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Doug Hoff Doug Hoff -
Business IT and Software Development Expert

Doug started computer instruction in 1983. He has been a graphic artist, pre-press manager, webmaster, project manager, marketing manager and trainer. Doug was a leader for both Windows and Macintosh user groups while in California where he taught at a junior college. He has used PHP, Java, jQuery, and .NET in building web sites and is a certified Sun Java Programmer, Microsoft Certified Professional Developer, and Microsoft Certified Trainer. Since being in Kansas City, he has been an instructor at Sprint/Nextel and the Kansas City Art Institute in software development, web design, graphics, and Java courses. At Centriq he teaches a full range of Java, XML, business, .NET and web courses including four courses he wrote for mobile web development.

What Doug’s Students say!

Doug Hoff is an outstanding instructor and extremely knowledgeable. I would recommend him to anyone.
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Doug is a very good and hands-on teacher. Quick to stop and help anyone if needed. Doug was quick to check on my progress.
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Doug manages something that is quite difficult in IT. He brings a human quality to the courses he leads and it is really evident that he cares about the students. I greatly admire and respect Doug for always being willing to go the extra mile to help his students. He is one of a kind.
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I felt that the classroom environment was very conducive to learning. I enjoyed the class and felt that I learned huge amount. Doug was always open to questions and suggestions and I never felt as though any thought or question I had was insignificant.
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Network Infrastructure Team
Tad Ellis – Cisco Expert
Hai Hilvitz –Citrix Expert
Janet Nichols – Microsoft Server & OS Expert
Steve Nichols – Microsoft SharePoint Expert
Tom Pruett – Security and Cisco Expert
Bob Reinsch – Microsoft Exchange, Server and OS Expert
Robert Ritter – Microsoft Server and Powershell Expert

Software Development Team
Tom Pruett – SQL Server Expert
Doug Hoff – Software Development Expert
Eddie Dressler – SQL Server and Visual Studio Expert

Business IT
Doug Hoff – Business IT Expert
Sandy Bentch– Business IT Expert

Web Design Team
Eric Reid

Desktop Training Team
Karla Sharp – Microsoft Office & SharePoint Expert
Irene Heckert – Microsoft Office Specialist
Sandy Bentch – Desktop Applications Specialist

Career Track Instructors

Network Administration Track
Andy Duncan
Hai Hilvitz
Robert Ritter
Charlie Hopkins
Kasama Kasemvudhi

.NET Developer Track
Neill Horton
Charles Wieners
Eric Reid
Doug Hoff