Michael Futreal

abowc4@r.postjobfree.com 318-***-****

Education

M.S. Applied Sociology, North Carolina State University, 1996.

B.S. Applied Sociology, North Carolina State University, 1993.

Employment

Consulting Work, ongoing

web systems administration /development with Centenary College (2012)

developing membership sales system for local client using (2011-present)

roster/statistics management application for Shreveport Area Ladies' Tennis

league (2007-present)

content-management driven website for New Arts Cultural Society, Inc. (2007)

interactive CD-rom distributed to Louisiana school systems on behalf of Frost

School of Business, Centenary College (2007

)

Web Developer/Producer, Centenary College of Louisiana, 2001-2012

developed and maintained original PHP/MySQL/jQuery wiki / content-

management system

built and maintained back-end and front-end for data-driven custom web

applications

integrated 3rd party technologies into web server mix as needed, including

payment gateways

oversaw content of entire website, including technical design of templates for

nearly all materials

produced and/or participated in production of content for much of upper-tier

website and associated media projects, including writing, video production,

audio and music production, and graphic design

coordinated with multiple campus entities to facilitate content provisioning

provided miscellaneous programming support for wide variety of projects on

campus, both web and non-web

performed server system and database administration duties

assembled and configured miscellaneous hardware systems

served on campus "Branding Team" through 2008

Technologies used routinely in this capacity included

server-side development PHP, Python, Javascript, SQL

client-side development Javascript/jQuery, HTML 5, CSS

database administration and programming MySQL, MS Access

OS Linux (sys admin), Windows, OSX

content development Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, Acrobat, various video

and audio production packages

Part-timeInstructor, Centenary College of Louisiana, 2000-2011

2008-2011

: FYE 101, First Year Experience (cornerstone writing and analytical

thinking class)

Spring 2008: COMM 451, Special Topics in Communications 2D Digital

Animation

Spring 2007: CCOMM 451, Special Topics in Communications - Actionscript

Game Programming

before 2007: taught Intro to Information Technology, Statistics, Sociology of

Religion, and Introduction to Computers

oversee independent study projects and for-credit internships on demand

2004 & 2005: provided week-long summer workshops, "Creating Computer

Games," to local high school students

Applications Analyst Programmer, N. C. State University, Urban Affairs, 1997-2000

developed and maintained CGI access to database back-end of North Carolina

Department of Public Instruction Accountability website, facilitating online test

data collection from all North Carolina school systems

trained and supported coworkers and end-users

developed (Perl) online voting system for NCSU Student Government elections

created HTML based layout of various websites and CGI output for contract

clients

developed data management applications in Microsoft Access/Visual Basic

developed Visual Basic Windows applications for distribution across enterprise

debugged and supported legacy C applications

Research Assistant, N. C. State University, Department of Sociology, 1993-1997

responsible for survey data management and analysis

participated in focus group data collection and analysis

programming (SAS, SPSS, Pascal)

ghost-wrote reports for N. C. Legislature

co-authored articles in academic journals

developed faculty web pages

Researcher and Technical Consultant, Valley Hill Capital, Inc., Philadelphia, PA

1999-2006

research trends in the biotech sector

write technical briefs on target companies

maintain private website and provide on-call technical support

System Operator, N. C. State University, Leazar Computer Labs, 1991-1992

user support and system maintenance for Unix-based computing environment

Grants

2004 ACS-Mellon Technology Fellowship

Mathew Weeks, Ph.D, and I co-developed SurveyStop: An Online Facility for Easing

Students' Survey Completion. SurveyStop now serves as a resource to ACS faculty in

psychology and related disciplines. This web-based software provides a generic system

for the administration of online survey instruments as well as the storage and retrieval

of collected data.

Publications and Presentations

References

References are available upon request.

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