John Mcfarland
System Administrator
Pullman, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Mcfarland is a seasoned IT professional with 12 years managing infrastructure and systems across higher education institutions in Pullman, Washington. He progressed from server operations and network engineering roles at the University of Idaho to leading infrastructure and systems at Washington State University Foundation, and now serves as a System Administrator back at the University of Idaho. His mechanical engineering background gives him a pragmatic, systems-thinking approach to IT operations and research computing support. Known for bridging hands-on technical work with supervisory responsibilities, he excels at keeping complex campus systems reliable while supporting academic research needs. Colleagues value his steady leadership during upgrades and migrations and his ability to translate technical trade-offs for non-technical stakeholders.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
B.S.M.E, Mechanical Engineering, B.S.M.E, Mechanical Engineering at University of Idaho
Github Skills (2)
ide7
arduino6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (2)
john-b-schneider/uFDTD
Dec 2015 - Dec 2022
Content for "Understanding the FDTD Method" by John B. Schneider
Contributions:16 commits, 8 PRs, 15 pushes in 7 years
methodunderstandingfdtdjohn
chipKIT32/chipKIT32-MAX
Oct 2013 - Oct 2013
Multi-platform IDE derived version from Arduino 0022 for the chipKit.
Contributions:4 commits in 14 days
arduinoide
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