My CV
This is my curriculum. If you have any questions, please use the contacts link on the bottom of the page. Some digital documentation is available upon request.
Personal Information
| Complete Name | Remi-Andre Mikalsen |
| Date of birth | April 23rd, 1978 |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
Work Experience
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2011- |
The Norwegian Centre for ICT in Education | Tromsø, Norway |
| Senior software engineer / IT architect | ||
| The Norwegian Centre for ICT in Education is an executive agency for the Ministry of Education and Research, which objective is to bring together actors and resources and to facilitate cooperation on ICT in and for the education sector. I work primarily with enterprise search, web and integration. The technologies involed are among others Solr/Lucene, Drupal, PHP and AtomPub. | ||
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2007-2011 |
University of Tromsø | Tromsø, Norway |
| Head engineer | ||
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The University of Tromsø is the northernmost university in the world, it offers more than 100 study programmes and detains a position of world excellence in various scientific areas. I worked in the area of identity management, more specifically with integration, consolidation and publishing of identities for authentication and other purposes. For all practical purposes, I did a lot of server maintenance, programming/integration and some casework. Technologically, Python, PostgreSQL, PHP, Linux, LDAP, RHEL and SVN were part of my work day. The project methodology was ad-hoc oriented, where small teams were created when there was a bigger task at hand. |
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| 2005-2007 | Finibanco SA | Oporto, Portugal |
| Senior programmer | ||
| Finibanco SA is a portuguese bank with more than 100 branches throughout Portugal, and employs more than a 1000 people. I started my carrer as an inturn, and ended up as a senior programmer. During my stay, I developed various intranet applications and participated actively in the analysis and planning of projects with great impact in the areas of authentication, authorization and bank management. My technological envolvement was primarily with Oracle DB, PL/SQL, WebSphere and Java. Projects were planned top down and had a rigid structure with plenty of documentation. |
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2003-2005 |
Searasoft | Oporto, Portugal |
| Freelance web programmer | ||
| Searasoft is a Portuguese company developing web solutions. I developed various websites while working for this company. The technologies involved were PHP and MySQL. Procjects were based upon virtual teams working with short iterations and small tasks. |
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| 1998 | Statoil | Nordkjosbotn, Norway |
| Informatics consultant | ||
| Statoil is a Norwegian company in the oil business. I developed a shift management application for a local gas station. | ||
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1997 |
Storebrand | Oslo/Tromsø/Ålesund, Norway |
| Information system consultant | ||
| Storebrand is a Norwegian company in the areas of insurance, banking and capitals. I was hired to develop an application that ended up being used nationwide by the car insurance division. Also, I hosted hands on courses on the developed solution. | ||
Education
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2000-2005 |
University of Minho | Guimarães, Portugal |
| Licentiate in Management Informatics | ||
| The University of Minho is a very renown public university in Portugal, maybe especially within my area. My final average mark was of 17 out of 20, or simply A. I finished best in class and received various academic prizes. |
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1994-1997 |
Secondary School of Kvaløysletta | Tromsø, Norway |
| Economics and Management | ||
| I completed secondary school with an average mark of 5,1 out of 6. | ||
Activities and Prizes
- I have programmed, among other languages: Ansi-C, Java, PHP, Python, SQL, PL/SQL, Prolog, Visual Basic for Applications, HTML, JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets, ABAP (SAP)
- I have had contact with: Windows, Linux (RHEL4/5), DOS, IIS, Apache, MySQL, Postgres, Oracle, DB2, Solr/Lucene, Drupal, Tomcat, WebSphere, RAD from IBM, Eclipse, HTML Express from Oracle...
- I received the “Universidade do Minho” prize, given to the single best student finishing each study programme each year, in addition to prizes awarded for meritable results each year of my study programme
- I developed FlexiPublish, an open source content management system
- I have sat on the board in a local sportsclub and a big regional commercial fair on a volunteer basis
Languages
| Norwegian | Mother Tongue |
| English | Excellent |
| Portuguese | Excellent |
| Swedish and Danish | Able to communicate normally |
| German and French | Basic knowledge only |
Interests and Hobbies
- Computers and technology
- Programming
- Digital photography
- Cinema
- Working out (football, volleyball, floorball, snowboard, ski, mountainhiking and more)
Complementary Information
- I have a driver license
- I am available for traveling
