Greg Paperin

Academic Reseracher / Independent IT Consultant and Developer

Melbourne Area, Australia

Current
  • Academic Reseracher at Monash University
  • Freelance IT consultant & developer (Self-employed)
Past
  • Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
  • Chef Technical Officer / Partner at Grimarion Ltd.
  • Web project manager at Kiwi Repro 68 Interaktive Medien GmbH
  • Managing director / Owner at Sol-C Technology Ltd.
  • Consultant at Foxray AG
  • Research Fellow at University College London
  • Research Fellow at Systemwire Ltd.
  • Backoffice Software Developer Intern at JP Morgan Chase & Co.
  • Head of Online Business / CTO at Palatial Leisure Ltd.
  • Research Assistant at University College London
  • Software Developer at Merchant Internet Ltd.
  • Part-time IT assistant at Jourist Verlags GmbH
Education
  • Monash University
  • University College London
  • Gymnasium Tonndorf
  • Hans-Geiger-Gymnasium
Connections
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Industry
Information Technology and Services
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Greg Paperin’s Summary

Greg Paperin’s Specialties:

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.


Greg Paperin’s Experience

  • Academic Reseracher

    Monash University

    (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

    May 2006Present (3 years 7 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.

  • Freelance IT consultant & developer

    Self-employed

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

    February 2006Present (3 years 10 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.

  • Software Development Engineer

    Microsoft

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

    August 2008November 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.

  • Chef Technical Officer / Partner

    Grimarion Ltd.

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

    June 2006July 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.

  • Web project manager

    Kiwi Repro 68 Interaktive Medien GmbH

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    December 2005March 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.

  • Managing director / Owner

    Sol-C Technology Ltd.

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

    March 2005February 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.

  • Consultant

    Foxray AG

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

    March 2005August 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.

  • Research Fellow

    University College London

    (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)

    August 2004November 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.

  • Research Fellow

    Systemwire Ltd.

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Research industry)

    November 2003May 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.

  • Backoffice Software Developer Intern

    JP Morgan Chase & Co.

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JPM; Banking industry)

    July 2003September 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.

  • Head of Online Business / CTO

    Palatial Leisure Ltd.

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)

    October 2002March 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.

  • Research Assistant

    University College London

    (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)

    June 2002August 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.

  • Software Developer

    Merchant Internet Ltd.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    November 2000March 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.

  • Part-time IT assistant

    Jourist Verlags GmbH

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

    January 1997August 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.


Greg Paperin’s Education

  • Monash University

    PhD , Computer Science, Evolutionary Computation , 20062009

  • University College London

    Master's , Computer Science , October 2000June 2004

  • Gymnasium Tonndorf

    Abitur , Secondary school education , August 1995July 1999

  • Hans-Geiger-Gymnasium

    School education March 1993June 1995


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