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Owen Scott - Founder
Owen Scott has been designing, deploying and maintaining enterprise-level networks, as well as developing applications and databases since 1993. His skills include: Sales Engineering, Network Engineering, Application Design and Development, Network Design and Implementation, Technical Operations and Management, Project anagement, LAN/WAN
Management and Design, Database Programming, Design, and Management, and
Unix/Linux/Windows System Administration.
Owen started his IT career with the construction of a worldwide satellite-based network of commercial fishing ships in 1993. Starting in 2000, he was employed by Exodus Communications, Cable and Wireless, and SAVVIS as a senior network engineer. In 2002, he co-founded Iophase, Inc., a company first known for Spam and Virus filtering, but which has expanded to include data center design and management for businesses of all sizes.
His passion for teaching, training, and communicating led him to found The Open Source Academy in the fall of 2006. |
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Crystal Capelle - Administrator
Crystal comes to us all the way from the Marshall Islands, where she helped to develop a number of educational programs there for the Capelle Family Trust, as well as for the government of the Marshal Islands. She brings with her a rich and broad set of skills, and has contributed a great deal to the development and logistical delivery of the classes.
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Kiet Huynh - Instructor
Kiet Huynh has been consulting with Fortune 500 companies for over a decade at the highest levels of IT. He brings to the school a truly awesome breadth of knowledge and expertise from a variety of platforms. He enjoys teaching, and sharing the skills he has gained over the years with students from all walks of life.
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Board of Advisors
Our Board of Advisors is made up of leaders in business and education. They help chart the course of the Academy, as well as advise on matters of curricula.
R. Scott Tarlton (Masters in Education, Administration and California Writing Project Fellow) has over fifteen years of experience in education. He has taught English literature, reading, photography, and film studies in private, public and international schools, and has experience as a BTSA support provider, Health and Science Careers Academy Instructor and CLAD certification and training. He is currently teaching in Huntington Beach and researching professional learning communities for the HBUHSD.
Arnold McClain Mr. McClain has over 15 years experience in the Information Technology sector as an IT Manager, computer analyst, project manager, corporate trainer and consultant. He has worked for the Department of Defense, as well as in the Medical, Retail and Internet Co-Location industries. He was manager of the Southern California Region for Exodus Communications, and managed the Corporate Training Program with CompUSA for many years. He is expert in the development of corporate and educational training systems.
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Who are We?
We are a group of highly trained engineers with enterprise-level experience in computer and backbone networking, application development, systems administration, and data center management. It also so happens that we have a passion for education. Thus, we have created this school as a way to reach out to individuals who want to accelerate a career or a business based around IT consulting.
Our Business Outreach Program aims to deliver essential IT knowledge to small business owners, managers, and staff so they can empower their businesses to make the most of technology.
It's about knowledge -- we have it, and we want you to have it too.
Mission Statement
Technology should be about empowerment, not frustration. At Open Source Academy, we aim to bring the power of technology to small business and individuals through quality teaching and learning.
Sharing technology and esoteric knowledge is not common un our industry. IT professionals have often acted as though the transfer of specialized knowledge somehow threatens their livelihood, but it is the opposite. When ordinary people embrace the promise of technology, a world of potential opens up -- both to them and to the IT professional..
It's Time to move this knowledge from the world of a few highly focused individuals, and deliver it to the people who can use it the most.
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