Paul Makepeace BA, MA Maths, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering Resident in Dublin, Ireland Phone: [on request] Email: jobs?@?paulm.com No permanent job offers, thanks Education 2000 MA Degree Cambridge University, England (graduation by proxy) 1993-1996 BA Degree Cambridge University, England BA Maths, Computer Science, EIST (Electronic and Information Systems) 1990-1992 A-Levels Filton College, Bristol Pure Maths (A), Applied Maths (A), Physics (A), Chemistry (A), Electronics [AS-Level] (A) Cambridge STEP Mathematics (1) Cambridge STEP Further Mathematics (1) Skills: Programming Languages Language Period Used Last Used Perl (4.036 - 5.8.8) 7.5 years commercial + considerable study. 30 May months for CGI programming. 2008 Python 18 months commercial May 2008 JavaScript 18 months commercial May 2008 C 2.5 commercial May 2008 HTML (v2.0 - 4.01 6.5yrs May & XHTML 1.0 + CSS2) 2008 SQL (see below) Advanced use; over four years commercial May 2008 Unix tools: sh, sed, 15 years commercial May awk, etc 2008 Java Lightweight client and server applications, April JavaBeans training 2001 ML, Prolog, C++ Courses at university, recreational study May 1995 Skills: Environments Environment Period Used Last Used Four years pure administration (Solaris) Unix: + SunOS 4, Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, 8 3 years commercial `power' use + 8yrs May Linux (Redhat, Debian, SuSE), HP/ general `recreational' use. I own & 2008 UX operate two Debian GNU/Linux servers, one in California, one in London. Windows: Windows XP, Windows 2000 Server, Windows NT4.0 Server, IIS 3 months commercial NT administration + May 3.0, Windows 95+98 official 5 years desktop use 2008 beta-tester Internet development: HTML, CGI, 5.5yrs commercial May FTP, etc 2008 Database: 3.5 years months commercial + general May Oracle 7, 8, 8i (+DBA), Access, programmatic use through Perl/DBI 2008 Informix, MySQL, PostgreSQL 7.x Employment Client, Area Related site Period Summary Gmail infrastructure and Google 06/2006 production operation. Software Dublin, Google, Ireland - development for monitoring, Ireland present debugging, logging, and deployments. Python, Perl, JavaScript. 09/2005 Developer on team for internal BBC BBC New Media & - publishing/programme modelling London, UK Technology 06/2006 project. Perl, Catalyst, ORM, SQLite Chief software architect and Investor 12/2004 developer designing for news Dynamics Investor Dynamics - aggregation and analysis. London, UK present Perl, PHP, PostgreSQL, MySQL, XML Urban 03/2004 Lead software developer Tapestries Urban Tapestries - implementing Apache/mod_perl London, UK 07/2004 XMLRPC proxy Proboscis 03/2004 Took on Proboscis's several hosting Proboscis - sites onto a dedicated server London, UK 06/2004 as my largest hosting client. 12/2002 Architecture and Corrobbo corrobbo.com - implementation of complex London, UK 12/2003 Web-based project execution environment 10/2002 Conception through deployment UCEfree UCEfree.com - of "spam" filtering service London, UK present that operates with a Web-frontend. mod_perl/Apache Creation of a series of programs (perl, sh) that Interoute 6/2002 deploy a monitoring agent London, UK (interoute.com) - across a farm of DNS, web, and 8/2002 mail servers through an SSH remote port forward connection. Platfrom Technical implementation of a London, UK platfrom.net 5/2002 small art project. mod_perl/ Apache/mod_rewrite DHAP Digital, 07/2001 Design & build of Web-based Inc. (www.dhapdigital.com) - Web monitoring and content San Francisco, 10/2001 integrity check tool CA Virtual Health 06/2001 Development and integration of Networks, Inc. (vhnetworks.org) - Open Source mail technologies Pacific Grove, 06/2001 (exim, perl, tpop3d) with CA Oracle 8i Herman Miller 04/2001 Mac OS X Objective C (Cocoa) RED, Inc. (www.hermanmillerred.com) - client/Java server data New York, NY 04/2001 visualization art piece Independent Design & build of routing Curators Int'l 01/2001 Linux NAT/DHCP/firewall San Francisco, telematic.walkerart.org - server; on-site artist tech CA 02/2001 liaison; network design, build & wiring Virtual Health Network (www.vhnetworks.org) 01/2001 Architectural consultancy; Pacific Grove, Oracle 8i configuration CA Ground-up infrastructure RAD Systems 05/ development (mail, web, DNS, Carmel, www.radsystems.net 2000- server, installation); Apache/ California 12/2000 mod_perl development; Linux admin; team & methodology lead; technical directorship Cable & 11/1999 Perl development & maintenance Wireless USA (www.cwusa.com) - for ISP roll-out in Bermuda; Houston, TX 04/2000 XML/XSLT in-house training Migrate LDAP services from Schlumberger 02/1999 Omnes to Schlumberger; build, Omnes (www.omnes.slb.com) - install, security, backup for Houston, TX 10/1999 LDAP Solaris servers; advanced mail server development & configuration Consultancy, technical 11/1998 liaison, news/press release C&W Balloon www.cwballoon.com - publishing system, interactive London, UK 01/1999 dynamic route tracking map. Perl 5.004, CGI, HTML, JavaScript UK Interactive data/image Meteorological 07/1998 purchasing system and Office dpds.meto.gov.uk - delivery. London, UK 01/1999 Perl 5.004, CGI, HTML, JavaScript Cloudband.com Consultancy, Linux London, UK www.cloudband.com 10/1998 installation. Apache, FTP, Web, IMAP mail, DNS, MySQL Ford Credit Settlement Enquiry. Europe www.fordcredit.co.uk 09/1998 Perl 5.004, CGI, HTML London, UK Eidoscope News publishing system. (sub-contract www.itv-f1.com 06/1998 OO Perl 5.004, Apache, CGI, for ITV) HTML, JavaScript London, UK Soft Options 01/1998 Solaris/NT network and systems London, UK (www.softopt.co.uk) - admin, Perl/SQL maintenance 05/1998 www.cartoon-network.co.uk 09/1997 Internet/Web development. Syzygy Ltd www.wpp.com - HTML, Perl, CGI, SQL, London, UK www.syzygy.net 01/1998 JavaScript, Oracle DBA, Informix, Access, NT, Unix Quintek Ltd - 07/1997 Night Vision and Mapping: Bristol, UK FPGA design 08/1996 Distributed monitoring system. Quintek Ltd www.quintek.co.uk - Internet/Web, Video, Linux, Bristol, UK 11/1997 HTML, Java, C, Perl, Client/ Server 11/1995 - Technical library system. Inmos UK - 08/1995 Unix/C, Perl, Parallel Bristol, UK 11/1994 Processing, occam - 08/1994 K-Par - 09/1994 Medical imaging. Bristol, UK Unix/C Inmos UK 07/1993 Net. Analysis tools. Bristol, UK - - Unix/C, occam, Transputer 08/1994 Viewing past work A great deal of the above work was built for internal use or Intranets; the rest is either now offline but in a few cases still usable. A selection of the work aimed at Intranet or restricted-access like the Met.Office DPDS system I still host in a password-protected `Extranet' site on my development servers for demonstration purposes. Please email me to arrange a viewing and obtain appropriate passwords etc. Detail For those interested in the technical specifics of these projects and my roles in them, I have provided more detail. - About Me Contact Resume Resume Detail Job Situation - Don't email plonk_resume@paulm.com Page last employed: 10-Nov-2007 resume(at)paulm.com