Team Profiles – Americas

Biographical information about WRTC2014 competitors for the teams of North and South America. Teams consist of two operators. The Team Leader (TL) qualified for their region and was open to select any operator as their Teammate (TM).

K1LZ Krassimir “Krassy” Petkov

Team: North America 1 (Team Leader)

Country: USA

Age: 58

Occupation: CEO of Milara, Inc. and ACOM North America

YT6W Mladen Bogdanov

Team: North America 1

Country: Serbia

Age: 54

Occupation: Electronic technician (retired)

W2RE Ray Higgins

Team: North America 2 (Team Leader)

Country: USA

Age: 48

Occupation: Co-founder and station engineer RemoteHamRadio.com

WW2DX Lee Imber

Team: North America 2

Country: USA

Age: 40

Occupation: Network Engineer

KE3X Ken Low

Team: North America 3 (Team Leader)

Country: USA

Age: 51

Occupation: Advisor at UBS Private Wealth Management

K0DQ Scott Redd

Team: North America 3

Country: USA

Age: 69

Occupation: Retired naval officer, senior executive, senior government official

N4YDU Nathan Moreschi

Team: North America 4 East (Team Leader)

Country: USA

Age: 39

Occupation: Social Studies Teacher and Department Chair – Franklinton High School, NC

N3KS Kamal “Kam” Sirageldin

Team: North America 4 East

Country: USA

Age: 54

Occupation: President, software development and communications company

AD4Z Julio Henriquez

Team: North America 4 West (Team Leader)

Country: USA

Age: 57

Occupation: Network Integrator

W4UH Dan Thompson

Team: North America 4 West

Country: USA

Age: 68

Occupation: Retired

N5DX Kevin Stockton

Team: North America 5 (Team Leader)

Country: USA

Age: 34

Occupation: Speech-Language Pathologist

N2IC Steve London

Team: North America 5

Country: USA

Age: 58

Occupation: Retired. Volunteer firefighter. N1MM Logger software team member.

N6MJ Daniel Craig

Team: North America 6 South (Team Leader)

Country: USA

Age: 33

Occupation: Pharmacy Auditor

KL9A Chris Hurlbut

Team: North America 6 South

Country: USA

Age: 31

Occupation: Store Manager – Rosauers Supermarkets

K6AM John Barcroft

Team: North America 6 North (Team Leader)

Country: USA

Age: 68

Occupation: Retired broadcast engineer

N6AN David Hodge

Team: North America 6 North

Country: USA

Age: 58

Occupation: Engineer, Broadcast Television, Electronic News Gathering

K7RL Mitch Mason

Team: North America 7 (Team Leader)

Country: USA

Age: 50

Occupation: President of a family-owned travel company

KL2A Jon Kimball

Team: North America 7

Country: USA

Age: 43

Occupation: Entertainment and Events

K8MR Jim Stahl

Team: North America 8 (Team Leader)

Country: USA

Age: 64

Occupation: Retired Television engineer

K9NW Mike Tessmer

Team: North America 8

Country: USA

Age: 52

Occupation: Merchandising for a fastener company (nuts & bolts) selling to hardware stores

W9RE Michael Wetzel

Team: North America 9 (Team Leader)

Country: USA

Age: 65

Occupation: Electrical Engineer

N5OT Mark Beckwith

Team: North America 9

Country: USA

Age: 55

Occupation: CEO Nevus.org, Musician

KU1CW Alex Tkatch

Team: North America 10 (Team Leader)

Country: USA

Age: 48

Occupation: Technology Manager, Telecom/Test and Measurement Equipment

EA5GTQ Yuri Sakalouski

Team: North America 10

Country: Spain

Age: 48

Occupation: Telecommunication and Internet provider.

VY2ZM Jeffrey T. Briggs

Team: North America 11 Canada East (Team Leader)

Country: USA

Age: 67

Occupation: Vice President of Electronic Banking, Retired

KK6ZM Patrick W. Briggs

Team: North America 11 Canada East

Country: USA

Age: 41

Occupation: Senior Vice President at Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

VE7CC Lee Sawkins

Team: North America 12 Canada West (Team Leader)

Country: Canada

Age: 69

Occupation: Retired ATE Test Engineer

VE7SV Dale Green

Team: North America 12 Canada West

Country: Canada

Age: 68

Occupation: Air Canada (Flight Operations Management), Retired

K9VV Fred Kleber

Team: North America 13 Caribbean (Team Leader)

Country: Virgin Islands

Age: 54

Occupation: Wireless consultant

VE3EJ John Sluymer

Team: North America 13 Caribbean

Country: Canada

Age: 59

Occupation: Senior Project Manager – Broadcast infrastructure (RF)

PY2YU Hamilton Oliveira Martins

Team: South America 1 (Team Leader)

Country: Brazil

Age: 31

Occupation: Technician in management processes

PY2NDX Rafael Martins

Team: South America 1

Country: Brazil

Age: 29

Occupation: Publishing Prepress

CX6VM Jorge Diez

Team: South America 2 (Team Leader)

Country: Uruguay

Age: 45

Occupation: Business Administration, Consultant

LU1FAM Lucas Maiorov

Team: South America 2

Country: Argentina

Age: 32

Occupation: Software Quality Assurance

W2SC Tom Georgens

Team: Latitude 13 – Sponsored Team (Team Leader)

Country: USA

Age: 54

Occupation: CEO of NetApp

N2NL Dave Mueller

Team: Latitude 13 – Sponsored Team

Country: USA

Age: 42

Occupation: Chief Warrant Officer, US Coast Guard (Naval Engineering Specialty)

PY1NX Soni Endlich Leite

Team: Brazil-Bulgaria Friendship Team – Sponsored Team (Team Leader)

Country: Brazil

Age: 27

Occupation: Electrical Engineer – Hydroelectric

LZ3YY Atanas Koychev Atanasov

Team: Brazil-Bulgaria Friendship Team – Sponsored Team

Country: Bulgaria

Age: 40

Occupation: Field Maintenance Engineer for GSM operator Globul

NR5M George DeMontrond

Team: Team 59 – Sponsored Team (Team Leader)

Age: 62

Occupation: President of DeMontrond Auto Group

W2GD John Crovelli

Team: Team 59 – Sponsored Team

Age: 64 (Celebrating year 65 on July 10th at WRTC2014)

Occupation: Self-Employed – design, build and maintain amateur radio stations