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Jess Robinson

27 Gifford Road, Swindon, SN3 4XP

jrobinson@desert-island.me.uk

Software developer with extensive OO Perl knowledge. Good knowledge of Web technologies. Works with the community to improve Perl. Looking to be more involved in architecting and designing solutions.

Skills

Perl (9 years), OO Perl (7 years), CPAN Author (4 years)

Self-taught. Active member of the community, contributor to many modules. Best practices. Modern. mod_perl/Apache 2.x. Catalyst, DBIx-Class, Template-Toolkit, Moose. Legacy code refactoring and maintenance. Mentoring users and newbies. Co-author of Catayst book. Attend YAPC conferences and Workshops.

Apache (6+ years), mod_perl (4 years), fast_cgi (2 years)

Ported site with many mod_perl handlers from Apache 1.3 to Apache 2.x. Maintain and improve configuration with many VirtualHosts and layered config files. Run own Apache server for personal use.

Javascript/Ajax (3 years)

Used some Dojo in a Catalyst project. Wrote an Ajax form validation system based on jQuery and Moose.

Version control (9 years)

Subversion, CVS and Git.

SQL/Databases (14 years)

Started by writing reports for MS Access 2.0. Moved on to DB2 and millions of rows of Telco call centre data. Helped port the DB2 system to Oracle. Installed Oracle+application at customer sites. Read the SQL standard(s) for fun. Use MySQL as a website backend at Sophos for many different small applications and some large ones. Maintain a database-based CMS containing all the virus description data.

Bug/Feature/Planning

Bugzilla, RT, VersionOne, Liquidplanner.

Customer interaction

Understanding and refining needs with other Sophos departments. Agreeing specifications. Customer visits for varetis AG to define customisations. Technical Perl lead on a joint project with Sales. Visited customer sites for CODA to install software.

Support

Triaging incoming requests for the Sophos website. Solving quick problems on the spot. Answering customer calls at CODA.

System administration

Install and administer personal linux and windows systems. Installed MS Exchange and NT servers at CODA. Installed software at customer sites.

Development techniques

Project management


Career history

Sophos plc, IT Solutions developer, February 2009 - present

Sophos plc, Perl programmer, September 2005 - February 2009

varetis AG, Software developer, May 2000 - September 2005

BAAN

CODA GmbH, Desktop Consultant,

Education

BSc (Hons) Computing and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire

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