
Perl, XML
Prato Area, Italy

Perl, XML
Prato Area, Italy
Experienced SGML/XML consultant, from data conversion and simple publishing system to massive tech pub databases and editing systems.
Perl programmer, author of the XML::Twig module, amongst others.
Web Site: http://xmltwig.com
XML, SGML, Electronic Publishing, Data Conversion, Perl
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
July 2000 — Present (9 years 5 months)
I work mostly for my former company, the IEEE Standards Department, but I also do consulting contracts on XML, Aecma 1000D and Open-Source projects.
XML/SGML expert for the Electronic Publishing of IEEE Standards: DTD development, Publishing environment development (FrameMaker+SGML EDD, WordPerfect), Conversion to XML/SGML, SGML data extraction, HTML conversion.
Customer database management system development: web-based, web-access management.
Talked or gave tutorials at various Perl and XML conferences, write articles about Perl and XML.
Serves as an expert on Open-Source projects for the European Commission.
Author of the XML::Twig Module, available on CPAN. Author of several
other modules on CPAN.
Set-up and administration of an heterogeneous (Solaris, Mac, Windows, Linux) network.
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)
October 1996 — June 2000 (3 years 9 months)
SGML publishing system development and maintenance, data conversion program technical management, development of the subscription management system.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EADS; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
October 1992 — October 1996 (4 years 1 month)
Member of a group that provided SGML expertise to the Technical Publication Direction of Aerospatiale, in Toulouse (France).
- development of an SGML transformation language that processed documents stored in an SGML data base.
- Analysis of the impact of the AECMA 1000D specification (a set of guidelines and DTD's for the creation of Technical Publications) on Aerospatiale's production process, participation in the working group in charge of the development of the AECMA 1000D DTD's.
2 papers presented, at SGML Europe and CALS Europe conferences
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EADS; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
October 1989 — October 1992 (3 years 1 month)
Quality Assurance for the SMART project (250 man x year), first as a sub-contractor, then as deputy manager, then as manager for Aerospatiale (now Airbus, part of EADS), in Toulouse (France).
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Defense & Space industry)
September 1988 — August 1989 (1 year )
Artificial Intelligence expert for the Meteosat Operations Department of the ESA (European Space Agency) in Darmstadt, Germany. Development of a real-time expert system for fault detection and recovery for the Meteosat control center.
Ingénieur , Computer Science , 1984 — 1987
1978 — 1981