Michael Taggart

Michael Taggart is the Vice President at Northern Continental Logistics (NCL), based in New Albany, Indiana.12 He has been with NCL since 1999 and has held the position of Vice President since January 2016.1

Taggart has 28 years of experience in the transportation industry.2 He graduated from the University of Evansville with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, achieving a GPA of 3.88.1

Career at NCL

Before becoming Vice President, Taggart served as the Director of IT at NCL from December 1999 to January 2016.1 In his current role, he is involved in:

• Product development
• IT management
• Customer resources
• Setting the company's direction

Taggart is focused on making it easier for clients to do business with NCL and expanding the company's capabilities.1

Technical Expertise

Taggart has a strong background in software development and IT:

• He wrote an Ajax library for rapid prototyping and web data entry
• He is versed in several web and database development languages
• At NCL, he developed a PHP library for fast data entry, quick reporting, and product development
• He has implemented web-based solutions for accounting, audit, routing, analysis, client tools, charts, sales CRM, and HR12

Other Achievements

Outside of his work at NCL, Taggart has:

• Authored five books on digital photography and photo manipulation using Photoshop
• Published two urban-fantasy novels on Amazon and Kindle
• Copyrighted two software programs
• Won the Best Engineering Design Project award for a program he wrote in university2