Weston L. Steimel

Permanent Address [email protected] Current Address 505 Central Ave 785-223-3287 2400 Greenbriar Dr, Apt D Hoyt, KS 66440 Manhattan, KS 66502 USA USA

EDUCATION Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Bachelor of Science in Computer Science GPA 3.478/4.00 Anticipated Graduation: May 2012

WORK Engineer EXPERIENCE Surface Systems and Instruments, LLC, Manhattan, KS February 2011 - Present • Convert codebase for existing road profiling systems in C++ to .NET • Develop and implement large dataset analysis techniques for Validation Engine software • Utilize parallelism to increase program functionality and optimize existing analysis algorithms • Develop interfaces for real time data collection and processing • Review committed code and provide feedback • Develop solutions to address customer issues or to adapt to new requirements

MacTech Manager Student Publications, Inc., Manhattan, KS November 2007 – February 2011 • Managed team of three techs supporting a network of approximately 50 Macintosh computers • Maintained three Apple X-Serves and a RAID storage array • Provided AFP/FTP filesharing services using an OpenDirectory LDAP authentication server • Provided network backup service via Time Machine and custom Rsync scripts • Maintained written documentation of troubleshooting experiences to assist future employees • Made purchasing recommendations, kept inventory, and installed new software or equipment • Implemented Zimbra Collaboration Suite open source edition for department email • Improved MS Excel macro for compiling information for the KSU Campus Phonebook • Implemented DeployStudio for mass distribution of machine images

District Network Technician May 2008 – August 2008 Fort Larned USD 495, Larned, KS January 2007 - August 2007 • Installed fiber optic cable and new switches in newer schools to increase network speed • Assisted in implementation of FileWave as new application and update management tool • Assisted in implementation of mobile home directories for teachers with laptop computers • Re-imaged old computers using newly implemented NetBoot service • Installed several new student computer labs

SKILLS • Proficient in C#, Java, and C/C++ with a fair amount of experience using Python, HTML, and XML • Extensive experience developing with and administering Mac OS X systems and significant development experience with Windows and platforms • Extensive experience using Visual Studio 2008/2010 • Experience using SVN for and revision control • Experience using , NetBeans, , GCC and other open source development tools and compilers • Experience with multi-threading to optimize performance while operating on large data sets • Experience with User Interface design for commercial software using • Some experience with relational database programming using MySQL

ACTIVITIES • Kansas State University Chi Alpha Campus Ministries August 2007 - Present • Kansas State University ACM Chapter March 2010 - Present • Manhattan First Assembly of God Hospitality Team 2009 - Present • Teen Reach Adventure Camp Coach Summer 2010 • Royal Family Kids Camp Counselor Summer 2009 • Santa Fe Trail Center Volunteer Summer 2006

REFERENCES Available upon request