Laura McCord
n/a
Areas of expertise
Portal development, Open-Source, Object-Oriented, Systems and Web Programming
Programming Languages: C/C++, JAVA, Spring MVC, Servlets, XML/XSLT, ASP/.NET, VBScript, Perl, PHP, Javascript, JQuery, AJAX, Flash Action Scripting,
Other: Web Services, SOAP, ADO (ActiveX Data Objects), COM (Component Object Model), Exchange Server, Active Directory, LDAP, Tomcat, Apache, IIS, Zope, Plone, CashNet, Moodle, Segue, Sakai, CAS (Central Authentication Service)
Databases: Postgres, MySQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle
Tools: Eclipse IDE, JUnit, Maven, Ant, Visual Studio
Education
MS,Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi 2004
BS,Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi 2001
Positions
Systems Programmer
Doucet and Associates, Inc.
November 01, 2003 - September 01, 2005
Responsibilities included systems administrating, developing custom web applications, and automating day-to-day business operations.
Research Programmer/ Analyst
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
May 01, 2002 - December 01, 2003
Developed/researched three dimensional graphic simulations of the Corpus Christi Bay for use by the Conrad Blutcher Institute using the C programming language with openGL.
Web Programmer/Analyst
Southwestern University
September 01, 2005 - present
Develop and maintain custom web applications for various departments on campus. Other responsibilities include developing and administrating the campus portal system.
Seminars & Presentations
- Designing and Implementing the Next Generation Campus Portal (2008, Higher Ed Hero Audio Conference)
- myPortal, New Portal, We All Scream for uPortal! (2008, Gettysburg Portal Conference)
Honors & Awards
2007 CASE Grand Award for the Financial Estimator
Specific subjects or issues you can knowledgeably discuss:
I can talk about portal development and programming
I am willing to talk to the media: yes
I am willing to talk to community groups about my area of expertise: no
Can you do interviews in Spanish? no
Other languages you are fluent in:
Experience with the news media (especially electronic media):
testing
Contact Details:
(512) 863-1066(office)
Office: PRC 347
mccordl@southwestern.edu
