Timothy Leung, PYRS President
Timothy is a former VEX Robotics World Champion, and an alumni of the Gladstone Robosavages Robotics Team. Tim’s dedication to youth robotics has carried on to his post-secondary and professional career, first as a founder of the “Penguin Robotics” volunteer group, and now as President of PYRS.
Bob Cook, PYRS Secretary
Bob leads the PYRS referee team, recruiting and training new referees, organizing referee participation for each event, and participating as the Head Referee in lower mainland events. When not volunteering for PYRS, Bob can be found programming robots at the Vancouver Robotics, or at his day job, as the Senior Product Development Manager at Sophos Limited.
Nevin Li, PYRS Treasurer
Nevin is a VEX Robotics Alumni from Gladstone Secondary and has been part of the PYRS Organizing team for many years. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from UBC.
Jason Brett, Director
Jason has over twenty years of experience in youth robotics and has mentored teams in VEX Robotics, FIRST Robotics, FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Lego League. He is a founding board member of PYRS and a former high school teacher. He now teaches electronics, robotics and material science to future high school “shop” teachers as part of BCIT’s Technology Teacher Education Program.
Denise Chan, Director
Denise is a VEX Robotics Alumni from Gladstone Secondary and the newest addition to the PYRS Board of Directors. She has been volunteering to manage PYRS events for many years.
Daruvin Sood, Director
Daruvin leads the PYRS Judging team, recruiting and coordinating judges and adjudication for PYRS Lower Mainland competitions. He also helps coordinate student workshops. When not working with students at PYRS, Daruvin can be found at TELUS where, as a solution architect, he designs, develops and implements new concepts and technologies.
Andrew Kay, Director
Andrew has many years of experience as a high school teacher and robotics coach. He currently teaches at West Vancouver Secondary School.
