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 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, 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 site availability, reliability, predictability, search engine friendliness, security, accessibility, documentation, page load speed, and reduction of broken links across hundreds of pages * Improved functionality and work flow for a complicated section of the site, enabling researchers and students to do what they do best, and significantly reduced 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, 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.