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 The Israeli Group of Linux Users Server
Co-Administrator

Administrating a 100% uptime server carrying FTP, SMTP and numerous WWW-services.
2000 Freecell Solver (an independent project)
Main Programmer

A C program that automatically solves games of Freecell and similar variants of card solitaire.
1997 MikMod for Java (an independent project)
Programmer

Converting a program from ANSI C to Java
January 1997 - October 1997 Smart Link Ltd.
Programmer and Tester

Testing a software-based modem (Modio), Windows 95 Programming
April 1996 - October 1996 Cortext Inc.
Programmer, WWW Site Maintainer, Limited UNIX Maintenance

HTML composition, CGI programming, TCP/IP client/server programs

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

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