I am a long-time nerd and math enthusiast. With scores of 95% in each of the three math subjects, my 93.5% overall grade ranked me 3rd in my high school graduating class of 300.

I earned my Bachelor of Engineering degree from McMaster University and was hired by IBM Canada as a Systems Engineer.

After 8 years with IBM, I started my own company to teach programming and software application development. Over a five year period, I delivered over 900 days of technical in-class training to more than 7000 students in Canada and the USA. I also started an eLearning company that taught programming and software development to tens of thousands of people all over the world through the internet.

My teaching philosophy is rooted in my belief that the most effective learning occurs in safe social settings where two or more people learn from each other. So my approach is more "let's figure this out together" than "lecture-activity-check-your-work."