Vladimir Gorlovetsky received his MS degree in Electronic Engineering from Taganrog Technical University in Russia. He has 30 years extensive practical experience in project and program management, systems engineering, production, quality, integration and testing of various products ranging from large complex systems to handheld computers. He has worked for various Silicon Valley companies for 8 years, specializing in software quality for the last 5 years. This is his fourth year teaching software quality and manual testing at SCAE.

Yefim Belenky received a MS degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Moscow State University of Communications, and a Ph.D. degree for Aerospace Survey and Image Processing from Central Research Institute of Geodesy, Aerophotography and Cartography in Moscow. Yefim worked for fifteen years in the Russian space program, including work on missions to Mars and Venus. After moving to the U.S., he worked as a scientist and software engineer at various Silicon Valley companies for 10 years, specializing in software development and numerical analysis. Currently, he works as a senior software engineer for Numerical Technologies, Inc. He has taught at SCAE for five years, teaching C, C++ and Java.

Michael Bezman graduated from UCLA with Master Degree in Applied Mathematics in 1995 and has been working in the Silicon Valley since 1997. He is currently employed at a EDA software/design company. His areas of expertise are:

Scripting programming using Perl for prototyping and data analysis

Efficient Data-strucutures analysis and development

File format processing and Computational Geometry using C++

Mike Darevsky received his degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Moscow State University in 1986. Since then, he has worked for various companies for 16 years, specializing in software development and database administration. This is his seventh year teaching software development and database administration at SCAE.

Carrie Huang conducts trainings in Windows Server 2008 Courses. She has taught in University, Community College, Adult School and Private Companies. She held different positions in various high-tech companies including International Business Machines, Seagate Technology and Conner Peripherals. Connie obtained a Ph. D. and MS in Physics, and a MS in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University, as well as a BS in Physics from Nankai University in China.

Hemant Gaidhani has over 17 years’ experience in software design & programming, quality assurance, performance benchmarking and technical marketing for multi-tier application and system software. His work experience includes both Fortune 500 companies as well as Silicon Valley startups, such as Unisys, Informix, Commerce One, EMC and VMware. He received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Engineering from B.I.T.S., Pilani, India, and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University. He has presented at several industry conferences and is the author of numerous publications. He has been teaching at the SCAE’s High tech Academy for over three years.

Alex Gantvarg has received his BS degree in Computer Science from State Technical University, St. Petersburg, Russia. He has many years of experience in system analysis, computer application development, and database design. For the last few years, he has been working on Internet applications development specializing in Visual Basic, JavaScript, SQL Server, XML. This is his sixth year of teaching Visual Basic and Programming in .NET at SCAE.

Zack A. Jalamani conducts trainings in Network, Network Security and Cisco Networking Administration Certifications. Zack received BS + MSc in Aerospace Engineering / Kiev Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers, Ukraine, (then part of the U.S.S.R.), 1978. As a Ph.D. Candidate, he passed all Ph.D. exams and fulfilled all research requirements in 1988 at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Ohio State University. After a long, successful career in aerospace engineering, he chose a new direction with a more exiting interest in Information Technology. He holds active professional certifications in:

CCNA, Network+ and A+, Security+

CCNP and Wireless Networks

Cisco Certified Academy Instructor (CCAI) in CCNA, A+ and CCNP2

Mary Ann May-Pumphrey has many years of experience as a software quality assurance engineer, at companies including Sun Microsystems, Yahoo!, and a start-up.  She also has worked for shorter stints as a tech support engineer, tech writer, accessibility program manager, tech editor, and developer of online course materials.  She has a BA in English and an MS in Computer Science.  For many years, she has served as an adjunct faculty member for De Anza College's CIS Department, where she has taught Computer Software Quality Assurance, Programming in Perl, Introduction to UNIX/Linux, Advanced UNIX/Linux, Shell Programming, World Wide Web Page Development, and Client-Side Programming with JavaScript.

Raimonds Turaids is IT Director at Cadence Design Systems in San Jose. Raimonds started his career with computers in the early 1980s by playing video games. While attending UCSB, he worked at the Instructional Computing lab help desk helping resolve minor computer issues on campus. Off campus, he volunteered in a shelter as a teacher, helping people pick up computer skills to help them in job search. After graduating with a degree in Biological Sciences, Raimonds started working at a San Mateo computer accessories firm as a software quality assurance engineer. During this time, Raimonds began moonlighting at SCAE as a teacher for the school's Networking Fundamentals program. After two years of teaching networking, Raimonds was involved in starting the Windows Server class, which he presently teaches along with GNU/Linux. Raimonds has since moved from Quality Assurance to Infomration Technology. He presently works as an IT director for a San Jose-based electronic design automation firm.