Academic Reseracher / Indemendent IT Consultant and Developer
Australia
Academic Reseracher / Indemendent IT Consultant and Developer
Australia
ACADEMIC:
Main: Complex systems, ALife.
Other: quality in IT business processes, software design patterns.
PROFESSIONAL:
In large: IT consulting, software architecture, business process analysis / program management, IT project management, software design.
In detail: software architecture, business analysis, software design, UML, J2EE, JSP, other Java technologies, C#, .Net, WCF, PowerShell, C++, web design & marketing, SEO, PHP, XHTML, XML, CSS, MySQL, Apache, and various others.
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)
May 2006 — Present (2 years 8 months)
* I am a PhD student at Monash University.
* My main research interests include Artificial Life, Evolutionary Computation and Natural Evolution.
* I am also interested in Software Engineering and Modelling of Business Processes.
* So far, my PhD research has lead to 10 publications in international journals and conferences.
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)
* Since early 2006 I have shifted my professional concentration from the IT business to academic research, however I continue looking after a number of my previous company’s clients.
* I also continue working on new projects where I provide consulting and software design services as well as programming services on contract or part-time basis.
* My areas of expertise include: business process analysis, software design, UML, J2EE, JSP, other Java technologies, C++, web-based enterprise systems, web marketing, SEO, web design, PHP, XHTML, XML, CSS, MySQL, Apache, and various others.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
August 2008 — November 2008 (4 months)
* During this fixed-term employment I investigated and assessed the architectural consequences of using specific emerging in-house technologies in the next version of Microsoft's "Essential Business Server" product.
* I worked with various in-house developer teams to determine how the application of specific proprietary technologies will impact the overall architecture of the product; developed prototypes to demonstrate the findings; and presented the results to senior product management.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 2 months)
* I was a partner in the company and acted as the CTO.
* The company advised small and middle size businesses on integration of IT systems into their business processes. We also advised on internet marketing strategies.
* The company also provided realisation support for clients’ IT projects throughout the entire lifecycle from requirement capturing and profitability analysis through to implementation and maintenance.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 2005 — March 2006 (4 months)
* In addition to working for my own company I have worked as a technical project manager and software developer for this large multimedia company on a contract basis.
* My responsibilities included strategic management of the companies’ technical infrastructure, and participation in a number of client projects.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2005 — February 2006 (1 year)
* My company advised small and middle size businesses on integration of IT systems into their business processes. We also advised on internet marketing strategies.
* My company provided realisation support for clients’ IT projects throughout the entire lifecycle from requirement capturing and profitability analysis through to implementation and maintenance.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2005 — August 2005 (6 months)
* The company is a leading German software systems integrator for DMS-solutions. They support large corporate clients in areas such as high-volume scanning, inbound document processing, workflows and integration of ERP-systems.
* I worked at the company as a consultant, within the scope of co-operation between Foxray and my own company.
* I was responsible for sales activities and execution of consulting projects for clients. I also provided technical support within integration projects.
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)
August 2004 — November 2004 (4 months)
* I have worked on the EGSO-project (European Grid of Solar Observations) as a software engineer.
* EGSO addresses the problem of combining heterogeneous data from scattered archives of observations into a single virtual dataset. It also provides catalogues of solar features and observation data including search and visualisation tools for data browsing.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Research industry)
November 2003 — May 2004 (7 months)
* The company is a spin-off from the Computer Science Department of UCL, commercialising technologies researched by the Software Systems Engineering Group.
* I worked for the company within the scope of my MSci dissertation project at the university.
* My role was to research, design and implement new algorithms used for Schema-valid processing of XML-formatted data.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JPM; Banking industry)
July 2003 — September 2003 (3 months)
* The company is one of the world largest global financial services firms. I worked in the European head offices in London.
* I completed a 10 weeks summer internship in the Investment Banking Operations Department of the company. My responsibilities included software design and development, as well as research.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)
October 2002 — March 2003 (6 months)
* The company is an overseas based branch of the UK Casino chain Palace Leisure Ltd. I held the post of the chief technical officer (CTO).
* My responsibility was to lead the internet business branch of the company. I was responsible for the strategic development of the business area. In particular, I was concerned with online marketing, partner relationships and customer support.
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)
June 2002 — August 2002 (3 months)
* In the summer after the 2nd year of my degree I worked as a research assistant at one of the world leading universities.
* I was involved in research on memory allocation techniques for mobile devices. My responsibilities included implementing new algorithms and analysing their performance.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 2000 — March 2002 (1 year 5 months)
* The company is an IT solutions provider concentrating on web-enabled software solutions. I held the post of a part-time software developer.
* My responsibilities in this position included software engineering and application development. I was also involved in internet marketing consulting.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1997 — August 2000 (3 years 8 months)
* During school I had various part-time IT jobs.
* My responsibilities included software development, internet site development and promotion, and software localisation.
PhD, Computer Science, Evolutionary Computation, 2006 — 2009 (expected)
Master's, Computer Science, October 2000 — June 2004
Abitur, Secondary school education, August 1995 — July 1999
School education March 1993 — June 1995