Tiago Andre Dias Silva's Resume (Last updated November 24th 2006)

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TIAGO ANDRé DIAS SILVA

+48 669 273 119

Rua de Cabo Verde Nº101 4ºDT Gandra - Ermesinde 4445-360 - Portugal

http://www.remembersite.com/

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OBJECTIVE 

Extremely interested in taking up challenges in different countries and cultures.

Able to offer the skill-set gained from a lifetime of experience with computers, in which an ability to quickly grasp and work in any subject related to software development as naturally born.

Special interest in the following subjects:

  • Artificial Intelligence and Evolutionary Computation;
  • Web Development;
  • Language Learning Software Programming and Design.

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LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY 

  • Portuguese - Native language;
  • English - Very good proficiency (IELTS Certified, Band 8 User, Academic Version, 2006);
  • Japanese - Currently learning;
  • Polish - Currently learning (EILC Certified, Level A2, 2006).

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INTERESTS 

  • Karate and other Martial Arts;
  • Japanese Language and Culture;
  • World Traveling;
  • Cinema;
  • Psychology and Philosophy;
  • Juggling;
  • Artificial Intelligence and Evolutionary Computation (Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms).

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SKILLS 

Self-motivated and purposeful, very open-minded, with a desire to tackle different and innovative challenges.

Natural tendency to focus on what works and improve it, whilst disregarding theories that provide no practical and useful application.

Inherent ability to plan and strategize, often manifesting itself as a personal need.

Extensive software development technical skill-set acquired through more than a decade of experience. Knowledge in more than 15 programming languages, among which C++, Java and C# stand as personal favorites.

Knowledge and practice in practical psychological techniques designed to accelerate human learning (ex: mind mapping, speed reading, mnemonic memorization systems, etc.), learned from a long and lasting interest in cognitive psychology and human behavior.

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EXPERIENCE 

Modelo Continente Hipermercados, Porto, Portugal

6th March 2006 - 23rd June 2006

Workflow Helpdesk Innovation
Worked in an academic-enterprise relationship to provide a functional knowledge management system for this organization's helpdesk support team.

Part of a peculiar team of 11 people, hand picked for different personalities and skills. Assumed the role of "Coach", bridging the gap between management and implementation. Acquired great insights into management, social, and development workflow issues. Learned to embrace the different types of motivation strategies that guide the focus and work of different personality types.

The final product was successfully completed and deployed in the partner enterprise's installations.

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Rent-a-Coder, http://www.rentacoder.com/

7th June 2003 - 17th July 2006

Freelance development
Extensive experience in freelance projects with worldwide clients via the Rent-a-Coder service (working by the name of Chronosync Developments). Currently ranked above 99% of the available programmers.

Learned a lot of skills, among which: requirement elicitation and management, negotiation, and image marketing.

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Personal Project, http://www.nihonaid.com/

1st July 2006 - Present

Nihonaid
Nihonaid is a tool to help one in the path of learning the building blocks necessary to acquire Japanese language reading skills. It helps in memorizing the most important Japanese characters and vocabulary, by tracking the user's performance and custom designing and scheduling his/her lesson plan.

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European Space Agency, Porto, Portugal

26th December 2005 - 1st August 2006

European Student Moon Orbiter
Coordinator of the Software subteam, part of the On Board Data Handler team, for the European Student Moon Orbiter project. This project is a part of the European Space Agency's SSETI programme (Student Space Exploration & Technology Initiative), and aims at the deployment of a satellite in lunar orbit.

Amongst the lessons learned, the personal revalidation on the power of effective team-work stands out.

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Personal Project, http://www.neuralj.org/

26th December 2005

NeuralJ
Founder and developer of the NeuralJ project. NeuralJ is an open-source software project that aims at providing an efficient and user-friendly
Neural Network library for Java.

Improved the knowledge on Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms, as well as the skills in Java programming, and software architecture.

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Clube de Karate da Maia, http://www.ckmaia.org/

10th February 2005 - Present

Website for Clube de Karate da Maia (karate club)
Establish the club's presence in the World Wide Web, providing a way to get it closer to it's members and the general public. Solution was provided via a website implemented over the Mambo framework, using the PHP scripting language, and a MySQL database.

Learned to customize the Mambo/Joomla Content Management System to provide most functionalities a regular community website needs.

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Clube do Paiva, http://www.clubedopaiva.com/

10th July 2004 - 1st August 2004

Website for Clube do Paiva (extreme sports company)
Handled entire back end production of a website, web application and database programming. Solution was provided in the form of a web application implemented in the PHP scripting language, interfacing with a MySQL database.

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EDUCATION 

Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 1st September 2005 - Present

ISCED 5A ( International Standard Classification of Education ) in Engenharia Informática e Computação (Computer Engineering), 15.2 out of 20 (current average, 5th year out of 5) Grade Point Average

 

Alexandre Herculano, Porto, Portugal, 1st September 1996 - 1st August 2000

ISCED 3A ( International Standard Classification of Education ) in Curso Tecnológico de Informática (Informatics), 16.4 out of 20 Grade Point Average

 

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AWARDS AND HONORS 

  • 2006 - Awarded 2nd place in the 9th edition of the National Functional Programming Language competition;

  • 2001 - Awarded 2nd place in the "Pontes de Partida" writing contest. Work published in the book "Pontes de Partida" (ISBN 972-36-0592-9);

  • 1997 - Amateur video game called "Computer Capers" published in the "Amiga Format" magazine, Issue 104, December 1997;

  • Awarded third place in two editions of the "Board of European Students of Technology - Engineering Competition".

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CERTIFICATIONS 

  • 3rd Kyu Okinawa Goju-Ryu Karate-Do (Brown belt);
  • Type B Vehicle Licensed driver;
  • International English Language Test System, Band 8 user (www.ielts.org);
  • Intensive Polish Language Course, A2 Level Certification.

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