Major Sponsors (was: J&J or BMS sponsored teams)

[Alex Burman]

BMS
25
85
228
293
381
1089
1403
1807
Delphi and partners
45
47
48
49
292
314
378
397
462
703
858
868
894
1507
1760
GM and partners
39
65
66
67
68
70
123
135
201
226
245
314
322
326
494
515
519
704
772
812
818
857
894
903
904
1006
1013
1038
1114
1189
1241
1243
1322
1346
1437
1482
1503
1508
1547
1570
1677
1706
1772
1818
1905
Nasa
70
93
116
118
120
122
225
233
254
330
364
368
399
440
456
462
473
492
494
585
590
597
615
686
754
768
807
836
857
862
888
928
930
964
975
987
989
1011
1103
1111
1164
1216
1270
1284
1421
1438
1446
1472
1501
1502
1504
1507
1510
1515
1524
1527
1529
1532
1538
1544
1552
1555
1556
1566
1569
1572
1584
1585
1590
1595
1597
1611
1619
1622
1625
1629
1631
1641
1642
1645
1646
1654
1655
1656
1661
1666
1675
1682
1691
1695
1696
1703
1713
1714
1715
1716
1717
1719
1720
1721
1722
1726
1727
1731
1732
1734
1736
1739
1741
1743
1747
1748
1753
1756
1757
1759
1760
1761
1766
1768
1770
1778
1780
1781
1783
1784
1787
1788
1789
1791
1794
1796
1798
1799
1801
1807
1816
1817
1818
1823
1824
1826
1828
1929
1830
1831
1834
1836
1838
1839
1840
1841
1843
1845
1849
1850
1852
1856
1858
1859
1861
1863
1865
1866
1868
1871
1872
1873
1875
1876
1877
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1893
1894
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1904
1906
1911
1912
1913
1915
1917
1920
1923
1925
1926
1927
1932
1938
1960
1978

And now I'm done... All teams were found on http://www.usfirst.org/frc/map/index...list&year=2006

[galewind]

While sponsorship is important, one of things I feel that is sometimes overlooked is how the sponsors participate and interact with their team. Some teams get technical help from their sponsors, while others just get a check.

For 1089, I am grateful that we have a corporate contact at BMS who actually knows what's going on in our team. He's an incredibly busy man, but he really has put heart set in our program. At the NJ regional, he actually had put his hands in and was working with the students on our robot! At nationals, when I called him from Atlanta to let him know how the BMS teams were doing, he said "So, did you fix that power drainage problem?" -- this man knew what our students were doing, and was genuinely interested in how our team (and the other BMS teams) were doing. It made me proud to know that we have corporate sponsors with genuine interest.

There's so much to say about a sponsor who gets involved and cares about your team over one who just signs a check.

I'm not trying to play the "my sponsor is better than yours" game, by ANY means, but I am just saying that I've come to appreciate that people who work in big business are STILL people who care -- not just about how their money is being spent, but how this program will help benefit the future.

Man, FIRST is amazing

[Rohith Surampudi]

I would like to Thank every sponsor out there, no matter how big or how small, they help by funding teams so they can go on next year, without other teams FIRST would be no fun

Heres to every sponsor out there

[Conor Ryan]

I'm working on a list of Major Sponsors, I attached the file, feel free to email /pm (email is preferable) me back any changes/additions you think I should make. So far I hopefully have all the teams sponsored by, NASA, GM, Delphi, BMS, J&J, UTC, Ford, Chrysler, BAE, Siemens, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, and Google, but I'd love to have more.

Remember to follow Mr. Woodie Flowers Jr.'s trend and treat your sponsor's like they should be treated

[galewind]

Yesterday, BMS held a "finale" for all of their NJ teams. They had some great speeches, food, award certificates, and a video montage of all of our teams that were in Atlanta. It gave us the opportunity to mingle and share experiences with the other teams (which we also met with at kickoff), and our students and mentors got to meet and talk with some professionals there.

As I spoke with Dr. Anders Hedberg yesterday, and even mentioned this thread on CD, and he stated that BMS's intent is to grow their team base, but only insomuch as they can find personnel willing to work with each new team. I find that a very sound philosophy.

Earlier that day, I spent about twenty minutes talking with David Carle, our contact. He was very upset that he couldn't make the event, as he was "really looking forward to it". He was very excited about how much we've done this year, and how much we've grown, and how pleased he was to be a part of the team. He also relayed a story of how we went to a BMS facility in CT who had pictures of Team 228 on the wall was talking with him about FIRST. How cool is that?

The point of my post? As my sig suggests, I'm PROUD to be a BMS team, and I'm PROUD of all of your sponsors who get involved with your teams and get excited about your progress. This is CLEARLY not unique to our team and sponsor, but something absolutely incredible.

When corporate America gets excited about FIRST, we have to be doing SOMETHING right!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL TEAMS AND SPONSORS FOR A SUCCESSFUL 2006 SEASON!

[Koko Ed]

There are 4 Xerox teams:
191
1126
1425
1450

1 Kodak team
211

2 Bausch and Lomb teams
340
1567

2 Harris teams
386
1511

1 Gleason team
578

[GeorgeTheEng]

Originally Posted by Conor Ryan

So far I hopefully have all the teams sponsored by, NASA, GM, Delphi, BMS, J&J, UTC, Ford, Chrysler, BAE, Siemens, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, and Google, but I'd love to have more.

What I would be curious to know from the sponsors is the level of interaction and communication between the teams for a given sponsor or between the various sponors reps/contacts/mentors across the company.

I know at Lockheed Martin, each location handles it's first team separately (and that is better then a corporate mandate in my opinion... those tend to be bad for everyone). But we have started working over the last year or so at a grass roots level to get a network of Lockheed FIRST supporters so that we can better understand what the corporation does as a whole. And it also allows us to help folk at new locations who are starting teams.

What would be interesting interesting along with the raw number of teams would be a comparison between the number of teams and the companies gross sales, or some other measure that compares FIRST support to the relative size and business level. How about employees versus number of teams?

[Ashley Weed]

Originally Posted by Conor Ryan

I'm working on a list of Major Sponsors, I attached the file, feel free to email /pm (email is preferable) me back any changes/additions you think I should make. So far I hopefully have all the teams sponsored by, NASA, GM, Delphi, BMS, J&J, UTC, Ford, Chrysler, BAE, Siemens, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, and Google, but I'd love to have more.

Remember to follow Mr. Woodie Flowers Jr.'s trend and treat your sponsor's like they should be treated

I'm sure you will come across several DuPont teams, also.

[dubious elise]

Here is a list of the teams that are sponsored by GE

GE Healthcare
269
384
537
1259
1268
1306
1523
1675

GE Infrastructure
291
1761

GE Industrial
63
610
665

[laurenlacy]

One sponsor that is emerging from the woodwork is Medtronic... Medtronic and Boston Scientific have partnered to help sponsor new MN teams very generously, as well as continuing to be one of our teams major sponsors. In addition, Medtronic has also hired someone to work with FIRST to spread the word of FIRST (starting to sound a tad cultish... ) in MN. Thanks in large part to Medtronic, we now have a MN kickoff event, and hopefully we will soon have a MN regional.

I agree with galewind... it's REALLY exciting to see corporate sponsors getting fired up about FIRST!