Geoffrey Schmit
Computer Science Teacher at Naperville North High School
Lisle, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolGeoffrey Schmit is a seasoned computer science and cybersecurity educator with 13+ years shaping high school and college curricula and leading Naperville North’s FIRST Robotics program. He blends classroom pedagogy—Modeling Instruction, NGSS, and standards-based grading—with practical software engineering skills in Java, Python, C/C++, LabVIEW and Git-centric workflows. A former Principal Engineer and founder of a Mac contract software shop, he brings industry-grade architecture, Agile practice, and mentorship into K–12 STEM education. He also applies real-world research experience (Fermilab) and adjunct college teaching to prepare students for competitive computing and robotics challenges. Notably, he builds bridges between theory and practice by running post-AP software engineering and cybersecurity courses that mirror professional development lifecycles.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS/MS, Computer Engineering, BS/MS, Computer Engineering at Case Western Reserve UniversityMAT, Secondary Education, Physical Science, Physics, MAT, Secondary Education, Physical Science, Physics at National Louis University
Github Skills (40)
simulation10
robot10
hal10
robotics9
read-the-docs9
logging9
wpf8
cscore7
distribute7
monorepo7
access-control6
openscenegraph6
autonomous-robots5
gitpod5
tuner5
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
nnhsapcs201415/unit8RecursionSortsSearches
Apr 2015 - Mar 2017
Contributions:102 PRs, 23 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 11 months
chaptersunit
HuskieRobotics/frc-software-2024
Dec 2023 - Dec 2024
Contributions:43 reviews, 110 PRs, 406 pushes in 1 year
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