Meet the Team

2024 – 2025 Team

Left to Right: La-Marr Smith (Suspension Lead), Orion Winter (Chassis Lead / Project Manager), Alena Bolosan (Powertrain Lead (Accumulator)), Kassity Balgas (Fiscal Manager), Ryan Kawabata (Powertrain Lead (Drivetrain)), Aadil Kher (Competition Manager)

2023 – 2024 Team


Managers

These are the leaders of the Rainbow Warrior Racing 2024 season. These managers direct the team’s budgets of performance, time, and money.

Andrew Fiala
Project Manager

Pelle Bergstrom
Systems Integrator

Sullivan Sliwowski
Fiscal Manager

Desmond Bustamante
Marketing Manager

Gavin Kawaguchi
Competition Manager

Guomingxiao Gao
Competition Manager

Nicolas Gottero
Assistant Manager


Chassis

Members of the chassis team are responsible for the designing and manufacturing the frame of the vehicle.

Pelle Bergstrom

Systems Integrator
Chassis Lead

Nicolas Gottero

Assistant Manager
C
hassis Co-Lead


Powertrain

Members of the Powertrain team design, manufacture, and assemble the electrical components and engine of the vehicle.

Andrew Fiala
Project Manager
Powertrain Lead

Desmond Bustamante
Marketing Manager
Powertrain Co-Lead

Sullivan Sliwowski
Fiscal Manager
Powertrain Member

Gavin Kawaguchi
Competition Manager
Powertrain Member

Guomingxiao Gao
Competition Manager
Powertrain Member


Suspension

Members of the suspension team design, manufacture, and assemble shock absorption components for the vehicle.

Nicolas Gottero

Assistant Manager
Suspension Lead

Pelle Bergstrom

Systems Integrator
Suspension Co-Lead

2022 – 2023 Team


Logistics Managers

These are the leaders of the Rainbow Warrior Racing 2023 season. The logistic managers direct the team’s budgets of performance, time, and money.

Tyler Maruno
Project Manager

Daniel Aguirre
Systems Integrator

Oliver Pattavina
Competition Manager

Powertrain Lead

Reagan Anderly
Financial Manager

Powertrain Interface Coordinator

Tanner Tamura
Marketing Manager

Chassis Lead


Chassis

Members of the chassis team are responsible for the designing and manufacturing the frame of the vehicle.

Tanner Tamura
Marketing Manager

Chassis Lead

Karl Baguio
Chassis Verification & Validation Engineer

Michael Li
Chassis Interface Coordinator


Powertrain

Members of the Powertrain team design, manufacture, and assemble the electrical components and engine of the vehicle.

Oliver Pattavina
Competition Manager Powertrain Lead

Reagan Anderly
Financial Manager

Powertrain Interface Coordinator

Kyle Apuya
Powertrain Verification & Validation Engineer

RJ Polinar-Pascua
Electrical Lead

Powertrain Design Engineer


Suspension

Members of the suspension team design, manufacture, and assemble shock absorption components for the vehicle.

Elijah-Skye Naranjo
Suspension Lead

Ian Tamane
Suspension Design Engineer

Noah Ungos
Suspension Interface Coordinator

La-Marr Smith
Suspension Verification & Validation Engineer


Marketing & Financial Team

Chris Scott-Gray
Financial Specialist

Kaylee Liang
Marketing Specialist

Abigail Macalintal
Engineering Liaison

Marco Avila
Marketing Specialist

Eric Ngo
Marketing Specialist

Kyle Johnson
Marketing Specialist