MY MUSIC MY TEAM
MY HEART MY SCHOOL – BYU HAWAII
MY FAMILY I DON’T KNOW THEM

Please feel free to contact me at any time via Skype ( brad.duerson1 ) or by DMACC e-mail. I would like to keep in contact with you and so that you can feel like you have gotten to know who you are talking with or e-mailing to, here is my introduction.

First comes the formal stuff like my professional background – then a little more personal information. 

I came to DMACC in 2005 from the Department of Homeland Security where I was the Iowa training manager for airport security since its inception after 9/11.  Prior to 9/11, I was the Global Operations Training Manager for a German firm that made paper packaging machines.  I enjoyed several years teaching as an Assistant Professor of International Business at Southern Utah University.  And prior to that, I served in management positions with Nissan in Tennessee and Franklin Covey in Tokyo, Japan.  But through all those experiences, I have learned that teaching is the most rewarding occupation.

I was born in the frozen tundra of Wisconsin, and inherited genes that bled Green and Yellow. I am a baby boomer with teenage roots in the late 70’s – and yes - is not far from reality in of life in the 70’s in Wisconsin.

I became a ski patroller at 16; my heart is really in the mountains.  So I headed out West to college at age 18 to enjoy the skiing in the mountains of Utah and football at BYU. Go Cougs! 

After serving as a missionary for two years in Japan,  I returned to Wisconsin mid-winter, but the cold got to me.  I boarded a plane during a blizzard in Chicago wound up in Hawaii - penniless with nothing but a trumpet, a backpack, and hope that I had been accepted to school in Hawaii..

While attending school at BYU-Hawaii on Oahu’s North Shore, I discovered that there was something even better than skiing, surfing or economics. That is where I met my wife. Yolanda is from the Philippines. We have three children BJ, Brittany and Brian. My oldest son is a safety engineer at a nuclear plant clean up facility, my daughter is in dental school at the University of Iowa, and my youngest son is on a mission in California.  

We came to Iowa from Wisconsin when 9/11 put me out of a job, but it gave me one as well and brought me to Iowa.  Teaching is great – not as much $green$, but I have discovered that life ain’t always greener in someone else’s swamp.  I can’t imagine doing anything else than what I am doing now. Teaching is an awesome and fulfilling career.

I hope you will catch my passion for economics. We are living in constantly changing economic times, and a good understanding of economics will be very beneficial to all you do in the future.

I am glad to have you in class!