Michael L. Garrett Email & Phone Number

San Luis Obispo, California

• Recruited, trained and supervised four technical full-time staff members• Facilitated monthly meetings to outline strategic goals and milestones, fostered inclusive teamenvironment and motivated employees to complete projects on time/within budget• Managed budget for ETC program, tracked/analyzed account activities and prepared annualbudget projections• Coordinated launch of the ETC portal, an aggregator of licensed and free educational resources,providing 24/7 access to cross-curricular K-12 digital content for students, teachers, and parents• Set revenue goals and implemented successful digital media outreach strategies (video production, social media outreach, promotional campaign, etc.)• Expanded reach of County Office’s ETC services to all 10 SLO county school districts, increased use ofthe portal by more than 20% each consecutive year since introduction• Negotiated funding and secured sales of the portal framework to15 California County Offices ofEducation• Developed training materials for on educational uses of a web-based portal of instructional and learningresources, executed training for different audiences• Collaborated with the California Counties Educational Technology Consortium and county districts toreview, adopt and integrate physical and online educational media• Advised and guided web application development process in response to increased mobile use oftechnology• Developed a collaborative network of technical and administrative portal framework adopters to sharebest practices, technical advice and successful marketing strategies

San Luis Obispo, California Area

• Developed and implemented the California K-12 portal application, an aggregator of educationalresources for all public K-12 teachers, administrators and students in the county based on an open sourceJAVA and XSLT framework• Prepared annual budget projection, managed budget of program• Developed and integrated more than 200 free and for-pay educational tools and resources for the portal• Managed more than 35,000 user accounts for the portal and its multiple account-based webapplications• Provided consultative support to enhance the use and access of portal technology and resources,developed comprehensive support and training tutorials for clients• Produced and edited county-based educational programming for DVD and broadcast distribution

Walnut Creek, Ca

• Structured and designed client websites to enhance Internet presence, attract business and provide up-to-date information.• Developed architecture and navigation for optimal usability, including an intuitive user interface and minimal page-loading time. • Hand-coded more than 500 webpages and stylesheets, and created and optimized more than 100 original graphics, images, and content-rich PDF files.• Developed data-gathering forms, surveys, polls, and integrated a site search engine using CGI and JavaScript.• Optimized page code for improved search engine placement. Clients included: Interaction Associates, a global management consulting firm; Cross Cultural Journeys, a theme-based travel agency; and Congregation B’nai Shalom, a 500+ member synagogue.

Boston, Ma; Walnut Creek, Ca

• Designed illustrative art and page layout for numerous 100+ page instructional manuals used in consulting and training workshops worldwide.• Developed customized client materials, proposals and corporate marketing brochures.• Redesigned a 24-page monthly newsletter from manual paste-up to digital production for increased content, digital archiving, and improved visual appeal.• Designed and prepress produced publications for a circulation of more than 2000 readers.• Prepared files and color separations within deadline for commercial printing.• Designed and formatted the layout for a 60-page school yearbook, including the scanning and digital modification of 320 photos, with a 6-page color photo spread and CMYK color front and back cover.Clients included: Valle Verde School Board; Interaction Associates, a global management consulting firm; Deena Levine and Associates, an organizational consultancy service; Congregation B’nai Shalom, a 500+ member synagogue; and Tiffany Court, a 300+ person assisted-living community.

Walnut Creek, Ca

• Updated and monitored a 200+ page database-driven corporate website on an IBM Lotus Domino server for a 1000+ employee technology staffing company with more than 100 corporate offices.• Maintained a dynamically-generated and searchable job database, password-protected accounts, and data-gathering forms using CGI, DHTML, and JavaScript. • Generated and evaluated website activity reports using Web Trends software.

Greencastle, In

• Managed a staff of nine field photographers and lab assistants in the production of black-and-white and color photos for a bi-weekly University newspaper with a circulation of more than 3,000 readers, assigning and leading photo shoots and training staff in film development and darkroom printing.• Collaborated with editors and producers to meet frequent 24-hour based deadlines.

Graphic Design

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature, General