Posted by Rok at August 29th, 2006

Address: Toronto, Ontario
E-mail: spuzvica at gmail dot com

Working experience

* 12/2006 – present
Enterprise software (ERP) Training Specialist at Openbravo (www.openbravo.com)

* 04/2006 – 01/2007
Contract work for Bitvise (www.bitvise.com) developing a custom web server (Windows service) using .NET and MySQL environment.

* 10/2004 – 03/2006
Diving instructor in Thailand, Egypt and Honduras. Full time instructor teaching PADI regulated courses from beginners to professional level. Commission based and very customer oriented.

* 02/2004 – 09/2004
Full-time developer and deployment consultant at Spica International (www.spica.com), Slovenia. Developed and deployed several reporting modules using ASP.NET in company’s new rewritten field sales support application. Gained valuable system integrating experience deploying this application with client’s existing ERPs.

* 07/2003 – 10/2003
Internship at University of UNICAMP in Campinas, Brazil, worked on RDF project implementation in Java using IBM Eclipse

* 11/2002 – 06/2003
Part-time employment at Spica International, Croatia, as market manager for company’s automated field support application in ex-Yugoslavian countries. Successfully helped introduce an application to a developing market.

* 10/2000 – 10/2001
President of BEST Ljubljana, coordinator of 20+ active members and all events, including a very successful international General Assembly in 2001. Acted as lawful representative of the organization.

* 11/1999 – 10/2000
Responsible for fund raising in BEST Ljubljana student organization (www.best.eu.org), introduced sustainable marketing strategies and sponsor relations that are still successfully used today.

Contract projects

* Design and implement websites for an Autodesk dealer and a solenoid manufacturer in Slovenia
* Tofsy – Project and construction site management application for an electric pump manufacturer; developed using VB 6.0, Crystal Reports and MS SQL database
* Postna knjiga – mail room organization and tracking application; developed using VB 5.0 and MS Access database
* Urejevalcek – CRM software for tracking the visits of salespeople of a pharmaceutical distributor in Slovenia; developed using VB 5.0 and MS Access database
* Partner – ERP software for basic sales operations of a publishing company; developed using VB 5.0 and MS Access database
* Merko – Sensory Data Acquisition and Visual Analysis Software; developed using VB 4.0 and dBase database
* LOS – Remote Warehouse Data Access using Dial-Up; developed using VB 4.0 and dBase database

Education

* 1998 – 2004
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer Science and Informatics, Ljubljana, Slovenia: BSc. of Computer Science and Information Systems, focus on databases, project management, computer systems architecture and physics. Grades average 8.5 out of 10.

* 1993 – 1997
Gimnazija High School, Novo mesto, Slovenia: graduated with honors among top students in Slovenia, a special award of the Slovenian Ministry of Education. As a result, received a scholarship for gifted students.

Technical summary

* PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: C#, Java, ASP.NET, Visual Basic 4.0 – 6.0, Turbo Pascal, basic C++
* DATABASES: Oracle, Postgres, MySQL, Access, Microsoft SQL, dBase III & IV, and basic Informix
* ENVIRONMENTS: Eclipse, MS Visual Studio 2003 & 2005, MS Visual Basic, Subversion, Java SDK
* PLATFORMS: Linux, Windows NT/2000/XP/Server2003, Apache Server & Tomcat
* WEB TECHNOLOGIES: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, XML, XSLT, WEB services in secure environments (HTTPS, SOAP, certificates), Java Servlets, FOP, basic Ruby on Rails, Jasper Reports
* TOOLS: Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Visio, OpenSSL, PGP Desktop, Ethereal, Microsoft Web Application Stress Tool, Ant, Log4j

Seminars and courses

* Symbol Wireless LAN Spectrum24 Overview and Products Assessment, March 2004
* IEDC Bled School of Management, Discover Management Program, June 2003
* .NET for managers, Ljubljana, February 2003
* GSM network overview – Ericsson course, February 2002
* participated to over 10 BEST (Board of European Students of Technology) courses across Europe about various technology matters

Languages

* Slovenian: native
* English, Croatian: fluent
* German, Spanish, Portuguese: conversational

Other skills and credentials

* Patient and dedicated to work
* Team player – as a leader of a student organization, experienced engineer and a diving instructor in the past I thrive in a team-oriented environment, achieving higher goals and successes together.
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills developed as an active member and a president of a student organization as well as a diving instructor.
* Clean international driving license
* PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
* Emergency First Response (First Aid) Instructor

References

Available on request

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