At every stop in my career, including high school and college, I’ve been tapped to teach. I showed a natural proclivity for it during my time in Satellite Operations and so was formally trained as an Air Force Instructor. I used this experience as a springboard to teaching in a couple of for-profit colleges, winning awards and creating new programs along the way.
While I loved teaching, I did opt for the project management career and enjoyed that very much. But I’ve never stopped teaching. Most recently, I taught a worldviews curriculum for our local home school cooperative.
Teaching Highlights
✔ Created Computer Networking and PM curriculum for two different colleges
✔ Won Instructor of the Year at High Tech Institute
✔ Taught Worldviews course for local home school co-op
✔ Created home school academy with family: Molding Arrows Academy
Training & Leadership
Specifically recruited to be the Computer Networking and Technology Program Director at Remington College. Responsible for training and development for instructors and students. Other duties included test administration, classroom and computer setup, lab development, and tutoring.
I enjoyed working with Chris very much. Our jobs often required interaction and cooperation. Chris was always very accommodating and reasonable. Chris consistently displayed a very professional demeanor and was always well prepared to execute his duties. When difficult situations would arise, Chris was able to adapt and adjust as needed to accomplish the necessary tasks. I would not hesitation to work with Chris again, or hire him to work under me.
– David Kline, Instructor, High Tech Institute
Using MS Project, redesigned and taught hands-on simulation course dealing with satellite control to senior Air Force officers. Slashed training time by 70%, enabling officers to assume new duties in record time.
2002 Information Technology Instructor of the Year for High Tech Institute. Taught courses in in CompTIA A+, Network+, I-Net+, Cisco CCNA, MS Office 2000, and Project Management.
Technical Foundation
As Systems Administrator for Remington College, installed, coordinated, and administered Windows 2000 Server, Windows ISA Firewall, and 100+ client machines.
Authored and delivered a 120 academic hour technical engineering course in satellite electronics. Researched all engineering topics then taught from a non-technical perspective resulting in enhanced understanding and quicker application of the complex subjects and reducing end-unit training time by 30 days.