Saturday

FLIR Principal Engineer Tom Sommer will officially be on the front lines this year for team American Chunker



Team American Chunker would like to welcome Tom Sommer a highly experienced electronic engineer with an extensive system development background. Familiar with all phases of development including concept, architecture, design, implementation, debug, and Agency approval. He is seasoned in all analog, digital, power, firmware, thermal, and mechanical aspects of product development. Tom is accustomed to a fast paced, deadline driven, minimal resource environments. Tom specializes in creative, multi-disciplinary problem solving and he is a holder of two United States patents. Tom's Outside Interests include: World War 2 Re-enacting, Civil War Re-enacting, Flying, Cooking, Gardening, and Punkin Chunkin.

Tom holds degrees from:

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY Pittsburgh, PA
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Boston, MA
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

This Fall Tom will be an enormous part of the testing and strategic planning portion of American Chunker 2.0. Welcome aboard Tom! Thanks for your passion and all you do for us!