Jiří Bartoň
Sládkovičova 1264/10
14200 Praha 4
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 608 653 611
WWW: lurkingideas.net
Email: jbar@hosting4u.cz

profile

An experienced designer and developer with strong analytical skills. Always seeking and finding innovative solutions, yet recognized widely too - avoiding the impossible. Solid mathematical and computer science background. Dedicated to creating and maintaining clean design and implementation.

In one sentence, experience has taught him creativity will always be needed and rewarded, sometimes however, "things just have to be done."

In a few words, a geek but not a freak.

experience

2009 - current

I3 CZ

Senior Python Developer

I3.CZ makes online gaming software, often related to gambling. Duties:

Created www.bonus.cz, an all-pay auction site is the #1 in the Czech Republic with a thousand visitors every second. Built with Python/Django over PostgreSQL on memcached and redis.
Overseen the course of the development for easy maintenance and packaging.

2007 - 2009

Scionics

Python Developer

Scionis provides information management solutions to science communities and knowledge-oriented industries. Duties:

Created web-based user and billing management system for the MPI-CBG faculty with Django in the front and MySQL and LDAP at the back.
Maintained online booking databases.

2006

MGM Technology Partners

Developer

MGM provides development and sustaining for large sized companies, such as HP. It uses J2EE technologies and other enterprise level solutions. Duties:

Member of the third level support for parts of HP's web partner portal. Bug squashing using Java, Struts, and Oracle.
Member of the web team developing Quelle sites. Using Intershop's proprietary web application framework; Java based.

2003 - 2006

SWAC

Senior Developer

SWAC's focus lies in industry automation. It designes and manufatures controlling and monitoring devices, mostly for automotive industry in Germany. Duties:

Member of a team developing Lintouch, an open source HMI (http://www.lintouch.org). C, C++, and Python programming under Linux (and Windows).
Created several demonstration projects for Lintouch, primarly for trade shows. Idea, design, graphics, and implementation.

2002 - 2003, 2006

Hostel U Melounu

Web Application Architect and Developer

This hostel chain was receiving many phone calls and emails requesting information and booking. Tasks and achievements:

Developed a booking system at Hostel u Melounu, going through all phases of a software project. Using Python. The system has been running for six years.
Developed a general web application framework in Python, used for the first version of the above. Three years ago replaced with a similar one - Django.

2003 - current

Hosting4U

Administrator and Web Application Developer

Hosting4U (now TELE3) provides web hosting and web application solutions. Responsibilities:

Server administration. The systems run Ubuntu. Configured Apache, Exim, Courier, DNS, and statistics.
Created an accounting and registration system in PHP.

2002 - 2003

First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University

Administrator, Web Application Developer, and Infrastucture Designer

The IT department manages the entire IT infrastructure at the Faculty. Responsibilities and achievements:

Linux and Windows administration.
Mapped and reimplemented the organizational structure using LDAP, created the data management process, unificated the login access, and implemented data manipulation clients.
Installed and maintained computers using FAI for Debian.

2001

Mapfactor

Developer

Mapfactor creates map software for general use and vehicle tracking. Duties:

Display component development and testing in C++.
Optimizing graphical rendering.

major projects

2 years

Bonus.cz

Overseen design of the backend. Introduced many new libraries and technologies to the projects, such as memcached, redis, and nginx.
Steered the development to create a maintainable code base.
Packaged and set up and managed test environments.

1 year

Central user and billing system

Designed and created user information and management for a faculty.
Recursive permissions, billing rights, and memberships.
Several web front ends and an LDAP view.

3 years

Online booking system for hostels

Gathered customer requirements, implemented, adjusted the system, and maintained it (for 2 years). Minor adjustments every week, many new requirements gathered, some implemented and some scheduled.
Concurrent access condiditions and transactions.
Smart and simple result sets.

3 years

Web application framework

Convenient form validation, very often used with no coding at all.
Decent exception handling for runtime.
Transitions among pages occur with no coding.
Usual features include template language and output formatting.

2 years

Lintouch

Key decisions.
Several demo projects focusing on the major features developed along the way.
Documentation management and coordination.

qualification

Master's Degree in Computer Science at the School of Informatics, Charles University, Prague, the Czech Republic (2002): software engineering, computer graphics, digital image processing, and neural networks.

skills in general:

Computer

Python (6 years), Django (4 years), C++ (4+ years), Delphi, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Bash, Javascript, twill, Selenium, Java
Mercurial, Bazaar, Subversion, CVS
reST, HTML, CSS, DocBook, XML, XSL, MS Help
(forgotten) Ruby, XScheme, Prolog, PHP, ???, ???
... and counting because, every nail needs its hammer

Languages

Czech (native), English (fluent), German (intermediate)

personal details:

Date of birth: February 10, 1977
Marital status: single

interests:

pole sports! - cross-country skiing, mountain hiking, inline skating
snooker, badminton, floorball
music - trance, classical
unfortunately, computers