WPI Journal - The Magazine for WPI Alumni

SPRING 2012

The Alumni Magazine for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (WPI)

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classnotes Lt. Ryan Casey '05 graduated from flight school this past summer and married in the fall. He is serving with the Marine Light Attack Training Squadron 303 at Marine Corps Air Station in Pendleton, Calif. Drew Freinberg '05 just completed a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan as company commander of the Forward Sup- port Company, 368th Engineer Battalion. All soldiers returned home safely, he reports. Drew received a Bronze Star for the deployment. Chuck Haines '05 is married with two children (ages 5 and 1), and living in Virginia. He is a co-owner of a start-up that specializes in delivering mobile web apps to small and inde- pendently owned businesses. Gregory Krane '05 became engaged to Farleigh Layfield last spring. They met in vet school and are planning a sum- mer 2012 wedding in Newport, R.I. Over the past five years, Brian Kuhn '05 and Kevin La- Malva '06 have been growing the fire safety engineering practice at the national structural engineering firm Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, based in the company's Waltham, Mass., headquarters office. The fire safety group works with archi- tects, structural engineers, and building enclosure specialists on a variety of unique structural fire protection and building safety issues. The team welcomed the addition of WPI alum David Jacoby '95 to the New York office in February. Meredith Leclair '05 and her husband, Jason, welcomed their second son, Jack, on Sept. 23, 2011. Jack was also welcomed by his brother, Collin, born Sept. 11, 2009. Nick Martunas '05 has been named Top Sales Performer at Bose Corp. for the last three years running. Jessica Reidel Sarcione '05 relocated to Oxford, Mass., with her year-old son, Cameron, to reunite with her family and friends after 6-1/2 long years of being away from home. She says, "I maintain my position as a patent examiner for the US Patent Office, but now work from home, thanks to the won- derful thing that is the Internet." Michael Bertini '06 is in his second year of PhD work in economics at Brandeis University. He writes that he is living on a student salary and is crossing his fingers for that WPI Polar Fleece Class Notes contest prize! Brenden Brown '06 spent most of the past year traveling around the country, driving 25,000 miles, visiting 30 national parks, and staying in 50 campgrounds. 25 Kristin Collette '06 and Bryan Bigda '09 were married on Oct. 8, 2011, in Dennis, Mass. Bridesmaids in- cluded Nicole Keenan '06 and Ashley Mossa '07; groomsmen were Ryan Eley '09, Dean Rheaume '08, 82 Spring 2012 Dan Cesarone '09, Jono Zwirko '09, and Ryan Sot- tolano '09. They celebrated their wedding with 35 WPI alum- ni in attendance. They reside in Norfolk, Mass., with their English bulldog, Jack. Sara Fowler '06 moved to Virginia a few years ago and is a water resources engineer at AECOM. She writes, "I got mar- ried in October, and we moved into our newly built house at the end of the year. This year I will take my PE exam, which brings back memories of my years at WPI. Many people have not heard of WPI down here in the South, but I'm working to spread the word!" Michael Hebner '06 changed jobs in December. He now works for Deloitte Consulting LLP, based at the Boston office. Eric Hunt '06 married Nichole Roberge in September 2010. They are living in Worcester. Luke '06 and Katie (Hall) Marron '07 are officers in the US Air Force. They recently completed deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, respectively, where they advised local mili- tary on building sustainable forces. They are finishing up a tour of duty in Turkey before returning stateside this summer to new jobs. Luke will begin navigator training, and Katie will be joining the civilian sector, "or turning into a beach bum for a while" she says. "We love the email updates! So proud to be part of such a great institution." 26 25 26 Caitlin McMonagle '06 spent five years as a quality engineer at Defibtech LLC, in the portable Automated Exter- nal Defibrillator (AED) market. In 2012 she joined by Farm Design, a fast-paced medical device R&D; contracting firm in Hollis, N.H., as a program coordinator. "I volunteer with New England Border Collie Rescue," she writes, "and I currently share my life with two of my own rescued BCs, Didgeridoo and Lizzie, and I foster another, named Harp. Last July I vaca- tioned to Alaska with four WPI alums—Andrew Bangs '06, Aubrey Klaft '06, Shaun Haerinck '06, Mike Rainieri '07, and former classmate Mark Smith. We flew to Anchor- age, then traveled by car to Deadhorse and back, including the entire length of the Dalton Highway. Total distance driven was well over 2,000 miles. We backpacked Sukakpak Mountain (4400 ft.), crossed the Atigun Pass four times, put our feet in the Arctic Ocean, and met Santa Claus in North Pole, Alaska."

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