2 Degree Shift

Collaborate, Educate, Mentor, Volunteer, Create

Technology Infrastructure

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Selection of Current Work

Technology:

Game Development as a way to engage high school students into learning higher-level languages C# and C## using Unity and Unreal Engine.

West Hills Community College District Chief Technology Officer – oversee Information Technology Services department personnel.

Internet of Things – enterprise and industrial IoT content development. 

Teaching:

January 2019 – December 2021 @ College of San Mateo in San Mateo, CA. Taught Internet of Things, Web Programming, MS Project Fundamentals, Project Management, and Cloud Applications for Business.

Summer 20 – Volunteered for WorkWonder.io remote internships for high school students.

Spring 2020 @ West Hills College Coalinga in Coalinga, CA. Taught Computing Concepts.

January 2011 – May 2020 @ University of Maryland Global Campus, Adelphi, MD. Taught Organizational Theory – Graduate Management and Technology.

Spring 2020 @ University of Advancing Technologies, Tempe, AZ. Taught graduate and undergraduate Blockchain Architecture.

January 1996 – March 2016 @ West Valley College in Saratoga, CA. Taught Computer Information Systems and Business courses: Web Development, iOS Development, UI/UX, Java, Web Analytics, Small Business Startup, Social Media Marketing, Web and Mobile SEO, Java for Non-Programmers, Database Management, Systems Analysis, Strategic Management, Organizational Development, Introduction to Computing and others.

August 2009 – May 2011 @ University of San Francisco in San Francisco, CA. Taught Dissertation Proposal, Organizational Theory, Anthropological Research.

August 1997 – May 2011 @ University of San Francisco in San Francisco, CA. Taught Information Systems Management, Multimedia Engineering, New Software Paradigms, Information Technology, SPSS

