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Our Mission
Brian has over 35 years of engineering, design, and troubleshooting experience. He has worked designing and installing equipment in high volume manufacturing facilities, working with equipment distributors, and designing and building products for the medical industry. He has extensive experience in project management and an in-depth understanding of technical products, programming, and applications.
Brian has provided advanced level training courses for companies, maintenance crews, and technical staff.
Brian believes that the technologies of today are the basic building blocks of the technologies of tomorrow; the applications of the technologies are still being discovered. The students of today need to be ready to face the technology challenges of tomorrow.
Aimee has over 30 years of teaching experience and has taught grades K-8. She has spent over 25 of those years specializing in gifted education. Her experience includes presenting at conferences at the local, national, and international level, as well as holding leadership roles such as secretary and President of West Central Ohio Association for Gifted Children. She has also served as secretary and is currently the Region 4 Representative for the Ohio Association for Gifted Children.
Additionally, she contributes to the Advisory Board for the National Innovator Challenge and the Global Innovation Field Trip. Recognized for her contributions to education, she has been awarded Ohio Association for Gifted Children Teacher of the Year and Invention Convention Teacher of the Year and is a Martha Holden Jennings Fellow, Sphero Hero, Wakelet Ambassador, and a Certified Educator for Seesaw and Ozobot.
Aimee believes she has the opportunity to change lives everyday in the work that she does. She is an advocate for all children to experience deeper learning through collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and being creative problem solvers. She also believes in empowering students to be reflective, empathetic, and resilient. Students need to feel safe taking risks and experiencing failure as part of learning. She knows that by igniting students’ curiosity and passions through authentic learning experiences students will be inspired to be innovators and make a positive impact on the world.
From Passion to Purpose
After more than three decades in education—most of them in gifted classrooms—I’ve seen how much has changed and how much hasn’t. New mandates come and go, but teachers still face the same challenges: limited time, resources, and support to create meaningful learning experiences.
Early in my career, my husband built bookshelves for my classroom because there wasn’t enough furniture. Today, we’re designing flexible spaces where students create podcasts, videos, and 3D prints. The tools have evolved, but the mission remains: to help every student think critically, create boldly, and learn with purpose.
Gifted education taught me that every child learns differently—and that one-size-fits-all teaching doesn’t work. Students need voice, choice, and opportunities to ask “what if?” Teachers need time, tools, and training to make that happen.
That belief inspired us to launch Think Link Education. Combining my background in education with my husband’s expertise in design and innovation, we create hands-on learning tools, professional development, and curriculum support that empower educators everywhere to bring creativity and curiosity to life.
At Think Link, we’re helping educators transform classrooms into places where minds truly play.
– Aimee A.
CEO & Founder of Think Link Education
