Faculty

Dr. Jim Duane, Chair

Courses Taught: Network Essentials; Computer Basics and Emerging Technologies; Computer Website Design

Biography: Jim Duane is the Director of Campus Technology here at the Skaggs Center. For ten years prior to becoming one of the charter faculty at Juan Diego in 1999, Duane was President of Keyboard Systems, a computer based music company. Prior to that Duane was an Associate Professor in the College of Education at the University of Utah. Jim Duane holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Connecticut and a master's and doctorate from Indiana University. Half of his time is spent administering the Skaggs Center computer network and the other half of his time is devoted to Basic, Website and Networking Essentials classes.

Richard Perrine

richardperrine@skaggscatholiccenter.org

Courses Taught: Engineering and Design, Computer Programming I, Computer Programming II, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Computer Science A, Introduction to Virtual Reality

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Salman Sayyed

salmansayyed@skaggscatholiccenter.org

Courses Taught: Television Production I, Intro to Videography, JD Media Club

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Becky Garzella

johnmcgroarty@skaggscatholiccenter.org

Courses Taught: Computer Science Principles, Intro to Innovative Technologies (IIT), Game Development Fundamentals I, Game Development Fundamentals II

Biography: Becky Garzella has a MS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado and a BS in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering from Purdue University. Initially she worked as system engineer at Ball Aerospace primarily on low earth orbit, remote sensing spacecraft. Later she co-founded an aviation software business with her husband that provided software as a service to general aviation businesses and flight training centers. During this time, she worked in multiple management and technical roles, including customer onboarding, higher tier customer support, software development management and design, and business management.

Technology Support Staff

Eric Browning, Director of IT.

ericbrowning@skaggscatholiccenter.org

Biography: Eric Browning graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Utah. He currently designs and maintains the Skaggs Catholic Center's wired and wireless network infrastructure, numerous websites, hundreds of faculty and lab computers, as well as the many servers that run the center, as well as keeping the various BYOD student devices connected to wifi. Eric joined the staff in July 2000 when the need for sophisticated websites and a dedicated systems/network administrator was required.

Matt Alter, Technology support

mattalter@skaggscatholiccenter.org

Biography: Matt Alter has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Utah. Matt works with the Skaggs Catholic Center as a technical support, repair, and networking equipment installer with the JD Technology Department.

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