About

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April 13, 2008

My name is Mike McCoy and GraduateWithAProfit.com is my site dedicated to providing students knowledge on ways they can in fact graduate with a profit and make money while in school/college. I am an avid entrepreneur and want to share my thoughts, ideas, and knowledge to others in hopes that they can turn a profit and grasp the excitement of being an entrepreneur in school.

About Me - Previous Work Experience

I currently live in Columbia, Maryland and have lived there for about 15 years. I received my first computer at the age of ten and self taught myself everything I know today. When I was twelve, I created a website about a PC Game (StarCraft) which received enough web traffic to be sponsored by TeknoSurf.com which is now known as Advertising.com. I received my very first check for my traffic for about $255 which I attribute much of my interest in the internet because of this.

I attended River HIll High School where I was enrolled in the Technology Magnet Program studying Data Communications. While in school, I was the Founder and President of an announcements/broadcasting club. I was featured in a local newspaper article for increasing school spirit and finding my high school hobby.

At the same time, I started a computer consulting hobby/business; McCoy Computer Assistance, at the age of 15. I became CompTIA A+ Certified and CompTIA Net+ Certified before I graduated high school. I advertised in my local neighborhood newsletter, email newsletter to clients, and newspaper advertisements. I was so busy at times that I had to turn away business because I was a one man shop. After I graduated high school, I was recruited to work at Geeks on Call as the youngest franchise employee. I spent the summer interning with the company where I gained more business exposure and broadened my technical skills also.

I attended Howard Community College my freshman year in college where I continued my computer consulting business. Again, I was featured in a local newspaper article that highlighted my young entrepreneurial spirit and technical skills. It was this article that landed me an internship with the Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL).

I interned at the JHU-APL for two years; my freshman and sophomore summer vacations. The first year I was in the Business Services Department where I did internal website design and coding for the Accounting group. The second year I was recruited into the Classified Information Systems Security Office (CISSO) where I researched the vulnerabilities of virtual machine software (VMWARE) with Linux and Windows.

For my final internship, I was recruited to work at Lockheed Martin’s Corporate Headquarters in Bethesda, MD. While I worked here, I worked in the Account Management (AM) department and also had a side proejct with a group called Creative Central (CC). For my work within AM, I helped map and improve the business process of how the interaction between Account Managers, System Engineers and Service Delivery Managers worked. I created a flowchart that layed out the process that a project goes through, the different phases, who needs to be contacted, and maintainence issues. For my work within CC, I was the team lead of an eight person intern team that was responsible for researching, developing, and presenting a prototype system for increased communication. My mentors were so impressed, I was flown to Orlando, FL to give the presentation live to upper management.

Education

I will be graduating from Radford University in May 2008 with a Bachellors of Science degree in Information Systems and a minor in Business Administration.

While attending RU, I have been involved in many extra curricular activities: Collegiate Entrepreneurs, Student Government, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.

Collegiate Entrepreneurs (CE) - President
While with CE, I was responsible for leading a group of motivated student entrepreneurs. The club was my passion for both in, and out of school. I was responsible for many accomplishments during my term on the Executive Board: