Yes, I could build you that information system of which you've been dreaming.

But, perhaps you're more interested in my musical background?

Resume / C. V. for Michael Futreal

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Education

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

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

Employment

Web Producer, Centenary College of Louisiana
2001-present

  • develop and maintain original PHP/MySQL/jQuery wiki / content-management system
  • build and maintain back-end and front-end for data-driven custom web applications
  • integrate 3rd party technologies into web server mix as needed, including payment
    gateways
  • oversee content of entire website, including technical design of templates for nearly
    all materials
  • produce and/or participate 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
  • coordinate with multiple campus entities to facilitate content provisioning
  • provide miscellaneous programming support for wide variety of projects on campus,
    both web and non-web
  • perform server system and database administration duties
  • assemble and configure miscellaneous hardware systems
  • managed 1 employee (web designer) and variable number of interns 2008-2010
  • served on campus "Branding Team" through 2008

Technologies used routinely in this capacity include

  • 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-time Instructor, Centenary College of Louisiana
2000-present

  • 2008-2009: 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

Consulting Work
ongoing

  • currently developing membership sales system for local client using Amazon Web Services (2011)
  • 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)

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
November 1999 to 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

Futreal, Michael. "molawiki: a Wiki-Based Web Development Platform." 2006. Wikimania 2006 Conference, Harvard Law School.

Hoban, Thomas J., William Clifford, Michael Futreal, and MaryBe McMillan. 1997. "North Carolina Producers' Adoption of Waste Management Practices." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 52(5): 332-339.

Wolkomir, Michelle, Michael Futreal, Eric Woodrum, and Thomas Hoban. 1997. "Denominational Subcultures of Environmentalism." Review of Religious Research 38: 325-343.

Wolkomir, Michelle, Michael Futreal, Eric Woodrum, and Thomas Hoban. 1997. "Substantive Religious Belief and Environmentalism." Social Science Quarterly 78: 96-108.

Molnar, Joseph, Thomas Hoban, J.D. Parish, and Michael Futreal. "Industrialization of Agriculture: Trends, Spatial Patterns, and Implications for Field-level Application by the Natural Resource Conservation Service." 1996. Social Sciences Institute Technical Report Release 5.1. Greensboro, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture.

References

References are available upon request.