Thomas Lorne Miles			Curriculum Vitae			2011

Currently: Programmer/Analyst at Saint Joseph's Medical Center/St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester Division

Summary
Current workplace specialties include: SQL compliant database management, PHP/Perl driven web applications, web design using CMSes, computer aided NYS Medicaid Billing, Psych/MICA Restorative Services (housing and case management) medical records. 

My current work includes developing web based, database driven applications for non-profit/medical/political use. I have also done long term development, implementation, and management of Wordpress and Drupal CMS's, including both php and html customization, graphic design, and writing. Over two decades I have continuously used most well know desktop computer applications, from Photoshop and Illustrator to Excel, Access, and the Open Office suite.

Current Academic Interests Include: Political history of colonial and post colonial Francophone West Africa, notably Nigerien affairs.  I speak French, and was an exchange student in my youth.  I have academic reading comprehension certificates in German and Italian, and can bluff my way though written romance languages, including Romanian.  I am attempting to learn Arabic (classical, written) and Hausa (Nigerien, spoken). From my youth I was passionate about Football (soccer) and music subcultures of the UK. 

Since leaving academia I have continued my involvement in academic interests, notably contemporary political and economic affairs of Francophone West Africa. I subscribe to journal, keep up with publications, and engage with foreign media. My writings on the subject have been reprinted in a number of publications and I have done current events focused interviews for radio and print. A recent piece was chosen as one of "Five indispensable pieces of the week" on the Libyan revolution by Britain's New Statesman Magazine.

Given time, I like to think I can learn anything and present it in a comprehensible fashion to others.

I have continued over almost two decades a wide array of work with social justice causes, trade unions, and political parties. This has included chairing political groups, running weekly events and long term campaigns, publishing everything from fliers to websites, being an invited speaker to outside events, and doing public outreach. I've even done light carpentry on two occasions.

Additionally, I collect and am building towards a gallery presentation of late 20th century West African political textiles (wax print "pagnes"). 

Work

2004 - Present —Programmer/Analyst Saint Joseph's Medical Center/St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester Division 

I manage, contribute to the development of, and provide training for users of  "SQL Clinic": a web based Perl (5.10.1) driven PostgreSQL database (8.45, 9.0) application for mental health medical records, as well as organizational records (personnel, development, maintenance, billing). I assist the lead developer in planning, debugging, and I lead training of over 200 users. I maintain the database using ANSI standard SQL from a terminal interface for error trapping, data cleaning, and report generation.  I wrote and continually revise the contextual and independent user documentation, as well as a series of stand alone forms used by social workers, other staff, and physicians. 

My many other responsibilities include overseeing statistical reporting to government agencies, managing six 15 bed housing units' NYS restorative service Medicaid billing and authorization. I provide implementation, training, and maintenance of the SQL Clinic package for several outside non-profit agencies in New York City dealing with homeless services, mental health/MICA population case management and housing.

I work primarily in Linux (Slackware 13.1) installed on a web-server, a mailserver, and several workstations. I additionally deal with a large amount of training, troubleshooting, general IT, and networking issues spread across sixteen locations in four boroughs and Westchester county.

2000 - 2004 --Series of retail (books) and freelance (web design) jobs.

1994 - 1999 --Doctoral Candidate (History) Columbia University.  

1991 - 1994  --I worked at the Seattle Museum of Art and at the Polyclinic outpatient complex in Seattle. 

Education

MA, Mphil, PhD coursework --Columbia University in the City of New York, History (Contemporary France & Western Europe, Imperialism and post-independence Francophone West Africa) 1993 - 1999

Master's Thesis: "Revolutionary Days: the French Presidential Crisis of 1887." (1995)

Proposed Doctoral Dissertation topic: French Communist Party involvement in political movements of pre- and post independence West African states.

My concentrations of study were contemporary (1789- ) France with special reference to fascism and revolutionary movements of the third republic, Imperialism and post-independence Francophone West Africa focusing on late colonial rule under the A.O.F. and contemporary Niger and Mali.

I also did extensive course work in the contemporary British Isles, including Ireland, where I carried out field work in 1998. I was lucky enough to work closely with Professors Robert O. Paxton (my primary adviser), Mohamed Mbodj, and David N. Cannadine.  

BA --Wesleyan University, History, Music. 1988 - 1991
Honors Thesis: "French Fascism and the French Revolutionary Tradition." (1991)

Other Affiliations 

I am engaged to a wonderful woman I have known for 20 years.  We live in a house in Staten Island with several cats and a large garden.

American Historical Association, Socialist Party-USA, Industrial Workers of the World, Movement for a Associations: Democratic Society-NYC, Staten Island Feral Cat Initiative, Historians Against the War, Founding member Empire Supporters Club, New York Celtic Supporters Club

Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaslmiles
Personal Website http://www.Tomathon.com
E-Mail: thomas.l.miles@gmail.com Tommy@tomathon.com