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+ | ====== Curriculum Vitae / Resumé ====== | ||
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+ | ^ Name: | Robert Meerman | | ||
+ | ^ Date of birth: | 1983-Oct-29 | | ||
+ | ^ Work sought: | I am not currently seeking employment | | ||
+ | ^ Qualifications: | ||
+ | ^ Strengths: | Thorough, good analytical skills, excellent communicator((I am often told I would make a good teacher when I am explaining technical things to non-technical people)), leadership/ | ||
+ | ^ Current Occupation: | Software Engineer for ARM Ltd's Media Processing Division| | ||
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+ | ===== Summary ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Good university qualification | ||
+ | * Programming experience in multiple languages and environments | ||
+ | * Work experience authoring websites in Hong Kong, Cyprus and the UK | ||
+ | * International background and lifestyle. Have lived in Malaysia, Syria, Cyprus, Gabon and Hong Kong | ||
+ | * Organisational skills | ||
+ | * Good communication skills | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Personal Introduction ===== | ||
+ | I am a recent graduate looking for challenging technical and creative work, and am not afraid to work under pressure. Particularly I am interested in working with (realtime) visual media, human-computer interaction and/or low-level systems which interact directly with hardware. | ||
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+ | I have always loved working with video and special effects (at the age of 17 I produced a short light-sabre fight clip((You can view this [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Contact ===== | ||
+ | ^ Email: | [[robert.meerman@gmail.com]] | | ||
+ | ^ Tel: | 077 636 09 286 | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Qualifications ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 2:1 BSci in Computer Science from [[http:// | ||
+ | * For a list of modules taken and results obtained, please visit [[cv/ | ||
+ | * A-Level Grades | ||
+ | * A --- Art (Animation and Photography) | ||
+ | * A --- Physics | ||
+ | * B --- Mathematics | ||
+ | * AS-Level | ||
+ | * A --- Information Communication Technology (ICT)((I did not do a full A-level in ICT as I found the AS level to be rather trivial and unchallenging)) | ||
+ | * Miscellaneous Awards/ | ||
+ | * Science prize at secondary school | ||
+ | * ICT prize at secondary school | ||
+ | * Regional IT award for Young Enterprise company | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Experience ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Organisational === | ||
+ | * President of my University' | ||
+ | * Representative for my year with the Computer Science Student-Staff Liaison Committee, where I represented the views of my peers when making requests and complaints to the members of the board. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Communication === | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Departmental tour-guide for prospective students | ||
+ | * Participated in an ' | ||
+ | * Kept up a personal website since 1999 (age 15) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Skills ===== | ||
+ | ==== Software ==== | ||
+ | === Applications === | ||
+ | |||
+ | I am competent with and frequently use the following software: | ||
+ | * Microsoft Windows | ||
+ | * Linux | ||
+ | * Adobe Photoshop CS2 | ||
+ | * Macromedia Flash MX 2004 | ||
+ | * MS Office | ||
+ | * OpenOffice.org | ||
+ | |||
+ | I have used the following for past projects, and understand the concepts involved: | ||
+ | * Adobe Premiere | ||
+ | * 3D Studio Max | ||
+ | * Z Brush | ||
+ | |||
+ | I have a solid understanding of how the Microsoft WindowsNT family of operating systems function, and frequently modify the registry and system files to remove petty annoyances (such as the default action for picture files being ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Recently I have become very fond of Linux-based operating systems, and now run a BASH-like shell on my Windows PC. I enjoy writing scripts to overcome tricky/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Programming ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I thoroughly enjoy using the following languages/ | ||
+ | * PHP | ||
+ | * Java | ||
+ | * HTML / CSS | ||
+ | * C/C++ | ||
+ | |||
+ | I'm looking to expand my knowledge in the following: | ||
+ | * OpenGL | ||
+ | * XML | ||
+ | * C# | ||
+ | * .NET Framework | ||
+ | * General Windows APIs | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Software Projects === | ||
+ | Software I have written that I am proud of. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == TV Series Renamer == | ||
+ | This command-line utility renames TV episode video files by processing each file in a directory, extracting the season & episode number and matching it to data parsed from a webpage --- the end result is each file renamed to a consistent format including the episode titles supplied by the webpage. | ||
+ | |||
+ | See [[/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Cluedo Assistant == | ||
