William Knechtel Email & Phone Number

United States

Buhler, Kansas, United States

Owner of a boutique Coffee Shop and Deli located in the idyllic downtown of rural Buhler, KS. We're well known regionally for handcrafted meals and delectable from-scratch desserts served with a smile in our warm, rustic environment.

Lenexa, Kansas, United States

Led small outsourced team in the implementation of Magento 2.3.x in Magento's Commerce Cloud service. Managed CI/CD and helped team implement best practices in source control and CI/CD workflow. Developed Docker-based environments for use in developing Magento 2.x community and Magento Enterprise Cloud. These were designed to be deeply integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio Code and run well on Windows 10 Pro, Hyper-V, and Docker Desktop.Wrote a depth-first single-domain web… Show more Led small outsourced team in the implementation of Magento 2.3.x in Magento's Commerce Cloud service. Managed CI/CD and helped team implement best practices in source control and CI/CD workflow. Developed Docker-based environments for use in developing Magento 2.x community and Magento Enterprise Cloud. These were designed to be deeply integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio Code and run well on Windows 10 Pro, Hyper-V, and Docker Desktop.Wrote a depth-first single-domain web crawler in C# utilizing headless Selenium to act as a cache warmer. Modified extant shipping software solution (in C#) to utilize Magento and third-party shipping API for rate quoting, label printing, and shipment notifications. Show less

Hutchinson, Ks

Developed public-facing and internal utility websites using a variety of frameworks and languages, including Ruby, PHP, Ruby on Rails, WordPress, and Magento Enterprise Edition. Planned and implemented a web hosting environment that included load-balanced, highly available, performant web and database servers. Maintained source code utilizing the git SCM and the gitolite git server. Developed utilities in VB.NET to transfer data between in-store point of sale systems and their… Show more Developed public-facing and internal utility websites using a variety of frameworks and languages, including Ruby, PHP, Ruby on Rails, WordPress, and Magento Enterprise Edition. Planned and implemented a web hosting environment that included load-balanced, highly available, performant web and database servers. Maintained source code utilizing the git SCM and the gitolite git server. Developed utilities in VB.NET to transfer data between in-store point of sale systems and their online counterparts, as well as a data conglomeration system used to marry sales data from multiple business units into a unified database. Developed embedded software in C that targets the Atmel AVR microprocessor in order to control a wood pellet cooking system. Performed systems and network administration duties when needed. Show less

Las Cruces, Nm

Built and administered corporate network and servers. Administered Active Directory domain for file and printer sharing as well as access control and client management. Utilized virtualization and automated tape backup libraries to consolidate resources and establish readiness for disaster recovery. Administered web servers running Linux and Solaris operating systems. Developed and maintained public-facing informational and e-commerce websites as well as utility websites… Show more Built and administered corporate network and servers. Administered Active Directory domain for file and printer sharing as well as access control and client management. Utilized virtualization and automated tape backup libraries to consolidate resources and establish readiness for disaster recovery. Administered web servers running Linux and Solaris operating systems. Developed and maintained public-facing informational and e-commerce websites as well as utility websites primarily using Ruby and the Ruby on Rails framework.Developed custom genetic analysis software used to statistically compare a given genetic profile with those from populations around the world in order to determine likely ancestral origins. Designed all marketing marketing material and product packaging. Show less

Las Cruces, Nm

Streamlined the efficiency and responsiveness of the Physical Science Laboratory’s helpdesk and supported over 300 client workstations. Improved the stability and redundancy of the computing and network services provided to the lab using high-availability failover systems and virtualization. Administered FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 servers. Programmed utilities in PHP and Java in order to ease the migration of accounting systems. Built… Show more Streamlined the efficiency and responsiveness of the Physical Science Laboratory’s helpdesk and supported over 300 client workstations. Improved the stability and redundancy of the computing and network services provided to the lab using high-availability failover systems and virtualization. Administered FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 servers. Programmed utilities in PHP and Java in order to ease the migration of accounting systems. Built a custom Linux distribution from scratch. Show less