Dan Rasmussen					      
(515) 290-4661
dan.rasmussen@gmail.com						                

2808 Arbor St.
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 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. November 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 - February 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. October 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.