Casey Cota

Doctor Cota has over 24 years of experience working in the national defense, homeland security, and the intelligence communities. He served 20 years in active-duty military filling a range of critical and challenging positions to utilize an extensive background in analysis, cloud computing and data management. Casey created and led innovative programs to enhance corporate culture, improve employee performance and support change across multiple organizations. He has worked assignments in the National Security Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Geospatial Agency, and U.S. Cyber Command filling various roles which he was solely responsible for managing projects and programs throughout their entire lifecycle. Casey currently works as a Senior Solutions Architect providing consulting services to DoD, IC, and other public entities.

Teaching philosophy:

I want students to feel they have influence on the learning process. They should feel confident that the work they do and the information the garner expands on what they know and challenges them to learn more. I want guidance and information presented in several forms to meet each student’s learning preference. I believe instruction needs to be clear not complicated.

I want to help individuals to understand how they think and what they know. I want to inspire them to understand why they come to conclusions and to be objective to see if they are correct. I want to teach adults to continually challenge the “why”. I want to show them the means of justifying what we believe by using facts, theories, and research. I wish to teach using historical examples of what was considered truth and compare it to what was reality.  I believe some of the most beneficial learning can come from researching situations that the unexpected occurs and providing a clear example of challenging what we know.