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Pavol Rusnák

M.Sc. Pavol Rusnák

Email:
Jabber/XMPP: stick@gk2.sk
Blog:http://stick.gk2.sk/blog/
LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/prusnak

Open Source Enthusiast willing to learn new things and trying to make the world a better place to be.

Education

Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Computer science 2002-2008

Major: Database Systems
Minor: Distributed Systems
Thesis: Effective XML Communication Using SOAP and Automata

Experience

SUSE Senior Software Engineer, Prague, 2006 - present

  • Boosters Team: making it easier to contribute to openSUSE
  • openSUSE Board: providing guidance and support for the project
  • software packaging, collaboration with upstream communities

ZLD Software Engineer, Prague, 2005 - 2006

  • designing and implementing GIS related applications in C#.NET
  • administering MS SQL server instance

eSolutions Web Developer, Prague, 2004 - 2004

  • developing web applications in PHP
  • administering MySQL server instance
Skills

Programming languages

  • C / C++
  • bash shellscript
  • Python, Ruby
  • JavaScript / ECMAScript
  • PHP
  • Lua
  • C#
  • Java / Groovy
  • Prolog, Haskell, Scheme / LISP
  • Pascal / Object Pascal (Delphi)
  • x86 Assembly

Web related technologies

  • [X]HTML, CSS, jQuery
  • Rails, Sinatra, Django, Flask, Grails
  • MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MSSQL, Informix, Oracle
  • CouchDB, MongoDB, Redis, Neo4j
  • Node.js

Hardware and technology

  • Microcontrollers (8-, 16-, 32-bit: Atmel AVR, TI MSP430, ARM Cortex)
  • Android application development
  • Qt application development

Development tools

  • GCC, Visual Studio, MonoDevelop
  • Eclipse, IntelliJ Idea, NetBeans
  • QtCreator
  • Processing and Arduino
  • vim
  • debugging tools (GDB, strace, ltrace)
  • build systems (autotools, qmake, CMake, SCons)
  • source code management (git, Mercurial, Subversion, CVS, Bazaar-NG)
  • packaging (rpm, ebuild, deb)

Networking and Security

  • network architectures
  • low- and high-level protocols
  • cryptographic/hashing algorithms
  • service-oriented architecture

Theoretical background

  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Linear Algebra
  • Discrete Mathematics
  • Propositional and Predicate Logic
  • Algorithms and Data Structures
  • Automata and Grammars
  • Complexity and Computability
  • Compiler Principles
  • 2D Graphics, basic 3D Graphics
  • Acoustics and Sound processing

Languages

  • Slovak (native speaker)
  • Czech (fluently)
  • English (state exam)
  • German (intermediate)
Notable achievements

Positions held

  • Brmlab (Hackerspace Prague) Founder
  • openSUSE Project Board Member (2009-2011)
  • Google Summer of Code, 2011, openSUSE Administrator
  • Google Summer of Code, 2009, openSUSE Mentor
  • Google Summer of Code, 2008, openSUSE Mentor

Talks and sessions at various FOSS related events

  • Invex, Brno, Czech Republic
  • Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit, Mountain View, California, USA
  • LinuxExpo, Prague, Czech Republic
  • LinuxTag, Berlin, Germany
  • openSUSE Conference, Nuremberg, Germany
  • LinuxAlt, Brno, Czech Republic
  • U-IN-X, Prague, Czech Republic
  • FOSDEM, Brussels, Belgium
  • InstallFest, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Linuxwochen, Vienna, Austria
  • OSSConf, Zilina, Slovakia
  • FrOSCon, Sankt Augustin, Germany
  • SVG Open, Paris, France
  • FrOSCamp, Zurich, Switzerland
  • MeeGo Conference, Dublin, Ireland