Tony Thomas

Current

• Producer, Minneapoliscast Podcast at Minneapoliscast
• Data Manager, Clinical Virology Programs at University of Minnesota
• Independent Consultant at Self Employed (Self-employed)

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Past

• Senior Office Specialist at University of Minnesota

Education

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Recommended

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Connections

114 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Company
• My Website
• My Website

Tony Thomas’s Summary

• 10 years experience in web design and development
• 10 years experience in database administration
• Over 6 years project management experience working with open-source solutions to save money for small businesses and research studies
• Over 3 years multimedia publishing
• Over 3 years research data management experience

Tony Thomas’s Specialties:

Access, AppleScript, AJAX, Blueprint CSS Framework, CakePHP Framework, CSS, Dreamweaver, Filemaker Pro, Fireworks, Flash, JavaScript, JQuery, Magento, Microformats, Photoshop, PHP, Pro Tools, MySQL, RSS, Ruby on Rails, SQL, Subversion, TextMate, Vim, Wordpress, XHTML, XML

Tony Thomas’s Experience

• Producer, Minneapoliscast Podcast

  Minneapoliscast

  (Media Production industry)

  November 2005 — Present (3 years 9 months)

  >Published over 180 podcasts covering Minnesota music featuring over 200 artists
  >Recorded, mixed, and edited over 150 podcasts
  >Booked over 50 artists to perform live for the podcast
  >Interviewed artists
  >Collaborated with other local writers and publishers from City Pages, Radio K., HowWasTheShow.com, Flak Radio, Reveille >Designed and coded the Wordpress theme for minneapoliscast.com

• Data Manager, Clinical Virology Programs

  University of Minnesota

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  May 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)

  o Developed the Lab and Clinical Information System: a web-based system to track lab and clinical information for ongoing clinical trials using the CakePHP framework – a Model-View-Controller framework similar to Ruby-on-Rails.
  o Redesigned the Clinical Virology Programs website
  o Coded Clinical Virology Programs website for Wordpress using a combination of HTML, CSS & PHP
  o Write and edit articles for the Clinical Virology Programs website
  o Develop databases in MySQL and FileMaker Pro to keep track of research study information.
  o Responsible for procuring and installing computer hardware and software
  o Determine annual budgets for program purchase orders
  o Liaison between Clinical Virology Programs staff and Frontier Science Data Center for AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) research studies
  o Responsible quality of data in University of Minnesota ACTG site and sub-sites at Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Iowa and University of Nebraska

• Independent Consultant

  Self Employed (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)

  >Design, update and maintain websites for small businesses
  >Provide webhosting and email services on my own dedicated virtual server for clients
  >Server administration using a combination of the Plesk web-based control panel and the Linux command line

• Senior Office Specialist

  University of Minnesota

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)

  November 2004 — May 2005 (7 months)

  * Oversaw mailings for several studies.
  * Scanned in weekly clinic data for the Pulminary, Lung Colorectal and Ovarian cancer study.
  * Ran monthly reports to find possible discrepancies in data.
  * Checked source documents to find correct information and corrected database accordingly.
  * Supervised students.

Tony Thomas’s Education

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  1992 — 1996

Additional Information

Tony Thomas’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website
• My Website

Tony Thomas’s Interests:

New technology, music, PHP, OS X, Social Networking Platforms, Ruby, running, fishing, camping, biking, web development, podcasting, audio recording

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