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Hunter Heimstead

Systems Administrator at As a systems administrator for Ashley Furniture Industries, I managed employee accounts within the Your Self-Service system and performed major and minor updates. My job also had me communicating with the software provider Infor to aid in system error correction.

  • University of Wisconsin-Stout
  • Cybersecurity
  • Menomonie, Wisconsin

Member since January 2023

About

Good Day, my name is Hunter Heimstead, and I am currently a student at UW-Stout. Before applying here at UW-Stout, I obtained two associate degrees at Chippewa Valley Technical College. After achieving both degrees, I worked for nearly three years at Ashley Furniture Industries, gaining proper working, leadership, and programming experience.

Education

  • Chippewa Valley Technical College

    Associate of Information Techonology - Mobile Developer

    2017 – 2019

  • Chippewa Valley Technical College

    Associate in Information Techonology - Software Developer

    2017 – 2019

Honors and awards

  • Dean's list

    For the Fall 2022 Semester at UW-Stout I was selected to be part of the deans list.

  • Transfer Student Scholarship

  • Ashley Furniture Scholarship

  • Hallie Optimist Scholarship

Goals and interests

Career goal

After I achieve my bachelor's degree, I plan to reenter the workforce as a cybersecurity worker with a plan to work on either the networking or programming side of cybersecurity.

Outside the classroom

Outside school, I fish, hunt, hike, play video games, watch movies, write, take long walks, and hang out with my friends.

Experience

  • Systems Administrator

    As a systems administrator for Ashley Furniture Industries, I managed employee accounts within the Your Self-Service system and performed major and minor updates. My job also had me communicating with the software provider Infor to aid in system error correction.

    Jun 2019 – Jul 2022

Volunteering

  • Teacher’s aid to assist teacher and children in completing activities, setup and taking down activities

    Zion Lutheran Church Cleghorn

    Jun 2011 – Jan 2017

  • Assist with performing, ushering, set painting, moving props, moving stage pieces into theaters (load in and strike), moving costumes to a new facility, and moving set parts into the performance area for shows and fundraiser events.

    Chippewa Valley Theater Guild

    Jun 2007 – Jan 2023

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced