Contact:

Dan Rasmussen
(504) 208-1167
dan.rasmussen@gmail.com

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, JavaScript, ASP, Visual Basic, and Delphi; comfortable with C#, C++, PHP, Ruby, and XSLT.
• Hardware: Designed home intranet, built multiple computers from scratch.
• Operating Systems: Unix/Linux, Google Android, Windows (3.1, 9x, XP), MacOS X, and DOS.

Related Experience:

Programmer/Analyst
PlantGDB.org, Ames, IA. March 2009 - Sept 2010

• Made vast improvements in website availability, reliability, predictability, search engine friendliness, security, accessibility, documentation, page load speed, and reduction of broken links across hundreds of web pages
• Improved functionality and work flow for a complicated section of the website, enabling researchers and students to do what they do best, and reducing necessary maintenance time
• Engaged in knowledge sharing with colleagues of different backgrounds: they taught me about genetics as I helped them improve mastery of website technology

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, billing, and routes
• 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 Physics Department. Ames, IA. Spring 2002.
Administered web pages and gained exposure to Java Server Pages.

• Researched and evaluated software programs to determine suitability of use.