Who am I?#

I enjoy exploring the world with my wife and daughters, who provide me with motivation, support, energy, insights and often a good laugh. No matter where we are in the world, our home is a haven of the familiar -- a peaceful respite from the occasional bite of culture shock and the exciting chaos of adaptation.

After brief careers in software development and the Air Force, I discovered teaching. I have found teaching to be a very rewarding career because it allows creativity, challenge, interesting collegial relationships and the chance to observe students develop into confident and innovative mathematicians, scientists and computer scientists.

I want to know about how the universe works and to create tools to better understand it. I’m also fascinated by the remote past, and have always held a passion for archeology. Teaching affords me the opportunity to work at archeological sites in Europe during the summer months, providing me a fascinating glimpse into the past.

Along with my passion for artifacts and reconstructing the past, I have for decades enjoyed amateur paleontology, collecting and identifying fossils from all over the world. There are few experiences which compare with finding an intact Megalodon tooth while scuba diving over an ancient riverbed, which once cut through an even more ancient fossilized coral reef - a half mile off the coast.

Education#

  • Master of Education, School Leadership, Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA USA – 2006

    • Space Science and Engineering - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – cross-registered while at Harvard – 2006

    • Educational Administration Internship through Harvard University at Wellesley Middle School, MA – 2005-2006

  • Master of Education, Curriculum and Instruction, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA USA – 2004

  • Bachelor of Science, Earth and Space Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN USA – 1998

  • U.S. Air Force Officer Training School – Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL – 2000-2001

Experience#

Yogyakarta Independent School, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
August 2018 - 2021

  • IB Physics Teacher
  • IB Chemistry Teacher
  • IB Environmental Systems and Societies Teacher
  • IB MYP Science Teacher

Tashkent International School, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
August 2015 - 2018

  • Director of Technology , 2015 - 2018
  • IB Diploma Physics Teacher, 2017 – 2018
  • IB MYP Mathematics Teacher, 2015 – 2018

Surabaya International School, Surabaya, Indonesia
August 2011 – June 2015
Mathematics and AP Physics Teacher 60% / Technology Director 40%

University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
September 2008 – June 2011
Mathematics and Science Education - Doctoral Candidate / Research Assistant

Florida College Academy, Temple Terrace, FL
June 2006 - August 2008
School Principal / Science and Mathematics Teacher

Florida College, Temple Terrace, FL
(concurrent with above)
Adjuct faculty - Multicultural Education and Educational Technology

Wellesley Middle School, Wellesley, Massachusetts
September 2005 – June 2006
Assistant Principal (Administrative Internship)

International School of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
August 2003 – June 2005
IBDP Computer Science Teacher, IGCSE Technology Teacher, and Head of Department

Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, Texas
August 1998 – November 2000

Training#

  • Physics Category 2, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme – Raffles World Academy, Dubai, UAE – 2017
  • Robotics - American International School of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary – 2016
  • ManageBac – International School of the Hague – 2015; PowerSchool – Chicago, 2011
  • Mathematics - International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland - 2004
  • Information Technology (IGCSE) - Homerton College, Cambridge University, United Kingdom – 2003

Licenses and Certifications#

  • Secondary Physics Teaching Certificate
  • Secondary General Science Teaching Certificate
  • Secondary Mathematics Teaching Certificate
  • Principal / Assistant Principal License (K-8 MA)
  • Elementary Teaching License (K-6 VA)
  • CompTIA A+ Certification
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)