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.
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.
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.
Used some Dojo in a Catalyst project. Wrote an Ajax form validation system based on jQuery and Moose.
Subversion, CVS and Git.
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.
Bugzilla, RT, VersionOne, Liquidplanner.
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.
Triaging incoming requests for the Sophos website. Solving quick problems on the spot. Answering customer calls at CODA.
Install and administer personal linux and windows systems. Installed MS Exchange and NT servers at CODA. Installed software at customer sites.
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