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RESUME & POSITION DESCRIPTIONS
CARL THOMAS WHITTEN, JR.
EDUCATION:
University of North Alabama, Master of Business Administration
University of North Alabama, B.S.,Accounting
United States Army Command & General Staff College
National Commercial Lending School, University of Oklahoma
Bradshaw High School, Florence, Alabama
CERTIFICATION:
Certified Education Technology Leader (CETL),Consortium of School Networking (CoSN)
EXPERIENCE:
Technology Coordinator & Data Manager– Madison County Board ofEducation
Supervise and manage ten personnel in the Madison County School District Computer Services
Department, which is subdivided into three functions; network administration, computer repair and data
administration (Student Management System) Serve as the point of contact for technology issues for the
local district and as the local technology liaison and coordinator of specific technology initiatives
established by the State Department of Education. Coordinate the development and yearly updates of the
system technology plan inclusive of administrative and instructional technology issues addressed in the
local school plans. Establish technology budgets and monitor the technology program to accomplish set
goals while controlling costs. Establish and supervise technical support, network design and
management, and help-desk support for all schools and the centraloffice. Coordinate the necessary
building modifications required for the installation of technology. Assist in the development of system
technology contracts for purchasing technology. Coordinate the development of system policies and
procedures governing technology issues. Provide assistance to the schools through the development and
implementation of technology education and learning technologies that meet system needs. Provide
leadership in technology training, resources and staff development. Serves as the District Data Manager
to provide liaison between the district and the Alabama State Department of Education to ensure that all
data privacy laws are followed and enforced.
Purchasing Agent - Madison County Board ofEducation
Served as the centralpoint of information for all contracts used by the school system. Reviewed all
purchase requisitions to ensure compliance with all appropriation requirements, policies, guidelines and
laws. Built specifications or scopes-of-work to provide contractors with enough information to bid
responsibly to provide the quality service or commodity needed. Constructed bid documents to cover all
areas of legality to obtain goods and services under terms and conditions favorable to the school system.
Reviewed and analyzed bids to select the best bid that provided the quality goods or services at the best
value. Provided support and assistance by serving as the liaison between the vendor, the user,and the
accounts payable department to ensure timely delivery of the goods or services to the user and quick
payment to the vendor. Generated and maintained reports to be made available for budgeting, planning,
and forecasting.
MILITARY
Lieutenant Colonel (USA Retired)
Entered the military in 1970 as a private. Conducted basic training at Ft. Jackson, SC and Advanced
Individual Training at the U.S. Army Southeastern Signal School at Ft. Gordon, GA, with training as a
Radio Relay and Carrier Attendant. Attended the Alabama Military Academy and graduated with a
Second Lieutenant’s Commission in 1972. Military occupational specialties were Communications-
Electronics and Quartermaster, with commands at the platoon, detachment, and company levels. In

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January 1991, my unit was activated and served in Southwest Asia during Operation Desert Storm, where
my duties included that of Communications-Electronics Staff Officer, and also as Executive Officer for
the Group’s Forward Tactical Operations Center. The Group was the command and control element for
three ordnance battalions and ten companies (over 3,000 troops) located throughout Saudi Arabia, Iraq,
and Kuwait. During this operation, I engineered and supervised the communication network for the
Group using high-frequency radios, tactical and commercial cellular systems,satellite links, and tactical
digital communications systems. As a part of this network, both analog and digital equipment was used
to access the Defense Department Internet to provide email capabilities to the unit in the field. I also
served as the Group’s liaison officer for the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) operations in Kuwait
City. I received the Bronze Star Medal for my service, and the unit was awarded the Meritorious Unit
Award during this combat operation. My training has encompassed both technical and managerial
subjects.
LEADERSHIP
 Currently serving on the Executive Board for the Alabama Educational Technology Association.
 Served on the Alabama Educational Technology Association’s (AETA) leadership team to write
the Alabama Classroom Technology Initiative (ACT Now). A study on the importance of using
21st
Century Technologies in the classroom and a definition of the 21st
Century Classroom in
Alabama schools.
