Michael W. Tapply
58 Powderhouse Blvd, No. 2
W. Somerville, MA 02144
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email: [email protected]
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Education    
1996 - 1999

Emerson College
M.A., Writing, Literature and Publishing.

Boston, Massachusetts
1993

Skidmore College
B.A., English.

Saratoga Springs, New York
     
Work Experience    
1997 - Present

Houghton Mifflin Company
Producer. Manage the production of award-winning educational software titles (CD-ROMs) targetted to the U.S. school market. Responsibilities include: consulting with educators to design software that supplements their curriculum; writing documents which specify the features and functions of the software; managing a team of programmers, artists, musicians, voice-talent, and QA testers to ensure project is completed on time and within budget.
Projects include:

  • Web Workshop Pro (2000)
  • Math & Monster Workshop (2000)
  • Number Drop (2000)
  • Math Arena (1999); MIMC Award winner, CODIE Award finalist.
  • Awesome Animated Monster Maker Math (1998); CODIE Award winner.
  • Spelling Spree (1998)
  • The Day the Wold Broke (1997)

Boston, Massachusetts
1996 - 1998

Emerson College
Writing Tutor. Improved the English writing and oral skills of Emerson's international ESL students through one-on-one tutorial sessions.


Boston, Massachusetts
1996

Da Capo Publishing, Inc.
Freelance Writer. Wrote several features for Seven Days, a rapidly growing Vermont news and cultural weekly.


Burlington, Vermont
1995

Beacon Communications Inc.
Staff Reporter. Wrote features and covered a variety of town events for Concord's weekly newspaper, The Concord Journal.


Concord, Massachusetts
1994

21 Federal
Server. Spent a year on the island waiting tables.


Nantucket Island
1993

BEST Academy
English Teacher, Group Leader. Taught English as a Second Language to classes of Spanish teenagers enrolled in summer program through Madrid-based academy. Led after-class activities and chaperoned field trips to London and other points of interest.


East Sussex, England
     
Skills/Interests    
Computer-related Proficient with Dreamweaver, FireWorks, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Lotus Notes, Photoshop, FileMakerPro, QuarkXpress, All Macintosh & Windows OS. Fluent understanding of HTML and web page design/production. Basic understanding of Director.
Foreign Language Conversational French. Some Spanish.
Miscellaneous Interests Photograhy. Travel. The outdoors.