I am a Mechanical Engineer by trade. Specifically a Manufacturing Engineer. I have over 12 years of experience as a manufacturing engineer training people on production methods and systems. My engineering career has allowed me to have the roles of both Engineer and Educator. I enjoy the study of instruction and training methods.
Now with the help of Bethel University I am also an Education Professional and have completed my coursework to become a certified PostSecondary Teacher. My Masters Degreee gives me the qualification to teach in many areas of engineering and technology.
Along with my role as an educator, I am a computer hobbyist. I have been working with computers since the Commodore 64, so I guess that would give me over 20 years of computer experience.
My computer background does not drive me to sell products or software, I want to educate people on how to use and run their computers effecively.
My website TheTeachingBox.com deals with these technology and education issues.
My Education and Background –
Certification, Postsecondary Education, 2007-2008
Bethel University – St. Paul, MN
MS, Manufacturing Systems, 1998-2000
University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, MN
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Minor Archaeology, 1990-1996
University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, MN
I am currently a Principal Manufacturing Engineer at Medtronic in Fridley, MN. In this role I provide engineering support to a production area that produces 2.6 million molded parts/year. My specialties are silicone rubber and thermoplastic molding. I also utilize 5S, Lean and Six Sigma tools to improve and refine manufacturing systems.
Online Teaching –
My training for my Certification in Postsecondary Education has given me the tools to teach classes online.
Here is an example of a complete online class that I developed as part of my final project for COMM722CPG (Effective Teaching Online). The class was originally written inside the Blackboard Course Management System. After completing it in the Blackboard environment, I reproduced the course in HTML in order to show that Online Teaching can be done fully within a web page based environment. 
