Eirik Refsdal

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Personal Information
Name
Eirik Refsdal
Email
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Age
30
More personal information available upon request.
Computer Skills
Operating Systems
Windows 3.x, 95, NT4, 2000 and XP, Linux 2.0-2.6 (mostly Debian).
Languages
PHP (10 years of experience), Java, JavaScript, some experience with Perl, Python, C and shell scripts for bash and zsh.
Other Skills
SQL, MySQL, HTML, CSS, REST, Apache, PHP, Zend Engine, Smarty, PEAR, AJAX, JSON, jQuery, LaTeX, SMTP, IMAP, POP, Dovecot, qmail, Postfix, Apache, HTTP, Oracle Collaboration Suite, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign.
Work Experience
Employer
Yahoo! Technologies Norway
Position
Systems Solutions Engineer
Dates
2007 –
Description
Employer
FIRST Scandinavia
Position
Developer
Dates
2006 – 2008
Description
Design and implementation of a complete registration and scoring system for FIRST LEGO League. Technologies used are PHP, MySQL, JavaScript and Ajax.
Employer
FIRST LEGO League Trondheim
Position
Project Manager (2006 – 2007)
Dates
2002 – 2007
Description
Planning and execution of an all day robotics competition for 450 children aged 10-16, including fund raising, raising communicty awareness, getting media attention and actual preparation of the venue. Project manager for the event in 2006 and 2007, volunteer the previous years.
Employer
The Faculty of Medicine, NTNU
Position
Developer
Dates
2002 – 2003
Description
Design and implementation of an e-learning application for use by all students at the faculty of medicine. Technologies used were PHP, MySQL and an extension to PHP written in C.
Employer
FAST Search and Transfer
Position
Frontend Engineer
Dates
2000 – 2001
Description
Created the front-end for FAST Multimedia Search 2.0.
Employer
ITEA Orakeltjenesten, NTNU
Position
User Support
Dates
1997 – 2001
Description
Helping students and employees with any problem they might have using computers, answering questions both in person, via the phone and by email.
Education
University
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
Degree
Master of Science (Sivilingeniør), 2007
Principal Subjects
Computer science and telecommunications with the Department of telematics. Master thesis on information security in pseudonymous health registers.
Personal Skills
Mother Tongue
Norwegian
Other Languages
English (fluent) and German (rusty). Understands Swedish and Danish.
Social Skills
  • Team work: Experience with working in small teams through various software development projects and FIRST LEGO League.
  • Communication: Experience in communicating complex issues in an understandable way through work in user support group. Exhibitor at various science fairs in Trondheim with FIRST LEGO League. Experience in speaking to audiences through FIRST LEGO League.
Organisational Skills
Member of the FIRST LEGO League organisational committee in Trondheim for several years, organising an annual all-day event for several hundred children aged 10-16.
Additional Information
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