Team

snow mountain pinball

Snow Mountain Pinball is a division of DIY Pinball LLC and is based in Lyons, Colorado.

We represent a motivated group of individuals interested in the creation and production of custom pinball machines. We're already the first team in the world to have built a professional quality pinball machine from scratch in just six months.

Jeff Mathews Snow Mountain Pinball is Jeff’s third startup. He has a B.S. in Computer Science and over fifteen years experience in the embedded systems fields including automotive engine management, aerospace motion control systems, and wireless sensing equipment. Lee Taylor Lee has a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, where among other things he taught classes on robotics. He brings a wealth of knowledge in the electrical and software engineering fields. Amy Mathews Sure, you saw her in "Children of the Corn III", but what has she been up to lately? Amy founded and operates Girl Friday Rescue, in which she helps small business’ like us stay on track. Her administrative, organizational and cheerleading skills help to keep us focused and motivated. Amy has a BA in Behavioral Science, is a published author and manages Mathews Enterprises. Mark Mathews Mark has 40 years experience in aerospace engineering. He has been drafted to assist in the design of our sophisticated, modern, pinball hardware. He brings business management experience, aerospace quality mechanical design, CAD/CAM, and machine shop services. Nathan Funaro Nate has a B.A. in animation and digital video, with a background in television and broadband animation. He recently produced for the Cartoon Network New Media Shorts department, garnering an Emmy nomination. Nate is art directing the design and theming of playfield art and toys as well as contributing to playfield design and story.

Zachary Smith
Zach is producing our original music scores and sound effects. Zach has yet to rise above his first and most enduring accomplishment -- Donkey Kong for ColecoVision. He has been credited, much to his embarrassment, as "the father of ZigBee". Somewhere in the middle of all this, he has found the time to pursue an on-again, off-again career as a both a professional rock-musician and Zen monk. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Music from Hampshire College and a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts.

Roger Lin Roger is using his pinball experience to refine our playfield designs and rule sets. He is working to ensure our games are predictable yet interesting, as well as fun to play and deep. He has a degree in Architectural Engineering from University of Colorado at Boulder.

Randy Willig Randy is one of our electronic systems consultants. He has 25 years of experience in the technology industry, with a focus on research, development, and intellectual property protection. He has built technology systems ranging from high volume production PC class motherboards to military radar.

Vaasanthy Krishnamurthy Vaas is helping with the embedded software that runs sound, lamps, solenoids, displays and special features on the machines. She has a MS in EE from University of Colorado at Boulder.

Matt Coriale Matt is one of our industry consultants. While working at Midway and Williams, he had a hand in the creation of some of the all time favorites: Cactus Canyon, Safe Cracker and Star Trek: The Next Generation.