Frank Weigand, President
Frank received his BSME degree from Notre Dame and his MSME degree from Purdue, both with highest honors. He spent 11 years at Honeywell, developing high-speed ground transportation systems and turbine power systems for air vehicles, which resulted in five patents. He was promoted to Project Manager and was responsible for a group of 20 engineers. He then joined Walt Disney Imagineering in 1986 as Principal Engineer, and was later promoted to Manager of Mechanical Engineering. In that capacity, he had administrative and technical responsibility for up to 93 engineers and designers who were developing rides and shows for Disney parks worldwide, as well as performing internal R&D on wheels and other elements. Frank left Disney in 1994 to become Vice President of Engineering for Kenetech, the world's largest utility-scale wind turbine manufacturer. Since 1996, he has had his own consulting firm, specializing in design and development of entertainment systems. He holds two patents for ride systems.

Kevin Parent, Vice President
Kevin received his BS in Physics from MIT and began working for Walt Disney Imagineering as a System Engineer in 1987. Some of his key contributions included development of new ride control algorithms that were successfully implemented in Disneyland Paris, improvement of motor and Station Area control for several attractions, and leading the technical development of the safety-critical control systems and motion profiles for the vehicles and elevators on the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. Kevin then joined Spectra F/X and became Associate Vice Prfesident of Engineering, where he developed control systems and performed extensive modeling and simulation efforts for Universal Studios attractions including the free-flying Water World Sea Plane, several roller coasters, and Terminator 2-3D, as well as a number of Las Vegas shows. Kevin then co-founded Things & Ideas, Inc., a firm specializing in design and analysis of theme park attractions. Projects to date have included the GM Test Track, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and several attractions for Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney's California Adventure, Tokyo Disneyland, and Tokyo DisneySeas, as well as various rides for Universal's Islands of Adventure.

Aiden Bradley, Chief Technical Officer
Aidan received his H.n.d. degree in Mechanical Engineering in England and began designing guidance control systems for aerospace applications. He was hired by Britannia Row Productions in 1980 to do stage design, effects design, rigging design, safety engineering, production management and atmospheric effects for numerous touring and stage acts. In 1987, he became Vice President of Engineering for Show Motion Design, and was responsible for the engineering of the Mayan Temple set and stunt equipment for Disney's Indiana Jones Stunt Show. In 1989, Aidan founded Spectra F/X Europe to provide design support for Disneyland Paris. He then returned to the US as Director of Advanced Engineering for Spectra F/X, designing and developing numerous rides and shows for Disney and Universal Studios. Much of this work involved development of high-performance wheels for attractions. In 1997, Aidan co-founded Things & Ideas. He has been retained by Disney and Universal Studios to help solve some of their most difficult technical challenges.

Brad Borgman, Director of Project Engineering
Brad received his BSAE from Michigan State University, and continued his studies toward an MSEE from MSU and Cal Poly, Pomona. He spent 8 years at Sunkist Growers, being promoted to Chief Engineer of R&D after receiving patents for robotic packaging and developing optical sorting equipment. He joined Walt Disney Imagineering in 1988 to work on the Euro Disney project as a Ride Systems Engineer, coordinating stateside ride equipment for installation in Paris. He is best known for the Indiana Jones Ride at Disneyland, where he was the Ride Project Engineer. In 1994 he started his own consulting business for the themepark industry. His clients include Universal Hollywood, Universal Islands of Adventure, Universal Florida, Universal Japan, Warner Brothers, Sony Development, and various ride system manufacturers.