Dr. Clinton Staley is a professor in the Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. He holds a BA in Mathematics and English from Principia College, and an MS and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UC Santa Barbara. Staley has 40 years of combined experience in academia and industry. He has taught computer science at UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly SLO, and at Principia College, and has built software and managed software development projects for a variety of small and large organizations, including several small software companies of which he was a cofounder. He is the holder of 8 U.S. patents.