Curriculum Vitae

Contact info

  • E-mail & Jabber/Google Talk: bjorn.maeland - at - gmail.com.

Skills

  • Programming languages: Ruby, Python, Common Lisp, Prolog, Java, JavaScript, PHP, R.
  • Frameworks/Libraries: Ruby on Rails, RSpec, jQuery, Compass, ++.
  • CSS/(X)HTML/XML/XSLT/JSON/AJAX.
  • Test/Behaviour-driven development (test first), solid knowledge of mocking/stubbing, etc.
  • Usage of revision control systems (Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, SVN).
  • Solid knowledge of SQL and relational database systems, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite.
  • Cloud computing platforms such as Amazon Web Services.
  • Agile methodology (XP in particular).
  • Emacs and Zsh!
  • GNU/Linux (Arch Linux, Ubuntu, Debian) (Linux desktop user since 1999), Mac OS X (MacBook user).

Education

  • 2009-: Master's degree in Computational Linguistics, University of Bergen.
  • 2006-2009: Bachelor's degree in Information Science, University of Bergen.
  • 2005-2006: Fullført 1 år siviltjeneste (VOKT, Stord VGS).
  • 2002-2005: Fullført 3-årig VGS (Allmenn, + VK1 IKT).
  • 2001-2002: Fredly Folkehøgskole, EDB.

Work history

  • 2008: Freelance
    Worked on developing www.authentic-scandinavia.com. Responsible for writing the web-service interaction with a 3rd party booking service and JavaScript for the front-end. Also helped out with the Ruby on Rails codebase. Did the intial hosting setup (Ubuntu, PostgreSQL, Apache, Passenger).
  • 2008-: Web-Master AS
    Web development (PHP, Rails, Sinatra, JavaScript), Web Design (XHTML/CSS) & System administration (Ubuntu Server, OS X Server).
  • 2008-: Hovland Elektro AS
    Web development & System administration, including development of a custom backup system written in Python.
  • 2008: Springbrettet (Student organization at the University of Bergen)
    Responsible for the development and hosting of their web solutions (Radiant CMS/Rails, Debian, MySQL, Apache, Passenger).
  • 2006-2007: NovaOffice AS
    Lotus Domino, LotusScript, PHP, Ruby on Rails, MySQL.
  • 2005-2006: Hovland Elektro AS
    System Administration (Windows 2003 Server).