Instructor Profiles

Louise Abbott

Louise Abbott was raised in Minnesota and lived around the country before settling in the Silicon Valley. She earned a Masters of Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University in 1993. She worked in the high tech industry for over 20 years, before retiring as a program manager with Cisco Systems. She taught in the Technical Training for Lockheed for several years and has taught computer courses for Chapman College. She helped develop the first training course for the original IBM PC while at Lockheed.

Louise teaches Introduction to Excel

Jaymie Hudson

Jaymie Hudson is the head of operations for Essential Bookkeeping Service, a full charge bookkeeping & database management company in San Luis Obispo County. With over 5 years in the accounting industry, Jaymie specializes in the specific accounting requirements of non-profit organizations and small serviced-based and e-commerce businesses. Troubleshooting accounting methods, streamlining procedures, and integrating intra-office systems are Jaymie's specialties.

Jaymie teaches QuickBooks for Service-based and Product-based Businesses.

Ginny Monteen

Ginny teaches several classes at KCBX.net, starting seven years ago as a "newbie nanny," assisting in classes at what was then called SLOnet.

Born in Chicago, Ginny worked at four universities and colleges in news media and publications in Minnesota, Colorado and California. When computers hit the publications world, a desktop revolution occurred. Ginny rode that change at Cal Poly as Editor of the university's major external publication, Cal Poly Today. From the old days of galleys and paste-ups, she learned to produce the publication on the computer and send it electronically to the printer.

The university environment also honed her technical writing skills, taking academic subjects and "translating" them to the public. She uses this skill in her teaching, changing complex topics into understandable lessons. To enhance the learning, she writes detailed handouts for her classes.

Computer training includes various workshops, seminars, and a five-month training intensive in multimedia software in Orange County. A resident of SLO for 30 years, when Ginny gets stuck on the computer, she calls up her son, an engineer and problem solver!

Ginny teaches Introduction to Word and Photoshop Elements.

Greg Perry

Greg Perry is the manager of KCBXnet. He has been involved with computers for the last 20 years. His experience ranges from working with CAD programs and MRP (Material Requirements Planning) systems, to graphic design and web site maintenance. He is currently working toward obtaining certificates for Javascript, PHP and SQL programming. Greg enjoys introducing people to computers and helping them get the most out of technology.

Greg teaches Introduction to Computers

Alexandra Robin

As the report developer for The Spice Hunter, a local spice manufacturer based in San Luis Obispo, Alexandra Robin spends her workday managing data that tracks everything from basil to broker commissions. She has worked in the software industry in the area of Enterprise Resource Planning ( or "ERP"; the software bundles that drive manufacturing plants) as both a support specialist and trainer for the last ten years, and has worked both officially and unofficially as a teacher of Microsoft Office applications for many more. She thoroughly enjoys sharing her computer knowledge and giving new computer users the tools to make their lives easier.

When Alexandra is not staring at a computer monitor she can be found on a local lake in a twenty-six foot long, fourteen inch wide single scull or in her kitchen cooking a spicy dish.

Alexandra teaches PowerPoint and Intermediate Word 2007

Ron Workman

Ron Workman is a financial advisor and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER^TM professional with Wachovia Securities LLC. He has previously taught Introduction and Intermediate courses for Microsoft Excel, and Exploring Your Financial Future, through the Cal Poly OSHER program. Prior to entering the financial industry, he has had many years of experience working with and developing software products. He has been an author and a guest lecturer at several international computer industry conferences. He has held executive management positions in marketing and sales of infrastructure software, operating systems, development tools and other runtime software IP products and services. He is a 1977 graduate of Cal Poly.

Ron teaches Introduction to Computers & Introduction to Excel