{"id":157607,"date":"2026-04-05T04:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T04:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/157607\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T04:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T04:40:08","slug":"people-on-the-move-april-5-2026-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/157607\/","title":{"rendered":"People on the Move, April 5, 2026 \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tobyhanna Army Depot
\n\"CoreyCorey Katsak, Tobyhanna Army Depot (SUBMITTED)
\n\"AprilApril Viola, Tobyhanna Army Depot (SUBMITTED)
\n\"ScottScott Kratochvil, Tobyhanna Army Depot (SUBMITTED)<\/p>\n

The depot recently observed National Engineers Week by showcasing some of Team Tobyhanna\u2019s finest members of the engineering community.<\/p>\n

Electronic engineer Corey Katsak, of Effort, began his career journey at Luzerne County Community College. In 2007, while still a student, recruiters from Tobyhanna visited campus and introduced him to what was then called the Student Career Experience Program.<\/p>\n

Although he initially pursued a degree in cybersecurity, he quickly realized it wasn\u2019t the right fit. He switched his major to electronic engineering technology and graduated with his associate degree. Afterward, he began working in Tobyhanna\u2019s SATCOM Strategic Systems shop. After two years in SATCOM, he decided he wanted to complete his four-year degree.<\/p>\n

Instead of allowing him to leave, Tobyhanna worked with Katsak so that he could transition to an engineering intern role while attending Wilkes University to complete his bachelor\u2019s degree. By 2009, he had fully transitioned into an engineering position and he\u2019s been serving in engineering roles at Tobyhanna ever since.<\/p>\n

Chemical engineer April Viola, of Bethlehem, plays a vital role in the depot\u2019s mission providing superior readiness to the joint war fighter. Her interdisciplinary expertise is twofold: She provides critical support for refinishing operations like electroplating, painting and sandblasting while also ensuring the appropriate use of hazardous materials across hundreds of different missions on the installation.<\/p>\n

Though she comes from a long line of professional engineers, the University of Pittsburgh and Northampton Community College graduate found that a career in the chemical discipline came as a surprise.<\/p>\n

Viola\u2019s first professional position was in the automation validation engineering field, where she wrote code for the pharmaceutical and energy industries. She found the work interesting but ultimately chose to find a role that better suited her natural talents and passion for chemistry.<\/p>\n

Lead mechanical engineer Scott Kratochvil, of Scranton, took a keen interest in engineering from an early age and knew pursuing a career in the field was his passion.<\/p>\n

And Kratochvil did exactly that \u2014 not every engineer can boast an interplanetary resume, but Kratochvil\u2019s work on the Curiosity Mars rover puts him in that exclusive company. His work concentrated mainly on the rover\u2019s heat shield for what was called the Mars Science Lab at the time. Impressively, Kratochvil did it all before graduating from Montana State University in 2010 with a degree in mechanical engineering.<\/p>\n

After graduating, Kratochvil began a seven-year trek across the U.S. His journey started in Montana, working for Montana State University\u2019s Space Science Engineering Lab. He then transitioned to a role with the Air Force Research Lab, based out of Boston, and then BRAC\u2019d to Albuquerque. In November 2017, Kratochvil was ready for a new challenge and joined the esteemed ranks of Team Tobyhanna.<\/p>\n

For the better part of a decade, Kratochvil has been a member of Tobyhanna\u2019s engineering community working many different programs and systems in Tobyhanna\u2019s vast portfolio.<\/p>\n

Recognizing the excellence of Tobyhanna Army Depot\u2019s engineering community during National Engineers Week directly aligns with Tobyhanna\u2019s long-range strategic plan, TOBY2035 \u2014 specifically the Invest in Our People line of effort. The goal of Tobyhanna Army Depot\u2019s plan is to strive to position Tobyhanna for success in the coming years as the Department of War\u2019s premier worldwide C5ISR readiness provider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tobyhanna Army Depot Corey Katsak, Tobyhanna Army Depot (SUBMITTED) April Viola, Tobyhanna Army Depot (SUBMITTED) Scott Kratochvil, Tobyhanna…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[60,201,433,182,2941,434,28,178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-157607","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-lackawanna-county","10":"tag-lehigh-county","11":"tag-local-news","12":"tag-monroe-county","13":"tag-northampton-county","14":"tag-pennsylvania","15":"tag-scranton","16":"tag-scranton-headlines","17":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}