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Bilingual tech professional with wide range of learning and teaching
Roy S.

4.5 (29 ratings)

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I've had a long history of learning, including earning a bachelor's degree in engineering and a master's degree in business. From my learning, I've developed great skills at teaching.

In my engineering degree, I focused on bioengineering. This has provided me with an in-depth understanding of biology and biological systems, which includes subjects such as chemistry, physics, and, of course, advanced mathematics.

Years after acquiring the engineering degree, and after working in the...

I've had a long history of learning, including earning a bachelor's degree in engineering and a master's degree in business. From my learning, I've developed great skills at teaching.

In my engineering degree, I focused on bioengineering. This has provided me with an in-depth understanding of biology and biological systems, which includes subjects such as chemistry, physics, and, of course, advanced mathematics.

Years after acquiring the engineering degree, and after working in the technology industry, I acquired a master's degree in business administration, an MBA. The greatest feat of learning that I experienced in getting the MBA was to perform academic research that included statistical analysis. Besides being published as a master's thesis, my research won first place in the Student Research Competition of the California State University system in 2006. Furthermore, my research was published in a peer-reviewed international journal.

From all those learning experiences, I became adept at explaining and teaching the topics that I had to learn. I've had numerous opportunities to teach over the years, mostly with elementary and high school students. The range of environments where I've taught has been very meaningful to me.

One environment was working with junior high school students who were considered "at risk" due to the area where they lived. My success in helping those students to learn basic computer skills was based on understanding what they were already familiar with, and coming up with ways to relate the computer topics to their knowledge. As this took place in a bilingual region, my language skills in English and Spanish were very helpful.

As with the younger students, I also related new topics to the knowledge of the adults who I've taught. As always, I tried making topics such as graphic design, web programming, and Artificial Intelligence fun and interesting to learn.

I look forward to teaching new students, and in turn, I look forward to learning new ways to teach.

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Education

Rice University
BSEE
sdsu
MBA

Additional Languages

Spanish

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Linux

Linux

I have used Unix/Linux throughout my career as a software and systems professional. I started using Unix in college. Then I worked on Solaris for the first few years of my career. Then when Linux became available, I soon became highly proficient with it. And I have worked as a Linux expert in my jobs for the last 10 years.
Macintosh

Macintosh

I have been using Apple computers as my personal platform for over 30 years. I use a Mac laptop daily, and I frequently know more about the MacOS than the support advisors at Apple. I have used the MacOS platform for software development, media creation and editing, and daily tasks such as email, web surfing, and online teaching.
UNIX

UNIX

I have used UNIX/Linux throughout my career as a software and systems professional. I started using UNIX in college. Then I worked on Solaris for the first few years of my career. When Linux became available, it helped me further advance my skills with UNIX. And I have worked as a UNIX/Linux expert in my jobs for the last 10 years.
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4.5 (29 ratings)
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Amazing and Patient

The best tutor. Prior to the lesson, I had zero knowledge. After, I felt confident about the assignment. I am ready to break down any future challenges. I like how he worked around my confusions and gave me examples before trying out the actual problem. Programming is completely new to me. The fact that it took three hours to understand the new language is mind blowing to me. Most definitely, I recommend booking a lesson with him! You won’t regret it.

Ishi, 3 lessons with Roy

Kali Linux, Virtual box

Roy did a great job explaining Kali Linux and was extremely knowledgeable. I highly recommend him for anyone looking to learn or deepen their understanding of cybersecurity tools.

Josh, 1 lesson with Roy

Fantastic tutor

Roy continues to astound me as a patent. I hired him to teach my 13 year old Linux and I'm thoroughly impressed by how much they've accomplished in such a short time.

James, 22 lessons with Roy

Earnest, patient and conscientious

I found Roy to be an earnest, patient and conscientious consultant in my sessions with him to resolve a computer audio problem. Unfortunately, we were unable to resolve the problem. That, however, was not due to any shortcomings on Roy's part.

Marshall, 2 lessons with Roy

Nice having someone to hold my hand

Roy knows his Linux and helped me find solutions I'd never have found myself. And whatever else will get this review to 160 characters. Zippidee doo wop a biddy diddy.

Paul, 3 lessons with Roy

Proficiency Deficiency

Regrettably, the tutor's performance fell short on all fronts, displaying a concerning lack of comprehension of the pre-discussed material. Furthermore, an inexplicable 20-minute diversion into redundant inquiries about background information suggested a questionable grasp of session priorities, leading to unproductive use of time. In light of these shortcomings, I must assert, I would not recommend this tutor based on the observed deficiencies in subject matter expertise and session management.

Rodney, 1 lesson with Roy

Knowledgeable and patient tutor.

Roy guided me to install Virtual Box/Virtual Machine/Ubuntu 22.04/Eclipse IDE for C/C++ software development on my Windows 10 laptop. All went very well and successfully.

Babuddin, 6 lessons with Roy
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