Michael Parsons
Director Of Operations
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Parsons is a seasoned operations leader with over 25 years in the photographic industry who led a major conversion from an optical to a fully digital lab and now directs operations at Parsons Villas. He brings deep technical expertise in color management, Kodak DP2 workflow, roll-to-roll printing, and photochemical processes, combined with hands-on experience as a photographer and videographer. Educated in film, cinematography and photographic arts, he blends creative production sensibilities with process-driven lab management and large-scale school photography production. His background includes time at sea handling traditional and modern navigation and contributions to independent short films, music videos and pilots—an indicator of adaptability and storytelling ability beyond the lab. Based in Scottsdale, AZ, he pairs practical technical know-how with a long-term track record of operational leadership and cross-disciplinary creative projects. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic problem-solving that bridges analog craft and modern digital workflows.
9 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
French Foreign Exchange program, French Foreign Exchange program at Overseas Alliance/ Alliance Outre MerFilm/Video and Photographic Arts, Film/Video and Photographic Arts at Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleCinematography and Film/Video Production, Cinematography and Film/Video Production at Columbia College Chicago
English, French
Github Skills (11)
finder10
populate10
publisher9
security8
webservice8
json-validation7
iframe7
open-data6
linked-data6
html1
metadata1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
CredentialEngine/Registry_Assistant
Sep 2017 - Jan 2020
Web service API for formatting and publishing to the Credential Registry
Contributions:44 commits, 35 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
webservicecredential-enginecredential-registrypublisherregistry-assistant
CredentialEngine/CTDL_Json_Validation_Schema
Apr 2017 - Oct 2019
Discussions and samples for the json validation schema for CTDL. Primarily how the validation schema should be generated/configured, and topics on migrating to the credential registry.
Contributions:252 pushes, 1 comment, 1 issue in 2 years 7 months
json-validationcredential-registryctdl
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