Joel Rasmussen

Joel Rasmussen

3055 190^th Street

Goldfield, IA 50542

Cell  -  515-890-1076

joel.rasmussen@wartburg.edu

Objective                    To obtain a career May 2009

Education

2005 – Present             Wartburg College Waverly, IA

·        Current GPA 3.158 (on a 4.0 scale)

·        B.A. expected in May 2009

·        Business Administration

·        Marketing and Finance Concentrations

Work Experience

2007 – Present             Internship with Farm Credit Services of America

·        Worked as a Financial Specialist on loans and notes

·        First hand experience with ag-business scenarios

·        Communicated with farmers about business plans

·        Shadowed Financial Officer and other office roles

·        Involved in biweekly staff meetings

Summer 2007               Internship with Holmes Murphy and Associates

·        Held many daily responsibilities such as annual renewals &   booking endorsements

·        Worked with many sides of Property Causality Insurance

·        Hands on work with policies, accounts, and underwriters

·        I was trained and tested on commercial insurance concepts

2003 – 2006                Self-Employed Owner/Manager of Swine Finishing Enterprise

·        Daily monitoring of herd’s feed, water, and health

·        Arranged financing for enterprise each year

·        Herd size increased from 25 in 2003 to 409 in 2006

·        Goal was to efficiently manage swine operation       

Activities

·        Wartburg Cross Country

·        Wartburg Track and Field

·        4-H & FFA

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*References available on request