Eric Straw
ECPI Online Instructor

From high school I went into the U.S. Navy's advanced electronics program and served a little over four years onboard the submarine U.S.S. Florida. After the Navy I went on to earn a Bachelor's in Business from Western Baptist College (now Corban College) and a Master's in Computer Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University Graduate School of Computer and Information Science. I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University. Sandwiched in between the Navy and the teaching that I am currently doing I ran my own manufacturing business for nearly seven years and spent a couple of years as a site manager for a contract company providing telephony and IT support services to the Hewlett-Packard campus in Corvallis, Oregon.

Learning is not always easy. My father dropped out of high school, so education was never a big priority when I was a kid. My wife graduated from college just before we got married and that motivated me to pursue my own education. Because of work and family responsibilities I took 14 years to finish my undergraduate degree. It was a lot of hard work, but it was well worth it. As I pursued my own education I discovered that I love to learn. The French philosopher Joseph Joubert said, "To teach is to learn twice." I teach because I love to learn, I love to share what I learn, and I love to help and watch others learn.

The official "Office hours" can be found on the Communication tab under the Instructor's Office link in each course.

You will find me online and available through instant messaging much of each day. Please feel free to stop by and chat!
You can find my IM accounts under Contact Information above.