PERSONAL INFORMATION

FIELDS OF INTERESTS

• Software Design, Web Development, Component Software, XP and Agile Development, Workflow Engines

SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE

• Programming Languages (Compiled): Java, Pascal
• Java Skills: J2EE, Core Libraries, Swing
• Programming Languages (Interpreted): Ruby, JavaScript (AJAX), Beanshell, Groovy
• Frameworks: J2EE, RubyOnRails, Plexus, Turbine, Webwork
• Documentation Technologies: (X)HTML, CSS, DHTML, XML (SAX, RDF)
• Template Engines: JSP, JHTML, Velocity, RHTML
• Distributed: RMI, XML-RPC
• Component Containers: Plexus, Pico Container, Needle
• Application Servers: DAS, Tomcat, Jetty, Sun ONE, Resin, JBoss
• Tools: jEdit, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, Toad, Together, CVS, Subversion
• DB: Oracle, MySQL, Prevayler
• Query Languages: PL-SQL, RQL
• Platforms: Linux (Gentoo, SUSE, Redhat, Mandrake), Solaris, HPUX, Windows (Cygwin), DOS
• E-commerce platforms: DPS, DCS, DSS

PROJECTS

• Bligi, 2005: Implementing own web site software in Ruby, using RubyOnRails. Software will be an integration of a blog, a wiki, a p.i.m. and a photo management software. An open source project, that will be released under an Apache style license.
• Survey, 2005: An open source project that will allow on-line survey management/running, implemented using Plexus, a component container, Werkflow, a work flow engine, Prevayler, an object persistence library, Hibernate, an object/relational persistence service and AspectJ, an AOP framework.
• TADS jEdit Plug-in, 2004: Designed and coded a plug-in for the jEdit for developing interactive fiction using the TADS IF programming language. This included the writing of a JavaCC grammar and parser and syntax-highlighting mode.
• Amigos, 2004: 'Alumni'-style web application using Webwork, Nanning, Prevayler. Only partly started.
• Mavenizer jEdit Plug-in, 2004: Designed and partially coded a plug-in to integrate Maven (A project/build management system) into jEdit. Includes menu execution of goals, pom wizard/editor.
• Didaxe, 2003: Software to manage an on-line freelance teacher agency. Implemented using the Turbine web framework in Java.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• CondisLine.com! Senior Java Analyst/Developer: An on-line supermarket with home delivery to over 50,000 customers in Catalonia, Spain.
  The site is currently based on the ATG Dynamo 5.1.1 e-commerce platform. Responsibilities have included:
  • 2004 – 2005: Jointly responsible for the design and development of the forthcoming version of the CondisLine.com site. The site is based on the ATG 7.1 e-commerce platform running under DAS 6.3. This version is a complete redesign and rewrite of the current site.
    • Production deployment of new site, including database migration.
    • Installation, configuration and administration of application/web server (Apache 1.3.30) software on production/pre-production machines (HP-UX 11.11).
    • Redesign of the proprietary object/data model.
    • Extended Userprofiling/Commerce framework for proprietary business model.
    • Wrote catalog presentation module.
    • Wrote catalog loading package.
    • Wrote customer profile module.
    • Wrote automatic customer loyalty scheme.
    • Wrote number of fraud detection services.
    • Wrote Lucene - based search and quick search modules.
    • Wrote wish lists module.
    • Ported back office portal and security framework.
    • Wrote custom back office CRM module.
    • Ported dynamic surveys module.
    • Wrote new object model migration package using pl-sql.
    • Wrote number of custom promotions.
    • Short spells as head of the IT department.
    • General maintenance and incident handling.
    • Instigated the department-wide use of java IDE (Eclipse).
  • 2002 – 2004: General maintenance and development of new features of the Dynamo 5.1.1 - based site
    • Wrote dynamic on-line surveys module.
    • Wrote Crystal Reports reporting module for survey data integrated with third-partyCRM software.
    • Wrote number of logistics maintenance modules.
    • Wrote number of repository/sql based reports/scheduled processes.
    • Wrote back office portal and security framework.
    • Experience with Solaris 5.7 servers running load-balanced Dynamo application servers.
    • Wrote detailed report on detecting bottlenecks and improving site/application efficiency with detailed investigation of jvm performance parameters and it's garbage collector.
    • Wrote number of proprietary promotions using ATG Scenarios.
    • Wrote number of custom promotions in java.
    • Cleanup and documentation of proprietary code-base.
    • Wrote PDF reporting system for 'picking' module using the iText and Velocity libraries.
    • Instigated and implemented the CondisLine CVS versioning system. Consultant on Condis cvs versioning system.
    • Installation,setup and administration of linux-based dedicated CVS server.
    • Wrote build/deployment system using Maven.
    • Setup custom data warehouse using Oracle Warehouse Builder.
    • Wrote Oracle Forms-based logistics reporting module.
    • Wrote dedicated data mining reports using Oracle Discoverer.
    • General consultant for java, xml, css, open source tools and libraries, cvs.
    • General maintenance, bug fixing and incident handling.

