Resume for David Kent Norman
Objective
Drupal Profile
- Member of http://drupal.org/ 7 years, beta tester of the original http://drop.org.
- Ranked #45/1200+ in Drupal contributions by CVS HEAD commit rate (source Ohloh)
- Google Summer of Code 2006-2008 mentor
- Google Highly Open Participation contest mentor
- Permanent Member and Assistant Treasurer of the Drupal Association General Assembly
- Documentation team member
- Maintainer of the following modules: .mobi, .mobi loader, Advogato import, Atom, Bookmarks2, Countdown, DB Maintenance, Frameprevention, IE Destroyer, Mail, Node Privacy By Role, Randomizer, Similar Entries, Subform, Troll, URL List, Video
Education
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL; August 2008; GPA 3.86/4.0
- Dissertation working title: "Investigating the relationship between learners' digital propensity and their preferences for graphics and text in instruction"
M.S. Management Information Systems
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL; August 2005; GPA 3.568/4.0
B.B.A. General Business
The University of Texas at Tyler
Tyler, TX; December 2002; GPA 3.216/4.0
- Study abroad in Beijing, China for marketing
Work Experience
9/2007 - present
LAMP/MAMP Programmer
GOOGLE12/2006 - 12/2007
Quality Rater
Performed work over a high-speed connection using, among other things, analytical capacity, familiarity with various online research tools, and intimate knowledge of web culture. Specific job details are restricted by a non-disclosure agreement. Temporary assignment was through Workforce Logic.
ADVANCED AUTOMATION INC.
8/2003 - 6/2007
Information Technology Director 8/2003 - 4/2006
Senior Consultant 4/2006 - 6/2007
Recruited by the owner to manage growth of the company IT infrastructure. Collaborated with executives, sales, and support departments to develop a company intranet and a training extranet for 250 insurance agencies. Managed server infrastructure for delivery of virtual sales meetings, dynamic training content delivery, and interactive inter-agency information sharing. Responsible for remotely diagnosing IT problems and making repairs. Trained employees on new IT infrastructure as needed.
- Developed web-based training software and company intranet
- Performed major software upgrades without disruption to work output.
- Managed Windows and Linux HTTP/S, FTP, DNS, POP3, IMAP, SSH servers
- Adjusted email spam filters and reported fraud to appropriate agencies
- Wrote interactive Adobe PDF questionnaires
- Created web-based bookmark module with encrypted login reminders
- Added objectives to incomplete web-based training classes to reflect expectations of audience, behavior, condition, and degree
2/2002 - 6/2003
Computer Technician
Responsible for operation of 3 campus computer labs, using Dell, Gateway, and custom workstations under the direction of Campus Computing Services. Monitored and updated software on student email, Blackboard (web courseware), and network traffic monitoring servers. Handled student support requests and networking for student housing. Trained computer lab staff. Performed hardware inventory audits.
- Diagnosed and repaired computer hardware, software, and peripheral problems
- Redesigned networking for 125 lab workstations; upgraded network hardware for 386 units of student housing
- Instituted data sanitation policy (as opposed to standard formatting) as suggested in DoD 5220-22.M
- Secured computer lab network with OpenBSD firewall and Snort passive traffic monitoring
- Deployed computer "Ghosting" system to create identical computer configurations
- Configured centralized antivirus updating and reports
4/2001 - 8/2001
Senior Resident Assistant
Nighttime manager on duty with clerical and record keeping duties.
Professional Certifications
- Zend PHP Certified Engineer
- MySQL 5.0 Developer Certification (exam 1 only)
- Brainbench Master of PHP5 (2006-2009)
- Thawte Web of Trust notary
- CACert notary
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (2005-2008)
- Legal Expense, Life, Health, & Annuity Agent Florida Licensee (Lic #: E104841; Classes 0215 & 0256) (2004-2006)
Technical and Specialized Skills
Computer
- All versions of Microsoft Windows (except Vista), Mac OS 10.4/10.5, Linux, OpenBSD
- Office tools: Microsoft Office Professional including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Access, Project, Visio; OpenOffice
- Web development: Zend Studio Professional, Dreamweaver, Adobe Creative Suite 2, Drupal CMS, GIMP
- Server management: Apache, MySQL, Procmail, CVS Central Versioning System, SVN Subversion
- Software knowledge: SPSS, Endnote, Cygwin, GNOME, GnuPG, Captivate, Flashpaper, Sysprep
- Programming languages: XHTML, PHP, CSS, Visual Basic 6, SQL, RDF, Atom, XML
- Other Misc: CAT5 networking, portal development, software installation, telnet, Google Adsense
- Editing professional writing
- Defining performance objectives
- Instructional needs assessment
- Instructional system design
- Instructional treatment planning
- Research
- Data modeling
- Survey development
Honors and Awards
- 2006 Recognition of Merit for Service at University of Central Florida
- 2006 Nominated by faculty for membership in Pi Lambda Theta, an International Honor Society and Professional Association in Education
- 2005 - 2007 Qualified for membership in Kappa Delta Pi, an International Education Honor Society
- 1999 Texas A&M University at Galveston honorary Sea Aggie science research award
- 1999 Lucky 13 Award for 13 years of consecutive science fair participation
- Boy Scouts of America: Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow, Arrow of Light
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal
Norman, D. (2006, Summer). Argument against MD5 authentication. 2600: The Hacker Quarterly, 23(2), 57.
