Michael Langford

Current

• Manager of Web Development at CARE

Past

• Web Applications Developer at Vectrix
• Web Developer at eAcceleration
• Web Developer at Washington State University

• Peer Facilitator / Hypernaut at Washington State University

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Education

• Washington State University
• Olympic High School

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Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Michael Langford’s Summary

Professionally, I started out interested in the economics and policy issues around sustainable development, but landed a teaching job at WSU while a Sophomore that revolved around learning through technology and doing web and new-media design to facilitate that learning. I didn't even know what HTML stood for at that point... But I learned! Now, I've had more than a decade of web development and application programming experience, and am fluent in several programming languages (from Perl to VB to JavaScript and more).

In the last year or so, I've started to move away from being an application programmer into technology strategy and management, which is the direction I'm most interested in going anyway. All that, and the vast majority of my work has been in the non-profit sector, so I can honestly say all my work has been for the greater good of humanity, which is all I really wanted to be able to say in the first place!

Michael Langford’s Specialties:

technology strategy, facilitation, instruction, legalese, system administration, JavaScript, AJAX, UI, interface design, information architecture, usability, negotiation, web application development

Michael Langford’s Experience

• Manager of Web Development

  CARE

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  April 2001 — Present (8 years 8 months)

  I handle the online technology strategy, as well as manage the Web Development team for CARE. This team does the web design and development work for www.care.org and other public CARE websites. We manage the online eCRM system (Convio) at my.care.org as well as CARE's social networking environment at we.care.org.

• Web Applications Developer

  Vectrix

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2000 — February 2001 (1 year )

  Developed client websites, including e-commerce solutions, static informational sites and creative dynamic HTML sites. Development of most sites required the use of ASP (using either server-side VBScript or JavaScript, or a combination of both), client-side JavaScript, and HTML using Microsoft Interdev and SourceSafe. In addition, most sites utilized Dreamweaver in their initial construction. All sites were initially designed using Adobe PhotoShop.
  
  Maintained client websites based on change requests from the client and internal QA, including textual, programming and graphical changes. In some cases, this required significant new development that needed to be seamlessly integrated into the existing client website.
  
  Worked with database administrators and graphic artists in a team-oriented atmosphere.
  
  Assisted Project Managers and clients with project planning and scoping for all projects.

• Web Developer

  eAcceleration

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 1999 — March 2000 (8 months)

  Developed several company websites, including extensive work on the company's corporate homepage. Maintained the company's Internet Portal Website. This included daily updates to links and creative placement and occasional layout overhauls. Assisted other HTML Developers with projects. Worked with CGI programmers and graphic artists in a team-oriented environment.

• Web Developer

  Washington State University

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Education Management industry)

  May 1999 — August 1999 (4 months)

  Constructed and maintained a 150+ page database-driven educational website for the WSU Conferences and Institutes' Volunteer Management Certificate Program.
  
  Worked with a team of 3 others to build, beta test and release an extensive virtual classroom environment using enterprise-level Microsoft technologies.

• Peer Facilitator / Hypernaut

  Washington State University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 1996 — May 1999 (2 years 10 months)

  Worked as the tech person and facilitator for the WSU Conferences & Institutes department regarding the Volunteer Management Certificate Program, a national, on-line correspondence course. Responsibilities included maintaining contact with students and facilitating their technical and academic needs.
  
  Instructor of a 2-credit seminar for new or deficient freshman. Trained to operate as a facilitator of learning instead of an "instructor," the collaborative nature of the Seminar Program requires Peer Facilitator to be able to operate in a team fashion and be able to deal with students from both a teacher and a peer perspective. The class constituted university credit, however, so the position included instruction, evaluation and ultimately grading of the students.
  
  Student curriculum included creating a website project from scratch with emphasis on learning and communication through advanced technologies, such as the Web.

Michael Langford’s Education

• Washington State University

  ES/RP , Environment Science , 1994 — 1999

  Minor in Economics, primary focus was on Environmental Policy and Ethics rather than the scientific aspects of Environmental Science (ecology, biology, etc). As such my coursework emphasized law, economics and ethics courses.

  Activities and Societies:

  Alpha Phi Omega (Rechartering Officer: V.P. Service Projects),
  Lacrosse Team

• Olympic High School

  Diploma , N/A , 1991 — 1994

  Recieved 4-year letter in Lacrosse from Olympic High School. Was named to the Washington All-State team, and the US All-American team in 1994. Graduated with Honors.

  Activities and Societies:

  Lacrosse,
  Marching Band ,
  Jazz Band,

Additional Information

Michael Langford’s Interests:

Lacrosse, hiking, camping, reading, cooking, fine wines, jazz, carpentry, avoiding television, forgetting my cellphone, my children