+ | I made a Java application for my mobile phone to help me test an idea I had on how to win at the board-game " | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Hardware ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | === USB Implementation for Game Boy Advance === | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{usbprojectbreadboard.jpg? | ||
+ | |||
+ | This project was a solo project done as part of my degree course. It took 8-months and was supervised by Dr Roger Packwood((See [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | I implemented the USB 2.0 Basic Speed specification on some hobbyist hardware (a MicroChip PIC16F877 micro-controller and a Philips PDIUSBD12 USB bus-interfacing chip). The aim of the project was to create a no-hassle PC <-> GBA interface for bi-directional communication. The Philips chip took care of USB-bus interactions (receiving/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | I assembled the chips into a device and wired up the communication buses via detailed understanding of the chips data sheets and the USB protocol. The firmware produced directly manipulated this hardware and responded to USB requests from the host device (PC), first implementing device enumeration, | ||
+ | |||
+ | The project was a success, and the finished product does not require drivers for either the PC or the GBA. The PC uses the operating system' | ||
+ | |||
+ | This project' | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Pong === | ||
+ | {{ pingpong.jpg}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | I worked in a pair with a peer from my course, and together we assembled the necessary hardware to create a simple ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | My role in the project included designing the hardware schematic and implementing it, and then watching over my partners shoulder as he coded the game, offering optimizations and corrections while also documenting the project. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{pingpongreport.doc|PingPong Project Report}} (518kB) | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Automated Mains Controller === | ||
+ | |||
+ | As part of a solution for an unstable home ADSL-modem I modified an electronic walltimer to use an external source to decide when to switch the mains power on or off, and linked this to my PC. I then wrote a small windows service (i.e. headless system application which appears in the list of services) which pings the router periodically, | ||
+ | |||
+ | See [[: | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Work Experience ===== | ||
+ | ==== Websites ==== | ||
+ | Most of my work experience involves doing freelance work on dynamic websites. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Parlain Cosmetics Ltd. === | ||
+ | |||
+ | I worked as a full-time website implementer when I was 18, during the summer between finishing secondary school and starting university, and was employed by a cosmetics merchant based in Hong Kong. I was flown to Hong Kong and worked in their main office along side their head of IT for 3 months. I had to deal with non-English speaking staff via a go-between - this required good organisation to ensure I had enough materials to be able to work while the resident translator was unavailable. | ||
+ | |||
+ | While officially I was only responsible for the company' | ||
+ | |||
+ | From a technical standpoint, my work involved much image editing (done in Photoshop) and interfacing with Macromedia Fireworks and Freehand documents from their publicity team. I was also required to make the websites available in 4 languages (English, French, Chinese-simplified and Chinese-traditional) which required learning about Unicode and UTF-8 standards. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I learnt to automate much of my work through Photoshop' | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Other === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Recent projects include: | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Volunteer ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I often volunteer my skills to help a local TV station in Paphos, Cyprus --- helping with office networking, hardware failures and software difficulties such as video codecs and remote administration. Much of their equipment is less-than-desirable and I find this creates interesting challenges. | ||
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+ | ==== Present Work ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2006-07 to present: I am employed by [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Hobbies ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I enjoy photography and always carry a digital camera around with me. I enjoying image manipulation and animation (and have a stylus-driven graphics tablet) and enjoy animated films and series. I find animation more compelling as it requires the use of imagination. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I enjoy being outdoors and exploring places on my bicycle. My idea of a good night is to get into a passionate conversation over a good meal in good company. |