Resume

I have been fascinated by computers since I was a child. I learned to program with BASIC and assembly language on a Commodore 64, then I switched to the Amiga and I used it until well after Commodore died. I learned C and C++ on the Amiga and I developed several shareware applications.

After high school and a couple of years spent following university courses, I found a full-time job as a software developer.

Today my personal interest is focused on Open Source software: GNU/Linux, KDE, Mozilla, etc.

I am mostly self-taught, but I have also attended a couple of courses.

Jobs

1996-current: employed at Informatica e Servizi, a leading developer of GIS applications on Autodesk platforms, where I develop ObjectARX applications in C and C++, AutoLISP, Delphi, Visual Basic and more recently OnSite Desktop applications using C++ and C#.

Skills

Programming and scripting languages:
- C: master (1989-current); done some teaching
- C++: excellent (1994-current)
- C#: good
- AWK: good
- AutoLISP: good (1996-current)
- Delphi: good (1999-current)
- Visual Basic: good (1999-current)
- Java: moderate
- Perl: reading
- Python: reading
- Makefiles: excellent
- Unix shell scripting: excellent
Development tools:
- Revision control systems: RCS (excellent), CVS (good), git (good), Visual SourceSafe (good), BitKeeper (moderate)
- IDEs: Microsoft Visual Studio 4, 5, 6, .NET and 2005 (excellent), Delphi 3, 4, 5 (good)
Operating systems:
- GNU/Linux: 1996-current, used exclusively as desktop/server OS since October 2000 on my personal computers.
  Skills: installation and maintenance, system administration, application development and packaging, some kernel hacking; moderate experience in network and server configuration.
  Preferred distribution: Debian.
  Strong interest in the Open Source community.
- Windows: 10+ years experience (Windows 3.1 to Windows XP).
  Skills: installation and maintenance, application development and deployment, networking, troubleshooting.
- AmigaOS: 1989-2000, phased out in favour of Linux.
  Skills: installation and maintenance, excellent application development skills, OS hacking/patching using C and m68k assembly languages.
Applications:
- AutoCAD, Autodesk Map (excellent programming, moderate drawing skills)
- Microsoft Word, Excel, Access (good general knowledge, moderate programming skills)
Networking and servers:
- Web server setup and maintenance (Apache / Apache 2, PHP).
- Wikis (MediaWiki).
- Mail server setup and maintenance, including antispam tools (DSPAM, SpamAssassin, bogofilter).
- Database servers (MySQL).
Markup languages:
- HTML and CSS (fluent)
- TeX and LaTeX (quite good)
- Texinfo (good)
- XML (moderate)
- MediaWiki

Education

High school ("Liceo Scientifico") plus two years of University studies in Engineering: mathematics, geometry, calculus, chemistry, physics.

Self-learned general knowledge in many scientific disciplines, especially physics and astronomy.

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