Dan Nielsen

Senior Software Developer,
Senior Systems Administrator

Personal Profile

Systems administrator and software developer with over 20 years experieince in delivering SAAS products and retail MIS / POS support. Known as a patient developer and admin capable of taking a broad view of complete systems and for guiding junior developers and admins.

Work Experience

Senior Software Developer, Senior Systems Administrator - Reachmail Holdings, Llc.

March 2007 - Present

Oversight of all development and system administration for an email SAAS provider. As a systems admin, responsible for administration of end-user and internal databases, internal networking and hosts, and administration of security and netowrking hardware. As senior software developer, ensure that coding guidelines and standards are followed, perform code reviews, plan and excute development of new features.

Software Developer, Systems Administrator - Guitar Center, Inc.

July 1999 - March 2007

After a time as store operations manager, moved to IT / MIS on grand opening team. As part of grand opening IT, responsible for installation and setup of networking hardware in new stores. After a move to corporate MIS, responsible for systems administration of store POS systems and maintenance of POS software.

Technical
Skills

  • Linux / BSD system administration
  • Windows Administration
  • Microsoft SQL Server administration
  • PostgreSQL Server administration
  • Postfix / Exim MTA administration
  • C / C# .NET
  • Python
  • Shell scripting
  • Cisco IOS administration

Education

Oak Park and River Forest High School

1995 - 1999

Graduated with 3.8 GPA from TechTrack. TechTrack was a course set designed for students interested in trades and technology.