Dakota Horstman
Automation Systems Engineer
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolDakota Horstman is an Automation Systems Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building embedded, full-stack, and desktop applications that support mission-critical operations. Skilled in Python, C++, JavaScript, and Java, Dakota leverages frameworks like PyQt, Kivy, Django, and Flask to deliver robust tooling and automation at DuraTech Industries since 2018. Self-taught beyond an Associate’s in Network and System Administration, he blends hardware familiarity (Arduino, WPILib) with software craftsmanship to bridge device-level control and user-facing systems. Known for a pragmatic, bottom-line focus, he treats knowledge as a shared resource—contributing practical solutions that scale across teams and reduce operational risk.
9 years of coding experience
Associate's degree, Network and System Administration/Administrator, Associate's degree, Network and System Administration/Administrator at Western Technical College
Github Skills (200)
python10
image-processing10
handwriting-recognition10
classifier10
deep-learning10
visual-studio10
gpu10
cyrillic10
arabic10
nvidia-docker10
latin10
linux10
disable10
editor10
scene-text10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ponoor/python-step-series
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
A Python library for OSC communication with the Ponoor Step-series devices.
Contributions:3 releases, 2 PRs, 180 pushes in 1 year 2 months
python-librarypythoncommunicationosc
HolmenRoboticsTeam/2023-Charged-Up
Jan 2023 - Feb 2023
The source code powering our robot for 2023 Charged Up!
Contributions:25 reviews, 20 PRs, 22 pushes in 23 days
roboticsrobot
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