He first joined Community College of Denver (CCD) in 1985 as an adjunct instructor teaching electronic courses for the Department of Electronic Technology while working as an electronic engineer at the IBM facility in Boulder Colorado. He later obtained a Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management and worked in the aviation industry while maintaining a part-time teaching position at Community College of Denver and Front Range Community College. In 2005, he received his Master of Education with emphasis in Instructional Technology and a Certificate in graduated level of Applied Mathematics. Joseph Massotti