EduPros Inc.

Master of Science Degree in Education with an Emphasis in Technology

2001-2002 California Baptist University           Riverside, CA

I specialize in teaching and integrating new technology into organizations. Sample of courses include: curriculum design, teaching principles, theory of learning and teaching, anthropology, sociology, integration of technology, and professional development.

Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Systems Management (ISM)

1999-2001 California Baptist University           Riverside, CA

The ISM degree includes a balance of management skills such as time management, human resources, accounting, finance, legal aspects, political economy, and information technology such as operating systems, data centers and storage devices, networking, and software applications.

September 1992 - September 1993 - Riverside Community College

            Riverside, CA

            Major: Business                              Minor: Computer Programming

            Accomplishments: Completed additional courses in business and computer programming.

July 1989 - June 1990 - Control Data Institute               Anaheim, CA

            Major: Computer Technician        Minor: Computer Programming

            I received a Technical Certificate for Computer Technician in June 1990.

            Accomplishments: Completed 11-month Technical training course in 4 months, received 
            additional training in Programming Classes, fiber optics, and lasers for the remainder of my 
            contracted time.

July 1986 - July 1989 - Riverside Community College           Riverside, CA

            Major: Engineering                         Minor: Math

            Accomplishments: Completed General Education courses, Including Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, 
            English, Economics, Computers, Marching Band, and various business courses.

June 1986 - Arlington High School                     Riverside, CA

            I received a High School Diploma in June 1986.

            Accomplishments: Marching and Jazz bands, Artist of the Month, Graduated with Honors.

EXPERIENCE

July 2003 - Current - EduPros Inc. 

            10393 Comanche Ave. - Riverside, CA 92503

I created EduPros Inc. as a host “to provide the resources for education that will facilitate and unite all people in the effort to educate students… the future of our world.” (EduPros Vision)

Position: Provide vision and leadership for the betterment of education as founder, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / President, and Chairman of the Board.

Duties: I am responsible for establishing and updating the books, the Articles of Incorporation, Corporate Bylaws, business charter, established minutes, business plan, budget, marketing strategy, vision, mission, and provide leadership for the corporation in addition to the daily functions as CEO.

January 2006 - Current - County of San Bernardino ISD

            (Information Services Department)

            670 E Gilbert St. - San Bernardino, CA 92415

My time at the County has positively influenced my ability to design enterprise, high-volume, accessible web applications. Balanced with my educational experience, this influence has given me a rare ability to simplify complex websites to make them more accessible for people with special needs. In addition, the skills acquired played a key role in designing the student matching and placement methodology as shown in my dissertation.

Position: Programmer Analyst III, County Webmaster, and Project Lead.

Duties: I am responsible to create and maintain some of the most political and high exposure websites for the County including the County’s main home website http://www.sbcounty.gov. As County Webmaster I am responsible for the security and wellbeing of the web servers and all websites in general. I oversee all web activity, mentor over 100 developers, introduce new technologies, design enterprise-wide solutions, and I am an ISD liaison for all County departments and outside agencies.

August 2004 - June 2005 - La Sierra University 

            Riverside, CA 92503

This opportunity strengthened my ability to break down complex operations into understandable smaller components, which is beneficial in teaching math and computer programming.

            Position: Adjunct College Algebra Instructor.

Duties: I taught as many as three classes per quarter in basic and intermediate algebra for students struggling to pass college algebra.

January 2004 – June 2004 – Riverside Unified School District

            Riverside, CA 92506

Almost every day for six months I accepted every opportunity I was offered. It was one of the most rewarding experiences in my life.

            Position: Substitute Teacher

Duties: I taught all subjects from 3^rd grade to 12^th grade in regular education, resource special education, and severely handicapped.

August 2001 - December 2003 - California Baptist University 

            Riverside, CA 92504

Employment at the university introduced me to the administrative side of higher education, from which I found my dissertation direction and the birth of a higher purpose in education.

            Position: Systems Analyst, Programmer, and Project Lead.

Duties: I facilitated the needs of various departments through data analysis, workflow, management, business requirements, and software design. Departments included in my analysis were: Student Housing, Financial Aid, Payroll, Accounting, Recruiting, Registrar, Human Resources, Records, IT, Helpdesk, and many more.

August 2001 - June 2003 - Riverside Community College 

            Riverside, CA 92506

This was my first experience as a college professor, which influenced my career path from pure technical to receiving higher degrees in education.

            Position: Adjunct Computer Instructor.

Duties: I wrote the curriculum and taught classes in web programming Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP), and taught Visual Basic Databases and Beginning Computers.

