Curriculum Vitae for Christian F. S. Laursen

July 2010

Education

1996-1999 Computer Science, University of Aarhus
Not completed

Working experience

2010 Software developer at Safeticket ApS
Still employed
2007-2010 Software developer at Telia Stofa
2000-2007 System administrator and software developer at pil.dk
1999-2000 Web developer at MegaMusic.com
Fired due to the employers financial problems

Voluntary work

2002-2004 Board member of Scene Event
2004-2010 Board member of Aarhus Unix User Group.
Chairman from 2007 - 2009.

Open source

2003-2010 FreeBSD contributor
Port maintainer of a number of programs in the FreeBSD ports collection.
2004-2009 mlmmj contributor
Have sent numerous patches and got commit access in 2006.

My background

I am 31 years old and have been studying computer science at the University of Aarhus for about three years.

In the time from september 1999 up to and including january 2000, I worked for Megamusic, Inc./MegaMusic Europe Aps where I was responsible for the development of www.megamusic.com as well as configuration and maintenance of the Linux server running the system. Part of the job was the implementation of the payment system delivered by Emprise (www.emprise.de). All the server side scripting was done in Perl.

From april 2000 to february 2007 I have been working as a developer at pil.dk. My primary occupation has been development and maintenance of advanced web applications, all running on unix. The technologies used are primarily Perl and PHP utilizing different database backends. During the last year there I worked almost exclusively on the companys payment solution called quickpay.dk. While working on this I have gained substantial knowledge about the protocols used in communication with PBS, WorldPay and a number of home bank systems. Furthermore I have been in charge of implementing the then recent security requirements from VISA.

Since I started working at pil.dk the company has gone from mostly doing development of web applications for external customers to primarily taking care of administration and maintenance of the servers running the applications. The goal has always been to be able to do this with very few people by automating everything possible.

From march 2007 to july 2010 I have been working as a developer at Telia Stofa. I work on a number of internal systems that runs the internet platform as well as the platform for digital TV. Furthermore I work on the support systems used by a lot of the other employees for support, customer care and diagnostic purposes. These systems are generally built on Linux using PHP or Perl combined with mySQL or PostgreSQL. Since the launch of the Video On Demand platform I have been deeply involved in the integration of the backend that handles all its data.

About me

I try to always understand the principles behind the things I work with and strive to keep a general view of the whole situation at the same time. I work systematically and try my best to make people happy with my work. If required I am very flexible about working hours.

I have acquired a large part of my knowledge myself by reading books and of course articles on the Internet. I constantly work to broaden my horizon. In addition to the areas mentioned above I have experience with the following:

I am a non-smoker and value a smoke free working environment.


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