Computer Training Instructors
Phyllis Barnard has over thirty years of art and design experience and a Master of Fine Art degree. She has exhibited her artwork throughout the southeast and has many years of experience teaching art to children. She continued to develop her artistic career and now has a Multimedia Arts and Science degree. She has been working as a Freelance Web Designer for over four years. Presently, she is a full-time Graphic Designer at Burco International and she does freelance Web Design and Digital Photography.
Gary Crossey has served on the A-B Tech Digital Media Technology Advisory Board since 2004, and has taught digital media and design classes as an Adjunct instructor since 2005. Gary specializes in utilizing the Adobe Create Suite for creating interactive design for print, online, video and audio production. With a constant focus on workflow ideas and techniques, Gary’s ideas have been included in six Thompson Delmar multimedia/web design books. Gary is the founder of Irish Guy Productions – an award winning Contemporary Web & Multimedia Design Firm (www.irishguy.info), as well as receiving numerous design awards, including “Best Business Website” award from WIRED magazine.
Barbara Guffy is a Buncombe County School Business teacher and has been for 14 years. She received her Master’s in Business Education from NC State University. She is A+ Certified and the local treasurer for the North Carolina Association of Educators. Currently Barbara is working on her National Teaching Boards, but when she has spare time she indulges in her interests of swimming, reading and the theater.
Linnae Harris is a highly creative and multi-talented Graphic Designer; award winning Photographer; and motivating Teacher with over twenty years of experience. She received her bachelor’s degree in Art Education from University Of South Florida and learned her tech skills at the International Academy of Design and Technology, also in Tampa, Florida. Linnae began her career teaching high school art and photography. Seven years later she had the opportunity to open her own small business selling vacation packages. She gained business and marketing wisdom but missed teaching and being in a creative field. Currently she owns Linnae Designs (linnaedesigns.com), which specializes in graphic and web design, computer training and marketing consulting. Linnae primarily teaches Photoshop, photography and marketing classes for AB Tech.
Ed Hoglen Graduated in 1973 from A-B Tech with an AAS in Design & Drafting. He was employed by Dayco Corporation prior to graduation, and was employed there for 22 years. In that capacity, Ed was a Machine designer, Drafting Supervisor and CAD Manager with 7 U.S. Patents and associated patents in Canada and Europe for continuous current carrying vacuum hose. After that period, he held several positions as a contract machine designer and CAD Manager in governmental and industrial companies in North and South Carolina. In addition, Ed taught Cad courses at AB Tech as an adjunct instructor for the CAD department and for the Industrial Training Division and Continuing Education. Currently, he is the Corporate Cad Design Manager for North American Roofing, a nationally recognized roofing company with corporate offices located in Asheville, NC. He has been employed there since April 2007. Ed resides in Candler and has 2 children--Alan, a Navy Nuclear Power instructor in Goose Creek, SC and Kelly, an owner and manager of a restaurant in Summerville, SC.
Nancy Worley graduated from Asheville-Buncombe Technical Institute in 1967 with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Computer Programming. She was a programmer and systems analyst at the UNC Chapel Hill and for the state of NC in Raleigh. After moving home to Asheville, Nancy provided computer consulting services for local and state agencies and business, established a data processing department for a local company while also providing systems analyses, programming and supervising programmers and operators. She instructed computer courses for the US Office of Personnel, Southeast region for a number of years and was a member of the Data Processing Management Association in Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Asheville for over 10 years. In 1983 she was the first instructor hired by the Dean of Continuing Education to teach and develop a Computer Training program. Teaching is Nancy’s passion, especially the beginner and introductory courses, but also word processing, database management, spreadsheet and PowerPoint presentation. Nancy has witnessed the evolution of the Computer Training through the Continuing Education program over the last 25 years and is excited to be a part of it.
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