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Milton Soares Filho


Brazilian, married, living in Manaus/AM

milton.soares.filho@gmail.com (e-mail), milton.soares.filho (skype)

+55 92 9199 1086 (mobile)


Interests



Work on adapting linux for embedded environments and developing applications
for portable devices, using agile methods and tools.



Skills


    

  • Experienced C systems programmer (ANSI, POSIX)

  • Unix-like systems application development (since 1998)

  • Intermediary knowledge on Python, Java and C++ development

  • Fluent English speaker and writer

  • Skilled on shell scripting programming

  • Revision control systems user for several years (Subversion, SVK, git, CVS)

  • Test Driven Development advocate

  • TCP/IP networking




Education



B.S in Computer Science at Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Brazil
[1998-2002]


Electronics Technician Assistant at Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do
Paraná (CEFET-PR), Brazil [1994-1998]


Spanish course at Centro de Idiomas Jardim das Américas, Curitiba, Brazil [2002-2004]


English course at Wizard Jardim das Américas, Curitiba, Brazil [1998-2002]



Professional Experience

Research and Development, INdT (January, 2009 ~ January, 2010)


  Team Technical Leader at OpenBossa Labs, helping the development of rich user
  interface applications and demos. Deployed solutions using Python and C++
  along with EFL Edje, Qt and Webkit frameworks for multiple platforms, such as
  linux desktop, MacOSX, symbian s60 5th Ed (n5800 and n97) and Maemo (n810 and
  n900).


Research and Development, Fucapi (June, 2007 ~ November, 2008)


  Senior developer on SBTVD (brazilian digital television system) set-top-box
  project. Adapted and improved an existing embedded application for Brazilian
  broadcasting parameters using STMicroElectronics platform (ST7100 SoC and
  STLinux cross-compile toolkit) in regard to normative compliance (ABNT
  NBR and ARIB standards), graphical interface and low-level API's usage.



Postgraduate Linux Introduction's Teacher, CESF (February ~ April, 2008)


  Lectured GNU/Linux disciplines 101 and 102 to the Web Systems and
  Infra-structure courses. Material ranging from basic foundations (philosophy,
  process, filesystem) to shell programming, commands usage and services
  configuration.


Research and Development, Mandriva/Conectiva (August, 2004 ~ October, 2006)


  Senior developer on BenQ-Siemens LinuX Mobile Phone Manager (XMPM) project.
  Worked on low-level components, including implementation of communication
  protocols such as SyncML, ObeX and AT commands. Accomplished integration with
  higher-level layers by using web-service technologies (SOAP). Also worked on
  internationalization (i18n) and installation features, using both on script
  and python-based components.





  Technical leader on XMPM2 project. Succeeded to introduce Mandriva Java
  skills to the project by implementing prototype components for SMS management
  (GSM AT commands), using Java, JNI and RxTx features.


Research and Development, Lactec (December, 2002 ~ August, 2004)


  Project, development and maintenance of Copel’s (Companhia Paranaense de
  Energia) substations automation systems. Mainly focused on integration of
  newer communication protocols such as DNP (Distributed Network Protocol) and
  IEC 60870-5. Created components were targeted to QNX, a POSIX-compliant
  operating system with real-time constraints.




  Usage of modelling languages such as UML and SDL-RT (specification and
  Description Language - Real Time Extensions).



South-cone Procurement Department, Exxonmobil Brasil S.A. (March, 2002 ~ December, 2002)


  Trainee on development of practical solutions for office requirements.
  Usage of MS office tools (Excel, Word and Access), VB programming and minor
  developments for intranet sites. Also contact with SAP R/3 integrated
  management tool.


Research and Development, Lactec (October, 2001 ~ March, 2002)


  Trainee. Development and maintenance of automation related communication
  protocols. First contact with Copel automation systems and QNX platform.


IT, Gracco Consultoria em Informática (October, 2000 ~ October, 2001)


  Trainee. Website development and maintenance, supervisioned by Daniel
  Wandarti Filho. Contact with web related technologies such as Java, JSP,
  Apache Server, Jakarta-Tomcat, Servlets, HTML, XML, XSL, XSLT, XPATH, CSS
  and javascript.



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