High School A Tutor

DOUGLAS ASKEGARD

Marion, TL

************@*****.*** Mobile: 805-***-****

PROFILE

Tutor who understands the needs of students when they are attempting to master a math or numerical business course. After being assigned to, or contacted by, a new student, I set up a tentative tutor session to meet with the student to determine the tutoring needs of the student. Then I administer a brief quiz to help determine the topics where the student needs help. This helps focus the tutor sessions to be the most effective for the student. This usually means presenting & explaining the theory or procedure in order to build the student's knowledge. Then I usually assign some worksheets for the student to practice what they have learned. Over the past 6 years, have tutored 100+ high school students in Algebra I & II, Geometry, Physics, and pre-Calculus; and college students in Accounting, Economics, and Statistics, nearly all of them online using either Zoom or Skype. This includes increasing the student’s motivation for learning the topic, providing additional resource material to help the students understand procedures for solving all kinds of math problems, and teaching them how to take exams so that they can relax, focus, and earn better grades. SKILLS

• Tutoring – high school & college students • Tutor Pre-Calculus • Tutor Managerial Accounting

• Tutor Algebra 1 • Microsoft Office - Word, Excel • Microsoft Project and PowerPoint

• Tutor Algebra 2 • Tutor college students • Tutor Macro-Economics 1

• Tutor Geometry • Tutor Accounting 1 • Tutor Micro-Economics

• Tutor Trigonometry • Tutor Accounting 2 • Tutor basic Business Statistics EXPERIENCE

TUTOR – high school & college students Self Employed 2019 – present My teaching & coaching approach is relaxed with a strong focus on the material to be mastered. First, I work with my students to assure they understand the basics – if needed, we backtrack to master those basics because often the students decided to seek a tutor when they were halfway through the course. Then, we need to ‘double time’ our efforts to get them caught up and understand the new material being presented each week by their instructor. CENSUS ENUMERATOR – interviewed residents and recorded their data for the 2020 Census 2020 IEEE – Volunteer Leadership 2003 – present

• Senior Life Member of the IEEE. Currently Vice Chair of Buenaventura Section (Ventura County). Past chair of IEEE Region 6 Southern Area Chair 2007-2008 and 2012-2015 arranging semi-annual conferences and training to benefit the 11,000+ members in the greater Los Angeles area. Performed fundraising, mentoring, and STEM activities for students.

• Recipient of IEEE Regional Activities Board’s Leadership Award. Chair of the IEEE Buenaventura Section for 2004 and 2005. Vice-Chair of the IEEE Los Angeles Council for 2005. Founded Communications Society Chapter in 2005 PROGRAM MANAGER II SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE 2007 – 2012 ITT Exelis, f.k.a. EDO, Thousand Oaks, CA -- Interference cancellation systems and jammer systems for U.S. Navy and Coast Guard

• Won and managed $4.5M programs to provide interference cancellation systems to the USCG's new cutters (Deepwater).

• Managed $9M internally funded program to upgrade all fielded systems and saved $1.5M by applying Lean techniques.

• Established BOAs and managed $1M/year contracts to provide field support and installations in multiple customer locations. PROGRAM MANAGER

LuminentOIC Inc., n.k.a. Source Photonics, Chatsworth, CA – integrated photonic modules for FTTH 2006 – 2007

• Managed relationships between internal and customers' engineering teams to ensure timely release of new products by resolving technical problems and production delivery issues. Developed effective marketing collateral (data sheets, app notes).

PROGRAM MANAGER / MARKETING / BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Phasebridge Inc., Pasadena, CA – integrated photonic components – company closed January 2006 2004 – 2006

• Negotiated and managed strategic contracts totaling $1M by preparing proposals for DARPA, AFRL, CCAT, SPAWAR, and other government agencies.

• Defined the strategic market position of the product and wrote the product requirements’ documents, and sales support material.

• Established and maintained customer quotation records, action items, and followed up on issues. Managed responses to RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs from major defense contractors. PRODUCT MANAGEMENT / PRODUCT MARKETING (consultant positions - all start-up companies) Novera Optics, San Jose, CA – acousto-optic dynamic gain flattening filters 2001 and 2003

• Developed the business case validating the new company product portfolio. Conducted market studies, interviewed key regional carriers to determine their system needs, and repositioned the company’s portfolio for greater market impact. Sabeus Photonics, Chatsworth, CA – sensor systems company 2002

• Expanded the company’s product line and competitive offerings through the development of strategic supplier partnerships. Created market traction with new website, data sheets, and trade show debut in oil exploration. Santel Networks, Fremont, CA – a fab-less semiconductor company developing Electronic Dispersion Comp. 2001 – 2002

• Developed product portfolio and roadmap based on customer interviews. Established clear requirements for Santel’s new product – saving time and money, and speeding the chip to market. Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, San Jose, CA – metro optical systems 2000 – 2001

• Stabilized market and Telcordia requirements for first generation Metro fiber optic system resulting in successful product release

• Developed product roadmap and Next Generation product requirements to guide future development. SR. PRODUCT MANAGER

LaserComm Inc., Plano, TX – chromatic dispersion compensation for 10 and 40 Gbit/s -- closed 2001 1999 – 2000

• Built a customer base by developing contacts, making presentations, and conducting product demo’s and lab tests.

• Expedited LaserComm’s entry into the fiber optic communications market by creating a product roadmap with product plans and detail product requirements.

PRODUCT MANAGER / MARKETING MANAGER, Optical Networks Ericsson Inc., Richardson, TX -- metro and regional fiber optic DWDM systems. 1996 – 1999

• Set up a product marketing organization to win business, manage customer relations, produce on-time bid responses and sales forecasts, and provided technical support to Sales. PRODUCT MANAGER / SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER 1993 – 1996 Andrew Corporation – Product Manager, Satellite Systems, Richardson, TX

• Developed product specifications and defined new features for the telephony interfaces of the small remote satellite (VSAT) station equipment. Managed contracts, shipments, and dealt directly with customers. Andrew Telecom Networks. Sr. Systems Engineer – Network systems design in Moscow, St Petersburg, and in Kyiv.

• Designed fiber optic networks for Russian and Ukrainian operating companies using SDH (SONET) transmission equipment. Selected vendors, designed networks, wrote installation instructions. PREVIOUS: early engineering background includes telecommunication fiber optic system development, aerospace computer design for rocket guidance, and main-frame computer system memory design, debug, and production release. Held a SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL: SECRET (currently inactive) EDUCATION

B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota MBA, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota (8 of 14 courses completed before being transferred to Texas) Completed Black Belt training in Value Based Lean Six Sigma Professional development courses in business, marketing, and operations