Hi, I'm Will Kurtz

I grew up going through the LPS district, Wilder to Goddard and on to LHS.  After graduation, I attended Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA (mainly because I could still sneak away to the ski hill) and graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.  I then moved to Denmark to work as a field engineer on offshore platforms in the North Sea.  After Denmark, I moved to Houston to unthaw and continue working as a manufacturing automation project engineer and complete an MBA.  In 2020 I moved back to Littleton working as a design engineer consultant while starting a property management company.  

My journey to EPIC started as a mentor in the Business and Entrepreneurship program, helping students with their product designs and business plans. I was in awe of the community where students can learn in such a hands-on manner while also collaborating and building professional skills.  Most importantly, EPIC is a place to succeed AND fail while always growing more confident in your post-secondary future.  I look forward to furthering these EPIC attributes in my role as a Business Instructor and Work Based Learning Coordinator.

I will save you the pain of reading through a long list of typical Colorado things that most  everyone else enjoys doing and instead list some more "unique" things:

• Over researching DIY house projects and sometimes completing them

• Roasting (and burning) coffee

• Tinkering at my local makerspace (woodworking, rapid prototyping, electronics, Frankenstein projects)

• Finding weird athletic events to participate in (see above fishing/relay race, NAS-CARP)