Education Technology specialist and Forward Deployment Engineer with over 20 years of experience teaching mathematics at all levels — arithmetic through AP Calculus and AP Statistics. Creator of FlexMath, a software suite that produced the greatest documented algebra achievement gains in California's NCLB era — taking a 91% non-white, 71% economically disadvantaged student body from 23% to 56% passing in a single year while the neighboring school scored 3%. Served as mentor-teacher and instructional coach (Courses4Teachers, University of the Pacific), and as a district-wide Math Director (Leadership Public Schools), supporting public and charter schools throughout California, Washington State, and Washington DC. Now building AI-integrated products and deploying them where they create maximum real-world impact: classrooms, tennis courts, and businesses. Currently operating Evolution Tennis Academy, developing CS curricula (McTweak.ai), and architecting Plato's Grove — a modern realization of Plato's philosophical school, targeted for 2029 launch.
Two distinct gains: first, aligning the whole math team around strong classroom management and intensive professional development (13%→23%, beating the state average). Then the technology-integrated curriculum of Induction — FlexMath — detonated scores to 56%, the largest single-year gain recorded at the time. The neighboring school, drawing from the same feeder middle schools, scored 3%.
Core Competencies
Fourteen disciplines, one practitioner
Forward Deployment Engineering
AI-Integrated Development Workflow
Full-Stack Web Development
Educational Technology (EdTech)
Curriculum Design & Delivery
Data-Driven Assessment
SaaS Product Development
Business Operations & CRM
Mathematics (Arithmetic–AP Calc/Stats)
Instructional Coaching & Mentoring
District Math Director Experience
Tennis Coaching & Academy Mgmt
Community & Stakeholder Engagement
Equity-Focused Education
Professional Experience
Three careers, braided: 1996 → present
Education, engineering, and athletics have always run in parallel. Filter the braid to see each strand.
2024 — Present
Owner / Forward Deployment Engineer / Head Tennis Professional
Evolution Tennis Academy — Meridian, ID · McTweak.ai · Plato's Grove (in development)
Built CourtKraken, a custom CRM for academy operations, scheduling, and student management
Created McTweak.ai — a complete CS course with interactive Code Tweaker platform (desktop & mobile)
Integrated AI tools (Claude, GPT, Gemini) into development workflow for rapid, high-quality software delivery
Designing Plato's Grove — a comprehensive free homeschool academy modeled on Plato's Academy (2029 target)
FDESaaSTennisEdTech
2021 — 2023
Math Department Chair / Computer Science Teacher
Novitas Academy — Emmett, ID
Math Chair — taught mathematics at all levels, leading department curriculum and instruction
Launched the project-based School of Gaming and Computer Science — designed and taught the complete CS program offering industry-recognized certification and mini-degrees (Zenva Academy)
Created 6 elective courses: Intro to CS, Programming & Data Science, Website & Database Design, Digital Art & Video Production, 3D Modeling & Animation, and Video Game Development
Students built professional portfolios with non-linear pathways across coding, art, and gaming — earning accreditation in high-demand skills including VS Code, C++, JavaScript, HTML, MySQL, Python, Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects, Blender, Unity, and Unreal
Math ChairCS Education
2021 — 2024
Tennis Professional
Eagle Tennis Club — Eagle, ID (closed Nov. 2024)
Taught private and group clinics (juniors and adults) and summer development programs
Structured lessons, assessed student proficiency, guided students through team and tournament play building character, confidence, and sportsmanship
Coaching
2020 — Present
Instructor / Grader
Courses4Teachers, University of the Pacific — Stockton, CA
Deliver professional development and grade coursework for classroom teachers seeking graduate-level PD credits
Consulted with Everett Public Schools through the Communities of Color Coalition on the 2020 high school and 2021 elementary math adoptions
Focus on improving results for disenfranchised learners through new pedagogical approaches including Induction and IT integration
PDEquity
2010 — 2013
Project Manager / Lead Developer — FlexMath
CK12 Foundation — Palo Alto, CA
Created inductive curriculum blending direct instruction with interactive education technology
Achieved record-setting Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II gains on the California Standards Test
Developed customizable educational tools for the CK12 "flexbook" ecosystem
FlexMathEdTech
2009 — 2010
Professional Services Lead — Mathematics
TeachScape — San Francisco, CA
Assessment and Data Manager for WA State 2009 OSPI Cross-Summit Initiative; designed standards-aligned assessments with data-analysis tools
PD Instructor for the Charter Oak Initiative — building expert teacher teams in data analysis, classroom management, and inductive pedagogy
AssessmentPD
2006 — 2009
Director of Math Instruction
Leadership Public Schools — San Francisco, CA
Directed math programming and instruction across the LPS network of charter high schools in Richmond, Oakland, Hayward, San Jose, and Campbell
Designed technology-integrated math program with intervention supports, aligning scope & sequence, benchmarks, assessments, and anchor lessons
