{"id":1714,"date":"2026-07-07T14:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/entrepreneurship\/?page_id=1714"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:44:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:44:57","slug":"casey-cotter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/entrepreneurship\/mentorship-team\/casey-cotter\/","title":{"rendered":"Casey Cotter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"breadcrumbs\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\">\r\n\t<!-- Breadcrumb NavXT 7.2.0 -->\n<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture.\" href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">Voiland College<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to The Harold Frank Engineering Entrepreneurship Institute.\" href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/entrepreneurship\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">The Frank Institute<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span><\/div><header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tMentor Team: Casey Cotter\t<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignright has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large  wsu-image--style-round\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"1056\" data-id=\"1715\"  src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/07\/CaseyCotter-792x1056.jpg\" alt=\"Program Mentor\n\" class=\"wp-image-1715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/07\/CaseyCotter-792x1056.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/07\/CaseyCotter-396x528.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/07\/CaseyCotter-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/07\/CaseyCotter-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/07\/CaseyCotter-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/07\/CaseyCotter-149x198.jpg 149w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/07\/CaseyCotter-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Owner at EpicLean.cc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/casey-cotter-a8128b72\/\">Casey Cotter on LinkedIn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Casey Cotter is an engineer and entrepreneur focused on product development, systems design, and applied performance engineering. 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