Giacomo Lacava

Current

• Senior Support Engineer at Oracle
• Web Developer (Self-employed)

Past

• Support Engineer at Manpower for IBM
• Web Developer at Voodoo UK
• Web Developer at BrainForce S.p.A. (previously Tema S.D.I.)

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Recommended

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Connections

20 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Blog
• Python North-West
• KDelicious

Giacomo Lacava’s Summary

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

Python, Java, Qt, django, Test-Driven Development (TTD), Agile development, WebSphere, Linux, BSD.

Giacomo Lacava’s Experience

• Senior Support Engineer

  Oracle

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; HYSL; Computer Software industry)

  September 2005 — Present (2 years 9 months)

  Infrastructure support for application servers (Websphere, Weblogic, Oracle AS, Tomcat), RDBMS (Oracle, SQLServer) and directory servers / domain controllers (MSAD, Sun, Novell, openLDAP).
  Application support on Hyperion financial applications (HFM, System9/Avalanche, Reports/Financial Reporting) based on Java, JSP, DCOM, and ASP.

• Web Developer

  Self-employed

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

  April 1999 — Present (9 years 2 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 2004 — September 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 2003 — January 2004 (3 months)

  Web development - PHP, ASP, Javascript, MySQL.

• Web Developer

  BrainForce S.p.A. (previously Tema S.D.I.)

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 3 months)

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

Additional Information

Giacomo Lacava’s Websites:

• My Blog
• Python North-West
• KDelicious

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 member
•    GeekUp member

Giacomo Lacava’s Contact Settings

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