves the hardware aspect of 3D printing and is also interested in bringing quad copters, Raspberry PI and arduino boards into STEM and STEAM schools. Bob is also a hobbyist woodworker.
Fay Choban
Fay worked at the University of Minnesota for 25 years and spent the last 15 years managing various technology projects and departments. She also builds websites for small companies and individuals. Making hands for kids really touched her heart and made her want to be a part of this group. She hopes her new 3D Doodler pen might be something schools are interested in. Fay is also a hobbyist woodworker and amateur painter.
Tom Crocker
Following 4 years as an officer in the US Army, Tom worked with manufacturing companies to help them improve their planning and supply chain operations. After 20 years with Eastman Kodak, he worked for another 10 years as a consultant to numerous and varied manufacturing businesses in the US, Europe, and the Far East. Throughout this time, he made use of his BS in Physics as background to help him understand how systems operate and what can be done to improve their performance.
Since retiring over 10 years ago, Tom has been involved with several volunteer organizations, from Red Cross disaster response to Literacy Volunteers and delivering Meals on Wheels.
Tom became involved with the 3D printing group to help him learn about this exciting technology and to get some hands-on experience with it. The eNable hand project has given him and the team a meaningful way to make use of this technology to make a difference to people with a real need.
Dan Ruck
Dan Ruck is a retired newspaper reporter who's lived in Greenville for 10 years. He's an avid hobbyist and often-frustrated gardener who loves the woody, hilly scenery of the Carolinas. Happy to do what he can to help kids learn about robotics and computers, he's also involved in a start-up called Discovery Factory which is intended to teach kids how to build things out of wood and other materials.
Dan Ruck is a retired newspaper reporter who's lived in Greenville for 10 years. He's an avid hobbyist and often-frustrated gardener who loves the woody, hilly scenery of the Carolinas. Happy to do what he can to help kids learn about robotics and computers, he's also involved in a start-up called Discovery Factory which is intended to teach kids how to build things out of wood and other materials.