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Sound, training, teaching, coaching.

I've spent my career teaching people to use tools that felt too complicated: a mixing console, a Mac, a robot, and now an AI model.

“Be a human first, and the rest will come.” My philosophy for all teaching

It started with audio. I studied audio and music production at Western Connecticut State and went straight into mixing live shows for a competitive marching band. Apple hired me as a trainer, and that's where I learned to analyze a skills gap, design training around it, and measure whether it worked. I took that into music classrooms, a Music Technology lab and a FIRST LEGO League team, and since 2022 into Norwalk Public Schools as a Digital Learning Coach.

Emerging technology is my passion, not just my job. At home I watch tech YouTubers to keep up with new products and software, and I teach myself whatever I need, whether that's 3D printing or vibe coding an app that fits my own needs. The technology still comes second: it's only worth learning if it helps a person.

Lately AI is the part of the job people ask about most. I'm not a software engineer and I don't pretend to be one. I direct AI agents with written rules, test what they produce, and teach teachers to do the same, with a strong bias toward student privacy and honesty about what a tool actually did.

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Experience

Grouped by chapter, newest first. Each chapter ties to work on this site.

Coaching & AI

2022 – Present

Digital Learning Coach

Norwalk Public Schools, Norwalk CT · 13 elementary schools

  • Coach teachers across 13 elementary schools, about 20 sessions a month (1:1 coaching, classroom instruction and meeting presentations). Trained the full staffs of three elementary schools and one middle school on classroom AI.
  • Author of the district's K-12 AI Guidebook, in collaboration with the Assistant Superintendent, and builder of its public AI transparency site; presented the site at a Google for Education conference in New York City. Other districts now ask us for guidance.
  • Build staff tools with AI coding agents (Codex plans, Claude Code implements, I verify), adopted school-wide by whole elementary staffs. See the work →
  • Design teacher PD: the Vibe-Coded Classroom Showcase (23 slides, 11 live demos, 29 prompts), a 2FA security module, and the Tech Radar staff newsletter.
  • Run the K-5 maker / 3D-design program across several schools: scaffolded lessons, student rubrics and video tutorials.
  • Evaluate AI output for accuracy and faithfulness, including a 52-case graded test set. Case study →

Teaching

Sept. 2021 – 2022

6th Grade Band Director

Beman Middle School, Middletown CT

  • Director and instructor for all Grade 6 band students at various levels.
  • Developed lesson plans aligned to the Middletown Public Schools curriculum and applied differentiated instruction for musicians at every level of experience.
Aug. 2019 – Sept. 2021

Music Technology, Digital Audio & Piano Teacher, Grades 9-12

Enfield High School, Enfield CT

  • Taught 75 high school students each semester; developed the Digital Audio and Music Technology curricula.
  • Upgraded the Music Tech lab's technology to meet student needs, and managed macOS, software troubleshooting and updates in the classroom.
  • Recording engineer for performances throughout the school year.
  • Built a Google Classroom and adapted lessons for synchronous and asynchronous learning during COVID-19.
2018 – 2019

Long-term music substitute, assistant band director & student teacher

Ridge Road Elementary (North Haven) · Shelton Marching Band · Hillcrest Middle School (Trumbull) · Pumpkin Delight Elementary (Milford)

  • Long-term substitute for K-5 general music; taught and conducted the Grade 4–5 chorus (Feb.–June 2019).
  • Assistant Band Director and Front Ensemble Technician; ran full rehearsals in the director's absence and brought technology into fall and winter seasons (Aug. 2018–Apr. 2019).
  • Student-taught band for Grades 6-8 and general music for PreK-5 (Aug.–Dec. 2018).
May – Oct. 2018

FIRST LEGO League Lead Coach

Orange Public Schools, Orange CT

  • Coached an elementary team in coding, robotics and teamwork, and led them through their first regional competition.
2014 – 2017

Student teaching intern & Music Technology teacher

Orchard Hills Elementary (Milford, 2017) · Trumbull Summer Music Camp (2014)

  • Head of Music Technology for the whole camp, Grades 4-12; wrote lesson plans built on GarageBand and macOS.

Training & instructional design

Jan. 2015 – June 2018

Creative / In-Store Guest Trainer · Apple-Certified Technician and Trainer

Apple Inc., Trumbull CT

  • Acted as an extension of corporate and store leadership, delivering professional-development training.
  • Assessed training gaps and built project plans using the ADDIE model.
  • Trained new hires and current employees in conflict management and customer service through Apple's train-the-trainer model.
  • Created training materials for the internal LMS: presentations, multiweek eLearning courses, webinars and customized iBooks for self-paced learning.
  • Taught customers through workshops and one-on-one appointments using adult learning theory; built personalized workshops for local businesses.
  • Led product and service launches and on-boarding after business-strategy changes; kept content current as products changed.
  • Provided software and hardware troubleshooting and support.

Sound

June 2015 – Aug. 2019

Sound Designer / Instructor

Naugatuck Marching Band, Naugatuck CT

  • Mixing engineer for live competitions on a digital console.
  • Audio editor for in-show sound effects and balance; ordered and compiled equipment.
  • Music and visual instructor.
Education

Education & credentials

2018

M.S. Education, Music PreK-12 Certification

University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport CT

2015

B.Mus, Audio and Music Production

Western Connecticut State University, Danbury CT

2015 – 2018

Apple-Certified Technician & Trainer

Apple Inc. certification, earned in the trainer role

Skills

What I'm good at

  • Training & instructional design: ADDIE, adult learning theory, train-the-trainer, self-paced eLearning, job aids
  • Coaching: one-on-one and small-group teacher coaching, whole-staff rollouts
  • Curriculum & assessment: scope and sequence, differentiated instruction, student rubrics, step-level grading
  • Directing AI: system prompts, agent handoff docs, output validators, test-set design and evaluation
  • AI policy & privacy: FERPA, COPPA, CIPA, PPRA and Connecticut student-data law, as applied to classroom tools
  • Audio & music technology: digital consoles, live mixing, recording, GarageBand, macOS lab management
  • Building: Google Apps Script, web apps, SwiftUI, Next.js, Tinkercad and 3D printing, with AI coding agents
  • Working with kids: K-12 classroom teaching, band and chorus, FIRST LEGO League coaching

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