Giacomo Lacava

Principal Support Engineer, Web Developer

United Kingdom

Current
  • Principal Support Engineer at Oracle
  • Web Developer (Self-employed)
Past
  • Support Engineer at Manpower for IBM
  • Web Developer at Voodoo UK
  • Web Developer at Brainforce Sofware Italia S.p.a.
Connections
46 connections
Industry
Computer Software
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Giacomo Lacava’s Summary

Web and Application Developer, Support Engineer, System Administrator for small-to-large organizations.

Specialized in Oracle|Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management.

Experienced in all aspects of software and web development, especially interested in Python, Qt, linux/bsd, agile development, automated testing and web technologies. Can manage small teams when required.

Passionate about technology, very fast learner, constantly looking for new tools to improve productivity. Java certified.

Giacomo Lacava’s Specialties:

Hyperion, EPM, Hyperion Financial Management, VmWare, Python, Java, Qt, django, Test-Driven Development (TTD), Agile development, WebLogic, Linux, BSD.


Giacomo Lacava’s Experience

  • Principal Support Engineer

    Oracle

    (Public Company; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

    September 2005Present (4 years 3 months)

    Infrastructure support for application servers (Websphere, Weblogic, Oracle AS, Tomcat), RDBMS (Oracle, SQLServer, DB2) and directory servers / domain controllers (MSAD, Sun, Novell, openLDAP).
    Application support on Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management applications (Hyperion Financial Management, SharedServices, System9/BI+, Reports/Financial Reporting) based on Java, JSP, DCOM, and ASP.

  • Web Developer

    Self-employed

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

    April 1999Present (10 years 8 months)

    Web development and design for small companies.

    Technologies used: Python (including Django, PSP), Java (JSP, J2EE), PHP, ASP, Javascript, XML, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Flash, Photoshop, GIMP.

    I prefer to work on Linux when possible.

  • Support Engineer

    Manpower for IBM

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2004September 2005 (1 year 9 months)

    Support for hosting operations (mainly Websphere).
    Support for desktop deployments in large organizations.

  • Web Developer

    Voodoo UK

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2003January 2004 (3 months)

    Web development - PHP, ASP, Javascript, MySQL.

  • Web Developer

    Brainforce Sofware Italia S.p.a.

    (Computer Software industry)

    June 2002August 2003 (1 year 3 months)

    Web development - JSP, ASP, .NET, Javascript, XML, html, Oracle 8/9, SQLServer.


Additional Information

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Giacomo Lacava’s Interests:

python, linux, comedy, comicbooks, literature

Giacomo Lacava’s Groups:

Python North-West user group, Python UK Society, Manchester Linux User Group

  •    Python Community
  •    GeekUp
  •    Django
  •    Hyperion EPM
  •    Hyperion
  •    Hyperion Users & Developers Group
  •    HFM Administrators
  •    ORACLE CONNECTIONS
  •    Hyperion - HSF - HFM Professionals - Worldwide
  •    Hyperion Solutions Alumni

Giacomo Lacava’s Contact Settings

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  • career opportunities
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  • job inquiries
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