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Daniel Rychcik :: Brief CV

Personal information

  • Date of birth: May 17th, 1977, Elblag
  • Marital status: married, two children
  • Nationality: Polish
  • Place of residence: Geneve, Switzerland

Language proficiency

  • Polish - native
  • English - fluent, spoken/written
  • French - good, spoken/written
  • German - elementary (actively learning)
  • Russian - elementary

Education

DateSchool
1997-2002
(details)
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Degree obtained: M.Sc. in Maths, major in CS
- Master's thesis: Extending pFortran syntax, ranked A
   (nominated to the nationwide PTI thesis competition)
- Led a students' team to win the yearly Team Programming Contest
1992-1997
(details)
Technical College, Elblag, Poland
- Degree obtained: Technician of Digitally Controlled Devices
- Tech's thesis: Combustion Engines, ranked A+
1984-1992
(details)
Music School, Elblag, Poland

Professional experience

DateCompany and position
2007-current
(details)
UBS SA, Zürich
UNIX Systems Administrator
2003-2007
(details)
INTEGRAL Science Data Centre, Geneva
Senior systems administrator
2001-2003
(details)
AIS.PL, Torun
Senior systems administrator, Java application developer
1998-2002
(details)
NCU Torun, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Systems administrator, user support
1995-1997
(details)
OTT System, Elblag
AutoCAD designer

Computer science-related skills

Programming languages and technologies:

  • Java - Servlet API, XML APIs, JDBC, JNDI, MVC
  • Other WWW technologies: HTML, XML/XSLT, JavaScript, PHP
  • Databases: MySQL, Oracle (JDBC, PL/SQL)
  • C,C++,Pascal - 8 years of (mostly amateur) experience
  • Low-level programming - assembly languages (Z80, x86)
  • Teamwork - CVS, web-based project management

Operating systems:

  • Linux and Solaris - administration, advanced user
  • Windows NT/2000 - advanced user
  • Technical knowledge of Internet protocols: TCP/IP, SSL, HTTP
  • Design of medium-sized UNIX- and Windows-based networks
  • Theoretical and practical aspects of OS architecture and design

Hardware:

  • PC compatible - assembly and service
  • Sun hardware: SunFire servers, Sun StorEdge arrays, RSC/ALOM
  • Network equipment: switches, cabling etc.

Areas of personal interest (CS-related)

Other interests

Awards and achievements

YearEventRank
1991 State Mathematics Contest 3rd place
1997 NCU Programming Contest
(University access without exams)
1st place
1998 National Collegiate Programming Contest 8th place
1998 Central European Collegiate Programming Contest 22nd place
2002 NCU Team Programming Contest
(awarded by Lucent Technologies Project Prize)
1st place
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