Recommendations and Awards
- Superior Accomplishment Award 2013
- University of Florida Academic Advisor Kathy Rex
- University of Florida Beyond120 Director, Ryan Braun
- University of Florida Interim CIO, Chuck Frazier
- University of Florida Associate CIO, Fedro Zazueta
- Perry Roofing, Gainesville, FL
Dan Shields
Gainesville, FL
(352) 231-0870
danielpshields at gmail dot com
CAREER SUMMARY
Recognized for leadership, drive, customer focus, and communication skills.
EXPERIENCE
IT Analyst III: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. August 2010 to present
- Sole web developer for the State of Florida's flagship university online orientation experience.
- Gather business requirements, design, code, and manage web sites and data applications for University of Florida's Academic Advising Center (AAC) and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
- Administer social media web presence.
- Awarded 2013 University of Florida Superior Accomplishment Award.
Web Manager: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. August 2008 to July 2010
- Develop, promote, and coordinate centralization and standardization of UF and affiliated web sites.
- Manage web site functionality and updates among UF departments, designers and programmers.
- Achieved Supervisory Challenge Certificate: six courses in management.
Director of Business Operations: Perry Roofing, Inc., Gainesville, FL. 2006 - 2008
- Ran the IT, Human Resources, Marketing, and Warehouse departments for $22M business.
- Created and maintained computer inventory system and roof management software.
- Created hiring guidelines, worked with employee leasing company, and managed employee conflicts.
- Created and implemented employee bonus program.
Technical Product Manager: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA. 2000 - 2005
- Grew $12M international network e-commerce program from 12 partners to 178.
- Exceeded revenue stretch goals each year using sales, demographics, and trend analyses.
- Presented e-commerce program specifics to targeted potential business partners.
- Managed web producers, software releases, tech support, and customer surveys.
- Wrote business software requirements and created fiscal projections and reporting workflows.
Investor Relations Web Manager: PR Newswire, Jersey City, NJ. 1999 - 2000
- Project manager for the creation of Fortune 500 investor relations websites.
Electronic Publishing Specialist: Cisco Systems, Inc. (consultant), Santa Clara, CA. 1998 - 1998
- Top producing marketing web publisher for $8B e-commerce site.
- Trained clients, vendors and international staff in web publishing procedures.
Electronic Full Text Supervisor: Thomson Publishing, Foster City, CA. 1990 - 1997
- Managed 100+ publisher partnerships.
- Increased department productivity by 20% and implemented peer communication programs.
- Successfully supervised staff of 15 in three groups that created database articles and graphics.
- Developed CD and online products.
- Created training materials and trained staff on hardware, software, and network usage.
- Won Employee Achievement Award in recognition of productivity and morale increases.
Editor/Production Specialist:
- Wrote and edited articles regarding federal tax and labor policies.
- Designed, produced, and implemented legal publications.
- Set up office computers, and trained coworkers to use hardware and software.
EDUCATION
- Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., English B.A.
- University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
- UF Web Managers, University of Florida: August 2008 - present
- HighEdWeb Association: August 2014 - 2017
- UF Strategic Communications Committee: April 2009 - December 2009
- UF Information Technology Action Plan Committee: October 2008 - April 2009
- Roof Connect Online Committee: March 2007 - July 2008
SKILLS
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, UX/UI design, Wordpress, PHP, MySQL, SQL, Perl, Photoshop, Gimp, Git, Subversion, Windows, Mac, UNIX, Office, Python, Perl.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Solar System Ambassador, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
- Alachua Astronomy Club
- Alachua Habitat for Humanity
- Gainesville Peer Respite
- Habitat for Humanity: East Bay/Silicon Valley
- Suburban Heights Neighborhood Association: Gainesville, FL
- Volunteer, Standard Ultrasound Model, Department of Emergency Medicine, UF Health
- Blood Donor: LifeSouth, Gainesville, FL