Nicholas Altstatt

Position

Panel Shop Supervisor

At BCU Since

2017

Education/Experience

After graduating top of his class in precision machining, tool and die design as well as drafting and design at the West Holmes-Ashland County Career Center, he worked for several years in an automotive stamping plant and took part in the full conversion from a manually loaded press line to a fully automated press line with Fanuc robots. Following that, he worked 10 years with an OEM machine company for material handling, mainly focused on the tire and rubber industry.

Favorite TV Show as a Kid

MacGyver and Night Rider

Hobbies

Nicholas is a licensed Ham Radio Operator, holding a general class license with a call sign of "K8NJA" and also enjoys riding his motorcycle.

Three Things on Your Bucket List

1. Go fishing in Alaska during the salmon run 2. Witness the northern lights 3. Go snorkeling off the coast of Florida

Best Advice You've Ever Heard

"If you fail to plan, you are already planning to fail!"- Benjamin Franklin

Coffee-Making Skills on a Scale of 1-10

3 - I enjoy herbal tea instead!

Three Values that Drive You

Be dependable, be truthful and be on time! Be humble and ALWAYS remember that no matter how bad things get or how bad the situation seems, there is always someone worse off than you are.

What You Wanted to Grow Up to Be as a Kid

An Air Force pilot

Three Words that Describe BCU

Driven, dependable, grounded