Our Faculty

We're understandably proud of the outstanding teaching staff we've assembled. Here are just a few members of our faculty:

Steve Alcorn

Steve Alcorn is the president of Alcorn McBride Inc., a company that engineers equipment for theme parks all over the world. For over twenty years he has been designing audio, video, show and lighting control equipment for themed attractions. Mr. Alcorn is a frequent speaker at theme park conferences, and is the author of a number of fiction and non-fiction books. He also teaches junior high school classes in robotics. Of all the theme park rides he has helped design, his favorite is The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man at Universal's Islands of Adventure.

Cecelia Allison

Cecelia Allison is an experienced software tester and technical support specialist with many years of hands-on experience using and teaching SQL. She is also a freelance Web master, published author, and a university instructor. Mrs. Allison holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance and a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems.

Todd Bermont

Todd Bermont holds a BS in Marketing and Graduated with Honors from the University of Illinois. Todd has over 20 Years of Global Fortune 500 Experience both as an employee and as a high level manager hiring employees. Todd wrote 10 Insider Secrets to Job Hunting Success, the best-selling book on the topic of job hunting, and has done business with over 250 of the top Fortune 500 companies in over 20 countries worldwide. In addition, Todd is a course instructor and a Leadership Committee member for the University of Chicago Graham School of Business.

Beverly Browning

Dr. Beverly Browning has been writing winning grant proposals for over 20 years. She is a full-time grant writing consultant who has helped her for-profit and nonprofit clients, worldwide, to win over $100 million in grant and contract awards. Dr. Browning is a college instructor, grant writing workshop presenter, and author of nearly two dozen books, including Grant Writing For Dummies and Faith-Based Grants: Aligning Your Church to Receive Abundance.

Eric Butow

Eric Butow has over seven years of experience in technical communication, Web design, and creating small networks, and he uses Windows XP in his own small network. He is the author of Master Visually Windows 2000 Server, the co-author of Teach Yourself Windows 2000 Server, and the technical editor of Cliffs Notes Setting Up a Windows 98 Home Network. Eric holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in speech communication.

Frank David

Frank David has been teaching business analysis for more than 10 years at the college and university level. He holds a Master of Commerce, a Master of Engineering, and has completed PhD-level work in Operations Research and Management Science. He has held senior managerial positions in industry and the Department of Defense, has served over 300 organizations as a management consultant, and is co-author of "The Constant-Sum Approach to Business Success."

Robert Fuller

Robert Fuller is a web developer, author, and instructor. A veteran of New York's Silicon Alley, he has also taken his experience into the classroom, teaching thousands of students web-related design practices and technologies. Robert is the author of both the Dreamweaver 4 Virtual Classroom and the HTML Virtual Classroom for McGraw-Hill/Osborne.

Scott and Lisa Hatch

Scott Hatch has presented paralegal courses since 1980. He is listed in Who's Who in California, Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, and has been named one of the Outstanding Young Men of America by the United States Jaycees. He was a contributing editor to The Judicial Profiler (McGraw-Hill and the Colorado Law Annotated (West/Lawyers Co-op)series, and editor of several award-winning publications. He is author of Paralegal Procedures and Practices, published by West Publishing, as well as books on mediation and legal investigation. Lisa Zimmer Hatch, M.A., has been teaching legal certificate and standardized test preparation courses since 1987. She graduated with honors in English from the University of Puget Sound, and received her master's degree from California State University. She is co-author of numerous law and standardized test texts.

David Iseminger

David Iseminger is a consultant and author, and has held positions as a telecommunications specialist, networking performance analyst, and programming writer for cutting-edge networking technologies. David is the author of 12 published titles, including the Active Directory Developer's Reference Library and MCSE Internet Information Server 4 for Dummies. His formal education is from the University of Washington, where he earned degrees in English and Comparative Literature, with a minor in writing. David is also an MCSE, earning his certification in under a month.

Scott Jernigan

With a Master of Arts degree in Medieval History, Scott Jernigan feels as much at home in the musty archives of London as he does in the warm glow of a computer monitor. Scott traded in his quill for a more modern (and less messy) keyboard and mouse combination some time ago, and has spent the last three years teaching A+ Certification and PC hardware classes around the country, including several stints at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA, Lucent Technologies in Baltimore, MD, and the United Nations in New York City. Scott has also edited numerous computer books, including the A+ Certification Exam Guide, and the Network+ Certification Exam Guide.

Jeffrey Kent

Jeffrey Kent is an Assistant College Professor of Computer Science. He has taught a number of computer programming languages, including C, C++, Java, Visual Basic, and Assembly. He has authored or co-authored several books for McGraw-Hill, including Visual Basic.NET: A Beginner's Guide and C++ Demystified. He also is an attorney and has combined both careers by writing applications for law firms. In his spare time, Mr. Kent sometimes returns to one of his former careers, as a professional chess master, by following chess tournaments on the Internet.

Jacquelyn Landis

Jacquelyn Landis holds a bachelor's degree and has worked as a nonfiction editor for over 15 years. Her editing repertoire includes books, articles, and business manuals written by best-selling authors such as Eva Shaw, George Carpozi, Anthony Robbins, Ken Druck, and Tom Blair. She has been a speaker in the UCSD Extension program and has participated in writing panels at the University of San Diego. Jacquelyn is also the author of numerous published books and magazine articles.

Sherry London

Sherry London is a noted Photoshop expert, an artist, a writer, and a teacher. Her Photoshop-designed art has been featured in magazines and exhibitions. Her published works include FrontPage 2000 Get Professional Results, Photoshop 5 In Depth, Photoshop Textures Magic, and Illustrator 9 f/x and Design.

