Shlomi Fish' Resume

Shlomi Fish
4 Hakim Eliyaho St.
Tel Aviv, 69120
Phone Number: 03-6424668
Cell Phone: 054-6232377
Fax Number: 03-6414319
E-mail Address: shlomif@iglu.org.il
Home Page: http://www.shlomifish.org/
Instant Messaging: ICQ - #207733823; AIM - ShlomiFish; Jabber - ShlomiFish@jabber.org

Education
1997 - 2003	The Technion B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Proper) Average: 84.6% (Cum Laude)
1991-1995	Gymnasia Ivrit "Herzlia" Major Subjects: Mathematics, English, Physics and Arabic
Experience
Programming
2004 - Present	HTML-Widgets-NavMenu
	A Perl Module for maintaining HTML navigation menus and site flow.
2003 - Present	The Better SCM Site - http://better-scm.berlios.de/
	A web-site for information and advocacy of version control systems and Source Configuration Management (SCM). Includes articles, links and a multiple-item multiple-system comparison of 16 different implementations.
2001 - Present	Latemp - a Content Management System for Static HTML Sites.
	A content management system based on Web Meta Language and many Perl CPAN modules, intended primarily for constructing static HTML pages.
2001 - Present	An Administrator for the iglu.org.il site. Maintaining several online services supported by the main server of the Israeli Group of Linux Users (IGLU). Experience with Apache, Zope, Perl, rsync, qmail and other programs. Created several online pieces of content using these tools.
1999-Present	Maintaining a private Linux workstation Maintained several home systems and one at the Computer Networks Laboratory of the EE Department of the Technion. Experience with package maintenance, system configuration, installing software, fixing glitches, and daily use. Used RedHat Linux (version 5.x, 6.x) and Mandrake Linux (version 7.x, 8.2 and 9.x).
2000	Freecell Solver (an independent project) Main Programmer Started a C project to automatically solved games of Freecell. Continued in adding more features, optimizations, and clean-ups. Experienced with ANSI C Programming, writing portable code, Autoconf/Automake/Libtool, GNU Make, Writing RPM Specs, maintaining a web-site and interacting with users and co-developers over the Internet. Freecell Solver is distributed under the public domain, and has been integrated into three Freecell implementations so far.
1997	MikMod for Java (an independent project) Programmer Converting a program from ANSI C to Java Mod Files are music files whose instruments are given as samples, and are played at different notes and effects to create the melody. The conversion was done by converting to C++, and then several steps of Javaization. The resultant code was working and produced good output, but was not very conformant to the Java style.
January 1997 - October 1997	Smart Link Ltd. Programmer and Tester Testing a software-based modem (Modio), Windows 95 Programming I began working at Smart-Link as a tester for their software-based modem which was based on a soundcare and implemented the connection logic and the DSP in software. I worked with Windows 95 and Windows 95 OSR2. When Smart-Link hired a dedicated and more experienced Q&A Engineer, I became a part-time tester/ high-level programmer/general jack-of-all-trades. I worked with the Windows Drivers, MFC, Perl for Win32, DJGPP, Cygwin, a myriad of games and modem-related software, as well as Microsoft IIS.
April 1996 - October 1996	Cortext Inc. Programmer, WWW Site Maintainer, Limited UNIX Maintenance HTML composition, CGI programming, TCP/IP client/server programs I worked in Cortext as a web-designer and CGI programmer. I worked with HTML, Apache, Perl, various UNIX flavours (FreeBSD, SunOS 4.1.3, IRIX) and Windows 95 Workstations. Built several sites there, while still using almost exclusively Perl due to my limited knowledge (at that point) of UNIX.
June 1995 - March 1996	Elpas Electro-optic Systems, Ltd. Chief Programmer of EIRIS (Elpas Infra-Red Identification System) Databases, client/server programs (with NetDDE), English/Hebrew MS-Windows GUI Elpas manufactured a network of sensors that was installed in each room of a building (say a hospital), received input from infra-red badges, that made it possible to determine where each person or piece of equipment was located. I maintained the software that ran on a centralized computer, received the raw input from the sensors and processed it. My main issue was to replace an SCO UNIX server software with something internal of out own. We inspected working with Microsoft Access and ODBC, and eventually realized our own in-memory data managing was the most suitable solution due to the real-time nature of the application. Specialized in Windows (16-bit) Programming, SQL, ODBC, ANSI C and C++. Worked primarily with Borland C++ 4.5 and the Microsoft Developer Network CD.
Mathematics
1994	1st place, first Annual Israel's Mathematics Contest for School Teams Along with: Kobi Karlibakh, Or Tsok and Amit Zinger
Technical Writing
2004	Which Open Source Wiki works for you?
	An article overviewing and comparing several popular and open source wiki engines. Published at O'Reilly-Net.
2001	Perl for Perl Newbies
	A series of presentations (along with detailed slides and many examples) that aim to introduce the Perl programming language for beginners.
Creative Writing
2004-2005	The Human Hacking Field Guide A humorous realism story about high school teens in mid-2000's Los Angeles, who deal in programming extensively.
1998	The One with The Fountainhead A parody on "The Fountainhead" (by Ayn Rand) modelled on an episode of "Friends"
1996-1997	The Enemy and How I Helped to Fight it A satire about the situation in the Israeli-Lebanese border
Essays
2003	Open Source, Free Software and Other Beasts
	An essay explaining what Open Source Software, and Free Software is all about, the difference of terms and philosophies, and the various other terms one should know about.
2004	The Joy of Perl
	An essay explaining why I like Perl so much.
References
Will be supplied upon request
Fields of Expertise
Programming Languages:	C/C++, Perl, Basic, Java, JavaScript, Object Pascal, Bourne Shell, Scheme, Haskell, Matlab
Operating Systems:	UNIX (Linux, FreeBSD, others), Windows 95/98, Windows 3.11, DOS
Databases:	SQL, Delphi, ODBC, MS-Access, miniSQL/MySQL, PostgreSQL
Internet Related:	HTML, CGI programming, JavaScript, TCP/IP Sockets, Web Meta Language
Various Programs:	Word, Excel, WordPerfect, Corel-Draw, The GIMP, LaTeX, DocBook/XML
Development Tools:	Autoconf/Automake/Libtool, CVS, Subversion, BitKeeper
Languages
Hebrew	Speaking, Reading and Writing - Mother Tongue
English	Speaking, Reading and Writing - Very Good
Arabic	Reading and Writing - extremely basic (and rusty) command
Personal
Born May 5, 1977 Single