October 1999 - July 2001 - County of San Bernardino ISD

            (Information Services Department) 

            670 E. Gilbert St. - San Bernardino, CA 92415

This position was a major stepping stone into a higher degree of understanding in enterprise programming and system design.

Position: Program Analyst II, Co-Webmaster and Project Lead.

Duties: As a programmer, I worked on numerous large-scale projects and high-volume web sites.

July 1996 - July 1999 - Wizard's Computers 

            Riverside, CA 92503

Starting as an Internet Service Provider (ISP) from scratch led to a deeper understanding of internet and server connectivity, which in turn solidified my value as a webmaster, programmer, and mentor. This experience allowed me to teach many people in the use of computers and the internet.

            Position: Founder, Owner, and Manager

Duties: As founder of the computer store, was solely responsible for creating the business, setting up and maintaining the books, and various expansion projects such as integration of computer classes and creation of an ISP service to the general public.

August 1993 - July 1996 - House of Computers 

            Riverside, CA 92505

This was one of my first leadership positions. I started the business with a vision and no funding and soon people followed and it thrived.

            Position: Founder, Manager, 50% Owner, and Partner.

Duties: As computer guru in the partnership, I managed the store, wrote promotional materials, created the books, taught classes, led projects, met with businesses as an analyst, and held the deciding vote on business matters.

PUBLICATIONS

”University Student Housing Application & Roommate Matching Methodology: A Valid Step Towards Improving Student Retention and Academic Success”, Published: May 2012.
Publisher: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
Heinrich-Bocking Str 6-8
Saarbrucken 66121 Germany
ISBN: 978-3-8484-9987-8
Every year, on-campus student housing at colleges and universities throughout the United States populates with over 2.6 million students, many of which are first-time freshmen. To students in housing, finding the right roommate can decrease the effects of homesickness, minimize roommate conflict, and help build long-lasting relationships. Research has shown that these roommate connections have significant impact in academic achievement and student retention. The majority of the students are subject to roommate matching that begins with the completion of the student housing application. This crucial information and how it is utilized by the university staff can be the difference between students’ success and failure. If you are a student, parent, guardian, housing administrator, or have anything to do with academia, this is a must read book. You should know if your university is asking the right questions on the housing application and how the roommate matching can be improved. After ten years of research, surveys were sent and housing experts replied.... here are the results.
Available online: Click here for more information (At https://www.morebooks.de)

”Development and Validation of the University Student Housing Application and Student Matching and Placement Methodology”, Published: January 2011.
Educational Doctoral Dissertation, available online:
http://www.edupros.net/cms/EduProsProducts/eBookDissertation.aspx

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS

            California Basic Education Skills Test

            Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certified

            Microsoft Certified Professional - I have been trained in over 10 Microsoft 
            products including various versions and concepts of:

                    o   Visual Studio and Web Design

                    o   Structured Query Language (SQL) and Reporting Services

                    o   Visual Basic and C# Language

                    o   SharePoint Programming   

            Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

            A+ Certified Computer Technician

 
PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

The following contains a list of seminars I gave to select organizations:

May 3, 2012 –”Information at Your Fingertips and the Latest Technology Trends”, for the County of San Bernardino Management Leadership Academy, Executive Meeting.

May 5, 2011 –”Finding Information on the Internet and New Trends in Mobile Technologies: Information Anywhere”, for the County of San Bernardino Management Leadership Academy, Executive Meeting.

December 2, 2010 –”Designing an eCommerce and Internet Available Government Websites”, eGovernment Services for County Departments.

May 6, 2010 –”Finding Information on the Internet and Defining Yourself through an Internet Profile”, for the County of San Bernardino Management Leadership Academy, Executive Meeting.

July 6, 2009 –”County Websites and Using Self-Service Information”, for the County of San Bernardino Grand Jury.

May 7, 2009 –”Finding Information on the Internet and Mobile Internet Trends”, for the County of San Bernardino Management Leadership Academy, Executive Meeting.

July 30, 2008 –”County Websites and Using Self-Service Information”, for the County of San Bernardino Grand Jury.

May 8, 2008 –”Finding Information on the Internet, Keeping Information Safe, and Browsing the Internet Safely”, for the County of San Bernardino Management Leadership Academy, Executive Meeting.

May 9, 2007 –”Finding Information on the Internet and Keeping Information Secure and Safe”, for the County of San Bernardino Management Leadership Academy, Executive Meeting.

