Background
I have been at Georgia College & State University for twenty-four years without a break — first as a student building software for its IT department, most recently as the chair of its college advisory board and the instructor for its graduate database course.
One institution, twenty-four years
Built software for the university's IT department
Application development and technology support for the GCSU IT department, alongside client work and an undergraduate degree. Also researched and published a security education series in The Colonnade, the student newspaper, on behalf of the campus CIO — while founding the archery club, serving as vice president of student government and president of the dean's student advisory board, and finishing as the college's Outstanding Student of the Year.
Joined the College advisory board
Invited onto the College of Business & Technology Advisory Board the year after finishing undergraduate study.
Founding member, IT Advisory Board
Helped stand up the advisory board for the Department of Information Systems & Computer Science.
Chair, IT Advisory Board
Led the board through two academic years.
Endowed a scholarship for women in technology
My wife and I established the Madison Family Scholarship for Women in Technology, supporting women studying technology at Georgia College.
Inducted into the Hall of Fame
College of Business & Technology Hall of Fame.
Taught the graduate database course
Database Management, three terms: Spring 2024, Spring 2025, and Fall 2025.
Chair, College advisory board
Chaired the same board joined seventeen years earlier.
Endowed the IT Advisory Board fund
The IT Advisory Board Endowed Excellence Fund, giving permanent funding to student technology programs and the initiatives the Board supports.
Max Crook Volunteer Service Award
Awarded for service to the university.
Full member of the College of Business & Technology Advisory Board since 2007, and of the IT Advisory Board since 2011. gcsu.edu ↗
Degrees
- Master of Management Information SystemsGeorgia College & State University
- Master of Business Administration, ManagementGeorgia College & State University
- Bachelor of Business Administration, Summa Cum LaudeManagement Information Systems · Georgia College & State University
Published research
- A Comparative Analysis of Cloud Computing ProvidersRevenue, service, and pricing model analysis across providers from under $1M to $100B in annual revenue. 45th Annual Southeast Decision Sciences Institute Conference Proceedings, 2015.
- NoSQL Database TechnologiesFirst author, with Barnhill, Napier, and Godin. Journal of International Technology and Information Management, Vol. 24, Iss. 1, Article 1 (2015).
Certification
- Retool Certified Partner · Founding Program PartnerThe first partner in Retool's program, 2022 – 2026
- Certified Product Manager & Certified Product Marketing ManagerAssociation of International Product Management & Product Marketing · 2010
- Certified Scrum Product OwnerScrum Alliance · 2014
- Watson Campaign Automation Technical SpecialistIBM · 2018–2019
- Macromedia Certified Web Developer · Macromedia Flash Designer2002 — the start of the technical thread