Systems Engineer, Poway Unified School District
Dustin grew up in California's Central Valley, and his career began with designing, implementing, and maintaining computer communications systems in the military. He has since earned his B.S. in Information Systems and Technology, and spent the last 10 years specializing in Information Systems Design and Management, focusing on K12 educational environments. He currently serves Poway USD as a Senior Systems Analyst and Systems Engineer.
Having a sincere appreciation for the value of education technology, he has become an active member in his local and regional chapters of both CUE (https://cue.org/) and CETPA (https://cetpa.net/) and is passionately continuing to develop the knowledge and skills that are particular to K12 environments.
These days he whiles away the hours planning and executing district-wide IT projects for Poway's 36000 students, 5000 employees, and 15000 Career Technical and Adult Education students. He enjoys long talks about emerging technology trends, and ClearTouch-lit lunch-and-learns with tech trainers.