Sebastian Kruk

Current

• Technology Captain at Compuware
• CEO, co-founder at KnowledgeHives

Past

• Researcher, Project Manager at DERI, NUIG
• Owner, Manager, System Designer at ASKTECH (Self-employed)
• Junior Assistant, Designer, Developer at Faculty of Computer Science, Gdansk University of Technology

• Computer Science Teacher at Collegium Marianum
• Junior Network Administrator, Designer, Developer at Main Library, Gdansk University of Technology
• Web and Network Administrator at Diocese of Pelplin
• Designer, Programmer at Gdansk University of Technology
• Web and Network Administrator, Designer, Developer at PasCom
• Designer, Developer at Elsoft

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Sebastian Kruk’s Summary

Sebastian Kruk’s Specialties:

Java/J2EE
Semantic Web
Information Retrieval/Social Networks/Digita Libraries
SQL/XML:DB/RDF-DB
XML Related technologies
Linux system administration
C/C++/Assembler
Accessibility
Security
Distributed Systems

Sebastian Kruk’s Experience

• Technology Captain

  Compuware

  (Public Company; CPWR; Computer Software industry)

  March 2009 — Present (9 months)

  Designing service API and architecture for using common reporting solution (Data Mining Interface) through out all projects developed in the company
  * designing integration with BIRT and LifeRay
  * building internal community for the reporting task force
  
  Designing and implementing new user interface solutions for one of the main products, using modern technologies:
  * Adobe Flex
  * iPhone (Obj-C)
  
  Design and introduction of a multilayer, REST oriented architecture to VAS
  
  Introducing XML database for managing configuration of VAS (eXist:DB)


• CEO, co-founder

  KnowledgeHives

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

• Researcher, Project Manager

  DERI, NUIG

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2004 — December 2008 (4 years 5 months)

  Research on the Semantic Web, social collaborative filtering, multifaceted browsing, digital libraries, advanced retrieval features, semantic web services, mobility, user profiles, accessibility, eLearning
  
  Managing projects (see projects section)
  Lead researcher in eLearning project

• Owner, Manager, System Designer

  ASKTECH (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2002 — July 2005 (3 years 3 months)

  Cooperation with Diocese of Pelplin
  MetadITo project – multimodal communication platform for e-Learning (http://www.metadito.com)

• Junior Assistant, Designer, Developer

  Faculty of Computer Science, Gdansk University of Technology

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2003 — September 2004 (1 year 7 months)

  Giving lectures,
  conducting workshops on Distributed Systems (CORBA, J2EE), Java Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Computers Systems Architecture (sockets, HTML, CSS, PHP)
  Continuation of works on Elvis Digital Library (http://www.wbss.pg.gda.pl/)
  Continuation of works in Federation of Regional Virtual Libraries
  Managing students' projects (Gnose, ETIed)

• Computer Science Teacher

  Collegium Marianum

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2002 — August 2004 (2 years )

  Introducing students into Internet technologies, programming (C, Java, JavaScript), LaTeX

• Junior Network Administrator, Designer, Developer

  Main Library, Gdansk University of Technology

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2003 — September 2003 (8 months)

  Project, implementation and maintenance of Elvis Digital Library system – e-Library with Semantics (http://www.wbss.pg.gda.pl/)
  Coordination of the Federation of Regional Virtual Libraries (co-founder)

• Web and Network Administrator

  Diocese of Pelplin

  (Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2002 — March 2003 (11 months)

  Project, implementation and maintenance of the diocese’s dynamic web service
  Project, implementation and maintenance of the Collegium Marianum web page
  Installation and maintenance of HTTP and mail server
  Installation and maintenance of firewalls/PDCs in Collegium Marianum and theological seminar

• Designer, Programmer

  Gdansk University of Technology

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 4 months)

  Cooperation in State Committee for Scientific Research project (KBN nr 8T11C00117): Endoscopy Recommendation System; implementation and initiation at Medical Academy of Gdansk
  Project, implementation and initiation of Internet System for Distributed Simulations

• Web and Network Administrator, Designer, Developer

  PasCom

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2001 — April 2002 (9 months)

  Installation and maintenance of HTTP and mail servers
  Project, implementation and initiation of the licensing system
  Cooperating in project and implementation of module “Srodki Trwale" (part of accountancy system)
  Initiation of Concurrent Versioning System (CVS)
  Creating ERDs with Select Enterprise

• Designer, Developer

  Elsoft

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2000 — January 2001 (8 months)

  Cooperation in development of ActiveAD system (system for populating adverts in computer programs)

Additional Information

Sebastian Kruk’s Interests:

semantic web, user interface (accessibility), digital libraries, information retrieval, social networking, project management, java/jee, ajax, e-learning

Sebastian Kruk’s Honors:

* Best paper award at “Semantically Enhanced Search Services for Digital Libraries”, ICIW 2006, Guadeloupe, French Caribbean
* Scholarship from President of Gdansk for creation of Semantic Web Virtual Library of Technical University of Gdansk, 05.2003
* Scholarship from Minister of Education for excellent achievements in study and research, 10.2003
* Second place in Mathematical and Physical Olympics of Technical University of Gdansk, 05.1998
* Scholarship from Polish Children’s Fund, 09.1996 – 06.1998
* Scholarship from President of Grudziadz, 06.1995
* Finalist in Polish Physics Olympics, 05.1996
* Third place in competition on Poster for Polish Post, 05.1994