Neal Gibson

PO Box ***, Yellville, AR *****

501-***-****

abqb5u@r.postjobfree.com

DEGREES AND CERTIFICATIONS

PhD Applied Science with Emphasis in Information Quality, University of Arkansas at

Little Rock, Dissertation: Improving Data Use of Longitudinal Data Systems,

May 2010

MS Information Quality, University of Arkansas Little Rock, Project: Every Child by

Name: Applying Information Quality Principles to Average Daily Membership,

December 2007

(Note: As a result of this project, the Arkansas Department of Education

implemented an auditing system for average daily membership that was estimated

to have saved the department $18,000,000 in 2009)

MA History, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, May 2004

BA History, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, May 1988

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Arkansas Department of Education January 2006-Current

Director, Arkansas Research Center

Coordinator for inter-agency data sharing for the state of Arkansas

Project Manager, Arkansas Longitudinal Data System

Manger for the implementation of a data warehousing and data governance project for

the state of Arkansas

Council of Chief State School Officers March 2009-Current

State Education Data Center Technical Advisory Committee

Yellville-Summit School District June 1999-May 2006

Teacher and Technology Coordinator

Classroom Teacher for EAST Lab, Cisco Networking, Data Modeling and SQL, Java

Programming, AP Computer Science, AP American History

Cadre Member of the Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership

(TICAL)

Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences June 1994-May 1999

Teacher/Network Administrator

Classroom Teacher for World Studies, American Studies, AP American History,

Writing Lab, Computers and Animation, and Networking

Director of the Arkansas Memory Project

Greenbrier High School June 1991-May 1994

Teacher

Classroom Teacher for World History, American History, AP American History,

and Photography

October 1979 October 1984

US Navy

PH2, VP-19 Reconnaissance Squadron

CONCURRENT APPOINTMENTS

Licensed Teacher, Arkansas Department of Education, Endorsements for Advanced

Placement American History and Advanced Placement Computer Science, 1990 -

Present

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Outstanding Academic Achievement, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2009

Alpha Lambda Epsilon, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2009

Library of Congress American Memory Fellowship, 1998

New Media Classroom Fellowship, 1997

Outstanding History Graduate Student, University of Arkansas, 1989

Graduated Magna Cum Laude, University of Arkansas, 1988

Phi Beta Kappa, University of Arkansas, 1988

SPONSORED PROJECTS

Project Manager, National Center for Education Statistics Institute of Education

Sciences State Longitudinal Data System Grant, $10,379,508, 2010-2013

Project Manager, National Center for Education Statistics Institute of Education

Sciences State Longitudinal Data System Grant, $4,967,991, 2009-2012

Project Manager, National Center for Education Statistics Institute of Education

Sciences State Longitudinal Data System Grant, $3,328,503, 2006-2008

Project Leader, Enhancing Education through Technology, Arkansas Department of

Education, $178,000, 2003-2004

Project Leader, Technology Literacy Challenge Fund, Arkansas Department of

Education, $42,000, 2000-2001

Center Director, Arkansas Research Center, $1,700,000 2009-Present

PUBLICATIONS

Gibson, N., & Talburt, J. (2010). Hive: Crowdsourcing education data. The Journal of

Computing Sciences in Colleges Volume 25 Number 3, 72-80.

Heritage, M., & Gibson, N. (2009). Getting assessment into the hands of users: One

state s answer. Proceedings of the Assessment and Accountability

Comprehensive Center Conference, Los Angeles, CA, March 5-6, 2009,

http://www.aacompcenter.org/pdf/miniconf_onestate.pdf

Gibson, N., & Heritage, M. (2009). Framework and protocol for data driven decision

making. Arkansas Department of Education.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Software Architect, Interactive Data Visualization Application with Social

Networking (hive), 2009-Present

Project Manager, Extensible Entity Resolution Engine (TRUSTed), 2009-Present

Software Architect, Arkansas Learning Management System (ALMS), 2003-Present

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