SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE, COMPUTER STUDIES DEPARTMENT
INSTRUCTOR
 It
took Michael McKeever quite some time to come round to
teaching, and he did not start his professional activities in
the ICT field. He earned his degree in Economics at the
University of California Santa Barbara and after working 3
years in finance and management, spent 15 years in Audio/Video
pre-, live, and post-production. During those halcyon years,
he traveled extensively throughout the US and to South America
and Asia. As the AV industry transitioned from analog to
digital media, (he started by editing audio tape with a razor
blade and concluded that career working with Pro Tools®) his
interest in computers and networks grew. Working with
colleagues from Learning Tree International and integrating
the concepts of Herrmann International, he began consulting
and designing network infrastructures for small and medium
business as well as developing and delivering custom IT
classes for Fortune 500 companies.
Upon moving back to the Northern California in 2000, after
15 years in Montana, the CIS department chair at Santa Rosa
Junior College contacted him inquiring if he would consider
teaching a couple of computer networking classes that were
scheduled to start in a few weeks. That opportunity, and the
5.2 magnitude earthquake which struck three days after moving
to Napa, shook his world up a bit. McKeever has been a
full-time faculty member at Santa Rosa Junior College since
2001 when he was hired to build the college’s Computer
Networking program.
In addition to his responsibilities as the lead for the
SRJC Cisco Regional Networking Academy, McKeever developed and
teaches Computer Security, Client/Server and Forensics courses
at the college. Using a variety of tools and programs he is
pioneering the use of live Online synchronous classes at SRJC
and is quite passionate about increasing both student and
teacher success in this venue. His private computer forensics
practice assists members of the legal and law enforcement
communities and he continues to deliver custom training to
corporate clients.
Other waking hours are consumed by his serving on the
board of directors for the Napa Valley summer chamber music
festival, Music in the Vineyards (www.musicinthevineyards.org)
and working in his garden. He also juggles, enjoys tango and
has revised Hamlet’s soliloquy to reflect society’s major
dilemma, To Upgrade or Not To Upgrade, That Is The Question…
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