User Portlet

I graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. My first career was in the petroleum industry. I became an expert at controlled directional drilling. I did take 2 years off in the middle to get an MBA, but after 13 years of traveling the world making holes in the ground, I transitioned into the software industry. I spent the next 10 years writing database applications for government contractors. We ended up in the DC area. I took a couple years off to explore robotics when I lucked into the classroom. I started teaching math. I became a DC Teaching Fellow and got a masters in teaching. After 5 years of teaching math, I started the engineering department at our school. I have recently left the classroom and am now the director of the McKinley Academy of Engineering. My current project is to develop a city-wide STEM Literacy Center.

My focus in education is to create a more realistic environment for learning. The factory model of education that we have followed for the last 123 years is no longer relevant to the needs of our society. We are answering the wrong question !

On a more personal note, I am an avid cyclist. I also like to read, cook and listen to music. In my spare time, I renovate houses (I don't have as much spare time as I used to). I am married to a retired Navy helicopter pilot and while I have two children of my own, I have raised five.

carpe diem !!