Current Activities

Currently, I volunteer for Playing At Learning, a non-profit that my wife and I founded. We are actively engaged in helping students (K-12) discover Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Most of Playing At Learning's efforts are currently focused on program from FIRST; including FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge, FIRST LEGO League and Junior FIRST LEGO League.

I am one of the mentors for a FIRST Robotics Team, Team 2489, The Insomniacs.

I also teach a couple of robotics-related courses for Ohlone College in Fremont. The courses I am currently involved with are:

• CNET-115/ENGI-135
• CNET-116 "Introduction to Programming Using Robotics"

Someday (hopefully soon) Playing At Learning will be a paying gig.  Until then, how many jobs do you know of that you can describe as "helping kids play with toys".

Past Activities

• 1989-2000 Cirrus Logic
• 2000-2003 Mission Creek Systems
• 2003-2005 Comstock Systems/Hitachi Storage Software
• 2005-present Playing At Learning
• 2008-present Ohlone College, Adjunct Faculty

Education

• Alton Sr. High Schoo, 1981
• BS CompE University of Illinois, 1986
• MS EE Washington University in St. Louis, 1989

Interests