OHLONE COLLEGE, CNET DEPARTMENT INSTRUCTOR, MID-PACIFIC ICT
(MPICT) CENTER PI
 Richard
Grotegut (BA, MA, San Jose State University, ABD, Alliant
University, San Francisco) teaches in the Computers, Networks,
and Emerging Technologies department at Ohlone College in
Fremont. He has been at Ohlone College for 14 years, has 25
years of experience in IT training, and has taught networking
and system administration courses both here and abroad through
Ohlone's Cisco Network Academy.
Richard Grotegut has been a full-time faculty member at
Ohlone College since 1998. He began his teaching career
teaching at the high school level in the area of math and
computers. In the early 90’s he started the first Novell
Network Administration training program for high school
students here in California. To this day he continues to work
with high school students and teachers as they learn about ICT
careers. Much of this work is done through Ohlone College’s
Regional Cisco Network Academy program.
Grotegut was named as the sole California representative
to the Cisco Networking Academy 10th Anniversary Celebration
in Washington, DC in October 2007. The celebration honored
Grotegut and others for their extraordinary impact in
"educating the architects of the networked economy" through
the Cisco Networking Academy over the past decade.
Under Grotegut’s direction, Ohlone College, Irvington High
School, and Mission Valley ROP have partnered in the
establishment of a Career Pathway in Information and
Communication Technology (ICT). The ICT Pathway leads high
school students through courses that prepare students to
transfer to community college and then on to a university for
baccalaureate degrees with a computer science or engineering
focus if they so desire. The Cisco Academy program plays a
large role in this pathway. A recent article in THE Journal
(September 2008) goes a long way to describe this work:
http://www.thejournal.com/articles/23223
Richard was born in France, raised in Europe, and enjoys
traveling almost as much as he enjoys teaching.
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