 A member of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
 A member of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
 Worked with the Huntsville/Madison County Schools Foundation and Toyota to provide Video
Conferencing equipment to all high schools in the three school districts (Huntsville, Madison, and
Madison County) in Madison County.
 Served on the Executive Board for the Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators and Students
Statewide (ACCESS) Distance Learning Program.
 Has served on the Governor’s Task Force for the ACCESS Distance Learning Initiative since its
beginning
 Worked with other school districts to develop specifications for equipment to be purchased for
the recipients of the ACCESS Distance Learning grants.
TEAMWORK
 Has been a regular presenter at the annual Alabama Educational Technology Conference that is
conducted by the ALSDE Office of Technology Initiatives.
 Has presented at severalNational School Board Association’s T+L Conferences and the National
Educational Computing Conference (NECC) that is conducted by the International Society of
Technology in Education.
 Presents regularly at the Alabama Educational Technology Association’s (AETA) Fall
Symposium.
 Provides instructional presentations to teachers and administrators with the Madison County
School District.
AWARDS
 Making IT Happen Award,presented by the International Society of Technology in Education
(ISTE)
 Marbury Technology Innovation and Leadership award,presented by the Alabama State
Department of Education
 Bronze Star Medal, U.S. Army
 Meritorious Service Medal, U.S. Army

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ADDITIONALEDUCATION ANDTRAINING
 United States Army Signal Officers Advanced Course
 United States Army Signal Officers Basic Course
 Alabama Military Academy (Officer Candidate School)
 Commercial Loan Officer Training Program, Central Bank of the South
 Supply Officers Management Course, Ft. Lee,VA
 Numerous classes and seminars on management, economics, finance.
 Technical training in Telecommunications and Electronic Networks
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 Supervising the installation of new network switches in seventeen of the Madison County
Schools.
 Planned and overseeing the total-district wireless upgrade to be able to service a BYOD initiative
taken by all twenty-eight schools in Madison County.
 Determined the need to move from self-hosted Moodle Learning Management System to a cloud
based LMS (Canvas).
 Wrote the District Data Privacy Policy to cover the various data privacy laws that relate to
personal data security and internet protection (FERPA,COPPA,CIPA,etc).
 Oversaw the transition of district email from our local Exchange server to Gmail.
 Managed the installation of a Voice-Over-IP phone system throughout the Madison County
School District. This effort will eventually save the district over $100K a year in telephone costs.
 Provided all Madison County high schools high-quality video conferencing equipment to perform
distance learning activities. Helped those high schools qualify to receive ACCESS grants to
update their classrooms to meet the requirements of a 21st
Century Distance Learning Classroom.
 Creates podcasts of presentations and makes those available for future listening by those that
attended the session and other interested parties.
 Developed a district Intranet, giving each district department and each school their own site for
their use to improve district and school communication and collaboration
 Provided each school Listserv capabilities to improve the school administrators’ ability to
communicate directly with parents and community members served by the school. . After the
transition to Google Apps for Education, we discontinued the use of Listserv to Google Groups.
 Developed program of assigning technology personnel specific responsibilities for managing the
various aspects of maintaining the technology in the district (i.e., spare parts ordering and
inventory, software inventories, distance learning equipment, etc.)
 Uses online work order databases to assign technician work and to maintain visibility of the aging
of work orders.
 Uses email, websites, and audio/video conferences to communicate with district personnel and
the community.
 Revised the district website so that special announcements such as school closings are posted in a
prominent location on the site.
 Established Facebook and Twitter accounts to be used for emergency communications as well as
public relations for the district.
 Instituted a Virtual Private Network so the network administrator can access and manage the
network from a remote site. The VPN was also granted to the student management system
specialist so that he could manage the STI program while he was attending a conference during a
critical state reporting period.

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 Used Video Conferencing and IP Video broadcasting equipment to conduct the last two annual
Teacher Institutes and transmitted a live video feed from the Superintendent’s office to five
different locations for over 2,500 employees.
 Applies for E-Rate each year to take advantage of substantial discounts available to school
districts for network and Internet access.
 Led the district in the conversion of our student management system from the Chancery Open
District program to STI, and more recently, the conversion of the STI program to the latest INOW
product.
