About Me

Since 1994, I have worked in Massachusetts and Rhode Island K12 public schools as a teacher, staff developer, Director of Technology, and school principal. I'm passionate about teacher professional development and have been creating “just in time” support and instructional materials for teachers for over two decades. As Director of Technology for the Smithfield Public Schools, I was honored with ISTE's “Making IT Happen” award in December of 2015. I was also presented with the OSHEAN “Current” award in 2016. I served as President of the Rhode Island ISTE affiliate from 2008 until 2010 and again from 2016 to 2018.

I am an accomplished presenter and speaker and have led workshops for the Rhode Island Association of School Principals (RIASP), Rhode Island Society for Technology Educators (RISTE), at the Rhode Island Middle Level Educators (RIMLE) conference, Learning First Alliance Rhode Island conference, Rhode Island School Counselors Association (RISCA) conferences, SchoolCIO Tech Summit in San Diego, Tech Forum Boston 2013 & 2015, Highlander Institute Blended Learning Conferences, and the METAA/CoSN CTO Clinic. I have written a number of articles and posts on the SchoolCIO blog as a CIO advisor and as a guest editor for the Tech & Learning publication and website.

After serving as Director of Technology and principal of Old County Road School in Smithfield for eleven years, I joined the Norton, MA Public Schools as the new principal of the J.C. Solmonese School. I'm a proud husband and the father of two children who are currently attending Boston University and Berklee College of Music. I started my career as an elementary music teacher and I have played the guitar for close to 40 years (although I'm badly out of practice).

Fun fact: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I arranged a Bach fugue for classical guitar trio and performed as a guitar soloist with the Rhode Island College orchestra.