Developed and deployed PD around inductive lesson design, instructional strategy, classroom management, and data-driven diagnostics
Oversaw the Algebra improvement initiative producing record-breaking STAR testing results
District DirectorRecord Results
2005 — 2006
Math Department Chair
SEED Public Charter School — Washington, DC
Taught Calculus, Pre-Calculus, and Algebra (grades 6–12) at a nationwide top-10 charter school; residential program
Head of upper school math department — curriculum design, PD, and math coaching
Recruited by principal Josh Edelman (now Deputy Director, Gates Foundation) to increase AP Calculus success
AP Calculus
2002 — 2004
Math Teacher / Intervention Director / Tennis Coach
Concord High School — Concord, CA
Taught Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Pre-Calculus across all grade levels
Director, math intervention team — working with individual students for academic agency
Head Coach, boys tennis · Assistant Coach, football (receivers, coverage/safety)
InterventionHead Coach
2000 — 2021
Creator / Lead Developer — FlexMath
McPeak.co — Math by Induction · Oakland, CA / Seattle, WA
Developed interactive Algebra curriculum by Induction: direct-instruction workshops, randomly generated adaptive practice software, and assessment tools
Created PRIME — software missions for numeracy skills: mental math, long arithmetic, negatives, fractions, decimals, percent, ratio, and algebra mechanics
Developed interactive courses for AP Statistics and the CA Exit Exam
Originally built with Flash/ActionScript; reprogrammed for HTML5 with JavaScript and Canvas
Produced the greatest documented NCLB-era achievement gains in California (23%→56% at LPS Hayward, Top 100 statewide)
FlexMathPRIMEHTML5 Port
2000 — 2013
Tennis Instructor / Head Pro for Junior Excellence
Created Junior Excellence program featuring nationally ranked tournament championships
Head tennis coach for Concord HS and Clayton Valley HS — undefeated record and league championship at CVHS (2008)
USPTAPTRUndefeated 2008
1999 — 2002
Math Teacher / Technology Coordinator
Glenbrook M.S. & Pleasant Hill M.S. — Pleasant Hill, CA
Created a blended, self-paced math intervention program for algebra readiness (grades 6–8)
Designed elective tech program: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, 3D Studio Max 2, Visual Studio, WorldCraft
Blended Learning
1998 — 1999
Associate Economist
Munroe Consulting — Moraga, CA
Researched Bay Area economic data (Anderson School, UCLA); statistical regression analysis for forecasting
Compiled findings and graphics in annual outlook reports for public-private partnerships and government agencies
EconomicsStatistics
1996 — 1998
Web Master & Network Administrator
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) — Seattle, WA
Built and administrated the original National Marine Fisheries Service website
Created interactive and database-driven web components
Maintained hardware, network functionality, and on-site tech support for NOAA & NMFS
Web 1.0 Pioneer
1996 — 1997
Tennis Instructor / Personal Trainer
ClubSport Valley Vista — Walnut Creek, CA
Taught private and semi-private tennis clinics, coached HS team clinics, instructed summer youth programs
ACE Certified personal fitness instructor — conducted personal training and S&C clinics
ACE Certified
Education
The academic foundation
2010
M.A., Education Technology
California State University, Hayward, CA
Master's degree focused on the intersection of technology and pedagogy — the academic foundation for FlexMath and all subsequent EdTech development work.
2004
CA Teaching Credential — Mathematics & Economics
Chapman University, Orange, CA
Post-graduate teaching credentials in both Mathematics and Economics, enabling instruction across quantitative disciplines.
1998
B.A., Economics
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Bachelor's degree in Economics — providing the analytical and quantitative foundations that underpin both teaching and software development work.
AI Certification Stack
Five credentials, the complete AI landscape
From foundational concepts through cloud deployment to agentic workflow design.
FlexMath pilot at LPS Hayward produced a 33-percentage-point improvement in Algebra CST passing rates (23%→56% in one year; 13%→56% across the full initiative), ranking in the top 100 of all CA high schools, while the neighboring school scored 3%.
5 Production Software Products
Built and deployed FlexMath, CourtKraken, Evolution Tennis Academy platform, McTweak.ai CS course, and the Code Tweaker coding environment — all serving real users.
Equity-Focused Impact
Consistently achieved breakthrough results with populations that traditional systems underserve: 91% non-white, 71% economically disadvantaged students achieving top-tier outcomes.
AI-Native Development Practice
Pioneering an agentic AI development workflow using Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google tools that eliminates the "Good/Fast/Cheap — pick two" constraint, delivering all three simultaneously.
M.A. Education Technology (Cal State, 2010)
20+ years teaching math (all levels)
5 production software products
33pt algebra pass-rate improvement
Top 100 CA high school algebra ranking
3 states — CA, WA, DC
5 AI certifications earned
USPTA #83949 · PTR #117513 · ACE Certified
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Sixteen professional references — from NOAA to the Gates Foundation — will confirm this record.
