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MICHAEL R. BAGNALL
Programmer · System Administrator · Internet Developer · Problem Solver
Murfreesboro, TN 37128, (615) 697-9510, mbagnall@elusivemind.com
Last Updated: June 18, 2010
Technical Skills:
Producer and lead developer of web sites for The Nashville Scene, The City Paper, Nfocus Nashville, Nfocus Louisville, Her Nashville and other specialty projects.
Duties include production and development of web technologies, implementation and maintenance of Drupal and Foundation content management systems as well as programming of custom modules for Drupal. Also responsible for seamless integration of third party partner and service technologies on all web properties.
Development of high-traffic, custom electronic commerce platforms for high-profile clients. These included online ticketing, membership and physical product purchases. Development also included web-based multimedia editing platforms utilizing flash and PHP technologies.
Developed Linux systems on Virtual Private Servers as well as on Amazon EC2 systems utilizing Elastic Block Storage and S3 technologies.
Systems administration for a virtualized Linux environment utilizing VMWare ESX products and CentOS/Red Hat Enterprise. Research and construction of server infrastructure and operating system environment. Proficient in installation of operating systems and associated services including Apache, MySQL, PHP, PostgreSQL, and qMail.
Senior developer of LAMP applications. Proficient in PHP 4 and 5 in addition to MySQL 4, 5.0 and 5.1. Responsible for development of multiple custom applications to work within Expression Engine and Drupal environments.
Management and oversight of ecommerce solution used to sell magazines to the public.
Developed a complete electronic commerce package (PowerMerchant) designed and geared to be scalable and customized to exact client needs.
Developed core development libraries that allow for the rapid development of projects within a unified framework.
Developed custom, user-friendly content management systems allowing a broad array of users to easily and quickly implement changes and updates to web site content in a non-destructive manner.
Constructed and maintained all company production servers on Linux and Macintosh OS X platforms utilizing a package of open source technologies including Apache Web Server, BIND, Qmail, ModSSL, PHP, Perl, MySQL and PostgreSQL. This included everything from selecting hardware to installation of software from source and through package-management applications.
Managed projects from concept through completion while coordinating the tasks of subordinate programmers and independent contractors.
Implemented security policies designed to prevent intrusion into sensitive data.
Available upon request
PHP
Perl
VB.NET
C#.NET
ASP.NET
HTML
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Apache Server
Linux Sysadmin
qMail
Drupal
Expression Engine
Code Igniter
Kohana
Interspire
osCommerce
Windows
Macintosh OS X
DHTML/XHTML
Experience:
SouthComm Communications, Inc.
March 2010 - Present
Senior DeveloperProducer and lead developer of web sites for The Nashville Scene, The City Paper, Nfocus Nashville, Nfocus Louisville, Her Nashville and other specialty projects.
Duties include production and development of web technologies, implementation and maintenance of Drupal and Foundation content management systems as well as programming of custom modules for Drupal. Also responsible for seamless integration of third party partner and service technologies on all web properties.
Digome, LLC
May 2009 - March 2010
Master DeveloperDevelopment of high-traffic, custom electronic commerce platforms for high-profile clients. These included online ticketing, membership and physical product purchases. Development also included web-based multimedia editing platforms utilizing flash and PHP technologies.
Developed Linux systems on Virtual Private Servers as well as on Amazon EC2 systems utilizing Elastic Block Storage and S3 technologies.
Athlon Sports Communications
July 2006 - May 2009
Senior Developer, Systems AdministratorSystems administration for a virtualized Linux environment utilizing VMWare ESX products and CentOS/Red Hat Enterprise. Research and construction of server infrastructure and operating system environment. Proficient in installation of operating systems and associated services including Apache, MySQL, PHP, PostgreSQL, and qMail.
Senior developer of LAMP applications. Proficient in PHP 4 and 5 in addition to MySQL 4, 5.0 and 5.1. Responsible for development of multiple custom applications to work within Expression Engine and Drupal environments.
Management and oversight of ecommerce solution used to sell magazines to the public.
Powertools Productions, LLC.
April 1998 - July 2006
Owner, Lead Developer, System Administrator, EverythingDeveloped a complete electronic commerce package (PowerMerchant) designed and geared to be scalable and customized to exact client needs.
Developed core development libraries that allow for the rapid development of projects within a unified framework.
Developed custom, user-friendly content management systems allowing a broad array of users to easily and quickly implement changes and updates to web site content in a non-destructive manner.
Constructed and maintained all company production servers on Linux and Macintosh OS X platforms utilizing a package of open source technologies including Apache Web Server, BIND, Qmail, ModSSL, PHP, Perl, MySQL and PostgreSQL. This included everything from selecting hardware to installation of software from source and through package-management applications.
Managed projects from concept through completion while coordinating the tasks of subordinate programmers and independent contractors.
Implemented security policies designed to prevent intrusion into sensitive data.
Education:
Kaplan University, Davenport, IA
December 2007 - Present
Pursuing a degree in Computer Science with an emphasis in Visual Basic, C# and Java
programming. Graduation set for June, 2010.York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA
January 1992 - May 1994
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Speech Communications
(degree transcript available upon request)Penn State University, York, PA
August 1989 - May 1991
Journalism Major, Political Science MinorReferences:
Available upon request
