Mathematical Software Developer

Roger R. Thomas, B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc.

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Contact

Information Boston, MA 02116 E-mail: *****.********@*****.***

Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2

Education

High Performance Computing, Graduated: December 2011

• M.S.c Graduated top of class

University College Dublin, Belfield, Co. Dublin

Physics with Astronomy and Space Science, Graduated: November 2010

• B.S.c First Class Honors

Newpark Comprehensive School, Blackrock, Co. Dublin

Leaving Certificate, Class of 2006

• Total Points: 470

Awards and Throughout my academic studies I was extremely active in many-extra curricular

activities. Through this, as well as in my professional life, I have made proud achieve-

Notable

ments

Achieve-

ments

• 2011, Creme Quarterly High Performance Award

• 2009/2010, UCD Canoe Club Captain

• 2008/2009, UCD Canoe Club Training Officer

• 2005/2006, Newpark Student Council Representative

• 2005/2006, Newpark Senior Prefect

• 2005/2006, Newpark Senior Rugby Team Vice Captain

• 2004/2005, George Powell Memorial Cup for my “services to Newpark Rugby”

During my time studying ”High Performance Computing” in Trinity College Dublin

Academic

I gained vast amounts of experience developing large scale, computationally intensive

Software

software projects utilizing compute clusters with over 800 cores. This was done using

Experience

the Message Passing Interface (MPI) API through the c programming language. For

my masters project I developed software to simulate the explosion of a Star in which

the final simulation ran for 2 days over 48 computer cores.

Professional Creme Global, Dublin 2

Experience

Mathematical Software Developer October 2011 - December 2012

• Played a fundamental role in the back-end software life-cycle of Creme Global’s

two most recent products

• Contributed significantly to the development and background theory of pio-

neering algorithms in the consumer risk assessment industry

• Maintained and improved legacy software products

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• As part of the EU funded FACET project, was responsible for developing a

large scale system, using python, MySQL and multiple Amazon EC2 compute

clusters, to estimate the migration of chemicals from packaging layers into food

stuffs.

Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City

Freshman Mathematics Tutor Academic Term 2010/2011

• Teaching and explaining freshman mathematics to class sizes of approximately

30 in a tutorial environment

• Grading Weekly Tutorial Sheets

On-line Mathematics Tutorial Web Developer December 2010

• Using xml and mathml to develop on-line tutorial problem sheets for freshman

mathematics

Forty Foot Bar and Grill, The Pavilion, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

Line Chef June 2010 - August 2010

Queens Bar and Restaurant, 12, Castle Street, Dalkey

Prep Chef June 2009 - August 2009

Dublin Institute of Design, 13 - 17 Dawson Street, Dublin 2

Night Porter/Administrator Academic Terms: 06/07, 07/08, 08/09

Toby’s Bar & Grill, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Line Cook June 2008 - August 2008

Kielys Bar & Grill, 68 Deerpark Road, Mt. Merrion, Dublin 4

Food and Drinks Waiter June 2007 - August 2007

Sandymount Hotel, Herbert Road, Landsdowne Road, Dublin City

Commis Chef June 2006 - August 2006

Through my academic and professional career I have gained considerable experience

Computing

in the following areas of computing

Skills

• Technologies(Most Experienced 1st): C, Python, MySQL, C++, Modula3, Javascript,

PHP, Java, Octave, xml

• Parallel Programming Experience: MPI, OpenMP, Multi-threaded program exe-

cution

• TEX: L TEX, BibTeX

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• Microsoft Office: Experience using Word, Excel, Power-Point for various college

assignments as well as various professional tasks

• Operating Systems: Experience developing software through both Linux and Win-

dows

• Typing Speed: 60 wpm

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In general I would describe myself as a conscientious, hard working, outgoing and

Personal

Information up-beat individual. In areas of my life that are orientated around my hobbies and

passions I pride myself on the quality of my output in those areas. I am also a very

active person and I like to keep task orientated and busy.

I am a keen sports person and have dedicated a large portion of my personal life to

the pursuit of sports, through which, I like to keep fit and healthy. My main sports

include, Rugby, Kayaking, Rock Climbing, Tennis, Surfing and Skiing.

I am and have been a passionate cook for a number of years, and my love for cooking

has proved advantageous in my professional life where I have secured a number of jobs

in the catering industry, in particular as a learning chef.

• Prof. P. Duffy, Director of Postgraduate Studies and Senior Lecturer, UCD, +353 1

Referee’s

716 2232, peter.duffy@ucd.ie

• Dr. M. Peardon, HPC Course Director and Senior Lecturer, TCD, +353-*-***-****,

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• Dr. Raja Mukherji, Former Software Team Lead for Creme Global,

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