| Personal Information |
| Full Name |
Mr. Samuel Charles Peter Lown BEng(Hons) |
| NIE |
X-3157928-M |
| Address |
C/ Capitan Haya, Madrid 28020, Spain |
| Birth |
July 16th 1981, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| E-mail |
me (at) samlown (dot) com |
| Web |
http://www.samlown.com |
| Profile |
Keen and motivated Computer Science professional with many years experience in a wide
range of computing fields.
Now dedicated to Web 2.0 development using agile technologies such as Ruby on Rails, primarily developing backend architectures and systems.
Additional interest and experience areas include Operating Systems
(especially Linux and UNIX), Networking, and VoIP technologies. An experienced
and competent programmer with knowledge of modern programming languages, open source developemnt practices, and with a preference towards object orientated techniques.
Programming experience ranges from Web 2.0 systems to administration scripting to
Linux kernel module programming.
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| Education |
| September 2000 to June 2004 |
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computer Science
Staffordshire University, Stafford, England
- Awarded Upper Second Class Degree with Honours
- Final year project consisted of the production of a Linux Kernel file
system module to access a remote SQL database.
- Notable subjects include:
- Fundamentals of Software Design and Development (Java) (15)
- Mathematics for Computing and I.T. (15)
- Hardware and Software Systems (15)
- Algorithmics (15)
- Software development in C (15)
- Further computing mathematics (15)
- 2D computer graphics (15)
- Object orientated development in C++ (15)
- Programming internet applications (15)
- Multi-user operating systes (14)
- Database design and development (13)
- Low-level programming (13)
- Computer Networks (incl. Cisco router configuration) (13)
- Distributed computer systems (12)
- Real-Time Systems (incl. LabView) (11)
Key: Scores range from 0 to 15, where 15 is the best acheivable.
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| September 1997 to June 1999 |
UK A-Levels
Longcroft School, Beverley, East Yorkshire, England
- Subjects: Mathematics (B), Physics (D), General Studies (E), Information Technology A/S (C)
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| June 1997 |
G.C.S.E
Longcroft School, Beverley, East Yorkshire, England
- 10, Grades A-C, Including English and Maths
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| Awards and Memberships |
| July 2004 |
Logica Award for best performance during the Industrial Placement
Staffordshire University, Stafford, England
- Awarded for best performance during the 2002/2003 work placement at CERN in Geneva.
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| July 2004 |
Member of the British Computing Society
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| September 2004 |
Member of The IEE (Institute for Electrical Engineers)
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| Language Skills |
| English |
Native Language
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| Spanish |
Fluent Speaking, Writing, Listening, and Reading - 8 Years
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| French |
Beginner level
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| Work Experience |
| March 2006 to Present Day |
Ciudad21 / Internet21 - Madrid, Spain
Part time systems analyst/programmer - Freelance
- Company provides web content management services for important spanish politcal party.
- Development tasks primarily carried out in Ruby on Rails.
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| August 2005 to March 2007 |
Bandwagon Digital Limited - bandwagon.co.uk - London, England
Lead developer - Freelance
- Working on comunity and content components for a new mobile phone base retails site for un-signed bands and small record labels.
- Development areas include: Backend data models, media content management, SOAP web services for synchronisation, SMS content delivery, system administration.
- LAMP base system (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
- Involved since development on the project started.
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| February 2005 to Present Day |
SamLown.com - Self employment, Alicante, Spain
Consulting, Administration, and Programming
- Continuing support for RusticOriginal.com
- Creation of ElPinos.com business directory website.
- General support and administration work in local area.
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| August 2004 to January 2005 |
RusticOriginal.com, Alicante, Spain
Programmer and administrator of company website and network
- Property Site - Built with Ruby on Rails
- Production of Web Site and On-line Shop (Based on Zen-Cart). Now no longer used.
- Administration of local area network.
- Administration of Linux servers including thin clients.
- Instalation of Asterisk PBX telephone system.
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| August 2002 to September 2003 |
CERN, European Particle Physics Labratory, Geneva, Switzerland
Technical Student in I.T. Division, Product Support Group, Unix Infrastructure
- Upgrade of running Printer Server cluster with 1300 network printers
- Development of a database centric printer management system. Project included work on Linux,
LPD printer queues, filter management, Perl and Oracle systems.
- Presentations include, CERN audatorium, and HEPiX at Amsterdam May 2003
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| August 1998 |
BT Syncordia Solutions, Hemel Hampstead, England
Work Experience
- Working with network support team
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| March 1996 |
British Aerospace, Brough, Yorkshire, England
Work Experience - Treatments Section
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| Computing Experience |
| Hardware |
- Construction of PC systems since 1994
- Networking technologies including, Ethernet, WiFi, Switches, Routers, VoIP hardware
- Cisco router configuration
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| Programming |
- Ruby (on Rails), PHP, Perl, Python, Prolog
- SQL (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- Java, C, C++
- UML (2.0), LabView
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| System Software |
- Linux and Unix
- Advanced system administration
- Linux kernel module programming
- Systems programming
- Advanced networking, including Firewall, VPN, QoS, routing, IPv6
- VoIP technologies, SIP, H.323, Asterisk PBX server, GateKeepers
- Distributions used and administered: Debian, RedHat, FreeBSD, Plan9
- Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2003 - Attended Microsoft Windows 2000
Advanced Administration Course, Geneva 2003
- Utilisation of DOS based systems since 1989
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| Applications and General Software |
- OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office
- Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Pagemaker
- Elipse Java IDE, JBuilder, vim
- Borland Together, UML Modeller
- GNU GCC, GDB, make, and other GNU applications
- Apache, Samba, LPRng, exim, MySQL, PostgreSQL
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| Interests |
- Cinema and Film - in English, Spanish, and other languages
- Spanish Culture - Gastronomy, Fiestas, Language
- Music - All types of music, esp. Alternative, Electronic, Jazz, and others
- Unicycling
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| References |
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Available on request
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