Name: Michael Carter.

Location: Roy C Hill Education Center/Technical Services.

Number of years with County Schools: 18 years.

Describe your position and the work that takes place in your office: My position as a network administrator has many roles. Providing guidance and direction for our helpdesk staff that does such a magnificent job of supporting our students, staff and teachers with all of their technology needs is high on the list. Other duties as assigned include working with districts and other programs such as CAHELP to advise and assist in integrating and maintaining technology for their specific programs. I also work with the TECH JPA group in the care and feeding of the myriad of servers that support the Financial2000 system.

How does your work support county students: We support students directly by ensuring that technology is accessible, functional and relevant. We regularly research, deploy and maintain technology ranging from the everyday computer appliances the public is familiar with and also assistive technology devices that are less well known to the general populace but enable our students with special needs to have the same types of access to technology in education. We indirectly support students by our everyday interactions with teachers and staff in the field.

Talk about your work as a newly published author: I have been a hobby photographer for many years. Macro (closeup) and nature photography is my happy place, although my current focus is leading me to portraiture. In my free time over the past two years, I have been sharing my photography with many other talented people around the world on Instagram. I developed quite a following not just for my photography, but also for the silly, humorous captions I would add to the photos. At the urging of many of my wonderful friends in the community I put together a book of my photos and the humorous captions titled, “WAIT FOR IT…” I self-published this 160-page coffee table book at the end of October. I am very proud of the book and am already planning for a second volume. You can see a bit of my inflated ego (in a silly way) in the book’s description:

“The only coffee table photography book, with a humorous twist you will ever need. A strikingly beautiful mélange of nature, portraits, and macro photography paired with thought provoking, quirky and funny observations from newly discovered humorist and American treasure, Michael Carter. Michael has burst onto the funny photo book scene with a fresh and original 160-page masterpiece that has turned this genre on its ear. Be dazzled by the gorgeous images while you feast on his undeniably bone tickling humor.”