Christopher Michaelis

Current

Technical Engineer at WestHost, Inc.
Senior Software Engineer at Idaho State University - Idaho Falls Spatial Sciences Laboratory

Past

Assistant Director of IT Services at Pioneer Newspapers
Windows Programmer at Utah State University Environmental Management Group
Technical Support Representative; System Administrator at WestHost, Inc

CEO; Windows Programmer; System Administrator at Pretium Corporation

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Education

Idaho State University
Utah State University

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Industry

Computer Software

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Christopher Michaelis’s Summary

I am a Technical Engineer with WestHost, Inc., where I perform a variety of programming and administration tasks on Linux servers.

I received a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Utah State University in spring of 2005, and a master's degree in Geographic Information Science from Idaho State University in spring of 2007.

I also perform several private consulting services, including computer troubleshooting and repair, networking, custom Windows™ programming and custom web programming.

Christopher Michaelis’s Specialties:

My specialties include Geographic Information System (GIS) software, educational software and database programming.

Christopher Michaelis’s Experience

Technical Engineer

WestHost, Inc.

(Internet industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

Assisting in the development, administration and operations of enterprise-class web hosting services using Linux, with a 99.9% uptime. Working with dozens of technologies and languages including BASH, Perl, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sendmail, Apache, C and C++, among others.
Senior Software Engineer

Idaho State University - Idaho Falls Spatial Sciences Laboratory

(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

I perform a great deal of Windows programming and Linux system administration. I contribute heavily to the continued development and maintenance of MapWindow GIS, which I had worked on previously while employed by Utah State University. I make extensive use of Microsoft's Visual Studio, including C++, C# and VB.Net. I focus mainly on geospatial software and geospatial algorithms. I also maintain several web sites using PHP and ASP.Net.
Assistant Director of IT Services

Pioneer Newspapers

(Newspapers industry)

July 2007 — March 2008 (9 months)

Monitoring, optimizing and maintaining Linux, Mac OS X and Windows servers. Developing monitoring systems to strive for a 24/7 uptime of all critical services. Developing high-performance PHP and Perl web applications.
Windows Programmer

Utah State University Environmental Management Group

(Government Agency; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 2002 — July 2005 (2 years 11 months)

I created enterprise data analysis tools for water-related modeling and prediction, and I created high-performance database management tools. I used a variety of languages including C#, VB.NET, C++ and T-SQL. I served in a lead programming role in a variety of projects.
Technical Support Representative; System Administrator

WestHost, Inc

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

February 2005 — June 2005 (5 months)

I provided a great variety of technical support and system administration services to thousands of clients, working with Linux and Windows.
CEO; Windows Programmer; System Administrator

Pretium Corporation

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

April 1996 — April 2002 (6 years 1 month)

I served as the Chief Executive Officer for Pretium Corporation for two years prior to the sale of the company. I produced Windows programs for commercial use using Microsoft Visual Studio 6 and SQL Server, also using Seagate Crystal Reports and InstallShield Professional. I maintained company hardware, including all software and hardware support and Windows Server administration.

Christopher Michaelis’s Education

Idaho State University

MS , Geographic Information Science , 2005 — 2007

Emphasis in GIS Development.
Utah State University

BS , Computer Science , 2001 — 2005

Emphasis in Information Systems Development and Networking.