Get to Know New High School Diploma Teacher Claudio Cozzi

Meet Claudio Cozzi,  New SMAS High School Diploma Teacher!

Claudio Cozzi
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Claudio Cozzi is coming back to his love and initial career, education.  Claudio grew up in Venezuela and began tutoring middle and high school students in math and basic sciences when he was 16 years old.  After completing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at MIT he went back to Venezuela and became a professor of Computer Science in one of the State universities. He spent 8 years as a full time professor where he was in charge of building new curricula and managing the department (all while completing a Masters in Operations Research, too.).

Claudio immigrated to the United States in 1982 and worked in several Information Technology roles, retiring from IBM as an IBM Distinguished Engineer in 2018.  His last position was Global Leader for the Systems Modernization Practice in the Global Services organization and was in charge of best practices and competency skills development and training for more than 15,000 practitioners worldwide.  During that time he also taught more than 30 technical courses, in 3 languages and in 20 countries. 

In 2019, Claudio began working as a volunteer Mathematics teacher in the Adult School.  Since then, he has acquired California teaching credentials for Adult Education in multiple subjects.   His teaching approach has always been - and will continue to be - a collaborative coaching style.  He likes his students to “think” and his classes tend to be interactive. He looks for active participation and comprehension of new ideas through their application to commonly known concepts, like trade, medicine, sports, shopping, business, etc.  

Claudio loves to teach and is looking forward to the opportunity to continue doing it in a multicultural environment where he can help people achieve their educational goals.

Welcome, Claudio, to San Mateo Adult School!