Teaching Methodology:
Similar to the way Joe taught nine classes in the Graduate Training Program of The Trane Company in the 1980's, students will learn a concept and then immediately apply this new knowledge with an application problem. Quiz/testing will also be used to measure the overall effectiveness of the teaching. In this way, the program receives continual improvement through direct feedback.
About the Instructor:
Joe Becker is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with degrees in Naval Science and Industrial Engineering (1979). He is also a Graduate from the U.S. Naval Nuclear Power School at Mare Island, California (1975). Joe is a registered Professional Engineer.
After nine years in the Navy, Joe resigned his Commission in the Civil Engineer Corps. He joined The Trane Company as a Systems Engineer in the C.D.S. computer software design group where he spent a great deal of time running Trace Building Energy Analysis programs as well as teaching others how to use a variety of powerful C.D.S. software tools. He also worked as a Marketing Engineer in the Variable Air Volume Product Group. During his last 5 years in Trane Headquarters, he served as the Manager of Technical Training, where his primary responsibility was to teach the technical subjects to those attending Trane’s premier six month long Graduate Training Class. Joe left Headquarters in 1990 to join the Rochester, NY field sales office as a sales engineer. He distinguished himself by earning Trane’s coveted Top-10 Club three years in a row before being promoted to the Rochester Sales Manager in 1997. The following year he was given the Syracuse sales management responsibilities as well. Joe was the Regional Sales Manager of the Northeast Territory from January 2005 through March 2007.
Joe currently works part-time for Trane’s NE Territory and provides technical training through Becker Learning.
