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Faculty and Staff

	Ms. Mary Figliulo Phone: (925) 439-2181 ext. 3307 email: mfigliulo@losmedanos.edu Office Hours (Room CO2-200): Spring 2011: (MWF) 11:10 AM to 11:40 AM Position: Adjunct faculty Bio: Mary Figliulo is a long term I.T. professional with 30 + years of PC hardware and software expertise including Local Area Networks (LANs) E-mail support SharePoint installation and set-up Access database development Disaster/Recovery Planning COBOL programming Currently, Mary is doing contract work and some volunteer work as well. She has taught at SF City College for 5 years and has been at LMC since 2008.
	Mr. Jeff Frates Phone: (925) 439-2181 ext. 3307 email: jfrates@losmedanos.edu Position: Adjunct faculty
	Mr. Louie Giambattista Phone: (925) 439-2181 ext. 3386 email: lgiambattista@losmedanos.edu Position: Computer Science Instructor Bio: Louie works diligently to promote student interest and education in Computer Science. His goal is to ultimately increase the number of students who transfer to four-year schools to complete their degrees in Computer Science. Louie has taught Computer Science at City College of San Francisco, College of San Mateo and Diablo Valley College (DVC). He also taught business at DVC. Education: Louie earned his BA in Computer Science at UC Berkeley, and went on to be awarded an MBA in Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.
	Ms. Sandy Jones Phone: (925) 439-2181 ext. 874 email: sajones@losmedanos.edu Office Hours (Room CO2-200): Refer to syllabys. Position: Adjunct faculty Bio: Sandy Jones is an IT veteran with over twenty-five years experience designing and delivering customer support and technical training. She has performed work and conducted training in the fields of Computer Forensics Networking Information Security Help Desk Technical Support Digital Imaging Specialized applications. Sandy, through her work as the SB-70 Grant Director was actively involved in the development of the department's new A/S degree pathways, certificate programs and the new curriculum. She works closely with faculty and the Advisory Board.
	Ms. Evelyn Launius Phone: (925) 439-2181 ext. 3307 email: elaunius@losmedanos.edu Position: Adjunct faculty Bio: Evelyn Launius M.B.A., PMP, has more than 20 years of project management experience for major public health and government organizations. She is an adjunct professor for graduate level courses at California State University East Bay. Evelyn also teaches at U.C Berkeley Extension. Evelyn is passionate about education and strives to help students to achieve their academic goals. She has a myriad of hobbies that include: reading, cooking, gardening, making jewelry, and leading activities with senior citizens. Education: Evelyn received her MBA from John F. Kennedy University and a Bachelor Degree from Chapman University. She attended Haas School of Business “CIO Institute” and “Executive Leadership” programs (Go BEARS!!!).
	Mr. Jim Lipscomb Phone: (925) 439-2181 email: jlipscomb@losmedanos.edu Position: Adjunct faculty Bio:
	Mr. Donald McKnight Phone: (925) 439-2181 email: dmcknight@losmedanos.edu Position: Adjunct faculty Bio: Owner and Operator of Inter-County Computing Corporation for 25 years specializing in Small Business Programming and Systems. Instructor of Computer Science for 20 years. Education: City University, Baruch College NYC BBA in Management University of California, University Extension 32 units of Post Graduate Studies.
	Mr. Joenil Mistal Phone: (925) 439-2181 ext. 3307 email: jmistal@losmedanos.edu Position: Adjunct faculty Bio: Joenil Mistal is a project manager for Kaiser Permanente who is responsible for recommending, deploying, and supporting the mission critical applications and systems of the Kaiser Permanente's Pharmacy Call Center in Livermore California. Having been with the organization for over 18 years, Joenil has been instrumental in managing the technology used in the call center. Education: Joenil has an MBA degree from the University of San Francisco and a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Management Engineering from De La Salle University.
	Mr. Clayton Smith Phone: (925) 439-2181 ext. 3421 email: csmith@losmedanos.edu Position: Computer Science Instructor Computer Science Chair Bio: Clayton Smith has been teaching at Los Medanos College since 1995, where his areas of emphasis has been Networking Internet Online instruction Education: Clayton graduated from UC Berkeley (Go Bears!) after going to Diablo Valley College.
	Mr. James Spagnol Phone: (925) 439-2181 ext. 488 (VM) email: jspagnol@losmedanos.edu Position: Computer Center Technician II Bio: James Spagnol started at LMC, fresh out of high school as a student in 1981. In 1982 he was hired as a student assistant and then as a tutor in the Computer Science Department. In 1984 James was hired as Campus Computer Center Assistant which was later reclassified as Computer Center Technician II. From the 1980’s to present, James has worked with mainframe computers using terminals until they were phased out in favor of microcomputers worked with reel-to-reel Tape Backup, Zip Drives, Impact Printers, and other various hardware used various word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software programmed in several languages not least of which were COBOL, FORTRAN, Pascal, miscellaneous flavors of C, BASIC, and web based scripting languages like JavaScript, VBscript, etc., James is currently working as a night shift employee in the Computer Science Department. He also supports the Staff Training Center along with the Business, PTEC and ETEC departments. Education: Los Medanos College A.A. in Liberal Arts Work hours: M-TH: 1:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
	Ms. Karen Stanton Phone: (925) 439-2181 ext. 3307 email: kstanton@losmedanos.edu Office Hour (Room CO2-200): Refer to syllabus. Positions: Computer Center Technician II Adjunct faculty Bio: Karen has over 20 years experience working in the computer field. She was hired in 1996 as a staff member, and started teaching as an adjunct faculty member in 1997. Education: A.A. in Liberal Arts Certificate of Achievement: Microcomputer Systems Specialists B.S. in Business Information Systems M.S. in Computer Information Systems Work hours: Spring / Fall hours: Mon-Fri: 6:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m Summer hours: M-TH: 6:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
	Mr. Daniel Young Phone: (925) 439-2181 ext. 3307 email: dyoung@losmedanos.edu Position: Adjunct faculty Bio: Dan's experience comes from many years working in Information Technology (IT) for large corporations. He started teaching classes as an adjunct instructor at LMC in the Fall semester of 2000. Dan's entire objective as an instructor is to make sure students have the maximum opportunity to be successful in his courses. Students are encouraged to ask questions about the subject matter as there is no such thing as a dumb question. Education: Dan graduated from the University of Washington, Seattle with a BA in Speech and a Minor in Computer Science. He recently graduated from the California State University, East Bay with a MBA. Dan's experience and education are extensive in operating systems, applications, and Internet technologies with a minor in computer science and many additional computer science courses post-baccalaureate.