Norman, D. K., & Blasi, L. (2006, November 28). A pilot study: Instructional technology students’ perceptions of how age impacts proficiency with electronics. Poster session presented at the final meeting of Qualitative Research in Education, Orlando, FL.
Norman, D. K., Hogg, J., Head, M., Weber, T., & Hirumi, A. (2006, April). Hospice comforters. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the University of Central Florida Service-Learning Showcase, Orlando, FL.
Norman, D. K. (1999, March). Ask the macroinvertebrates. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Science Engineering Fair of Houston, Houston, TX.
Norman, D. K. (1998, March). Top to bottom: Armand Bayou. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Science Engineering Fair of Houston, Houston, TX.
Norman, D. K. (1997, March). Moon over the creek. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Science Engineering Fair of Houston, Houston, TX.
Norman, D. K. (2006, May). ISACware (Version 2.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved from http://deekayen.net/isacware
Norman, D. K. (2004, November). myBackware (Version 1.0b1) [Computer software]. Retrieved from http://deekayen.net/mybackware
Norman, D. K. (2001, December). Thatware (Version 0.5.3) [Computer software]. Retrieved from http://sourceforge.net/projects/thatware/
Norman, D. (2002, November 3). Re: problems configuring root on raid. Message posted to openbsd-misc electronic mailing list, archived at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=103635776223483
Deekayen. (2001, September 18). A guide to OpenBSD custom kernel compilation. Hack in the Box, 21. Retrieved February 20, 2006, from http://www.hackinthebox.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3663
Norman, D. K., DaCosta, B., Nasah, A., Prickett, C., Henderson, K., White, J., et. al. (2007). Differences between Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants: A pilot study of the Digital Propensity Index questionnaire. Unpublished manuscript.
Meli, P., Massiah, C., Norman, D. K., & Witta, E. L. (2006). Analysis of survey data: Impact of new technologies, employment and social affairs, and disabilities. Unpublished manuscript.
Marquez, R., Norman, D. K., & Hogg, J. (2005). Changes in grade 3 population and free lunch versus national average. Unpublished manuscript.
Consulting
Various customizing of Drupal modules.
NASA Inspired EducationRecruited as a PHP implementation expert to deploy a web portal for education related to NASA's Virtual Lab. The portal was collaboration between NASA, Saint Leo University, University of Central Florida, and the Orlando Science Center. My role primarily involved integrating HTML templates with PHP, creating a web-based lesson plan database, and a miscellaneous resource center, including blogging, forum, search, comment, and revision abilities for teachers to collaborate on lesson ideas.
Pearl Harbor Survivors ProjectFeatured on CNN and Good Morning America. Designed a phone tree and interface for the phone service to interact with the website software and database so survivors could leave information through a toll-free phone system and have the website grab it. Created submission system for survivors to donate photos, text, or audio on the project website.
Prepared data translation tables for data storage conversions. Wrote custom import scripts for data translation from Excel to CiviCRM
3D Security (Eastern Mennonite University)
CHL Marketing- Migrated a Microsoft Access customer management system to a web-based platform using Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
- Drew data entity relationship diagrams in Microsoft Visio
- Wrote software documentation
- Diagnosed computer hardware problems
- Recommended software front-end packages
- Wrote data conversion scripts and web interface
Service and Volunteer Work
- Vice President of AECT Chapter at UCF 2005-2006
- Covenant House Florida Christmas volunteer 2006
- Edited product orientation manual for Advanced Automation, Inc. for technical editing course (2006)
- Wrote new employee orientation training for the human resources department of Hospice of the Comforter (2005)
THATWARE
4/1999 - 12/2001
- Created and published web-based content management software
- Managed geographically distributed software development team
- Utilized PHP language, MySQL software, and BSD and Linux operating systems
YAHOO!GEOCITIES
3/1998 - 12/1999
- Managed geographically distributed volunteer staff
- Responsible for increasing growth rate and retention of new users
- Published weekly internal memo with notes on improving services
Affiliations/Memberships
- Drupal Association (2007-2008)
- Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), UCF Chapter (2005-2008)
- American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) (2005-2006)
- International Digital Media & Arts Association (iDMAa) (2005-2006)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) (2000-2008)
- Advanced Computing Systems Association (USENIX) (2003-2006)
- Cloaked supporter of Peer-Directed Projects Center (PDPC) (2001-2008)
- System Administrators Guild (SAGE) (2003-2006)
- HTML Writers Guild (HWG) (2004-2006)
- Oregon State University Open Source Lab Rackathon supporter (2006-2008)
- Friend of Gnome (2003-2008)
- Supporter of OpenBSD (2001-2006)
Professional Development
Technical editor for Packt Publishing
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Summer Science Camp participant
Conferences Attended- AECT International Convention: Exploring the Vision, Orlando, FL, October 2005
- International Digital Media & Arts Association Conference, Orlando, FL, March 2005
- Applied ASCnet TENCon, Orlando, FL, October 2004
- Florida Association of Insurance Agents 100th Anniversary Convention & Education Symposium, Orlando, FL, June 2004
- Insurance Expo, Athens, GA, March 2004