 Instituted the NetTrekker program for all teachers and students in the Madison County district so
that they would have access to a safe search engine that provides educational resources that are
aligned with State of Alabama Course of Study standards.
 Established a program of providing all new schools with computers for every classroom, labs,
media centers,and administrative offices when they are first occupied. Also, each year,every
school receives enough computers to replace 25% of the computers in the school. This program
is designed to ensure that the schools are always equipped with current computers. Currently on
hold due to lack of funding.
 Has upgraded the network so as to provide the necessary bandwidth required for the schools to
access web based programs and to include distance learning activities in their program.
 Developed project that provides total-school wireless access for all schools in Madison County.
Wireless project included outside hot-spots to be used for open-air instruction and also for use by
School Resource Officers to access the network and security cameras remotely during times of
crisis when entrance to the building may be hazardous. Currently updating the wireless network
to handle all the additional devices being used as part of the district-wide BYOD program.
 Worked with selected schools to provide total 21st
Century classroom equipment to include
products that students could use for collaborative projects such as video editing and podcasting.
District servers were instituted to store podcasts and videos for access via the web.
 Serves as the chairperson and facilitator for all district technology planning activities.
 Led a district technology planning team in the ALSDE Pioneer Project for assessing the use of
technology in the district to provide recommendations for technology planning.
 Trains school personnel on how to plan and implement technology in their schools.
 Wrote grants totally over $1 million over severalyears that provided equipment and training for a
cadre of over 540 teachers to learn how to use 21st century technology in their classrooms. These
teachers returned to their respective schools to serve as technology mentors for over 1200 other
educators.
 Worked with the Huntsville/Madison County Schools Foundation and Toyota to provide Video
Conferencing equipment to all high schools in the three school districts (Huntsville, Madison, and
Madison County) in Madison County.
 Worked with other school districts to develop specifications for equipment to be purchased for
the recipients of the ACCESS grant.
 Serves on the Executive Board for the ACCESS Distance Learning Program.
 Has served on the ACCESS Task Force since its beginning.
 Served on the Alabama Educational Technology Association’s (AETA) leadership team to write
the Alabama 21st
Century Classroom Technology Initiative (ACT Now).
 Served as the Region 2 Board Representative for the Alabama Educational Technology
Association (AETA) and on the Executive Board as Treasurer. Currently serving as the
Advocacy Chairperson for the organization
 A member of the International Society for Technology Educators (ISTE)
 A member of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)

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 Has been a regular presenter at the annual Alabama Educational Technology Conference that is
conducted by the ALSDE Office of Technology Initiatives.
 Has presented at severalNational School Board Association’s T+L Conferences.
 Served on a panel for discussion at the 2008 National Educational Computing Conference in San
Antonio, TX.
 Presents regularly at the Alabama Educational Technology Association’s (AETA) Fall
Symposium.
 Provides instructional presentations to teachers and administrators with the Madison County
School District.
 Recently conducted an eSchool News webinar on the subject of wireless technology in schools.
 Featured in the District Administrator magazine on preparing your wireless infrastructure for
BYOD.
Accomplishments as Purchasing Agent 1992-1999
 Established bid procedures for furnishing new schools that reduced workload of system personnel
in the installation of furniture into new schools, at the same time reduced the total cost of
furniture purchases for new schools.
 Established a history file for the furnishing of each school so that information was available to aid
in the budgeting and furnishing of future schools.
 Furnished six new schools (Hazel Green High School, Riverton Middle School, Horizon
Elementary School, Bob Jones High School, Monrovia Middle School, and Madison County
High School) completely with no delays in school openings due to the availability of furniture.
Recently bid and ordered furniture for Sparkman High School for installation in early 1999.
Currently working on requirements and specifications for New Hope High School and
Meridianville Middle School.
 Furnished two administrative offices (TRC & Central Office) coordinated the purchase and
installation of furniture and fixtures, telephone hardware,local & long distance service, special
dedicated lines, computer wiring, and satellite downlink of weather information. Also
coordinated the move from the courthouse to the new location.
 Amended initial “new school” furniture request from school principal without compromising
furniture quality or cutting actualinstructional needs. After bidding, the adjusted cost of
equipping the school came in at $200K less that the last school furnished two years before. The
awarded contract was at a savings of over $200,000 from the original amount presented by the
principal.
