You never know where a high-school internship at 2B Tech might lead you… and in David Kopala’s case, it led him right back to 2B Technologies 8 years later, now as the Program Manager of our company.

David’s work at 2B Tech started in 2015 when he was at Northglenn High School in suburban Denver.  His talents at programming and engineering were evident even at that early age, and he worked on software for some of our instrumentation and programming of an app for doing ozone units conversions.  After graduating high school, it was on to college at the University of Colorado Boulder, where David earned degrees in Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Applied Mathematics.

David’s talents landed him some amazing internship opportunities, including at SpaceX and Tesla.  Along the way he caught the attention of one of his professors, who recruited him to work at his company in Vietnam, where David worked for a year on the firmware for the company’s new sleep-monitoring technology and managed a team of 12 engineers.  As it turns out, these experiences gave David exposure to different managing and communication styles, along with some unique insights into what works best in the settings of companies that are innovating new products.

David is applying those insights now as 2B Tech’s Program Manager.  In this role, he’s at the switchboard of the communications between our engineering team, management leadership, and sales team.  His work is largely focused on our multi-pollutant products (AQSync and AQLite).   His goal is to foster the synergy that happens when good organization and good engineering are brought together.  He sees this as a way to help 2B Tech excel as a team, and for our products to become even more robust and reliable.  His strong personal relationships with the team at 2B Tech, together with his long history with our company, are helping him develop an approach that is a good fit for us here. To that end, he has set up new processes to ensure that communications are good and priorities for the company are understood and addressed.

David lives in the Denver area, and right now he has added another goal to his long list– to participate in his first triathlon. David, our Engineering Manager Craig Williford, and Mechanical Engineer Luke Greenidge are challenging each other in a September triathlon in Denver.  They’ll no doubt bring out the best in each other, in keeping with the theme here at 2B Tech!