William Keidel Email & Phone Number

Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States

Touring

Rigging and Automation with Cirque Du Soleil's touring big top show Bazzar.

United States

Cirque Dreams Holidaze is a fast paced US Bus and Truck Tour that runs for 6 weeks with many 1 day Load In/ Load outs.- Worked alongside Head Carpenter and Head Electrician to efficiently load in and out nightly.- Led local stagehands in the rigging of performance truss and guy line installation- Made daily on-the-fly venue specific decisions to secure.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Work with various different locals in Southern California and St. Louis. Locals 6, 504, and 614.

Turks And Caicos Islands

- Rigging and inspection of rigging equipment and the stage. - Implementing mechanical advantage systems for flying aerial circus performers in four unique shows at the Beaches Resort in Turks and Caicos.- Maintaining a safe work environment and ensuring general safety of aerial performers.- 6 month contract

Greater St. Louis Area

Circus Flora does approximately 40 shows in the month of June in St. Louis every year. - Hire and Manage Ring Crew/Tent Crew- Organize crew tasks for prop management during shows- Maintain cleanliness of the tent/lot

St. Louis, MO

Greater Los Angeles Area

Redlands, CA

- Rig aerial equipment in a safe manner for the Youth Circus Program- Inspect rigged equipment to ensure safety of performers- Manage the equipment storage area and ensure cleanliness- Promoted from Equipment Engineer 3 in January 2016

- Responsible for all aerial rigging in the big top tents- Maintain two big top tents on the camp grounds

Build and maintain websites for personal projects and for the CCAC (a non-profit organization supporting youth in the arts)

• Frontend and Backend Web Development in a fast paced Agile environment.
• Using OOP practices to write readable, DRY code.
• Working with various frameworks (Django, Angular), python libraries, and API's.
• Helping develop REST API
• Contructing ERDs to describe database implementation

Work alongside a General Contractor and assist in framing, plumbing, electrical, drywall, and other general construction tasks.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Science

Activities and Societies: ACM MemberStudied Algorithms, Data Structures, Artificial Intelligence, and Embedded Systems

Computer Science

Summer Study Abroad Program in which I studied Data Collection via Web Crawlers and the Python language and built a Python web crawler.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Men's Varsity Soccer Team