About Us
Our Company
In 2005, Robert & Lynnette Stokes founded Stokes Educational Services (SES) based in their hometown, Carl Junction, MO. SES became a distributor and secondary developer for an educational robotics company, Aldebaran, in 2010. Over the next several years SES developed many applications outside of education for Aldebaran’s NAO humanoid robot. Since then, the company has expanded and divided into two divisions Stokes Education & Stokes Robotics. Stokes Education focuses on STEM education and Stokes Robotics focuses on robotic solutions for customers in multiple industries.
Leadership Team
Robert Stokes
Co-Founder and CEO
Robert Stokes is the founder and President of Stokes Education. Robert received his bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from MSSU and Master’s from the University of Utah. Robert has been married to Lynnette for 35 years, and they have four adult children. He has written scores of K-12 curriculum units, developed several science education equipment products, conducted dozens of training workshops, and trained thousands of science and technology teachers. Robert is a recipient of the Honorary Life: Lifetime Achievement Award from the Technology Student Association (TSA) for his contributions to TSA, technology education, and STEM education across the country.
Lynnette Stokes
Co-Founder and CFO
Lynnette has been Vice-President and CFO for Stokes Robotics since founding its parent company (Stokes Education) with her husband, Robert, in 2005. She graduated from MSSU with a B.S. in chemistry and worked as a chemist before staying home to raise their four children.
In addition to undertaking the bulk of the financial duties involved with running Stokes Education, Lynnette has also written curriculum, edited curriculum, ordered necessary business supplies and products to be shipped, and handled much of the administrative duties for the company.
Bill White
Vice President of Sales
Bill White serves as the director of Sales, and he came to Stokes Robotics with almost 15 years of sales experience both inside and outside of the field of education. While working in sales, Bill has also been a volunteer firefighter & licensed EMT. Bill is married with two children and two grandchildren.
