Our local club's website, aka Clubrunner, is located at http://eagankick-startrotary.org/. We use this site to communicate with our members. Please help us maintain the site with your information so we can serve you better. Remember, this is Rotary so it wouldn't be fair to all concerned to use this information in a way that doesn't meet the 4 way test. We need pictures for the following members. If you would prefer to use the picture next to this article for your profile, I will make that happen for you. If you had a LinkedIn picture I uploaded it to our site.
Pictures needed for
Tarryl Clark
Phone numbers needed for
Tarryl Clark
Nate Danielson -need area code
Michelle Davis
Tom Hofstad
Jamie Hopkins
Keevan Kosidowski
Greg Oxley
Denise Sjoberg
For new members, your Mentors should be helping you with getting this on the site. For Mentors who don't know how to do this please contact me. If you still can't get this done, send me the information and I will update it for you. If you are still in witness protection, you will be excused. I will maintain this list weekly until the site is up to date. Thank you for your help.
Meet one of our newest members, John Diedrich! He is the first one of the new batch to submit his photo and information for the newsletter! Thanks, John, and WELCOME!
John writes:
I grew up in West St Paul, attending St Michael’s and St Joseph’s grammar schools and Archbishop Brady High School (now St Croix Lutheran).
Following high school, I joined the US Navy, serving in the Navy Nuclear Program for seven years (1971-1978). After the Navy, I moved to the civilian nuclear power industry, first with the Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga, TN; then stint with Westinghouse Electric in Atlanta, Georgia, where I worked as a non-degreed engineer.
Westinghouse eventually discovered that they could hire a fully-degreed engineer for less money than they were paying me, so they provided a nice severance package, including money to go back to school for a degree. I took the hint, moved in with my in-laws in Eagan, Minnesota, and enrolled at the University of Minnesota, eventually earning a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering.
After graduating from the U, I worked as a Project Engineer with several system integrators, designing and installing industrial control systems in various industries. I’ve put systems together for fossil fuel plants, fire detection/suppression systems for refineries, semiconductor fabrication systems for Intel and Motorola, and water/wastewater systems across the United States.
In 2009, the Idaho National Laboratory offered me a position in a new group they were starting to support the Department of Homeland Security cyber-security effort. I have been part of the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) for eight years: 2.5 years in Idaho Falls, ID; 2 years in Arlington, VA; and the last 3.5 years working remotely from Mendota Heights. My primary function is as a subject matter expert (SME) for water/wastewater control systems. I also provide support to the Production Group, which finalizes the various products that ICS-CERT publishes (mostly on the website).
As interesting as my current position is, it won’t last forever; and I plan to retire within the next five years. In the past three months I’ve begun taking courses to prepare myself for my retirement career as a futures/options trader.
Team 2220 Blue Twilight is an FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition) team out of Eagan High School. Students work alongside experienced mentors on one of three subteams to learn about topics ranging from electronics and programming, to design and build, to grant writing and social media. The team runs all year long, spending summers focusing on community outreach, training students during the fall, and then building a competition robot during the winter which is used at tournaments in the spring. This past year, Blue Twilight won numerous awards at both the regional and world championship levels.
Eagan Kick-Start Rotarians got out to do a little yard work to help out a neighbor. What a great way to celebrating beautiful weather, able bodies, and time to give back to the community!
Huge thanks to the volunteers: Jason, Eric, Cathy, Steve, and Karen
(Jerri sends apologies for missing anyone not in pictures)
We like to include an introduction to each new member in the newsletter. Please write up a short little bio/intro (including a photo), and email it to msupina@comcast.net. We will then include a couple each week until we get caught up with all of our new members. Thanks for your attention, and welcome to Eagan Kick-Start Rotary! CLICK HERE for a document that will help you navigate our ClubRunner. Updating your information will help us all stay connected!