He is also the Technical Director of the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center DataShop. His primary areas of research include Educational Data Mining and Intelligent Tutoring Systems. As Technical Director, John oversees the DataShop, which is the largest open data repository of transactional educational data and set of associated visualization and analysis tools for researchers in the learning sciences. John received his PhD in Information Technology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, holds an MBA from the University of Cincinnati, and a BS in Systems Analysis from Miami University. Prior to returning to academia, John spent over ten years in the software industry including working with several start-ups.