Montana Volunteer came for the robots stayed for the values
Pippin Wallace started volunteering with FTC eight years ago when the program was still in it's infancy. It wasn't just the robots that kept him coming back though. Pippin Wallace speaks during the 2013 MT FTC Championship Opening Ceremony (photo courtesyof Darren Steiner) "The kids have always embraced the spirit of Coopertition and Gracious Professionalism in the FIRST events and this is the big reason I've gotten behind the program," said the Oracle cloud software system administrator. Pippin, who started with FIRST Vex Challenge as a hardware and software inspector in 2006, said he was excited to be involved with anything robotics related, but he had no idea what we was getting himself into. His first go-round was rewarding and addictive and it wasn't long before he found himself stepping in to lead FTC in Montana as the Affiliate Partner there. As Affiliate Partner, Pippin became responsible for organizing the State Championship and managing team gro...