Contribute and Present

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Collaborate, Present, and Contribute
  • 2022 AP4CTE.org and OER4CTE.org
  • 2022 Mathematics for Game Programmers – Open Education Resource
  • Will Work 4 Podcast guest discussing careers in the trades: https://willwork4podcast.podbean.com/e/where-do-you-go-from-here/
  • 2021 Presenter: LinkedIn Closing the Equity Gap: It’s Really a Network Gap.
  • Publisher CA Community College Careers Professional Development website
  • 2021 Co-Presenter: Educating for Careers – CTE Pathways and Open Education Resources.
  • 2021 Volunteer: Lead grant writer USAID Development Innovation Ventures.
  • 2021 Volunteer Mentor: WorkWonder high school interns from Downey USD and Davis USD.
  • 2021 Council Member: Sovrin Foundation Identity for All.
  • 2020 Contributor: Fast Company Innovation Award finalist WorkWonder – Downey USD Student Interns.
  • 2020 Higher Ed Advisor and Grant Contributor: Downey USD $5.2m award Strong Workforce.
  • 2020 Data Analyst: Downey USD CTE Career Pathways Roadmap, labor market analysis, and validation.
  • 2020 Site Team Member: ACCJC Accreditation Fall 20.
  • 2020 Experience Lead: Downey USD High School Intern Inventors.
  • 2020 Facilitator: Sovrin Foundation Guardianship Working Group.
  • 2019 Contributor: On Guardianship in Self-Sovereign Identity.
  • 2019 Co-Author: Blockchain 3.0 Smart Contracts in E-Government 3.0 Applications.
  • 2018 Panelist: Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning Summit.
  • 2017 Grant Writer: CCCCO Zero-Textbook-Cost-Degree Implementation.
  • 2017 Panelist: ASCCC SLO Symposium: SLO Issues and Answers.
  • 2016 Co-Presenter: ASCCC and RPGroup Strengthening Student Success Conference: Are SLOs Really Working? Validating Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Research.
  • 2016 Co-Presenter Validating Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Research.
  • 2016 Presenter: CCCAOE: Learningbytes: CTE Professional Development vignettes in a Canvas Faculty Community.
  • 2016 Co-Author: ASCCC and RP Group bibliography: Disaggregated Outcomes Data.
  • 2016 Co-Author: May ACCJC Rostrum article The QFE: What Does It mean for Faculty and Colleges Preparing an Accreditation Self-Evaluation? 
  • 2016 Co-Presenter: Student Success Conference: Quick Connect: Short Animations Address Common Student Questions.
  • 2016 Co-Presenter: ASCCC Accreditation Institute: Data Visualization: Making Sense of the Numbers; Designing Data Metrics in Program Review: What Are the Questions to Ask?
  • 2015- present Member: National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) 2016 Organizing Committee.
  • 2015 Co-Writer and Project Director: Title III Strengthening Institutions define, develop and implement “comparable” online student support services for distance education students.
  • 2012 Writer and Manager VTEA: Curriculum development and implementation for computer information students and area engineers; emphasis on current training in iOS, Mac application development.
  • 2011 Presenter: Digital Image and Translation. Society for Ricoeur Studies Conference. Philadelphia, PA. October.
  • 2011-2012 Write and Mentor Project Director: CTE Transitions: Technology bridge curriculum for underrepresented students, women returning to the workforce and high school students transitioning to college; emphasis on web and mobile development and working in small companies, start-ups and as entrepreneurs.
  • 2011 Presenter: Self and Other in Public Space Disclosed Through Technology. Strangers, Aliens, and Foreigners. Mansfield College, Oxford University, U.K. September.
  • 2011 Presenter: Refiguring Identity in Conversations with Avatars. International Conference on Ricoeur Studies: New Perspectives on Hermeneutics in the Social Sciences and Practical Philosophy. Higher School of Economics, National Research University. Moscow, Russia. September.
  • 2010 Author: A Loving Conflict. Sufism: An Inquiry. Volume XV: Number 1. Summer 10.
  • 2009 Presenter: Critical Hermeneutic Field Inquiry in International Development: Research Narratives from Southeastern Europe. Nashville, Tennessee, September.
  • 2007 Author: Emerging from Isolationism: Slovenia in Conversation. High Plains Applied Anthropologist. Spring.
  • 2007 Presenter: New Borders, New Boundaries: Reconfiguring Space and Identities Online. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • 2006-2008 Writer and Project Director: Community College State Chancellor’s Office-Career Technical Education/Economic and Workforce Development Pathways Strengthening Career Programs. AME (Arts, Media, Entertainment) Apprentice, $249,985; emphasis on preparing students for education and career paths in digital gaming, arts, media and entertainment.
  • 2005-2007 Writer and Project Director: Community College State Chancellor’s Office-Career Technical Education/Economic and Workforce Development Pathways (SB70 Quick-Start). Learningbytes in the Multimedia/Entertainment Industry, $479,951; emphasis on curriculum development and developing outreach projects for underrepresented college and high school students.
  • 2005 Co-Author: eLearning and Economic Development. Co-Author. The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education (TODJE), Volume 6: Number 1. January.
  • 2005-2007 Writer and Project Director: Community College State Chancellor’s Office-Career Technical Education/ Economic and Workforce Development Pathways. Career Exploration and Development for 7th and 8th Graders. Cool2Explore, $149,994; emphasis on preparing middle school students for technology and engineering education opportunities in college.
  • 2004 Co-Author: Monitoring Air Pollution in Real Time Using XML. Co-Author. XML Journal, Volume 5: Issue 1, January.
  • 2003 Co-Author: Design Concepts with Code: A Developer Approach. Co-Author. APress! Publishers.
  • 2002 Pre-Conference Presenter: Moving Away from Purchased Portals: Developing E-Learning. Online Educa. Berlin, Germany.
  • 2002 Co-Presenter: Creating Interactive Digital Case Studies. Online Educa. Berlin, November.
  • 2002 Co-Presenter: Innovation and Enterprise. Moray Science Festival. Elgin, Scotland.
  • 2002 Co-Author: XML: Content and Data. Co-Author. Prentice Hall.
  • 2002 Presenter: West Valley College/Southeastern Europe Online Learning Program at NCWE (National Council for Workforce Education). Portland, Oregon, October.
  • 2001 Co-Presenter: Creating an On-Campus Start-Up Company. EDEN Conference. Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 2001-2002 Co-Writer and Co-Project and Budget Director: PHARE, two grants, Slovenian job centres, 275,000€ (Euro) and new curriculum for process control and e-commerce 75,000€; emphasis on job training and career counseling for unemployed citizens with emphasis on 40+ who are deemed unemployable.
  • 2001-2002 Co-Writer and Co-Project and Budget Director: European Union Leonardo Program, Learning Portals (partner) 70,000€; emphasis on developing and delivering entrepreneurship and technology seminars and courses.
  • 2001-2002 Co-Writer and Co-Project and Budget Director: European Union Minerva Program, Online Case Studies in Science and Engineering, 200,000€: emphasis on creating case studies to be used for entrepreneurship learning models.
  • 2001 Presenter: Transitioning to XHTML. User Analysis, Interface Design, and Documentation. Commercial Website Development. Institute for Symbolic Analysis. Velenje, Slovenia, April.
  • 2000-2003 Co-Writer and Co-Project and Budget Director: Dynamic Learning Centres, Slovene government, $200,000: emphasis on creating and delivering summer in-person transnational learning programs.
  • 2000 Presenter: Linguistic and Descriptive Domains in Slovenia and Bosnia: Transforming Through Narrative Online. The Society for Applied Anthropology, San Francisco, California, March.
  • 1999-2000 Writer and Project Director: Industry Driven Regional Collaborative for Internet Internships (funded West Valley Design Group students and studio), $500,000; emphasis on building industry partnerships and freelance opportunities for students studying digital design, production and development.