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Background
Rich
graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Penn State University (1985), then moved to the SF Bay Area
and worked in manufacturing and design engineering for several years. He then returned to school to get his MS in
Biomedical Engineering from California State University - Sacramento (1997) and has since worked in the fields of medical
devices and assistive technology, wheelchair seating and positioning (for humans).
He started designing
and building dog wheelchairs in 2004, after seeing a dog wheelchair featured on the Animal Planet channel and deciding to
try his own design.
More Recent After instructing in AutoCAD and drafting at the local county college, Rich
recently took a position as an Instructor of welding. Not mentioned above, he attended welding school and was an accomplished
welder for four years prior to attending college. He enjoys the hands-on aspect of teaching welding and has found his welding
skills pretty decent after some time out of the field! His recently-purchased TIG welder has also kept his welding
skills sharp.
Rich also enjoys working on other
projects such as an apartment bike rack, rotating composter and various trees and houses for cats. Other activities he
enjoys are running (slowly!) on the local trails, mountain biking, and volunteering at the local SPCA. He has a slightly disabled
cat who needs no assistive devices and Rich enjoys helping care for his parents' cats, sometimes assisting his Mom who works
with feral cats. In addition to working with and helping dogs, Rich is also a cat person!
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