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TIAGO ANDRé DIAS SILVA |
+48 669 273 119 |
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Rua de Cabo Verde Nº101 4ºDT Gandra - Ermesinde 4445-360 - Portugal
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OBJECTIVE |
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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:
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LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY |
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INTERESTS |
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SKILLS |
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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 |
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Modelo Continente Hipermercados, Porto, Portugal |
6th March 2006 - 23rd June 2006 |
| Workflow Helpdesk Innovation | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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) | |
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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) | |
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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 |
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Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 1st September 2005 - Present |
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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 |
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Alexandre Herculano, Porto, Portugal, 1st September 1996 - 1st August 2000 |
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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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