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Daniel Wood
Fairfax, VA

  • .objective

    Seeking a position to utilize my skills and abilities within the law enforcement, intelligence, or information technology fields that offers professional growth while being resourceful, innovative and flexible.

  • .about me

    I’m Daniel Wood and I am a current graduate student at The Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering at George Mason University. I am working towards my MS in Computer Forensics and am extremely interested in working for the federal government. Prior to graduate school, I obtained my BS in Administration of Justice, also at George Mason University.

    Professionally, I have been an Academy Director for Giant Campus for 2 years, 1 year at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, GA and another year at American University in Washington D.C. I also have over 4 years of substitute teaching experience for intermediate and high school grade levels.

  • .education

    George Mason University - 2012

    The Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering
    MS Computer Forensics

    George Mason University - May, 2008

    BS Administration of Justice

  • .certifications

    The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services’ Virginia Center for School Safety
    Internet Safety: Internet Predators and Computer Investigations Certification, 2007.

  • .experience

    HTDepot.com, MountDirect.com, RoyalePro.com

    Web Developer / Graphic Designer, Feb 2009 - Present
    Chantilly, VA

    Increased conversion rates of online customers by % from DATE to DATE
    Increased revenue generation through the use of online advertising campaigns and market research by % from DATE to DATE
    Analyze trends and website statistics using tools such as Google Analytics and Adwords to determine if advertising campaigns and conversions through ROI programs are effective.
    Apply changes that continually increase the growing performance and revenue of the company.
    Responsible for managing advertising campaigns revolving around specialized niche magazines.
    Develop custom code for integration within eCommerce shopping cart software.
    Create all website elements, email newsletters and print objects.

     

    Giant Campus, Inc.

    Academy Director, June 2006 – Aug 2008
    American University, Washington D.C. / Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, GA

    Conducted training conferences for academy counselors for the Mid-Atlantic and South-Eastern program regions in 2007 and 2008.
    Managed and mentored a team of three academy counselors
    Organized academy events (orientation, weekly reviews, award ceremonies) between universities, participants and the academy.
    Prioritized budgets and purchasing for the academy program.
    Liaison between academy participants and university staff for Giant Campus.
    Served as Risk Management and Crisis Team Lead, overseeing all health care and safety within the academy program.
    Taught programming, robotics and graphic design courses when counselors required assistance.

     

    Fairfax County Public Schools - Substitute Teacher (2004-2008), Fairfax, VA

    Provided curriculum tutoring and guidance to student, including those with special needs, learning disabilities and for students in the English as a Second Language program.

     

    Freelance Web Developer / Consultant

    Fairfax, VA, 2005 - Present

    As a web developer, I construct, maintain and develop client websites and their online presence using client and server side database objects utilizing HTML/XHTML, CSS, Flash, PHP, MySQL, and AJAX.

     

    Fanspeak.com – Web Designer, Programmer (2009-Current)

    Created and developed a custom social networking portal utilizing PHP, MySQL, WordPressMU, BuddyPress and a PHP RSS XML feed aggregator to pull XML statistics from the raw data provider and serve them to the websites users.

     

    WickedMusic.tv – Programmer (2009-Current)

    Developed and programmed the website backend, client management and file system, and website interface with PHP, MySQL and AJAX elements.

     

    PoliticalDerby.com – Consultant (2006-2007)

    Performed maintenance on the PHP backend of the website and performed regular maintenance to the MySQL Database objects and other code.

     

    Old Town Writers Group, OTWG.org – Consultant (2005-2006)

    Performed regular maintenance on the PHP and MySQL database backend.

     

    Cyber Blue Café - Manager (2004-2005), Fairfax, VA

    Managed daily operations which included maintaining inventory and revenue records, customer accounts, and ordering food and beverage products from vendors on a weekly basis Provided tech support for the café, set up the café's LAN, routers, and firewall

  • .projects

    • Terrorism Timeline & Charting with a custom Google Maps API

      Developing a tool using the Google Maps API to collect and plot known terrorist attacks on the world map with information regarding the attacks.

  • .activities & hobbies

    • Activities

      Soccer
      Swimming
      Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

    • Hobbies

      Motorsports
      Music Production
      Photography