MENTORS
Jeffrey Fronius - Teacher Sponsor/Coach
Jeff started with Tiger Dynasty in 2017. Previously he coached Vex robotics for five years. Professionally he has a PE license, a BEE from Cleveland State and an MBA from Villanova. He worked 19 years as an engineer for GE, Duke Energy and Johnson Controls. His engineering work was centered around power systems and manufacturing efficiency. This is his 21st year teaching, having taught all levels of High School math at seven different High Schools and now teaches engineering classes at Fishers High School. He and his wife lead a small group for their church in Fishers. Mr. Fronius has two children and four grandchildren. In his free time, he likes to run and build things.
Ryan Dognaux - Mentor
Ryan has been involved with FIRST Robotics Competition teams for 20+ years now. He started as a student on 234 Cyber Blue in 2002 and attended Purdue University majoring in Virtual Product Integration while mentoring 1646 Precision Guessworks. His first job at Boeing led to mentoring teams 357 Royal Assault in Philadelphia and then 4329 in St. Charles, Missouri. Moving back to Indiana with his wife and kids led to mentoring 1720 PhyXTGears and now 5010 Tiger Dynasty. During the most recent time In Indiana, Ryan started a company to provide affordable parts to FIRST Robotics teams called Thrifty Bot. He enjoys mentoring in the areas of design, fabrication, assembly and overall strategy.
Kaleb Cole - CAD Mentor
Kaleb started his FIRST Robotics Competition experience on team 5010 as one of the founding members in 2014. After graduating the same year, he went on to attend Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville (SIUE) where he received a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. His career is focused on programming, currently as an embedded software engineer at Joby Aviation. His mentorship is focused more on his passion for design, fabrication, and assembly of robots. In his free time, he enjoys doing DIY home projects, working on his 3D printers, woodworking and metal working in his garage shop. One of his more exotic hobbies is metallurgy in his homemade foundry, melting down various precious metals (such as old aluminum parts from robots) to make into raw stock for the team to use.
Ryan Post - Controls Mentor
Ryan started with the team at the end of 2021 looking for something interesting to do. He has BS degrees in EE, CpE and CS from West Virginia University, and a PMP. He has been a Full Stack Developer, Capital Projects Engineer with previous companies and currently a Controls Engineer with Marian Inc. Ryan and his wife, Monica, have been in Indiana for six years, and have a six year old daughter, Ruby. His other hobbies include cycling and projects around the house.
Jeremy Stone - Fabrication/Field Mentor
Jeremy started mentoring for the team during the rapid react season of 2021-2022 when his son mentioned that the team could use some help with creating various components out of wood to simulate field conditions necessary for practice. As a Field and Fabrication Mentor, Jeremy assists students with field component creation along with workshop activities related to robot fabrication. He enjoys watching students learn how to use the tools that they ordinarily would have no exposure to throughout their time in High School. In his professional life, Jeremy is a Senior Project Manager for a Commercial General Contractor, managing between 15 and 30 projects concurrently. With these skills he helps students learn the importance of multitasking, identifying project critical path roadblocks and time management. Outside of robotics, he enjoys golf, fishing, the outdoors and spending time with his family.
Curt Rozeboom - Programming Mentor
Curt started mentoring for the team during the 2015-2016 stronghold season when his daughter asked for additional help with learning to program the robot in Java and never looked back! She’s now a working mechanical engineer in Indy. Curt has a BSE in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Dordt University in Sioux Center, IA. He and his wife, Patricia, moved to Indiana in 1998. She is a church organist and professional piano accompanist and Curt has worked as a Software Engineer in assembly-language, C++, Ruby, Java and now full-stack web-development at Marian Inc. Curt's other hobbies are singing and playing guitar as well as doing other technical hobbies like 3D printing, videography and electronic projects.
Steve Chrisman - Programming Mentor
Steve started working with the team during the inaugural 2014 aerial assist season when his son (who is now a John Deere Power Systems Engineer) was the only freshman on the team. He started mentoring on the team at the start of the 2015 season and was also primary coach on the team during the 2015-2017 seasons until the arrival of Jeff Fronius. Steve has a BS in Computer Science from Purdue University and has worked within heavy manufacturing (GM, Bethlehem Steel, Rolls Royce, Allison Transmission) prior to shifting to application integration and web development using Java and other technologies. He has been living in Fishers since 1996. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time outdoors and helping manage the family farm.