Michael Teske (Windows Operating System). Michael has been
teaching in the Network Specialist Program for 10 years at Northeast
Wisconsin Technical College and has been involved as an engineer for
15 years. He has a passion for both teaching and technology and loves
helping people fi nd happiness in a career. Mike believes that learning
technology should be fun, but he also recognizes that the networking
fi eld continually changes and can challenge even the brightest students.
Mike also works as an independent consultant for several small
businesses in northeast Wisconsin and enjoys bringing that real-world
experience in to the classroom on a daily basis. Mike has become known
as “the Microsoft Guy” on campus. His goal is to continue to teach
network technology with the same enthusiasm and passion for many
years to come and to help his students fi nd the same joy and passion
that he has found in an amazing industry.
Jeffrey Sonnleitner (Windows Operating System). Jeff is a lead Instructor
in the Information Technologies department at Moraine Park Technical
College (MPTC) in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Jeff teaches the Network
Specialist degree program and the Advanced Technical Certifi cate in
Information Security. Jeff is also certifi ed to teach classes in international
business. He is beginning his 10th year at MPTC, and enjoys teaching
courses in networking, Microsoft servers, and information security. Jeff’s
goal is to help students succeed and enjoy their college experience in a
future-focused learning environment. He was instrumental in developing
MPTC’s student exchange with technical colleges in Darmstadt, Germany,
and he has led the college’s student exchange programs for over six
years. As an advisor to MPTC’s student IT Club, he initiated annual tours
to Silicon Valley. Prior to joining the faculty at MPTC, Jeff spent 14 years
as an independent consultant, specializing in medical and dental offi ce
computer systems and software.
Tim McMichael (.NET Development). Tim has been a high school
computer science teacher for the past 11 years. He currently teaches
Advanced Placement computer science, .NET programming, and
computer game programming at Raymond S. Kellis High School in
Glendale, Arizona. Prior to teaching, Tim worked for several years as
a database application developer. Tim is the author of the Software and
Windows Development Exam Review Kits in the Developer Exam Review
Kit series.
Tom Indelicato (.NET Development). Tom teaches computer science at
Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, New Hampshire for 11 years,
including courses on Microsoft Offi ce applications, Microsoft Visual Basic
programming, AP computer science, and, most recently, autonomous
robotics programming. Outside the classroom, he runs the school’s FIRST
Robotics team. Prior to teaching, Tom was a software engineer for
17 years.
Patricia Phillips (Authoring Manager). Patricia taught computer science
for 20 years in Janesville, Wisconsin. She served on the Microsoft
National K-12 Faculty Advisory Board and edited the Microsoft
MainFunction website for technology teachers for two years. For the
past fi ve years, she has worked with Microsoft in a variety of roles
related to K-12 curriculum development and pilot programs, such as the
MTA Exam Review Kits and Student Study Guides, Expression Studio web
design, and XNA game development. In her role as an author and editor,
Patricia has written several articles and a student workbook on topics
including computer science, web design, and computational thinking.
She is currently the editor of the Computer Science Teachers Association
newsletter, the Voice.
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