Combat Robotics Crew

Many people assist in the design, construction, testing and competition of the robots in a variety of ways. Here are some of the current and past team members as well as support staff.

Team Members

Name: Paul Ventimiglia
Role: Team Leader
Office Job: Regional Manager
CRUD Name: Jailbait
Favorite Battlebot: The Judge
Favorite Tool: MIG Welder
Favorite Robot Event Attended: Battlebots show at Java One
Favorite Office Quote: Well it is a little chillier than I had thought, so I have fashioned my hat back into my pants. Several hours in, time for me to find some nourishment. Now, these woods are full of creatures that can sustain human life. Things like, uh, squirrels, nice juicy rabbit would be delicious. -Michael Scott
More About Me: Paul Ventimiglia, the key designer and builder of all the robots listed on this site, is a Robotics Engineering student at WPI. He is well known in the combat robotics community for is award winning hobbyweight, middleweight, and heavyweight robots. He is a mentor on a FIRST Robotics Team and spends most of his free time dreaming up new robot ideas.

Name: Colleen Shaver
Role: Fabrication, Strategy, and Web support
Office Job: Assistant TO THE Regional Manager
CRUD Name: Traitor
Favorite Battlebot: Ziggy
Favorite Tool: Paul V
Favorite Robot Event Attended: Robogames 2006
Favorite Office Quote: I'll be the Number Two guy here in Scranton in six weeks. How? Name repetition, personality mirroring, and never breaking off a handshake. I'm always thinking one step ahead. Like a carpenter that makes stairs. -Andy Bernard
More About Me: Colleen Shaver has been interested in robots since getting involved with her local FIRST team in 1996. Since then, she has worked on many FIRST teams and robots and been a member of the Team Demolition combat robot team. She is the Manager of Robotics Initiatives at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Name: Brian Loveland
Role: Electrical, Programming, Supervision
Office Job: Assistant Regional Manager, Paper Salesman
CRUD Name: Stumpy
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Name: Lizzy DeZuleta
Role: Fabrication, General Tasks
Office Job: Former Regional Director in Charge of Sales, Accomplished Banjo Player
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Support Staff

Name: Mike Fagan
Role: Machinist, CNC Assistant
Office Job: Temp
CRUD Name: Peta
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Past Support Staff

Name: Erik Macchi
Role: CNC Assistant
Office Job: Warehouse
CRUD Name: Betty
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