Ademar de Souza Reis Jr. - Resume / Curriculum Vitae

Ademar de Souza Reis Jr.
<ademar@ademar.org>, http://www.ademar.org/


Interests

    Research and development of technologies related to Unix/Linux and
    Open Source;

    Lead software development teams using agile methods and tools.


Skills

    - Linux software development and system administration (user since
      1998);
    - Extensive experience with C (POSIX, ANSI), shell scripting and open
      source development tools (GNU tools, git, svn, vim, rpm-build, etc);
    - Experience with C++, Python, Network Programming, Qt4, X.org,
      Information Security and Embedded Linux;
    - Unix Design and Open Source culture, licensing and philosophy;
    - Team leadership and agile development methods.


Spoken Languages

    - Brazilian Portuguese (native speaker)
    - English (fluent)
    - Spanish (basic)


Education

    - BSc. in Computer Science at Federal University of Paraná
      (UFPR) - Brazil (1998-2002). Member of the PET Team.

Professional Experience

      INdT - Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia (May, 2008 - Present day)
      Research and Development - OpenBossa Labs
      http://www.indt.org.br/
      http://www.openbossa.org/

      Mandriva Conectiva S/A (January, 2001 - May, 2008)
      Research and Development Team

      - Extensive contributions to the Conectiva and Mandriva Linux
        Distributions, working on integration and packaging of
        several open-source projects. In particular, the X.org
        project [2001-2004, 2007-2008];

      - Started and managed a Linux consulting project for the Angolan
        government, including trainings and customization of Mandriva
        Linux in Luanda - Angola [Jun-Dec 2007];

      - Software Engineer on a Siemens IPTV set-top box project using
        C++ and embedded Linux [Sep-Dec 2006];

      - Software Architect and Technical Leader on the Benq-Siemens
        'Mobile Phone Manager for Linux' (XMPM). The Mandriva team
        (8-16 developers) designed and implementated all low-level
        components and integration with the Linux environment. The
        team was managed using Agile Development Methods and Practices
        (SCRUM and XP) [2004-2006];

      - Security Analyst and Consultant, being part of the team responsible
        for the security of Conectiva Linux and other Conectiva products
        [2002-2004];

    From 1998 to 2001, worked on free-lance jobs as Linux/network
    administrator and instructor.


Publications and Presentations

    - "A System for Remote Sniffers Detection on TCP/IP Networks" (free
      translation from Brazilian Portuguese title) Ademar Reis, Milton
      Soares. UFPR, November 2002;

    - XII Bolivian National Congress of Computer Science - Tarija,
      Bolivia - October 2005. Invited to give the following presentations
      (free translation from Brazilian Portuguese versions):

         - "TCP/IP and Service Fingerprinting";
         - "Security on the Linux Environment";
         - "Introduction to SELinux".

    - General presentations on assorted Linux topics at small events in
      Brazil.


Open Source Contributions

    - Conectiva/Mandriva Linux distribution and projects used by it;
    - Author of sniffdet, mpp.py and other small "pet projects";
    - XFree86-4.1 SiS video driver major refactoring and fixes;
    - Minor contributions to assorted projects.


Training

    - Certified Scrum Project Owner - ScrumAlliance - October 2008.
    - Certified Scrum Master - ScrumAlliance - July 2006;
    - Agile Estimation and Planning (16h) - Object Mentor - July 2006;
    - Software testing (40h) - Qualiti Software Process - April 2006;


Misc

   - Occasional blogger: http://blog.ademar.org/
   - Amateur photographer: http://www.ademar.org/fotos/

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