| Full name: | Christopher Markham Boyle |
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| Email address | chris@boyle.name |
| Postal address: |
Available on request
Cambridge,
UK
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| Website: | http://chris.boyle.name/ |
| Requirements: | Remaining in the Cambridge area |
Summary
Software engineer with recent experience in C++, Perl, Java, networking, UNIX-like platforms; also proficient in C, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, web development.
Experience
August 2006-present: Zeus Technology, Cambridge, UK: Software Engineer
- Development of application traffic management software in C++, UI in Perl.
- Activities from design through to support on all areas of the products.
- Major involvement in event handling features, geolocation, cryptographic hardware support.
July 2004-September 2004: HeadRED Media, Coventry, UK: Web developer (STEP placement)
- Built an online bespoke suit shop (and similar projects intermittently to May 2005, part-time).
March 2003-March 2005: University of Warwick Computing Society: Elected as Technical Officer 2004-5, Linux User Group liaison 2003-4
- Provided gaming sessions, LAN parties, web and shell hosting to a membership of over 200 users and other societies.
- Organised events such as guest lectures and installation help sessions (‘installfests’).
- Gave training seminars on the use of Linux.
January 2002-present: Debian GNU/Linux: Developer
- Current maintainer of 5 packages.
- Handled bug reports and integration with other software.
Spare time projects
- On Android, a port of a puzzle collection in C using JNI (50,000 downloads on Android Market); some Locale plugins and smaller projects.
- Learning Ruby on Rails (wrote a simple blog/CMS for my website).
- See the full list.
Education
2002-2006: University of Warwick, Coventry, UK: Computer Science MEng, 2.i
- Fourth year group project using Extreme Programming: pub food ordering using Java (Micro and Standard Editions) and Bluetooth.
- Third year individual project: dual-interface calendar using C++ and MySQL.
- Second year group project: supermarket checkout system.
- Modules on: software engineering, networking, HCI, database systems, graphics, automata, parallel algorithms, neural networks, AI and project management.
1997-2002: Winchester College, Winchester, UK
- 5 A-level A grades in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics,Chemistry, German.
- STEP Mathematics II grade 2, 2 AS-levels, 7 GCSEs including Mathematics A*.
Other qualifications
- Full UK driving license, own car.