Jim Inness
Jim received a bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Nebraska Lincoln and a Masters in Vocational Education from Kearney State College. He taught high school for five years, then went into the business world. Jim has several Microsoft certifications including Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and spent over 15 years as a Computer Administrator, including five at Creighton University College of Medicine. Jim returned to teaching in early 2000 and moved to Austin Texas in December of 2000. He is now teaching Computer Applications classes for Continuing Education at Austin Community College.
Diane Kotsalis
Diane Kotsalis has been teaching Computer Applications classes for Continuing Education at Austin Community College since 1998. She also works as the Senior Network Computer Support Specialist and teaches computer information systems. She assists students and staff in the computer lab and is a much requested instructor for area businesses as well as teaching classes on the college level. Her professionalism and positive attitude are always appreciated by her students as well as by her peers. Diane Kotsalis is very skilled at presenting complex information to a diverse audience. You can reach Diane at dianek@austincc.edu.
Robin Magruder
Robin received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas A & I University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Park University. After working seven years in the insurance and telecommunications industries, she pursued a teaching certification from Southwest Texas State University. Robin has served as an educator for the past twelve years. She taught high school Business and Marketing Education classes for six years and has been an instructor with Austin Community College the past five years. She has provided training for the Continuing Education and Corporate Training Solutions departments in the areas of Accounting, Business Writing, Customer Service, Listening and Speaking Skills, and Microsoft Office software. In addition, she has obtained professional certifications through DDI & AchieveGlobal to facilitate corporate training classes.
Travis Mann
Travis Mann received his Master's Degree in Rhetoric and Composition from Texas Christian University in 2006. He has more than 20 years of experience writing fundraising proposals for higher education and nonprofits as well as extensive experience working with technical communications and marketing projects for the medical and pharmaceutical industries. Travis' teaching experience covers almost 10 years, with a full time position at Texas Christian University, and positions at Tarrant County College and Austin Community College.
Andy Weaver
Following about 30 years of experience in engineering, project direction, information systems, business management, and consulting, Andy has been teaching computer applications and web design for almost 8 years. His business career has spanned industries as diverse as manufacturing, engineering services, R&D and software application, and e-commerce system development. His principal training focus has been on MS Office applications, project management, database design, and web development. He has considerable background in financial analysis and accounting and has taught and consulted using QuickBooks. Andy is adept with Crystal Reports, and with some of the newer applications, such as InfoPath, One Note, SharePoint Services, and Acrobat. He has BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering and an MBA and is a registered Professional Engineer.
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