Erika Stoffel
Head Coach
1st year on Team 701
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Ms. Stoffel joined the team as head coach in the 2024/2025 build season. As veteran and military spouse, Ms. Stoffel boasts a varied professional history including logistician, paralegal, IT professional, process improvement manager, education specialist, and most recently, manufacturing lab technician at Solano Community College. In her spare time, Ms. Stoffel likes to tinker and make things that make life easier. She also enjoys spending time with her husband, Matt, and two dogs, Shadow and Charlotte.
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Duane Murphy
Programming & Business Mentor
17th year on Team 701
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Mr. Murphy has been interested in robotics, specifically with the RoboVikes.... He has a vivid memory of the tetris themed game in 2005 where he was the coach on drive team at a competition simply because he was the tallest mentor.
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John Franco Saraceno
Programming and Electrical Mentor
3rd year on Team 701
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Mr. Franco is our electrical and programming mentor starting in the 2023 build season. He is a trained field scientist and amateur maker with over 15 years of experience developing environmental sensors and implementing water quality monitoring networks. When time (and weather) permits, he likes to build and fly drones.
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Doug Green
Previous Coach/ Founder
22nd year on Team 701
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Mr. Green has been the head coach of Team 701 since the very beginning. Though he has now moved on and now teaches at Solano Community College, he is still involved. He loves when students collectively learn about cutting edge technology while applying it to the classroom and the real world. Outside of robotics, Mr. Green enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking, rock climbing and blowing up rockets :). He graduated from UC Davis and majored in Nuclear Physics.
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Bob Anderson
Welding, Mechanical & Construction Mentor
5th year on Team 701
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Mr. Anderson is neighbors with Aaron and Derek Lance. His favorite name to call students is "knucklehead" and recently he has been the life and entertainment of the team. He majored in Automotive technology and did set construction and special effects on the movie, "Days of Thunder". Outside of robotics he likes spending time with family and fishing with friends. He likes working in his garage and helping people by fixing things.
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Elijah Ruiz
Alumni and Coach
6th year on Team 701
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Elijah Ruiz is our Alumni and Coach starting the 2024 Build Season. He was our Director of Engineering during his senior year. Elijah pursued engineering at Solano Community College and is planning on applying towards UC Berkeley. In his free time, Elijah enjoys playing competitive soccer for his local team.