• BA - Applied Mathematics - UCSD, 1997
• Hired by Blue Data as a C/C++ programmer.
• Blue Data created web enabled database tools.
• Currently consults at Blue Data but works full time for Acucorp.
• Acucorp makes programming tools for COBOL programmers.
• Likes to scuba diving and spends a lot of his free time fixing his jeep.

• BA, Math, w/ honors, UCLA, 1971.
• MA Educational Administration, w/ honors, National University, 2000.
• 1971-1993, U.S. Navy officer pilot.
• 1994-present, Torrey Pines High School mathematics teacher.
• 2000-present, Co-Director UCSD Algebraic Thinking Institute and Mathematics Professional Development for UCSD's Secondary Partnership Schools.
• His hobbies include solving word problems using multiple representations; understanding students' ways of mathematical thinking; devolving responsibility for solving problems to students; developing students' ways of thinking mathematically.

• BS, Mathematics, Arizona State University, 1971.
• PhD, Mathematics, Arizona State University, 1974.
• California native.
• A student of science and technology from early childhood.
• As a teenager he was trained as an aircraft pilot.
• 1979-1983, Motorola, and 1983-1986, TRW, conducting neural networking and neurocomputing R&D.
• Since 1985 he has been on the faculty at UCSD.
• In 1986 he and his partner Todd Gutschow founded HNC Software in San Diego.
• His hobby is flying.

Bruce Arnold, Manuel Sutton and Robert Hecht Nielsen at the Career Seminar.

Contact information

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, feel free to contact the Math Advising Office at:

Math Advising Office (AP&M 6016)
Department of Mathematics
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, Mailcode 0112
La Jolla, CA 92093-0112 USA

Phone: (858) 534-6009
Fax: (619) 534-5273
Email: mathadvising@math.ucsd.edu