  Courses & Seminars

  • Introduction to Oracle 9i: SQL - [New Horizons]
  • Oracle iDS Forms: Build Internet Applications I - [New Horizons]
  • Oracle iDS Forms: Build Internet Applications II - [New Horizons]
  • Oracle 9i Database Administration Fundamentals I - [New Horizons]
  • Time Management with Outlook - [TMI]

• Serikat! Lead Developer/Project Manager Service-oriented company where I was assigned to a number of clients including:
  • Moderna Escuela Mediterránea:

    Starting off as junior programmer, took over as lead developer and then later as project manager. Developed a jsp/servlet-based logistics administration portal running against a Microsoft SQL Server database, covering all aspects such as order approvals work flow, photographer/agent life cycle, purchasing, shipping management, data querying/reporting and exporting module.

    Instigated and developed a versioning system using CVS on a dedicated linux-based box serving all internet projects. Installed and setup linux server.

  • Phira:

    Development of jsp/servlet-based on-line product catalog system for customer browsing.

  • MiPrimerEmpleo.com

    Integration and customization of open-source java-based web chat system.

• Excerpta Medica! Salesman

  Selling publishables to the pharmaceutical industry in Barcelona.

• Wall Street Institute! English Teacher

  Full time english teaching involving language and grammar classes, tutorials and conversation classes. Responsible for organization of social activities.

• Checkpoint (Barcelona) Ltd! Sales clerk

  Selling currency at an exchange bureau.

• The Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre! Clerk

  Gained basic bookkeeping knowledge and customer service training.

• Cyprus Cement Company! Technical Assistant
  • Performed chemical testing of the cement product
  • Involved in modernisation of the slurry packing plant including training in the programming and installation of Allen-Bradley PLC Systems (Programmable Logic Controllers) as well as in electrical and mechanical installation.
  • Wrote a temperature monitoring alarm system [Borland's Turbo Pascal] for the bearings under the factory's kiln which is still in use today!

SELECTED PAST/ONGOING ACTIVITIES

• I maintain a website, saimonmoore.net, where I write about my experiences both technical and personal. I wrote the software powering it.
• I maintained my old website, Saimon Moore's Personal Page, a comprehensive site about me written using Anakia. Guest book written using Prevayler.
• My old web log, Sklires Skepsis [Note: All content has been imported into Bligi].
• I have contributed directly/indirectly to the following open source projects: jEdit, HEP, Maven, Messenger, Plexus, Turbine, Velocity, Werkflow, Nanning.
• I am also active or maintain an interest in the following open source projects: RubyOnRails, TADS, Codehaus.

WORTH A MENTION

• Wrote a Maven server, which allowed both remote and rapid turnround execution of maven goals.
• Wrote JScript, a javascript implementation of a dynamic validation service for the Jakarta Turbine's Intake service.
• Wrote a jEdit syntax highlighting mode for the Velocity templating engine.
• Wrote a jEdit syntax highlighting mode for the TADS 2 IF system.
• I've written a number of macros for jEdit which are publicly available on the community site and via the Macros Manager plug-in in jEdit.

COMMITER STATUS

• On the Werkflow project at the Codehaus.
• On the Plexus project at the Codehaus.
• On the Mevenide project at the Codehaus.
• On the Messenger project at the Codehaus.

EDUCATION

• Open University, BSc(Hons) Computing & Mathematical Sciences , 2005-present [In progress]
• University of Manchester, Doctor of Philosophy in Oncology at the The Paterson Institute for Cancer Research (Christie Hospital NHS Trust), 1995-1998
• Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, BSc(Hons) 1^st Class Applied Chemistry (3^rd in class), 1989-1994
• Bridge of Don Academy, Secondary School, Aberdeen, Scotland, (S.Y.S. (ABB), H-Grades (AABB)), 1985-1988
• Lanition Lyceum, Secondary School, Limassol, Cyprus, 1982-1985

HOBBIES

You can see a list of pages where I have made some contribution directly/indirectly with a search on Google (http://www.google.com/search?q=saimon+moore).