Kosmas Chatzimichalis

Current

• Software Engineer at Oxygen8

Past

• IT Consultant at Visilogue Ltd
• Software Engineer at Protocus Ltd

Education

• The Open University

Connections

9 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Kosmas Chatzimichalis’s Summary

Degree educated software engineer, having 17 years experience in software development, 11 years database administration and development, and 9 years systems administration.

Experienced in customer liaison, design, testing, successful implementation and support of software applications.

Responsible for the research and provision of open source web solutions to day to day business problems such as schedule management, time and project management and content management systems.

Up-to-date on software and hardware developments.

Kosmas Chatzimichalis’s Specialties:

Ruby on Rails, Linux, MySQL, Apache, BDD, TDD, Python, Plone, Zope, PHP, Drupal, Wordpress

Kosmas Chatzimichalis’s Experience

• Software Engineer

  Oxygen8

  (Telecommunications industry)

  May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  * Development of telecoms web applications using Ruby on Rails with AJAX, MySQL and MsSQL.
  
  * Deployment with SVN, Capistrano, on a load balanced Apache server using Mongrel clustering.
  
  *Applications included udp messaging, call queuing system, number allocation, fax to email service, open/closed hours phone redirection and live call reporting interface.
  
  * C3 Telsis system interface. SMS system maintenance and development, using PHP, C++

• IT Consultant

  Visilogue Ltd

  (Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  November 2006 — February 2007 (4 months)

  * Development of traffic control remote monitoring application using Ruby on Rails and MySQL.
  
  * SVN and Capistrano deployment.
  
  * SMS and MySQL integration.
  
  * Installation and configuration of Trixbox/Asterisk PBX, and dialpan creation, for application and VoIP solution.

• Software Engineer

  Protocus Ltd

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2000 — August 2006 (6 years 3 months)

  * Development of CRM software program for the automotive industry using PHP, XML, CSS, Apache and MySQL.
  
  * Integration of PAF postcode and address management, and CarweB DVLA vehicle information into system.
  
  * SQL development and performance tuning.
  
  * Implementation of various applications in Plone, used for marketing campaigns, online vehicle service requests, vehicle evaluations.
  
  * Development of small scale projects in Ruby On Rails.
  
  * Configuration, maintenance and administration of Samba, Apache, Postfix, Zope, MySQL servers.
  
  * Setup backup, firewalls and security procedures and applied security updates and necessary patches.
  
  * Responsible for the IT R&D of the company.

Kosmas Chatzimichalis’s Education

• The Open University

  BSc (Hon) , Maths, Computing , 1995 — 1999

Additional Information

Kosmas Chatzimichalis’s Groups:

•    Ruby on Rails
•    Linux Networking Group - Midlands
•    RoR UK

Kosmas Chatzimichalis’s Contact Settings

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