Web-site coordinator at Brickworld
Orlando, Florida Area
- Current
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- Senior Development Systems Specialist at Gantech
- Web-site coordinator at Brickworld
- Past
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- Developer at K-Force
- Software Engineer at Coinfree, LLC
- Software Developer/Consultant at Applied Performance Technologies, Inc.
- Web Developer/Consultant at Cotterman Consulting, LLC (Sole Proprietorship)
- Senior Software Engineer at The Columbus Dispatch
- Web Developer/Consultant at Geek Industries LLC
- Systems Administrator/Web Developer/Consultant at World Wide Computer People (Sole Proprietorship)
- Applications Developer/Consultant at Tactix Consulting Group
- Systems Administrator/Applications Developer/Consultant at J. T. S. Computer Services
- Education
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- The Ohio State University
- Miami University
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Michael Huffman’s Summary
Software Developer, Systems Administrator, & Database Administrator in a variety of business environment. Particularly interested in web development and/or applications development.
Michael Huffman’s Specialties:
UNIX, Solaris, Linux, PHP, Perl, Javascript, C/C++, Sybase, Oracle, Informix, MySQL, HTML, XML
Michael Huffman’s Experience
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Senior Development Systems Specialist
Gantech
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
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Web-site coordinator
Brickworld
(Events Services industry)
February 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Web-site programmer for Brickworld. Worked with founder Bryan Bonahoom & Adam Reed Tucker to create a web-site that would allow LEGO enthusiasts register for an annual convention in Chicago, IL.
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Developer
K-Force
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; KFRC; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2007 — January 2008 (8 months)
Developer for K-Force, contracted to Gantech at Lockheed Martin for projected owned by ACS. Assisted in development of a e-mail solution to help facilitate secured communication between state departments by customizing existing open source solutions.
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Software Engineer
Coinfree, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Recreational Facilities and Services industry)
January 2007 — June 2007 (6 months)
* Modification to Java server application to handle credit card transaction.
* Completed development of a web-site for Coinfree customers to manage vending operations & do sales reporting. -
Software Developer/Consultant
Applied Performance Technologies, Inc.
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)
July 2006 — December 2006 (6 months)
* Developed an e-mail proof solution for the classified department – a system to convert EPS files to PDFs to be e-mailed to clients as a MIME attachment.
* Manage vendor on a CMS workflow upgrade.
* Continued development on several Perl based XML feeds.
* Continued involvement in hardware/software budget decisions for 8 different production systems.
* Remotely provide 2nd and 3rd level support for mission critical production system via phone 24x7 from Florida. -
Web Developer/Consultant
Cotterman Consulting, LLC (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2006 — November 2006 (1 month)
* Completed development of a web-site created for academic advisors for the college.
* Developed a RSS feed for a web-site that didn't have one – wrote scripts to read in web-pages, extract out information to store into a MySQL database, then provide a RSS feed to the information. -
Senior Software Engineer
The Columbus Dispatch
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 2000 — July 2006 (6 years)
* Collected requirements from end-user, design & implement template based web-site for the electronic submission of ads.
* Gather requirements from end-user, developed work-flow, & define exception handling on XML based advertising initiatives.
* Developed Credit Card server to integrated with classified advertising system.
* Developed PDF server, to allows PDFs to be sent to outside agencies. From this project, developed HA Linux clustered environment best practice, with data replication, system failover, & system recovery.
* Lead electronic pagination project, implemented Computer-to-Plate technology.
* Created several internal web-based applications.
* Spearheaded projects to upgrade production systems – made technical recommendations on capacity planning, production work-flow planning, hardware configuration & business continuance.
* Systems administrator/integrator for pre-press & advertising CMS – provide 2nd & 3rd level support for 24x7x365 critical production systems. -
Web Developer/Consultant
Geek Industries LLC
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)
February 2004 — May 2006 (2 years 4 months)
* Assisted in the design & creation of a web site to help a travel agency track/invoice clients.
* Extracted old forum data from a proprietary system; wrote a simple web-application for the web-community to view/search the old forum. -
Systems Administrator/Web Developer/Consultant
World Wide Computer People (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)
February 1996 — August 2000 (4 years 7 months)
Consultant to Huntington Banks & The Columbus Dispatch in Columbus, Ohio.
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Applications Developer/Consultant
Tactix Consulting Group
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)
March 1995 — February 1996 (1 year)
Consultant to Frito-Lay in Plano, Texas.
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Systems Administrator/Applications Developer/Consultant
J. T. S. Computer Services
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Services industry)
October 1993 — January 1995 (1 year 4 months)
Consultant to Huntington Banks & Huntington Mortgage Company in Columbus, Ohio.
Michael Huffman’s Education
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The Ohio State University
BS , Software Engineering , 1989 — 1993
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Miami University
1988 — 1989
Additional Information
Michael Huffman’s Interests:
LEGO
