Rik Goldman
Technology Instructor and Tutor
Washington, DC,WV
Summary
Veteran trainer and teacher, with 26-year track record of success in high school, post-secondary school, and professional training. Adept at working with both groups and individual students to drive material home and make an impact. Professional software engineer with 27 years of experience developing local and international software applications for education, human rights, publishing, and research.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certificates
Work History
Authorized Trainer
Gonzo Training
Washington, DC
01.2016 - Current
- Owner and employee of a technology training company offering authorized enterprise virtualization training to teams and individuals through the continental United States.
- Earned consistently positive feeback from clients attending training authorized by Proxmox Server Solutions.
- Assessed student and client needs to develop individualized lesson plans, instructional materials and authentic tasks for configuration, API programming, and server administration training courses for enterprise virtualization with high availability.
- Collected data on program effectiveness to develop modifications and improvements to curricula.
- Provided remote and onsite training and consultation for clients adopting or running Proxmox Virtual Environments.
Computer Science Teacher
Maryland State Department Of Education
Bethesda, MD
08.2017 - 12.2020
- Taught object-oriented Python, Java, software development according to age group and ability.
- Created clear, engaging lessons to draw interest and develop students' ability to design and develop solutions to authentic international problems in Python and Java.
- Independently developed computer science/engineering curriculum based on principles of software architecture, authentic problem solving, project management, and the development of applications for authentic users.
- Mentored students in the design of web-based application development for authentic users and relying on Python (Flask), HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Implemented differentiated instructional accommodations as required to maintain compliance with ADA and IDEA requirements.
- Delivered engaging curriculum through diverse methods, including classroom instruction, computer lab activities and online learning systems, and collaboration and consultation between students and professional practitioners.
- Increased AP Computer Science A (Java) pass rates by 20% over previous teacher.
Director of Technology
Chelsea School
Hyattsville, MD
05.2013 - 06.2017
- Developed, tracked and controlled information technology operating budgets and cost and benefit analyses for IT spending initiatives.
- Designed and developed open-source solutions to school technology problems, such as tracking and reporting on student progress and using natural language processing to provide feedback on student writing to support the development of student writing goals and to support student revision.
- Led teams of students collaborating in software application development using SCRUM and other Agile techniques.
- Decreased annual expenditure on assistive and instructional technology by adopting open source software solutions that improved and added to our accessibility and instructional technology resources.
- Coordinated and directed the relocation of all technological and communication resources to a new site, including the design and architecture of the network and new server and service acquisition, configuration, and deployment.
- Simultaneously served as the Computer Science Teacher and Technology Department Chair.
- Provided software engineering mentorship for students who entered and won an international software architecture competition.
Senior System Administrator
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
07.1997 - 07.2001
- Coordinator and system administrator for cutting edge research lab providing innovative support and resources to researches interested in digital literacy and electronic literature.
- Planned and implemented complex internet and intranet applications on multiple platforms, including Solaris, Irix, System 9, OSX, Windows Server and Windows NT.
- Spearheaded inventory control measures to replenish and maintain IT equipment, supplies, tools and replacement parts.
- Supported researchers' work with development of virtual reality experiences, automated conversion of documents, web design and development, and MOO and MUD administration.
Software Engineer Consultant
TurnKey GNU/Linux
Tel Aviv, Israel
01.2015 - 08.2017
- Developed turnkey server solutions for multiple platforms, including Xen, Proxmox, AWS, Docker, VMWare, and VIrtualBox.
- Demonstrated mastery of several programming and scripting languages during the development of each product, including SQL, Python, bash, PHP, NOSQL
- Automated configuration of software stacks for products, such as LAMP, LEMP, MEAN, and MERN stacks.
- Offered software-related technical support through various communications channels, including IRC and web forums.
Education
Ph.D. - English
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 08.1998 - 08.2003
MA - English
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 06.1996 - 05.1998
BA - English
Bethany College
Bethany, WV 08.1990 - 05.1994
Skills
Research
Training
TeachingTechnical Writing
Student rapport
Online instruction
Curriculum Creation
Classroom expertise
Training program development
Software Development
Agile
Database management software
Solutions deployment
Software applications
Software system development
Publications
- Open Prose Metrics: Open source web application that provides data-driven feedback for secondary and post-secondary writing students, teachers, and school administrators.
- Learning Proxmox VE: Technology book published by Packt Publishing for installing and configuring Proxmox Virtual Environment by Proxmox Server Solutions.
- MyIEP: Open source web application for designing Individual Education Programs for exceptional students; report and update student progress, track present levels of performance in goal areas.
- The Raspberry Pi Curriculum Project: A four-year curriculum for secondary school computer science programs relying on Raspberry Pi technology.
Certification
Advanced Professional Teaching Certificate, Teacher of English, (2006-2021)
Timeline
Computer Science Teacher
Maryland State Department Of Education
08.2017 - 12.2020
Authorized Trainer
Gonzo Training
01.2016 - Current
Software Engineer Consultant
TurnKey GNU/Linux
01.2015 - 08.2017
Director of Technology
Chelsea School
05.2013 - 06.2017
Advanced Professional Teaching Certificate,Special Education, (2006-2021)
08-2008
Advanced Professional Teaching Certificate, Teacher of English, (2006-2021)
08-2006
Ph.D. - English
West Virginia University
08.1998 - 08.2003
Senior System Administrator
West Virginia University
07.1997 - 07.2001
MA - English
West Virginia University
06.1996 - 05.1998
BA - English
Bethany College
08.1990 - 05.1994