Curriculum Vitae
This section of the site is devoted to my professional activities over the past ten years.
Work Experience
Below is a list of my employment history.
- May 2005 to Present
The Rapid City Journal
Employer: Debbie Renner (Show Email)
Position: Web/IT Developer- Web Application Development (PHP, MySQL, XML)
- Script/Automation Development (Perl)
- Web Site Layout (HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Graphical Design (Adobe Photoshop 8+)
- Information Management (FreeBSD)
- May 2001 to Present
Thomson Learning/Course Technology
Employer: Various Acquisitions Editors
Position: Freelance Technical Editor
Books Edited: - September 2004 to February 2005
Golden West Technologies
2727 North Plaza Drive, Rapid City, SD 57702, Phone: (605) 341-3283
Employer: Terisa Enstad (Show Email)
Position: Web Programmer- Web Application Development (PHP, MySQL, XML)
- CGI Development (Perl, C)
- Web Site Layout (HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Graphical Design (Adobe Photoshop 7+)
- February 2000 to September 2004
E-Net Information Services
505 7th Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, Phone: (605) 341-3638
Employer: Darren England (Show Email)
Position: IT Development/System Administration/Technical Support
- Webserver Administration (FreeBSD/Apache and IIS 5)
- Web Application Development (PHP, MySQL, XML)
- CGI Development (Perl, C)
- Web Site Layout (HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Graphical Design (Adobe Photoshop 7+)
- In-House Programming (C, C++)
- Telephone Technical Support
- August 1994 to February 2000
Gigglebee's Arcade/Restaurant
927 East North Street, Rapid City, SD 57701
Employer: Alan Patton
Position: Supervising Technician
- Responsible for hiring technical staff.
- Created schedule and duties for technical staff.
- Conducted primary electronic repair on machines.
- Advised purchase of new games and equipment.
Education
Below is a brief summary of my formal educational experience.
- College
1997 to 2007: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology- B.S. Computer Engineering, 3.2 GPA
- Strong emphasis on computer science, electrical engineering, math, and communications.
- Dean's List (numerous semesters)
- Technical Communications Outstanding Student (spring semester 2000)
- Member of the Hardrock Climbing Club and the UAV Team (aerial robotics)
- High School
1993 to 1997: Rapid City Central High School
Programming Languages
A large part of my experience is all the programming languages I've learned through the years. The following is a list of the languages in which I am either very proficient or familiar enough to apply to an industrial-grade solution.
- PHP (Zend), Perl, Lisp, SQL, Python, Tcl/Tk
- JavaScript/ECMAScript (AJAX)
- C, C++, Java
- SGML, XML, XHTML, HTML, CSS
- Perl-Compatible Regular Expression Syntax
- Document Object Model Interface Programming
- POSIX Socket-Level Network Programming (Written clients/daemons for: HTTP, SNMP, SMTP, FTP)
- Embedded C, ARM Assembly, PC/x86 Assembly, H8 Assembly, HDL
- MS Visual C++
- WSH (JScript/VBScript) and ASP (JScript/VBScript)
- Shell and Batch Scripting
- Flash/ActionScript
A wide range of example code can be found at code.zacharyhester.com
Software
One of my strengths is my flexibility in using most of the currently popular operating systems.
Operating Systems
- FreeBSD
- DragonFlyBSD
- Sun Solaris
- Red Hat Linux
- Debian Linux
- Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, and XP
- Mac OS X
Server/Management Applications
- Apache HTTPD
- MySQL DBMS
- Bind 8 and 9
- Sendmail
- ISC DHCP Server
- OpenBSD Packet Filter
- FreeBSD IPFIREWALL and NAT Daemon
- Samba File/Print Server
- NIS/NFS Network Servers
- SNMP/MRTG Network Monitoring
- Cisco IOS Management Interface
User Applications
- vi
- C Shell (csh)
- Mozilla Firefox
- OpenOffice.org
- Adobe Photoshop 7+
- Adobe Premier Pro
- Adobe LiveMotion
- Macromedia Flash
- Microsoft Excel
- MATLAB, PSpice, Mathcad
- Blender 3D, POV Ray
References
Please contact me for a list of complete contact information for the following references.
Dr. Michael J. Batchelder
SDSM&T Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Academic Advisor and Professor
Debbie Renner
Rapid City Journal - Current Employer
Christopher Donahue
Rapid City Journal - Coworker and Mentee
Rev. Michael Schultz
First Wesleyan Church - Pastor for past fifteen years
Interests
- Rock Climbing
- Classical and Rhythm Guitar
- Mountaineering
- Backpacking
- Mountain Biking
- Skiing
- Running
- Swimming
- Golf
- Robotics/B.E.A.M Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
- Parallel/Cluster Computing
- Linguistics and Etymology
- Photography and Videography