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Curtis George

Technical Program Facilitator for Computer Science at Southern New Hampshire University

Southern New Hampshire University

About me

Curtis George brings over 20 years of experience as a senior engineer working on various projects, from embedded systems for military aircraft to enterprise software for NASA/NOAA. Before working for SNHU, George worked as a senior software engineer for the NOAA Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) project. He worked as a senior application engineer with NASA to create software for satellites for predicting hazardous weather patterns (GOES-R and JPSS), developed a roleplaying game to acclimate international students to American campuses and even created an award-winning Spanish verb conjugation mobile application.

George started his career in the Navy on a special operations boat where he earned a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement medal, National Defense Service medal, Navy Expeditionary medal and a Meritorious Unit Commendation medal. He has worked for SNHU as the technical program facilitator for computer science for over 5 years.

George earned his Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Chapman University and his Master of Science degree in computer science from Nova Southeastern University. He is currently a PhD candidate for computer science at Northcentral University, which he expects to finish in 2021.