Gus Lindquist

Gustaf Lindquist
Phone: +1-612-978-2330
Email: gus@guslindquist.com

Gustaf Lindquist Controls/electrical engineer interested in PLC programming, building
integration, and LabVIEW development.
Education/Qualifications
•• M.S. Mechanical
Engineering, University of Employment History
Minnesota, Twin Cities Innovent Air Handling Equipment
•• 3.84 graduate school GPA Controls/Electrical Engineer II (August 2015-present)
•• B.A. Physics/Music, Controls Engineer I (April 2014-August 2015)
Gustavus Adolphus
College
•• Math minor • Create and maintain customized electrical schematics and PLC programming for control
•• 3.7 undergraduate GPA of industrial HVAC equipment.
• Generate bills of material.
Skills and Experience
•• PLC programming • Provide support on both phone and site for unit troubleshooting, startup, and building
o Carel (1tool/cSuite) integration.
o LabVIEW
o BacNET • Provide continuing process improvements.
•• Software development
• Review submittals and generate control sequences based on customers’ requirements.
o C++
o RealBASIC
o Java (J2EE)
o Javascript/JSP
o Powerbuilder (w/PFC) Graduate Work
o Visual Basic University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
•• Teaching assistant, tutor
•• MS Office
•• Database administration • Designed Brownian Dynamics simulation to build virtual thin films to investigate packing
density and roughness as a function of particle distribution parameters. Publication
Competencies submitted and pending.
•• Excellent written and • Built components for and maintained filtration design web application software.
oral communication
skills • Designed prototype Gasoline Particulate Filter
•• Collaborative Problem
Solver • Designed automated (LabVIEW) reverse pulse cleaning system and used for analysis of
•• Works well in teams filter media.
• Completed coursework in fluid mechanics (theoretical and computational), aerosol
engineering, controls, and numerical methods.

• Passed PhD qualification oral exams focusing on Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, and
Heat Transfer.
• Advised by Dr. Christopher Hogan, Jr and Dr. David Y. H. Pui.

Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
• 1/14-6/14 – Fluid Mechanics (lead TA)
o Present weekly recitations
o Write problem and solution sets
o Grading assignments and exams
o Hold regular and flexible office hours

Gustaf Lindquist
Phone: +1-612-978-2330
Email: gus@guslindquist.com

• 9/13 – 12/13 – Aerosol Engineering (lead TA)
o Similar duties to those for Fluid Mechanics above

• 1/12 – 5/12 – System Dynamics and Controls
o Similar but less involved duties to those courses above

Independently employed tutor
From the years 2009 to 2011 I supplemented my income as a tutor for high school and
college students. Subjects taught included Physics, Calculus, Differential Equations, basic
(high school) Chemistry.

Independently employed music teacher
Having taught my first trumpet lesson in 1992, I have intermittently taught small numbers of
students since. Typically I only hold 1 or 2 students, but at my peak I held 14 students.

Prior employment and accomplishments
Charter Solutions, Inc.

• Provided consulting services in the health insurance, marketing and transportation
industries. Key projects included:
o Developed and maintained client-server software for a major health insurance
provider. Application provided numerous reports and kept track of clients, claims, and
profiles.
o Assumed a lead roll in developing queries and reports as needed by company
administrators.
o Developed and maintained educational and training software for a confidential client.

Harmonic Systems, Inc.
• Software developer for a business to business development company. Responsibilities
included:
o Maintained software for monitoring credit card transactions for various clients.
o Constructed database driven login system to assign users varying degrees of
functionality depending on their level of security access.

Independent Consulting and Entrepreneurial Experience
• Constructed a unique cribbage game (using RealBASIC, an object oriented IDE) and
integrated product registration coding and an online vendor to handle purchase
transactions and issue registrations.
• Performed ad hoc system support, consulting, and program development for clients and
companies.

Freelance musician
• Toured from 2003-2011 as a professional musician.