WELCOME!

Since 1995 when I started teaching, I have promoted the Open Source concept by developing and teaching courses in Linux, Chrome, and Android operating systems, and Web programming using PHP, Python, Perl, JavaScript, HTML, XML, CSS, etc. I also have developed courses and programs in computer virtualization, cloud computing, and related technologies.

As an early proponent of online learning, starting 1998, I helped developed training courses for Mt. SAC faculty on how to use course management systems and teach online. 

The Business Division virtualization system, which I initiated and shepherded, is now in production since 2010 for use by faculty and students within the classroom and outside the campus from any part of the world. Initially, the pilot project and first working server farm cost around $300,000 but this system has saved several times that amount in computer upgrade and maintenance cost. This virtualization system also helped other divisions to offer online courses during the pandemic starting 2020. Without it, many staff, professor, and student functions would have been harder or impossible.

Funded by $300,000 CTE grant from the state of California, I managed and completed a project in 2016 to establish a new computer lab to explore virtiualization, cloud computing, networking and security, and  provide faculty training in these areas.

In Fall 2019, I created and introduced internship courses for our students to provide them with needed work experience in these CIS areas: networking, programming, security, and web programming.

Four new courses and a Certificate on Cloud Computing using Amazon Web Services were offered starting Spring 2021 but will include other platforms like Microsoft and Google in the future. Curriculum development, faculty training, and student resources were made possible through grants totaling $90,000 I obtained from the California Cloud Workforce project.

As a co-chair of the CIS Industry Advisory Committee, I helped recommend and approve all new courses and programs based on the latest CIS techonology for the benefit of our students.

Pay it forward,

Prof. Z.

“Every day you go to work because you want to; there is always something interesting and exciting. And you do it for somebody else, not just for the salary.” Robert S. Mueller III.