Mike Fotinakis

Current

• Web Developer / Programmer Analyst at Utah State University

Past

• Software Engineer / Web Developer / Graphic Designer at Independant Consultant
• Student Web Developer at Utah State University

Education

• Utah State University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Portfolio

Mike Fotinakis’s Experience

• Web Developer / Programmer Analyst

  Utah State University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  • Technical and project lead over the open source, in-house replacement of USU’s network registration stack. This included a bottom-up recreation of the university's DNS, DHCP, IP address management, and computer registration systems. Reduced thousands of support requests at the IT Service Desk during peak registration periods by over 90%.
  • Engineered USU's mass-hosting infrastructure for Python and Django web hosting.
  • Developed a human and animal protocol tracking system for research compliance.
  • Designed and developed Django voting application for the ASUSU student government elections.
  • Helped maintain USU's ColdFusion content management system.
  • Mentored team members on object-oriented programming and design best practices.
  • Consolidated disparate IT resources into a new central IT website.

• Software Engineer / Web Developer / Graphic Designer

  Independant Consultant

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2001 — May 2008 (7 years )

  • Primarily web development and graphic design, but also involved photography and video editing.
  
  Lusitanos Do Sol (2006 – 2007)
  User Friendly Consulting (2005 – 2007)
  Utah Climate Heating and Air Conditioning (2005 – 2006)
  Greek Orthodox Church of Greater Salt Lake (2004 – 2008)
  VHS Dance Company (2004 – 2005)
  Immigration law firm (2002 – 2004)
  Pano Kato Graphics / Westminster College (2001 – 2002)

• Student Web Developer

  Utah State University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  February 2007 — May 2007 (4 months)

  • Maintained USU research-related websites.
  • Helped with Active Directory administration and user migration.
  • Developed subcontract tracking database using ColdFusion and MS SQL.
  • Supported and trained end-users daily.

Mike Fotinakis’s Education

• Utah State University

  BS , Computer Science , 2006 — 2010 (expected)

  Emphasis in Information Systems

  Activities and Societies:

  USU Chamber Singers, Logan Developers User Group, Northern Utah ColdFusion User Group

Additional Information

Mike Fotinakis’s Websites:

• My Portfolio

Mike Fotinakis’s Honors:

Utah State University Presidential Scholarship (2006 – 2008)
Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2006 – 2008)
Computer Science Departmental Scholarship (2007)
Lillywhite Research Scholarship (2007)
Frank and Xenia Anton Desby Memorial Music Scholarship (2007)
Eagle Scout (with ~200 service hours) (2006)
Semi-finalist in Discovery Young Scientist Challenge national science fair (2002)

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