E-mail: karl@hiramoto.org
WWW: http://karl.hiramoto.org/
Ph: 508-517-4819
Objective
Seeking a full time computer engineering related position with the possibility for future advancement into management. Interests include: digital systems, embedded systems, robotics, electronics, computer programming, databases, network administration and WWW development.
Work
Experience
Employment Date: June 2000 to present
Job Title: Design Engineer
· Linux programming of applications & drivers. Software for production automation, database storage.
· Technologies used: Lonworks microprocessor, MySQL, PHP, Labview, C/C++, 8051 microprocessor, Linux and open source tools.
· System Administration of company servers: www, mail, firewall, backups, fileserver, printers, production.
· Systems Design
Employment Date: May 1996 to May 2000
Job Title: Student Programmer Analyst
· Programmed CGI in: Perl, C/C++, Java, Unix Shell Scripts
· Used Oracle 8.1.5. Wrote PL/SQL scripts.
· UNIX Platforms: IBM AIX (RS6000), Linux
· PC/Server hardware maintenance / upgrades.
· HTML
Job Length: May 1997 to May 2000
Job Title: Station Manager (1 Year), Station Engineer (1 Year), DJ
· Managed 80+ staff members and guided day to day operation.
· Station promotion, fundraising , public relations
· Engineer: Maintain studio hardware, FM transmitter repair and maintenance.
· DJ for three hour show since may 1997
· Wrote database program to hold information on 30,000+ albums at: http://smoke.sdsmt.edu/kteq/
Job Length: December 1997 to May 2000
Job Title: Co-owner / Promoter
· Advertising, bookings, purchasing, event planning, sound system setup, lighting setup, video setup.
· Website work at: http://www.zoop.org/
Education
· Graduated with a BS in Computer Engineering
· GPA 2.8/4.0 (over 3.0 in major)
· EIT - Engineer In Training certificate
Organizations
/ Activities
IEEE
· Active member fall 1997 to present.
· 3rd Place in 1999 Fire Fighting Robot Contest at the region 5 conference in Shreveport, Louisiana.
· 1st Place SDSM&T senior design contest Spring 1999. Represented school in Shreveport, Louisiana.
· 1st Place SDSM&T senior design contest Spring 2000. Represented school in St Louis Missouri.
· 1st Place in local robotics competition spring 1999.
· 1st Place junior design contest spring 1998.
· Worked on Fire Fighting Robot Contest spring 1998. Had best 1998 SDSM&T robot. Represented school at the region 5 conference in Ft. Worth TX.
· Experience Administrating a Linux/Unix Box since May 1996
· Managing 20+ users
· Setup/Install of Slackware, Mandrake, Debian, and Redhat Linux, XFree86, MySQL, mSQL, majordomo, mailman, POV-Ray, gcc, gnome, kde, PGP, Apache, PPP server, Oracle database server 8.1.5, & security software.
· Active member fall 1995 to 2000.
· Have given presentations on CGI, HTML, and Linux.
· Tech Freethought Society Member fall 1996 to present. (http://www.sdsmt.edu/student-orgs/tfs/ )
· Ski Club 1997 to 2000
· Connolly Hall Council Fall 1995 - Spring 1996
· Assisted in Drama Club sound system setup
· Active member fall 1993 to spring 1995.
· Competed on State and National Level. Represented school in Washington DC, Orlando FL, and Anaheim, CA
· Travel – A total of 21 countries on four continents and 35+ US States.
· Skiing, snowboarding, running, biking, swimming, boating, music, museums, computers.
References
Dr.
Brian Hemmelman
Electrical
and Computer Engineering Department SDSM&T
501
E. St. Joseph Street
Rapid
City, SD 57701
605-394-1219
Dave
Turner
High
Plains Center for Technology
501
E. St Joseph Street
Rapid
City, SD 57701
605-394-3387
Dan
Flynn
Frankenfeld
Economic Consultants
815
St Joseph Street
Rapid
City, SD 57701
605-348-8441
Dr. Neil Chamberlain
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
SDSM&T
KTEQ Advisor
501 E. St Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
605-394-2458
Timothy
Henderson
Vice
President Business &Administration SDSM&T
KTEQ
Advisor & TERC board member
501
E. St Joseph Street
Rapid
City, SD 57701
605-394-2371
Vickie
Bender
High
Plains Center for Technology
501
E. St Joseph Street
Rapid
City, SD 57701
605-394-1299