After graduating from Brown University, Eric worked for AT&T for five years. From the corporate world Eric went back to Brown for his Masters in teaching science. As a seventh grade science teacher in East Greenwich, RI, Eric was nominated for the Sallie Mae first year teacher’s award. Eric attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison and worked for the Consortium for Policy Research in Education while earning his doctorate. This led to an Assistant/Acting Superintendent’s position for the Manchester Essex Regional School District in Massachusetts. From Massachusetts, Eric took a job as Assistant Superintendent in Culpeper County, Virginia. Eric has been in his current position as Superintendent of the Burlington (Mass.) Public Schools for 10 years. Burlington is where all that he has learned along his many stops is being put to good use. He has been recognized nationally by eSchool News as a Top Ten Tech Savvy Superintendent and closer to home by his colleagues in the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents colleagues by the organization’s President’s Award.