Reno Giovannetti is the Instructional Technologist at College of the Redwoods (CR) in Eureka, California. Before coming to College of the Redwoods to teach in 2009, he worked in the technology industry in Silicon Valley. Reno has a degree in Computer Information Systems from Humboldt State University. In his role at CR, he works as a liaison between IT and instructors to provide Canvas and educational technology training and design support to faculty and students. He also supports a new telepresence teaching system that delivers face-to-face instruction to remote locations in the district.