Our Team

Stephen Pevnick, President, Senior Designer

Received his BA in Design from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1968 and his MFA in Multimedia from Washington University in 1972. Inventor of the Graphical Waterfall® which won one of 10 Design Excellence awards from the Industrial Designer's Society of America in 1983. Taught Industrial Design at UWM from 1986 -1991 and consulted for UWM Extension for several years after that. He currently teaches computer courses in the art department at UWM and works on new Graphical Waterfall® ideas at Pevnick Design, Inc.

Richard Bartlein, Senior Software Engineer

About Richard...

Lee Schneider, Senior Electrical Engineer

BSEE from UWM/Milwaukee (Electronics/Computer Interface Design major) 1976. 1 yr graduate work in UW Robotics & Artificial Intellegence Labs. 2 yrs designing microprocessor-based environmental & energy control systems for MicroControl Systems Corp (Milw), 1 yr similar systems for Phillips Control Corp (Denver). 1 yr design of imbedded machine controls for Zerand Corp (Milw). 8 yrs electronics test QCEE for General Electric Medical Systems Division (Milw). Became independent design consultant for electronic controls & imbedded computer control systems in 1990, consulted with Pevnick Design on their waterfall control systems beginning in 1991, became salaried employee of same in 2002(?) as Chief Electronics & Systems Design Engineer, responsible for all design of their imbedded controls, system upgrades, troubleshooting, and overall systems design & technology integration.

Jeremy Brown, Lead Design and Fabrication

Received from MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2005.
Taught Sculpture and 3D Design at UWM from 2001 until 2008.
Fifteen years of experience in modeling and design, including, graphics, 2D and 3D CAD, and fabrication in metal wood and plastic.

Don Stern, Senior Machinist

Aviation machinists mate 2nd. Class U.S. Navy-1966-1970
Machine shop department-Systems Inc. Menomonee Falls, WI-1971
Aviation Airframe and Powerplant mechanic school.-Spartan School of Aeronautics, Tulsa, OK.-1971-1972
Aviation mechanic-Jet Air Corp. Clintonville, WI-1972-1974
Tool & die maker-GM/Delphi in Oak Creek, WI.-1974-2006
Pevnick Design-2007-Present

Paul Bartolone, New Media Designer

Paul Bartolone graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Peck School of the Arts. Paul utilizes any new media technology, i.e. video, film, web development or software design, to convey his ultimate design goal: to create a fluid marriage between the newest technology and traditional artistic sensibilities and ideals. Currently employed as a Designer for Pevnick Design, where he started as an internist in 2009.