Michael L. Carolan
Conroe, TX 77301
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EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON – DOWNTOWN, Houston, TX June 2007
B.S. Biology
Scholars Academy (Academic excellence – 6 consecutive semesters)
UDEMY ONLINE EDUCATION Current
Continuing computer science education
EXPERIENCE
E-ZONE ELECTRIC, INC., Houston, TX Aug 2015 - Current
Developer
Created an on-line time sheet program that reduced time lost by 15% while reducing billing/payroll errors by more than 20%
Discovered 3 different proposal types and differing price formats being utilized by different estimators and developed a standardized proposal program using Visual Basic
Information Technology Support
Reduced external spending on network/hardware support contracts by 90% by supporting all internal network infrastructure and desktop PC issues
Estimator/Assistant Project manager
Assisted project managers in decreasing their proposal generation time by nearly 50%
Decreased electrician downtime by more than 20% by generating work schedules 24 hours in advance and by coordinating heavy equipment and supply deliveries
ELECTRICIAN HELPER, Various Feb 2013 – Mar 2014
Volunteer
Reduced electrical labor costs by 100% installing fixtures, panels, raceways and circuits for various not-for-profit organizations that were associated to our church
HUNTSVILLE H.S., Huntsville, TX Aug 2008 – Jun 2011
Educator/Coach
Taught chemistry and biology in the T-STEM program; oversaw preparation of standardized testing and achieved a 98% passing rate of the exam 2 consecutive years
Instructed athletes in the areas of strength training and produced 9 regional power lifting champions and advanced 4 athletes into the 5A state finals
UIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - DOWNTOWN., Houston, TX May 2004 – May 2007
Undergraduate Research Scientist
Isolated, cloned, and sequenced a previously unknown phytoplasma from diseased tubers
Decorated the Browne Research Presentation winner – 2007
Graduated in top 3% - class of 2007
SALVAGE SALE INC., Houston, TX Apr 2001 – Jan 2003
Network Engineer
Designed and implemented a 60+ user network and telephony system early and 25% under budget
Consistently delivered major hardware and software upgrade projects within allotted timeframe with less than 1% user downtime
SPRINT-PARANET, Houston, TX May 1996 – Apr 2001
Java Developer
As part of a team effort; developed and maintained a series of Java Enterprise applications that reduced team-lead administration time by nearly 30%
Presented the teams host of applications to more than 200 salespersons and administrators in Las Vegas, Nevada
Hardware Integration Specialist
Designed and integrated 100+ user networks which included hardware, software, and installation of external communication equipment
UNITED STATES ARMY Oct 1983 – Oct 1986
Military Police Officer
Served 18 months in European command as both a Military Policeman and All-Army Powerlifting Team
Served 18 months in Central and South America
Decorated with Army Achievement Medal (2 bronze oak leaf clusters), and Foreign (Overseas) Service Medal
Additional
Proficient Computer Languages
HTML5, Cascading Style Sheets, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, VBA
Exposure To The Following Languages/Frameworks
JAVA, Enterprise Beans, C++, C, JSON, AngularJS