Manley Peterson

Manley Peterson W8533 Cedarbrook Circle Ladysmith, WI--Work Experience Information Technology Director for School District of Bruce Bruce, WI January 2016 – present • • • Provide guidance, research, and recommendations for purchases and long range technology planning for entire school district Maintain computer network, servers, desktops, laptops, and tablets for over 500 users Provide computer hardware, software, and network technical support to all users Independent Game Developer and Author Ladysmith, WI January 2009 – present • • Designed, developed, and released dozens of casual and puzzle games using Scirra’s Construct 2 development software. Games like Pentapuzzle, Redacted, and Shut the Box have been released on Newgrounds.com, Google Play store, and Nintendo Wii U eShop. Wrote and self-published over a dozen short stories and one novel on Amazon Kindle, including Bloated Goat, Midnight Jack, and Camp Chin-up Information Systems Business Analyst for Beechworth Windows Ladysmith, WI February 2015 – January 2016 • • • • • • Ownership of information systems in enterprise resourcing planning (ERP) software suite, including product knowledge setup and logical rules Planned, implemented, and tested all product changes to customer-facing software of multimillion dollar company backed by multi-billion dollar parent company Wrote up detailed test plans, summaries, and communications for peers and high level executives Kept detailed history of projects to satisfy audit trail Solved general I.T. help desk issues for local users Performed and analyzed SQL queries on multiple Windows servers Information Technology Director for Rusk County Ladysmith, WI January 2011 – February 2015 • • • Provided guidance, research, and recommendations for purchases and long range technology planning as well as administered the annual Information Technology budget (over $150,000) Maintained county network, administered county website and Avaya CS1000 phone system Provided computer and network technical support to all county departments (over 275 computers, servers, and mobile devices) • Hired, trained, and managed two full-time technicians Information Technology Technician for Rusk County Ladysmith, WI April 2009 – December 2010 • • • Provided full range of computer software and hardware and user support at all county departments Managed system backups, group policy and active directory setup, and network configurations Researched, recommended, purchased, and installed software and hardware for use in county departments Dispatcher/Jailer for Rusk County Sheriff’s Office Ladysmith, WI February 2005 – March 2009 • • • Dispatcher - answered all phone calls, radio traffic, and computer transmissions for emergency services and law enforcement including 911, fire, and EMS that occurred in and around the county Jailer - secured and maintained housing for over 40 inmates including booking, releasing, and writing reports using jail system software Trained new deputies in job duties Programming Intern for Big Huge Games Baltimore, MD June 2004 – August 2004 • • Various programming duties assigned by Lead Programmer, including game engine development, tools, and character gameplay for Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends Attended weekly development meetings to listen to and provide status reports Education University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI August 1998 – December 2002 GPA 3.7 • • Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science Graduated with magna cum laude honors Cadott High School Cadott, WI Graduated in May 1998 as valedictorian