Michael Cannon

Michael Cannon

CEO Acqal Corporation - Official TYPO3 Agency

Taiwan

Current
  • CEO at Acqal Corporation
Past
  • Partner at Krendls LTD
  • President at Cannonbose, LLC
  • Senior Developer at Sunrise International Leasing Corporation
Education
  • Seattle University
  • Skagit Valley College
Connections
227 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Michael Cannon’s Summary

Over 20 years of desktop and Internet software development with the last 8 specializing in website and content management.

ACM and TYPO3 Association member.

Michael Cannon’s Specialties:

TYPO3 training and support, content management systems, CMS, website management system


Michael Cannon’s Experience

  • CEO

    Acqal Corporation

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 2008Present (11 months)

    Michael Cannon, Acqal Corporation Chief Executive Officer (CEO), previously president of Cannonbose LLC since 2001, brings formal knowledge and practical experience in the software engineering life cycle, customer support, engineering and publication industry, small business to enterprise sales.

    Acqal Corporation is derived from the partnership of three peers with 40 plus years of Internet-based software and usability experience. By joining forces, Acqal is able to supply businesses with powerful online enterprise content management system training, support and migration offerings as an official TYPO3 agency.

    Our TYPO3 offerings include performance tuning, security audits, SEO (search engine optimization), support, tutorials, website migration and webmaster duties.

  • Partner

    Krendls LTD

    (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

    20062008 (2 years)

  • President

    Cannonbose, LLC

    (Internet industry)

    October 2001September 2008 (7 years)

    I established Cannonbose in late 2001 to focus on the custom development and support of the TYPO3 content management system (CMS), Geodesic auction and classified systems, and SugarCRM customer relationship management (CRM) system. Cannonbose is an official TYPO3 agency and TYPO3 Association corporate member.

    Cannonbose Focus Areas for Project Success

    * Project Management - We provide you access for determining status of projects tasks, milestones, and workload, as well as submitting comments.
    * Quality Assurance - We're committed to a vigorous QA process that includes functional testing, internal and third-party QA, and finally client review.
    * Communication - We keep clients informed of weekly progress and respond within 1-business day to telephone calls and email.

  • Senior Developer

    Sunrise International Leasing Corporation

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

    June 2004November 2004 (6 months)

    Headed development of an online complete lease accounting and remartketing system (CLEAR). Utilized PHP, Oracle 8i, Mojavi, Creole, and Propel to automate backend lease managment. Built up two internal domain name servers to eliminate troublesome daily name resolution support calls.

  • Project Manager

    Intercosmos Media Group, Inc

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    July 2002May 2004 (1 year 11 months)

    Lead manager of Biz New Orleans content management system development. Lead and trained developers and support personnel in New Orleans, New Jersey, and Russia on content and accounting system projects using HTML, Java, PHP, SQL, and other Internet technologies.

  • Project Manager

    Intercosmos Media Group, Inc

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    20022004 (2 years)

  • Project Manager

    Intercosmos Media Group, Inc./The Producers

    (Internet industry)

    20022004 (2 years)

  • Program Administrator

    NeoDyme Technologies Corporation

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Medical Practice industry)

    March 1999December 1999 (10 months)

    Oversaw conversion of full-service repair contracts worth $13M to time and materials within national industry standards to save medical center 33% on original costs. Gained departmental support of Medidyme through teaching applicable operational procedures versus rehashing sales and marketing materials. Resolved client and vendor invoicing, billing, contract, and servicing comments and complaints.

  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal Journeyman

    USAF

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USAF; Military industry)

    December 1994February 1999 (4 years 3 months)

    Top Secret/SCI security clearance (expired). Honorable Discharge. Created two military and public access Internet web sites. Modified accounting procedures to eliminate over-budgeting and ensure needed on-hand quantities. Negotiated $250,000 annual budget to acquire and maintain specialized communication, protective equipment, robotics, and tools through worldwide purchasing networks. Managed maintenance, replacement, and purchasing of specialized equipment totaling over $5 million dollars by developing Excel and Word packages. Resolved over 3000 explosive incidents with no loss of life and minimal property damage.


Michael Cannon’s Education

  • Seattle University

    BS , Computer Science, Business , 19992002

  • Skagit Valley College

    AA , General University Studies, Chemistry , 19901993


Additional Information

Michael Cannon’s Websites:

Michael Cannon’s Interests:

Traveling, conversing in another language over a good cup of tea, and reading science fiction

Michael Cannon’s Groups:

ACM, TYPO3 Association, Taiwan Expats

  •    Executive Suite
  •    Forumosans
  •    Seattle University Alumni
  •    TYPO3
  •    Open Source
  •    Taipei Open Source Software User Group
  •    TYPO3 developers
  •    TYPO3 experts
  •    CMS User Group
  •    Social Media Marketing
  •    Typo3 Users
  •    U.S.-Taiwan Enterprise
  •    Linking Taiwan
  •    Linkin Taiwan
  •    Creative (Entrepreneur) Club | Taipei
  •    Taiwan for Tibet
  •    Typo3 USA
  •    Freedom Force International
  •    Twittering

Michael Cannon’s Honors:

Republican National Conference Businessman of the Year, 2003 and 2004, USAF BT Honor Graduate


Michael Cannon’s Contact Settings

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  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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