The Alumni Magazine for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (WPI)
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classnotes Sean Mokler '08, USN, started an instructor position at the Naval Submarine School in Groton, Conn., after finishing a 2.5-year tour, including one overseas deployment, on the fast attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768). Ryan Trunko '08 writes, "I was married to my beautiful wife, Katie, on July 7, 2012. In August we bought a house and are currently enjoying being homeowners." Alison LeFlore '09 serves as conservation agent for the town of Chelmsford, Mass. In a lengthy interview with the Chelmsford Independent she discussed the road that led her to this work, noting that so many schools separate environmental policy and planning, "which seemed strange to me since I had just spent four years at WPI studying all the ways in which planning and policy intersected." Gary Tishue '09 (MS MTI) and daughter Jessica (a graduate of the University of San Diego and the EBoost Executive Digital Marketing program) launched, in August 2012, Disruptive Marketing LLC, a full-service Digital Marketing Agency committed to honest and innovative solutions disruptivedigitalmarketing.com). "I am so excited that my daughter is able to experience a WPI education ripple effect from my marketing master's," he says. "Her expert digital marketing experience and my 36 years of corporate business and engineering success make this paradigm work." Gary is executive board senior advisor and CEO; Jessica innovates and grows the business as she inspires interns with opportunity. Matthew Zagaja '09 writes, "Over the summer I took the Connecticut and Massachusetts bar exams after graduating from UConn Law School in May. I passed both exams and was sworn in as an attorney in November. I am working for the Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation until the end of the year, along with a group called The IP Factory, doing research and economic development work." Tobin McGee '10 joined pharmaceutical supplier Perrigo, as a production engineer at the company's Bronx, N.Y., site. 22 Alejandro Solà '10 (MS SD) bought a house (his first) in Chatham Township, N.J. He works for Novartis in the Decision Analysis area, framing and evaluating strategic decisions to Jon Morgan '11 writes, "Over the past year I started com- Joseph Schlesinger '11 is founder of ArcBotics, which guide drug development. pleting my MBA at Babson College in Wellesley, going to aims to be the "IKEA of Robotics," producing a line of low- school through the full-time program." cost, open-source hardware and associated tools, parts, and Andrew Black '11 is working on a graduate degree in chemical engineering at the University of Delaware. software. His intent is to advance the field by dramatically low- ence degree in environmental engineering from UMass Amherst. She is continuing her education at UMass to receive a PhD in the same field. ering the expense, time, and difficulty typically associated with new adventure with Hanover Insurance, working in the HanLily Clark '11 has completed the work for her master of sci- In December 2012, Marco Peschiera '11 (MBA) started a robotics. He demonstrated his Hexy the Hexapod robots at over Technology Group as a senior delivery manager. He the 2012 Bay Area Maker Faire, and its success was written reports that he is very happy to join such is a great company. up by Wired in an August article called "The Kickstarter That Among his various activities and initiatives, he is looking for- Actually Happened: How Hexy Got Made, and Fast." ward to being involved with recruitment. Look for Marco at the Hanover booth at the next WPI career fair. Winter 2013 91