Who We Are 
 

John Deabler - Chairman

John Deabler founded Swing One, Inc. to create a golf swing training device that would make learning to play golf easier. 

A 1956 graduate of Purdue University in mechanical engineering, John began selling industrial air moving equipment as a manufacturer's representative in 1959. As his business, John W. Deabler, Inc., prospered, he acquired additional lines and added employees, and his firm expanded to 15 people. To better serve his customers' needs, he branched out into manufacturing and brokerage operations as well.

John transferred ownership of John W. Deabler, Inc. to three employees at the start of 1997. His status of being semi-retired from that firm allows him the freedom to pursue his interest in developing golfers and growing the game of golf.

Stephanie Kossnar - President

Stephanie's long-pursued interests in the psychology of learning, the development of instruction and the understanding of the golf swing led her to develop her "balanced weight shift" theory. Her unique insight into what constitutes the foundation of an effective swing, and all that goes into producing one, forms the basis for Swing One, Inc.'s patents on the SwingWonder^® Swing Trainer.

After obtaining a bachelor's degree from George Williams College with a major in psychology, she participated in postgraduate classes and workshops in educational psychology, counseling, and perceptual motor development. Developing and implementing training became the continuing thread in her varied work experience in the areas of ergonomics, psychotherapy, computer consulting and training, and sports psychology.

Her work experience and enduring enthusiasm for golf led Stephanie to expand her training skills into the golf domain. In 1995, Jimmy Ballard, an internationally renowned golf instructor, trained her to teach golf and certified her as a golf teaching professional for Colbert-Ballard Golf Learning Centers.  

Dennis Kossnar - Vice President, R & D and Manufacturing

Dennis brings almost forty years of extremely varied business experience to the organization. Included among his credits are design, product development, marketing, sales, promotion, manufacturing, project management, engineering and production management. 

His diversity and constant influx of unabashed enthusiasm make Dennis uniquely suited to the myriad disciplines needed to execute the  improvements and refinements that have been the hallmark of the SwingWonder^®.