Customer Service High School

LAU, ANDREW

Personal Information

Address:

SUTHERLAND NSW 2232

Phone: 041*******

E-mail:

Nationality: Australian Citizen

Date of Birth: 18 February 1983

Career Objective

I am committed to becoming an open-source software developer, as I would like my work in future to be freely available for use and improvement to anyone in the world for the general good of society. I strongly believe that computers and the Internet should be used to bring people from around the world closer together, and in that belief, open-source software will be able to overcome the technological divide between people of all social and economic backgrounds. However, while I continue to pursue my tertiary education, I am seeking to gain experience, as well as improving my communication and teamwork skills, from working in competitive and demanding environments.

Education

Current Institution

2001

- Present

University of New South Wales

Computer Science Undergraduate

Higher School Certificate

1995

- 2000

Sydney Technical High School

686 Forest Road

BEXLEY NSW 2207

(02) 9587 5899

School Awards

UAI : 90.55

Equal 3rd in Computing Studies 2 Unit

3rd in Computing Studies 3 Unit

Skills

Intermediate programming skills in C, Perl, Shell and Java.

Familiarity with HTML/XML, LATEX, PHP and PostgreSQL.

Six years of Linux experience in basic network administration and security.

Typing speed: 57 words per minutes

Highly competent in Office software e.g. Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org

Experienced with Desktop publishing software: Adobe InDesign/PageMaker and Photoshop.

Work Experience

Feb 2004

- PresentFreelance

Journalist for:

AUSTRALIAN PERSONAL COMPUTER MAGAZINE

http://www.apcmag.com

(02

) 9263 9700

Responsibilities

Write technical workshops on Linux.

Review Linux distributions.

Supervising editor: Matt Overington

2002

- Present:

SKY KING Chinese Restaurant

193 Liverpool Rd ASHFIELD 2131

(02) 9799 1717

Responsibilities

Customer service and waitering

Phone and front-desk reception

Disclaimer: this is my family's own small business

Session 1, 2003:

UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

School of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)

Responsibilities

Student Assistant for Higher Computing 1A (COMP1711).

Help students overcome difficulties understanding subject matter.

Dec 2001

- May 2002:

INTERFRANK HOLDINGS Pty. Ltd

. (Trading as Franklins)

Westfield Shopping Centre

MIRANDA NSW 2228

(02) 9525 6615

Responsibilities

Night-fill & packing

Customer assistance

Oct 1999

- Oct 2000MAN LIN WAH Chinese Restaurant

601 The Kingsway MIRANDA NSW 2228

(02) 9526 1130

Responsibilities

Customer service and relations

Phone and front-desk reception

Orders handling & data entry

Extracurricular Activities

2001

- PresentUNSW COMPUTING STUDENT'S SOCIETY (COMPSOC)

http://www.unsw.compsoc.net/

President (2004)

2003

- PresentCSE REVUE (Comedy/Musical Production)

http://www.cserevue.org.au/

Technical Crew

2002 CSE Student Representatives

http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/ stureps/

2nd Year

Elected Representative

1998

- 2000FRED, Sydney Technical High School's school newspaper

Layout Editor and writer on social and technology issues

1996

- 2000 INTERACT, Sydney Technical High School's charity organisation

Vice President

(1999)

1999

- 2000STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL

Publicist (non-elected)

Volunteer Experience

Dec 2001

- Current:

THE DEBIAN GNU/LINUX PROJECT

http://www.debian.org/

Position: Package Maintainer

http://qa.debian.org/developer.phplogin=Andrew+Lau

Responsibilities:

Compile and maintain software.

Debugging and quality assurance.

Abide by strict development polices.

Liaison with software developers and users.

Interests

I am interested in computers and information technology, and enthusiastically support the open-source ideal and movement. My other main area of interest is in journalism, while my favourite hobby is the quest for the perfect shot of espresso.

References

Sam Calder

: (02) 9385 4910Associate Lecturer & COMP

1711

Subject Administrator, UNSW

Michael Adamson

: (02) 9525 6615

Night-fill Team Leader, Franklins Miranda

Kevin Kao: (02

) 9525 7000

Managing Director, Man Lin Wah Restaurant

Melissa Peric

Sydney Technical High School English teacher and supervisor of Fred

Bill Kaladelfos

Sydney Technical High School Librarian

Andrew Lau

2005-06-08

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