- I enjoy helping others and giving back to the community
- Tech enthusiast, passionate about exploring the latest advancements and innovations
- Mentoried people new to software engineering at a local coding club
- Exploring famous landmarks, historical sites, and cultural attractions in a new destination
- Avid Reader
- Historical Exploration
- Strategy Games
- Passionate about balancing physical health with mental and emotional wellness
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning
- Creative Writing
Christopher Schuck
Rome,NY
Summary
Experienced Adjunct Faculty Professor adept in pedagogy and student engagement who has mentored students one-on-one, significantly improving academic outcomes. Have developed and implemented engaging curricula, fostering stimulating learning environment. Possess strong communication and organizational skills, ensuring effective student engagement and academic success.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
Adjunct Faculty Professor
Columbia College
Syracuse, NY
02.2015 - 07.2019
- Courses Taught: College Algebra, Statistics
- Gave students practical motivation for the material by discussing some of the history of the subject matter, and why people from the past developed mathematics to where it is today.
- The courses were in-seat, but course materials were managed through a proprietary online learning management system for easy accessibility by students.
- Advised and mentored students on academic progress, career goals, and personal development.
- Created excitement and enthusiasm in classroom by delivering engaging subject matter.
- Provided constructive feedback on student performance through regular evaluations and personalized guidance sessions.
- Built positive relationships with students, mentoring on personal, professional and academic goals while providing coaching on effective study habits.
- Built strong rapport with students through class discussions and academic advisement.
Adjunct Faculty Professor
Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL
08.2007 - 05.2012
- Courses Taught: Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra
- The courses were online, and the course materials were managed through the Blackboard online learning management system for easy accessibility by students.
- Established positive relationships with students, fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment.
- Advised and mentored students on academic progress, career goals, and personal development.
Adjunct Faculty Professor
University of Phoenix Online
Phoenix, AZ
03.2003 - 05.2006
- Courses Taught: College Algebra, Business Calculus, Java programming
- Provided the benefit of real-world experience as a professional software engineer to computer science students, explaining best practices and pitfalls commonly encountered in real world projects.
- Course materials were managed through a proprietary online learning management system for easy accessibility by students.
- Advised and mentored students on academic progress, career goals, and personal development.
Adjunct Faculty Professor
Broome Community College
Binghamton, NY
01.2000 - 05.2000
- Courses Taught: Introduction to COBOL
- Provided the benefit of real-world experience as a professional software engineer to computer science students, explaining best practices and pitfalls commonly encountered in real world projects.
- Advised and mentored students on academic progress, career goals, and personal development.
- Provided constructive feedback on student performance through regular evaluations and personalized guidance sessions.
- Built relationships with students, mentoring on personal, professional and academic goals while providing coaching on effective study habits.
- Met with students to dispense study and career advice and provide guidance and potential opportunities within chosen field.
Adjunct Faculty Professor
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY
08.1988 - 05.1993
- Courses Taught: College Algebra, Calculus I & II, Probability & Statistics, Combinatorics
- Established positive relationships with students, fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment.
- Conducted research within the area of expertise to contribute to the expansion of knowledge within the field and share findings through publications or conference presentations.
- Graded quizzes, tests, homework, and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback.
- Built strong rapport with students through class discussions and academic advisement.
- Conducted engaging in-class discussions to facilitate learning and encourage participation.
Freelance Consultant
Self-employeed
Rome, NY
07.2024 - 08.2024
- Organized and led a team of PrimeRevenue personnel to assess and document the current state of their technology and gaps between capabilities provided by their technology and business processes.
- Developed a plan of action that provided focus and direction to PrimeRevenue IT staff and business analysts. This broke a logjam that had frustrated the company for years.
- Mentored the team in industry best practices with documentation and how to gather the necessary raw information.
- Was responsible for setting standards for documentation and prioritizing what was most essential given a constrained timeline for the effort.
- Directed key members of the technology team to document the existing application suite and databases of PrimeRevenue using industry standards such as UML and ERD.
- Worked with and directed two business analysts in documenting mission critical business processes using BPMN 2.0.
Senior Software Engineer
Disney Studios
Rome, NY
04.2022 - 04.2024
- Maintained comprehensive documentation of development work, facilitating knowledge sharing among team members.
- Enhanced software functionality by identifying and resolving complex technical issues.
- Was assigned as a remote contractor to a data engineering unit of Disney Studios. Responsibilities included enhancing data pipelines, managing the Databricks and Snowflake environments, and providing some support on doing statistical data analysis.
- Contributed to data engineering projects in support of the Marketing and Research & Analytics groups.
- Created system administration automation routines to support a data governance initiative.
- Assisted various groups in migrating data from Databricks to Snowflake.
Senior Software Engineer
PAR Government Systems
Rome, NY
07.2019 - 04.2022
- As lead software engineer, contributed to the design, development, and optimization of a high-performance Software Defined Radio (SDR) framework written in C++ on Linux.
- Designed an object-oriented architecture that was used as a template for all software defined radio waveform implementations.
- Improved software performance and scalability using both data and task parallelization.
- Characterized system and network performance using a variety of metrics and data science.
- Developed a prototype single page application (SPA) UI to replace the existing Tcl/Tk-based one.
- Designed a migration path to AWS GovCloud in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Education
Ph.D. - Mathematics
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY12.1992
Master of Arts - Mathematics
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY05.1988
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY05-1986
Skills
- Learning management systems
- Lesson development
- Technology integration
- Individualized support
- Student motivation
- Expertise in Mathematics
- Mentoring and tutoring
- Student needs assessment
- Problem-solving
- Excellent communication
- Critical thinking
- Creative thinking
Interests
Timeline
Freelance Consultant
Self-employeed
07.2024 - 08.2024
Senior Software Engineer
Disney Studios
04.2022 - 04.2024
Senior Software Engineer
PAR Government Systems
07.2019 - 04.2022
Adjunct Faculty Professor
Columbia College
02.2015 - 07.2019
Adjunct Faculty Professor
Nova Southeastern University
08.2007 - 05.2012
Adjunct Faculty Professor
University of Phoenix Online
03.2003 - 05.2006
Adjunct Faculty Professor
Broome Community College
01.2000 - 05.2000
Adjunct Faculty Professor
Binghamton University
08.1988 - 05.1993
Ph.D. - Mathematics
Binghamton University
Master of Arts - Mathematics
Binghamton University
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics
Binghamton University