 Established a program of Pre-Bid Conferences to obtain vendor input before bids are let out or
awarded. This program allows all interested bidders to be a part of the bid construction; thereby
eliminating problems that may develop after the bid is opened and awarded. This procedure is
primarily used when the terms and conditions of the contract are complicated and requires
services beyond the delivery of a product.
 Saved over $12,000 a year in filter replacements by recommending rejection of sole bid and
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 Began “proactive purchasing” program by anticipating needs and bidding, in bulk, products so
that lead times for production and delivery of the products do not impact on the operations of the
school system, i.e., portable classrooms, furniture needed for new classrooms or replacement of
broken furniture. This has eliminated much of the need for purchases under the State Contract for
these items. The use of this method of purchasing saved approximately $15,000 on purchases of
furniture needed for portables and replacements for the 98-99 school year alone. This method has
also provided portables and furniture at the beginning of the school year, as opposed to having to
wait until October and November as in the past.
 Rewrote the Purchasing Policy to better coincide with the operations of the current school system.
 Established bid opening procedures. These procedures were tested during a Federal Court Case
involving a suit from a vendor who questioned the award of a major contract. The procedures
withstood the test and the Madison County Schools’ won the case.
 Established a standard organized bid folder that established the ease of finding documents after
bids are awarded,thereby reducing time in researching files. This method has been praised by
State Auditors.
 Rewrote standard bid documents to define contract beginning and ending dates. This stopped the
confusion of vendors as to when their obligation to provide goods and services began and ended.
It also eliminated confrontations when two vendors both claimed they had the contract.
 Built a computer database of vendors approved for the bidders list. This database allowed a
single vendor to be eligible for various types of bids that may fall into their range of goods and
services sold. The previous method only listed vendors for each particular bid.
 Instituted a program of providing new teachers in the system a box of basic supplies to help them
get established in their classroom. The supplies in the box were determined by a committee of
teachers that was established for that purpose. The supplies were purchased by the School
System and the box was filled by Boy Scouts performing community service work. The boxes
were given out on the last day of the “New Teacher Orientation”.
 Set out a plan of rescheduling the expiration of bids so that the impact on operations caused by
the changeover of contracts was minimized.
 Conducted auctions of obsolete school equipment; generating approximately $50,000 for the
school system.
 Working with other purchasing agents within Huntsville, Madison, and Madison County,
established a cooperative purchasing program to increase the purchasing power of the agencies
involved. The first contract from this program was to purchase office supplies. The discount
from retail prices increased from 30% to 52% using this contract. The savings to the Madison
County Schools equal approximately $24,000 per year (based on 1997-98 purchases).
 Coordinated and maintain a list of long distance codes for all employees at the Central Office and
the Teacher Resource Center. Assign codes to new employees as needed.

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 Worked over two months without assistance,this past summer, after clerk resigned. All purchase
orders were issued timely, and over 30 bids were issued, opened, reviewed, and awarded during
this time. This required daily work hours to exceed over 15 hours per day (at office and at home).
 Established specifications for custodial services that were used as the basis for the custodial plan
currently in place. This also included the schedule of products and equipment that were approved
for use in the schools.
 Have attended workshops conducted by the Association of School Business Officials in Planning
and Financing Construction, Renovation, and Procurement Projects,and Governmental
Accounting Practices.
 Currently working with the principals of Madison County High School and Buckhorn High
School for the construction of athletic facilities at their schools.
 In the first four months of the 1998-99 school year,the purchasing department issued over 2700
purchase orders and processed about the same amount of warehouse transactions (approximately
the same as previous years before the withdrawal of the Madison City Schools). Before leaving
for the winter break,all purchase requisitions and warehouse tickets were processed,leaving no
orders held over the two week break.
 In the same period, the purchasing department also issued over 32 bids; nearly three times the
amount of bids issued in previous years. These bids included those to furnish two schools, and
also several “construction” related contracts were bid and issued.
 The above two accomplishments were attained even during the training of a new purchasing clerk
(hired in mid-August 1998).