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 safe rigging- Operated the joystick controlled winch every show for aerial performance- Worked directly with aerialists to create and modify their acts to work with our automation

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