Resume
February 24, 2009: I've just found employment at Iowa State University, where I'll be putting my skills to work on an NSF-funded project. Once I'm settled into that, I may consider taking on small contract projects.
I'm not always stellar at keeping this page fresh. Let me know if you'd like an update.
Resume last updated: January 22, 2009.
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Contact:
Dan Rasmussen
(515) 290-4661
dan.rasmussen@gmail.com
2808 Arbor Street
Ames,
IA
50014
Education:
- Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Major: German
Bachelor of Arts, Fall 2005 - Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany
2002-2003, Study abroad through the International Student Exchange Program
Technical Skills:
- Languages: Extensive knowledge of HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, PHP, SQL, ASP, Visual Basic, and Delphi; comfortable with JavaScript, Python, C#, C++, Ruby, and XSLT.
- Hardware: Computer building and maintenance. Wired/wireless networking and intranet setup. Printing.
- Operating Systems: Unix/Linux, Windows (3.1, 9x, XP), MacOS X, and DOS.
Related Experience:
Business Operator
Cycles Recycling. Ames, IA. April 2007 - June 2008
- Involved in all aspects of running a curbside recycling company: intense physical labor, customer service, billing, purchases, route planning, and hardware maintenance.
- Managed a total of four employees: hiring, training, payroll, schedules, etc.
- Created a database and web-based interface to keep track of customers, routes, schedules, and billing.
- Created a website for the company.
Webmaster and Chief Technologist
Fallon for Governor Campaign. Des Moines, IA. Nov. 2004 - May 2005.
- Redesigned campaign website in time for the gubernatorial announcement rally, making it accessible and much more useful.
- Set up email and internet/intranet, ensured data security and proper operation of campaign computers.
Conversion Analyst
RuffaloCODY. Ames, IA. May 2004 - Feb. 2005.
- Worked with data transformations using Oracle. Wrote and maintained documentation.
C# Developer and Web Developer
Iowa State University's Virtual Reality Applications Center
Ames, IA. Oct. 2003 - April 2004.
- Using C#, co-developed a trust-based file sharing and searching application.
Visual Basic Intern and Intranet Development Intern
MemberWorks (now called Vertrue
). Omaha, NE. Summer 2002.
- Used Visual Basic to successfully rebuild a system monitoring program for monitoring server response times across the company network from Montreal, Houston and Omaha and send notifications when necessary.
- Designed and implemented a program which used census data to associate a gender with first names. This data was used to support the company's marketing division.
- Created an intranet site to simplify filing reports, using HTML, ASP and JavaScript.
Assistant to System Support Specialist
Iowa State University Department of Physics and Astronomy. Ames, IA. Spring 2002.
- Administered web pages and gained exposure to Java Server Pages.
- Researched and evaluated software programs to determine suitability of use.
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