Bill Mann

Bill Mann has been writing about software and the Internet since 1993, and has depended on Microsoft Outlook since it arrived on the scene as part of Microsoft Office 97. He is the author of several published works, including Microsoft Exchange 5 Sourcebook and How To Do Everything with Microsoft Outlook 2003. Bill holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.

Tom Meigs

Tom Meigs, M.A., has worked as a game designer and producer for the past 10 years for many leading electronic entertainment developers including THQ and The Walt Disney Company. Tom has contributed to Game Developer Magazine, while working as an independent game consultant for several companies.

Nathan Meyers

In over 20 years as a software developer, Nathan Meyers has used Perl extensively for PC and server applications. He has instructed courses in the corporate environment, on introductory Unix and on using programmable financial calculators. He is also the author of the Macmillan book "Java Programming on Linux", numerous conference papers, and articles in trade publications.

Kt Paxton

After receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Child Development with high honors, Kt Paxton completed a fifth year of study and holds a California Teaching Credential. She managed a pre-school and has more than a decade of experience teaching elementary schoolchildren. Kt is also the published author of the book "More Adventures With Kids in San Diego."

Gail Perry

Gail Perry is a CPA and holds a degree in journalism and English from Indiana University. She studied accounting at Illinois State University and is a former tax accountant with Big Four firm Deloitte & Touche. She has been teaching since 1989 and is the author of 15 books, including Using QuickBooks, TurboTax: The Official Guide, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Doing Your Income Taxes, and Surviving Financial Downsizing: A Practical Guide to Living Well on Less Income. She is a financial journalist and has written hundreds of articles for newspapers, magazines, and Internet news sites.

Eva Shaw

Eva Shaw, Ph.D., has written 60 books and over 1000 articles, columns, and feature articles. She is the author of Writeriffic: Creativity Training For Writers, The Successful Writer’s Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles, Writing the Nonfiction Book, Ghostwriting: How to Get Into the Business, Shovel It: Nature’s Health Plan, What To Do When A Loved One Dies, Insider’s Guide to San Diego, The Sun Never Sets, For the Love of Children, and many more, including ghostwritten books on topics as varied as business coaching and health. Eva's work has been reviewed and honored in Publisher’s Weekly, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Library Journal. She has won several awards, including the Book of the Year Award from the American Journal of Nursing, the Benjamin Franklin Award, and the Woman of Merit Award. Eva also teaches writing to capacity audiences at writing conferences and at the University of California.

Curt Simmons

Curt Simmons is a freelance writer and technical trainer. Holding bachelor's and master's degrees in English and education as well as the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Microsoft Certified Trainer titles, Curt combines his love of teaching and technology. He is author of almost a dozen high-level computing books on Microsoft technologies and BackOffice products, including Windows 2000 Hardware and Disk Management, Configuring Windows 2000 Server, MCSE Study Tips For Dummies, and Creating Active Directory Infrastructures.

Alan Simpson

Alan Simpson is the author of over 80 best-selling computer books published in a dozen languages, including Alan Simpson's Windows XP Bible and Mastering Access 2002. Alan writes about word processing, spreadsheets, databases, operating systems, Internet, Web design, and computer programming. He has also worked as a teacher and served as a consultant to everything from small businesses to huge government projects. He holds a Master's Degree in Experimental Psychology (Learning and Motivation).

Allen Taylor

Allen G. Taylor is a 30-year veteran of the computer industry and the author of 18 computer-related books, including Database Development for Dummies and SQL for Dummies. A popular lecturer, his courses have regularly been oversubscribed at Pacific University, Portland State University, Linfield College, Lewis & Clark College, Orange Coast College and Portland Community College.

James Thompson

James Thompson, Ph.D. has over 25 years experience in the creation and delivery of distance learning courses for teachers. He is the author of Teaching Responsible Behavior and over 100 workbooks and videos on the subject of classroom discipline. His distance learning courses have trained more than 250,000 educators worldwide in techniques to improve student behavior and learning. His works include: Teaching Students Responsibility, Dealing With Discipline Problems, Human Relations and School Discipline, Creating Emotionally Safe Classrooms, Every Student Can Succeed, and Dealing With Difficult Students. His course Solving Classroom Discipline Problems has earned the praise of both teachers and parents and has been selected by Education to Go as its demonstration course.

Lana Veenker

Casting Director Lana Veenker has auditioned actors at all stages of their careers—from beginners to international celebrities. She began her career in London as a casting assistant, helping to cast European leads for several major studios and networks. Stateside, she has overseen castings in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Orlando, Miami, Seattle and Portland, Oregon. Undertakings include Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park, Lakeshore Entertainment’s Feast of Love and Untraceable, and Hallmark Hall of Fame’s The Valley of Light for CBS. Her commercial division has cast countless award-winning spots, including several of the cult phenomenon Trunk Monkey spots, for clients as far away as Santiago, Chile on major international campaigns. Lana trained as an actor-director in the SF Bay Area, Cambridge and Paris and holds a BA (Magna cum Laude) in Performing Arts.

Chad Walker

Chad Walker has been actively involved as a computer game artist, comic book illustrator, and instructor, teaching both traditional art courses and courses in 3D modeling for computer games. Chad attended the exclusive Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Arts Inc. in New Jersey. He is the conceptual designer and artist of several award-winning games, including Age Of Empires/Age Of Kings and Age of Conquerors. Chad also laid the groundwork for Microsoft's Age of Mythology, created the artwork for three strategy guides, and works with Rob Liefeld, a legendary comic artist and writer. Chad joined forces with his twin brother Eric to write the popular gaming book Game Modeling Using Low Polygon Techniques. Chad and Eric are the co-founders of Walker Boys Studio, which produced the highly acclaimed game Civil War: War Between the States.

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