Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

Work History

• B&R Industrial Automation
• Engineering Trainer and Product Engineer
• June 2008 to Present

• • Design and conduct technical training across United States and Canada using B&R software and hardware in areas of industrial controls, motion, visualization, safety application, and service/maintenance.
  • Provide technical support to programmers and field users, particularly in fields of Ethernet POWERLINK, PLCopen motion control, and IEC/ANSI C programming.

• TFANet
• Blogger
• March 2011 to Present

• Monthly contributor to Career in Business blog on TFANet, a Teach For America education resource and career resource website for corps member/alumni. Twitter caster and contributor to Changing Education Through Social Entrepreneurship blog during TFA 20th anniversary summit.

• Metro Atlanta Chapter of AmeriCorps Alums
• President/CEO
• November 2009 to September 2010

• • Promoted and supported local AmeriCorps programs through collaboration on volunteer service projects.
  • Reinvested and benefited alumni through professional development and career advancement workshops.
  • Engaged in social media public relation on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.

• McAllen Independent School District
• High School Math and Physics Teacher
• August 2002 to July 2006

• • District Math Teacher Leader 2004-2006; Teach For America corps member 2002-2004
  • Taught all levels of hight school math to migrant students, teen parents, and other qualified students in district-designated drop-out prevention program and brought up students’ math competency by 2 grade levels; taught IB Physics SL and HL with over 90% graduates certified for IB diploma.
  • Presented professional development and curriculum workshops at regional math teacher conferences and to district high school teachers.

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering
• 2006 - 2008

• University of Texas-Pan American
• M.Ed, Secondary Education
• 2002 - 2005

• Purdue University
• B.S., Physics, Mathematics with CS Option, Applied Mathematics
• 1997 - 2002