I’m a formally trained industrial engineer and management consultant. I’ve had a passion for math and math (as well as Chemistry, Physics and core engineering courses) tutoring since high school and college. I tutored in a community college in the Learning Assistance Center during high school while attending half a day completing Calculus 1-3 & Differential Equations over the course of one year.

I started and led an organization called S.H.U.R. (Students Helping Undergraduate Retention) paid for by my departments alumni organization. We focused on the weed out courses of chemistry, physics, calculus, core engineering curriculum courses.

I believe that simplicity, practicality, and engagement in the subject are the most important determinants of overall success. In Calculus in particular I always do a brief overview of the entire subject demonstrate the basic relationship of Cal 1-2 and the simple extrapolation of those in Cal 3 and the fundamental concept of a “limit” which some teachers barely really explain that makes the entire subject possible. And explaining how differentiation and integration solve two problems but were found to need the same limit process ultimately related by the fundamental theorem. So as the chapters evolve they have a conceptual frame to associate with memory (association being the primary ability of genius, innovation, ability to retain material across subjects for considerable time even after just an introduction).

I am a straight A student from Kindergarten through High School and would have been in college if not for my choice to challenge myself with a 7:30 am Shakespeare course not to waste my elective on something silly while working for National Science Foundation, a Special Problems course for my professor competing a placing in the national engineering week competition for course credit, starting my own company and a having course load and girlfriend whom I adored and susceptible to distraction :-)