June 25, 2006 –”Finding Information on the Internet and What to Trust”, for the County of San Bernardino Management Leadership Academy, Executive Meeting.

June 2, 2005 –”Finding Information on the Internet and County of San Bernardino Websites”, for the County of San Bernardino Management Leadership Academy, Executive Meeting.

AWARDS

June 18, 2011 – Received the 2011 Outstanding Graduate Award for Distinction in Academic Achievement and Outstanding Contribution to Campus Life, presented at the Educator Dedication at the La Sierra University Church.

June 14, 2011 – Nominated for the 2011 Dean's Award. One of three finalists nominated by the School of Education faculty for the Dean's Award 2011 at La Sierra University.

GREATEST TECHNICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

January 2003 - December 2011 – The University Student Housing Matching and Placement 
            Website Module was designed and created as a working model to demonstrate the feasibility 
            and usability of the Student Matching and Placement Methodology as described in my dissertation.

December 2010 - March 2011 – I designed, programmed, and implemented an Enterprise Website 
            Statistics Collection System. After seeing vendor products self-destruct due to the sheer volume 
            of traffic on the County Web Servers (nearly a half of a billion web page views a year), I designed 
            a custom solution that collects log files off multiple servers, processes web page views into a 
            database, and compresses and stores the server log files. This database information, totaling over 
            a terabyte with just two years of data, is then used to create custom server and website trends and 
            usage reports.

February 2010 - November 2010 – I designed, completed, and implemented a foundational 
            Single Sign-on for Internet Websites that supports over 300 County government websites in 
            three availability scopes – world-wide, county-wide, and department-wide - and accommodates 
            multiple website technologies including: Microsoft .NET Websites, DotNetNuke content management 
            systems, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Mobile Technologies, Apple iPhone, Google Droid, 
            BlackBerry, and various mainframe technologies. The Single Sign-on centralizes the logon and 
            management of user profiles and permissions for the entire Internet-based County enterprise 
            information systems.

CURRENT ONGOING PROJECTS

Advancing Education

            In order to assist students in University Housing and increase student retention, I have prepared a 
            website to make my dissertation available on the internet. This includes entering the dissertation into 
            a number of search engines to make it easily assessable.

            I have selected the first area of my dissertation as a potential journal article in order to promote
            some of the specific findings of my research that will directly benefit students. This is to be a joint
            project with Robert Cruise Ph. D.

            I plan to send an announcement of the completion of the dissertation and available housing
            information to all of the 500+ universities that were evaluated during the research expert
            qualifications.

Technical and Web Developer Mentorship

            In my mentorship of County developers, I have written course material and scheduled classes to 
            teach new foundational practices for writing improved accessible and secure websites using new 
            web server designs, language technologies, single sign-on, searchable information, and improved 
            statistical practices based on user profiles. This is the first time for an organizational cultural change 
            of this magnitude.

            In my efforts to simplify technology for public use and accessibility, I am adding support for 
            Microsoft Live-ID, Google Open-ID, FaceBook, Twitter, and other main stream social network 
            logins to my Single Sign-on for Internet Websites design.

            I am programming a management module to generate automated statistic reports based on my 
            Enterprise Website Statistics Collection System. This will assist in defining user profiles and 
            increasing usability of websites to be passed on through the developer mentorship program.

AFFILIATIONS

            San Bernardino Public Employees Association – Member

            California Teachers Association

            Riverside City Teachers Association

            Microsoft Professional Developers

            Microsoft Developers Network

            International Webmasters Association - Member

            Silver Gate Yacht Club – Member, Webmaster

VOLUNTEER WORK

Wheel Chair Regatta 2009, 2010, and 2011 - Sponsored by the Silver Gate Yacht Club, each year we assist between 400-700 handicapped individuals and support professionals with boat ride tours of San Diego Bay, lunch, and entertainment.

Silver Gate Yacht Club – Webmaster - I created and maintain the website for the Silver Gate Yacht Club in support of their efforts in charity and goodwill. http://www.sgyc.org

Riverside Political Election Support - I supported Ed Adkison for Riverside City Counsel, re-election, and now running for Mayor of Riverside, CA.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sailing - My wife and I own a sailboat and practice the art of sailing.

Music - I played trumpet for over 30 years of my life. I enjoy soft jazz, the blues, big band jazz, and 
            classical music.

Radio Controlled Models - In the past I have designed and built radio controlled airplanes and I am 
            currently building a radio controlled Sailboat.

Rebuilding Cars - I recently acquired a 1975 Fiat Spyder convertible, which my wife and I are restoring.