Meet the Team: Jeremiah Metzen

I recently graduated from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science. Thankfully I didn’t have to look far for a good employment opportunity, and I started working with Web Communications on May 27th.

My job title is Programmer/Analyst, and I will actually be splitting most of my work between two other departments here on campus: The Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative with Rebecca Calvin and the International Center with Kerri Urban. My tasks will include the development of new web-based software, revision and updates of old software, and analysis of third party software to meet their needs. I will also be working with them and the very wonderful, very talented Web Communications staff to migrate some of their web content to the CMS.

Prior to working here I was a student worker for the College of Engineering’s External Relations department, where in a year I did everything from shredding boxes of paper and stuffing envelopes to writing PHP code to parse XML and building MySQL databases.

I have an expansive programming background with experience in a lot of different types of programming languages, such as PHP, Perl, ColdFusion, C/C++, Java, and Visual Basic, and software engineering-related concepts such as database design and normalization, UNIX systems, networking and sockets programming, and other dorky-sounding concepts.

I seem to be settling in pretty well, and I’m looking forward to working with the Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative, International Center, and Web Communications.