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Curriculum Vitae
of Gareth Eason B.Eng (hons), AMIEE

General Information

Name: Gareth Eason

Address: 54 College Fields,
Woodhead Drive,
Cambridge,
CB4 1YZ,
United Kingdom.

Telephone: +44 (7968) 146676 (Mobile)
+44 (1223) 420301 (Home)

Nationality: Irish

Date of Birth: 3^rd February, 1978

E-Mail: garethe@csn.ul.ie

WWW: http://www.csn.ul.ie/~bigbro/
http://fypserver.csn.ul.ie/

Work Experience

Software Design Engineer with Nokia UK Ltd. (Current Position, since Sep 1999)
Software Engineer with Schaffner Ltd., summer 1998 (4 months).
Software Engineer & Network Administrator with Schaffner Ltd., Co-operative Education, June 1997 - February 1998 (9 months).
Software Engineer with Schaffner Ltd., summer 1996 (2 months).

Relevant Experience

Computer Programming Languages

C
C++
BASIC
Visual Basic
Java
Pascal
ATLAS
HTML (also ASP(Active Server Pages), JavaScript, JScript & VBScript)
SQL
Assembly (Intel x86)
TNSDL (Telecomms based programming language.)

Software Development Tools

Microsoft Visual C/C++ (v1.52c - v6.0)
Microsoft Visual Basic (v3.0 - v6.0)
Borland C++ (v4.5 - v5.0)
Borland Turbo C/C++ (v3.0)
Borland TASM and TLINK
GNU gcc and g++
NuMega SoftICE
ddd
PAWS
Java Developer’s Kit (JDK v1.1)
Various 'In-House' Software development environments

Platform / OS Development Experience

I have both administration and development experience on the following platforms:

DOS (v3.30 - v6.22)
Windows 3.11
Windows 95/98/2000
Windows NT (3.51 - 5.0b, Server & Workstation)
Linux (RedHat, Slackware & Caldera)
UNIX (HP-UX, Sun Solaris)

Development Technologies Used

Nokia DX200 Platform
Win32 API
Windows Executable (EXE) and Dynamic Link Library (DLL) formats
ActiveX
Microsoft COM & DCOM
X11/R4, R5 & R6 interface

Projects Undertaken

Design and Implementation of Short Data Service on TETRA (Current Project)
Computerised Theatre Lighting (Final Year Project, see http://www.csn.ul.ie/~bigbro/fyp/ or http://fypserver.csn.ul.ie/.)
Document automation with Microsoft Office.
System Administration of a Windows NT/95/3.11 & Unix Network.
Internet and Intranet development.
Product deployment viability analysis. (Specifically Visual Studio 6.0)
Development of a Quality Information System for Schaffner, including the provision of Internet and Intranet access to the database.
General Software development and maintenance. (C, C++, Visual Basic.)
The design and development of an ATLAS (IEEE standardised language) to PowerStar™ (Automated test interface developed by Schaffner Ltd.) interpreter for Schaffner.
Software Localisation research, specifically for VB and C++ applications with Double Byte Character Sets (DBCS) and Unicode.

Other Computer Experience

System Administrator of the Computer Society's servers in U.L. (Linux Based)
Typing Speed of approx. 50 WPM.
President of the Computer Society for the academic year 1998/99.
I am a 4^th Year student in the University of Limerick, and as such have more than three years of both software and hardware project work behind me.
Internetworking of Windows with Linux and Unix based systems, and administration of same.
Intranet Site Development on both Linux based and NT based machines.
Technical Writing (Schaffner Technical Manuals) and document automation of same.
As a member of the Computer Society, I have been giving evening lectures and workshops on HTML, Internet development, Unix basics and Java in the University of Limerick for the past three years.

Spoken Languages

Fluent Irish and English.
German to a high degree.
Basic working knowledge of French.
Currently learning Finnish.

Academic Achievements

University of Limerick (B. Eng.)

Modules Taken:

German for Engineering / Science 1, 2
Engineering Mathematics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Computer Software 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Digital Systems 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Electrical Science 1, 2
Physics for Engineers 1, 2
Business & Society 1
Circuit Analysis 1, 2
Active Circuit Design 1, 2
Operating Systems 1, 2

Communications & Theory
Signals & Systems 1
Software Engineering 1, 2
Digital Signal Processing 1
Language Processors
Computer Networks 1, 2
Real Time Systems
Computer Architecture
Distributed Systems
Engineering Management

Árdscoil Rís C.B.S. secondary school (Leaving Certificate)

Passed with honours, achieving 2 A's, 4 B's and 1 C.
Graduated June 1995.

Other Interests & Hobbies

I maintain an interest in all things related to computing, especially the software design/development side of things.
My other big interest is music. I play piano and guitar.
While in the University of Limerick I played keyboard with and taught music to the University Folk Group.
Here in Cambridge, I am a semi-regular attendee at several Irish Traditional sessions where I play guitar.
I am also a guest musician with a Finnish Celtic Rock band called, 'Gan Ainm.'
I also play badminton regularly, but no longer at competition level.

Awards & Certifications

Associate Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (AMIEE)
Certified Engineer, Grade I.
Certificate in Advanced IP, The Phillips Group.
Certificate in Society Administration, Computer Society, University of Limerick.
Certificate of Co-Operative Leadership, Anois 1999, Limerick Diocesan & Pastoral Centre.

References available on request.

Name:	Gareth Eason
Address:	54 College Fields, Woodhead Drive, Cambridge, CB4 1YZ, United Kingdom.
Telephone:	+44 (7968) 146676 (Mobile) +44 (1223) 420301 (Home)
Nationality:	Irish
Date of Birth:	3^rd February, 1978
E-Mail:	garethe@csn.ul.ie
WWW:	http://www.csn.ul.ie/~bigbro/ http://fypserver.csn.ul.ie/