I am NOT a math teacher. I am one of those rare and privileged people who has made his living applying math to real-life problems in business and industry. I have been a Research Statistician at the Johnson Space Center. I have been a software engineer at Pine Gap in Alice Springs, Australia. And for the previous thirteen years I have applied probability theory to the pricing of financial instruments at National Australia Bank in Melbourne, Australia.
What does this all mean for the...
I am NOT a math teacher. I am one of those rare and privileged people who has made his living applying math to real-life problems in business and industry. I have been a Research Statistician at the Johnson Space Center. I have been a software engineer at Pine Gap in Alice Springs, Australia. And for the previous thirteen years I have applied probability theory to the pricing of financial instruments at National Australia Bank in Melbourne, Australia.
What does this all mean for the student? It means that I know all too well what it is like to stare at a problem and not have the slightest idea where to start. That is what real-life math is like. I can offer strategies that aid the student in overcoming the inertia present when solving the problem and setting the student on a path of problem resolution.
