Team Leadership
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Zeo Pereira
Team Captain
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Uma Vulliez
Vice Captain
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Oliver Håkansson
Software Team Lead
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Sebastian Kuhn
Hardware and CAD Team Lead
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Ori Margalith
Electrical Team Lead
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Kate Vongpanya
Business/Media Team Co-Lead
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Autumn Thibeault
Business/Media Team Co-Lead
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Ari Ludkovski
Scouting Team Lead
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Elliot McGuire
Strategy Team Lead
Mentors
Electronics, Hardware, Software, and Engineering Mentors: Jarrett Corr, Lane Fuller, Kirk Miller, Megan Tremer, and Jeremy White,
Lead Mentors: Michael Ramsey & Michael Cameron
Jarrett Corr
Jarrett Corr is a Software Mentor with Octobots Robotics Team 9084, bringing real-world engineering expertise from Advanced Scientific Concepts (ASC) in Santa Barbara — a leading developer of 3D Flash LIDAR imaging systems used in space, defense, and autonomous applications. Working at the cutting edge of sensor technology and software, Jarrett channels that hands-on technical experience into helping Octobots students tackle the programming challenges at the heart of competitive robotics
Lane Fuller
Lane Fuller is a Software Mentor with Octobots Robotics Team 9084 and a proud FIRST Robotics alumnus who has come full circle — returning to give students the same experience that shaped him. A Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy (DPEA) alumni, Lane went on to earn his bachelor's and master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley, mentoring at DPEA during his summer and winter breaks throughout his time there. He has spent nearly eight years at Advanced Scientific Concepts LLC in Santa Barbara, where he currently works as a Senior Simulation and Systems Engineer developing cutting-edge technology for space applications. Lane knows firsthand what competitive robotics can mean for a young person — and as he put it, there's simply nothing quite like the energy of driving your robot into the arena alongside teams from across the state.
Kirk Miller
Kirk Miller is a Hardware Mentor with Octobots Robotics Team 9084, joining the team as a mentor when his son signed up in 2021. Kirk came to Santa Barbara for graduate school at UC Santa Barbara, earned his PhD in Physics, and never left — making the area home for over 30 years. He has built a career turning complex scientific ideas into working systems, with experience spanning the world's most advanced semiconductor fabrication facilities, high-energy laser research, and sensitive government intelligence and defense programs. He currently serves as a Senior Staff Analyst and Systems Engineer at Toyon Research Corporation in Goleta. Throughout his career he has routinely bridged disciplines — translating between physicists, engineers, mathematicians, and technicians — a skill he brings directly to helping Octobots students cut through complexity and build hardware that actually works.
Megan Tremer
Megan Tremer is an Engineering Mentor with Octobots Robotics Team 9084 and an accomplished engineer. Holding degrees in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University, she has built a distinguished career spanning imaging technology, aerospace, and defense — with roles at Raytheon, FLIR Systems, and Teledyne, where she currently serves as President of Teledyne Space Imaging. In that role, she leads an international portfolio of advanced imaging systems used in premier telescopes, space missions, and national security applications, and was recently named a special honoree on the Pacific Coast Business Times' Top 50 Women in Business list. Megan brings to the Octobots a genuine love of science and a career defined by solving hard problems — exactly the spirit she helps instill in the next generation of engineers.
Jeremy White
Jeremy White is a Hardware Mentor with Octobots Robotics Team 9084, joining the team in 2025 after a coworker — whose son was on the Octobots — mentioned they were looking for someone with SolidWorks experience. With over a decade using SolidWorks as his primary design tool, Jeremy was a natural fit. A mechanical engineer by training, he has spent his career designing and building everything from custom furniture and architectural pieces to working prototypes for the automotive, aerospace, and consumer electronics industries, with stints at Neal Feay Company in Goleta and currently at Wildfactory in Camarillo, where he works as a Design Engineer and Project Manager. What started as a casual offer to help quickly turned into something more: Jeremy was struck by the motivation of the students and the speed and complexity at which the whole team operated. He's been hooked ever since, helping students tackle SolidWorks challenges while building his own knowledge of robotics and robot design along the way.
Parent Committee Chair/Team Admin: Diana Pereira
Dos Pueblos HS Teacher Advisor: Ashley Ong
Michael Ramsey
Michael Ramsey is a Lead Mentor and co-founder of Octobots Robotics Team 9084. With over 25 years of experience in technology leadership, Michael currently serves as Chief Information Security Officer at Boomerang Solutions Group in Santa Barbara, having previously held senior roles at Citrix and Employbridge where he oversaw global infrastructure operations, managed teams across multiple countries, and directed budgets exceeding $50M. He brings that same strategic, results-oriented mindset to the Octobots — helping students experience what it's really like to take an idea from concept to competition. Michael got involved in FIRST Robotics when his son joined a team, and never looked back; the experience turned his son into an aerospace engineer and turned Michael into a passionate advocate for hands-on STEM education. He sees his role as being a guiding force rather than a director, steering students toward solutions while letting them lead the way.
Michael Cameron
Michael Cameron is a Lead Mentor and co-founder of Octobots Robotics Team 9084, bringing nearly four decades of mechanical and manufacturing engineering experience to the team. A Cal Poly San Luis Obispo graduate, Michael has built his career designing and refining precision technologies across some of the region's most respected companies — including Applied Magnetics, Superconductor Technologies, Medtronic, and Arthrex, where he has served as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer for over 13 years. That deep bench of hands-on engineering expertise makes him an invaluable guide for students as they design, prototype, and build competition robots from the ground up. Michael believes the Octobots program offers students something truly rare: the chance to take an idea all the way through to a finished product — an experience that prepares them for careers in engineering and beyond.