Micah Thomas Email & Phone Number

Blacksburg, Va, Us

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Currently teaching Plant Pest Management (Horticulture 207). Development of lectures and laboratory lessons for topics including plant biology and pathology, entomology, field surveys and pesticide certification.

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Responsible for the care and wellbeing of 40 adult spiders and scorpions. Biweekly feeding of 5 herbivore species.

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Consulting services for laboratory and business computing systems. Apple hardware and software mobile device management with Jamf Pro. Provides guidance in creating websites, desktop applications, and e-commerce solutions. Migration of enterprise resource management solutions to Linux and Mac platforms. Familiar with with large scale financial software integrations and operations. • Research hardware and software for enterprise. • Increased accuracy of research measurements. • Reduced costs for essential business software.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Provided operational support for the internal systems integration team. Worked with internal SQL based accounting systems hosted on Oracle ERP and IBM Mainframe software (CICS). Researched root causes of unexpected errors and performed advanced system administration. Created Python applications to monitor operations. Initiated research of different Linux stacks that led to migration of the internal company website. Assisted teams with standardizing code repositories, versioning and change order systems. Conducted legal compliance research for external audits. • Supported systems that resulted in 13 billion in annual revenue. • Processed +1300 support tickets, created 47 documentation pages. • Assisted management with audits of financial functions and +20k users. • Initiated research for migration of internal website with 50k users.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Worked with open source ERP software and PostgreSQL on Debian based servers. Learned industry best practices for building development environments from source code repositories. Created test databases and administrator applications. • Replicated deployment of ERP suite on 3 Linux distributions. • PostgreSQL coding and CI/CD template creation.

Norfolk, Va

Developed applications and conducted field operations to manage plant epidemiological outbreaks. Conducted research with ESRI based geographical information systems and mobile data collection units for large scale international emergency programs. Assisted with the design of scientific databases, QA testing of new features and hosted weekly meetings for both engineering and end user support teams. Independent research using QGIS, data logger hardware and Linux. Speaker at the annual Mid- Atlantic Horticulture Association's (MAHSC) annual short course and produced outreach materials and presentations for a variety of groups.• Conducted research mapping and survey programs for plant diseases and invasive species.• Developed geographical information systems for field biology analysis.• Designed and maintained intranet sites for scientific data management.• Produced outreach materials and presentations for a variety of groups.Field Work:2008, Cernuella virgata (da Costa, 1778), Delimitation surveys begin.2008, Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus), Annual trapping and genetic analysis program.2008, SCBA and Class F Pesticide Certifications.2009, Autographa gamma (Linnaeus), Trapping surveys.2009, Trogoderma granarium (Everts, 1898), Port of entry surveys and trapping.2009, General survey and trapping of bark beetles with Carnegie Museum of Natural History.2010, Sirex noctilio (Fabricius), Trapping surveys.2010, Apis mellifera (Linnaeus, 1758), Wild swarm collection and apiary development.2011, Mid-Atlantic Horticulture Short Course, Insect and plant disease identification presentations.2012, Apis mellifera (Linnaeus, 1758), Queen and nucleus colony production.2012, Mid-Atlantic Horticulture Short Course, Emerging plant pests and disease outbreak mapping. 2013, Rubus idaeus (L. 1753) and Rubus fruticosus (L.) ‘Arapaho’. Improved variety production. 2014 - 2016, Continuation of above surveys and trapping programs in SE Virginia.

Fungolimbi , Senegal

Served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sénégal as a guest of the minister of agriculture. Worked at the village level teaching technologies to increase the diversity and number of trees and vegetables planted, with the goal to improve agriculture production and farm incomes. Along with my village, I built a community tree nursery that was used for training and produced saplings for planting.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Worked on an interdisciplinary emergency response team that developed large scale plant disease management systems. Specialist in entomology and botany, conducted field biology research projects for analysis of outbreaks. Advanced knowledge of large scale geographical (GIS) data collection and mapping systems. Rapid development and deployment of GIS applications and hardware. Analysis and optimization of field team operations and business requirements. Reduced species identification times from 2 days to 30 minutes.Field work:1998, Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus). Invasive species management program team member.2000, Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky, 1853). Intensive botanical survey in New York City.2000, Remote Pest ID system development, high definition imaging research.2001, Agrilus planipennis (Fairmaire, 1888). Delimitation survey of Genesee County Michigan.2001, Cernuella virgata (da Costa, 1778), Initial general surveys of terrestrial Gastropods. 2002, Pomovirus (Potato mop-top virus). International port of entry and market survey, Maine.2002, Independent biological and cultural research in Peru and Bolivia.2003, Anastrepha ludens (Loew, 1873). Persea americana (avacado) orchard survey, California.2003, Independent biological and cultural research in Thailand and Cambodia.2004, Independent biological research in Costa Rica.2005, Research project team member, unprocessed agriculture products shipping analysis.

Biology, Entomology, Bachelor Of Science, B.S.

Activities and Societies: Undergraduate research in aquatic bio-monitoring.Studied freshwater and terrestrial ecology, worked.

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Biology

Compiled phenotype data from Drosophilia melanogaster into basic databases (dBase III)