Software Engineer Developer
Resume:
Lontou **
Spyros Livathinos ********@****.*******.**
www.livathinos.com
Education
**** - ******* ***, ******** *******, Computer Engineering & Informatics Department, University
of Patras, (Expected GPA: 3.7).
Master s Thesis: "Decision making using Nash Equilibria - Development of an illumi-
nation automation system in a smart building environment."
2003 - 2010 BSc, Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering & Informatics Department, Uni-
versity of Patras.
Undergraduate Thesis: "Development of a nancial expense pattern visualizer using
the Android SDK."
Professional Experience
08/2009 - present Computer Technology Insitute & Press, Software Engineer.
Human.Resource .Management. Application. for . . . . . . . . . . .Ministry .of. Education - Developed
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new modules using J2EE on an Apache Tomcat Application Server for a system used for
the HR management of about 300.000 educational workers.
Technologies: J2EE, Oracle 10g & 11g, Velocity, Apache Tomcat
Excellence.Initiative. - Led the development and design of the project s website and backend
management system, used by all Greek Higher Education Institutions to keep track of and
promote their awarded projects, publications and patents. Also designed the visual identity
and web template of the project.
Technologies: PHP, Ruby, MySQL, HTML5/CSS3, jQuery, Javascript
Greek . . . . . . . .Network - Developed and designed a web application which acts as a document
. . . . . . School . . . . . . . .
repository and informational node for the Greek School Network with focus on educating
and supporting informatics teachers in schools.
Technologies: Joomla CMS & Framework, PHP, MySQL, HTML/CSS and JavaScript
01/2011 - present Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics, Teaching Assistant for the
undergraduate courses "Internet Technologies and Systems" and "Distributed Systems".
03/2010 - 06/2010 Khome Productions, Web Developer, Worked on building the frontend and backend
of a large scale electronic shop with thousands of purchasable photos and a dynamic
content blog/portfolio for a photography agency. Technologies: Wordpress, OSCom-
merce, MySQL, PHP, jQuery.
Personal & Academic Projects
Master Thesis DecisionMap: Preference average calculating service using Nash Equilibria.
Web service and accompanying mobile application which generates preference equilibria in
multiple-user smart building environments.Technologies: Ruby, JavaScript, MongoDB - Code
Bachelor Thesis Financoid: Financial expense pattern visualizer.
Developed an Android application which visualizes user expense patterns and keeps track of a
user s expenditure preferences.Technologies: Java, JavaScript, Android SDK - Code
GamingBetas Beta Phase Tracking Application.
Website for gaming enthusiasts and beta testers, which at this moment has about 200
users tracking and joining beta phases.Technologies: Ruby on Rails, MySQL, JavaScript,
HTML5/CSS3
Networking Prototype of a Multi-threaded TCP Server.
Multithreaded server which handles basic operations, mutliple connections, queue handling
and message passing to connected users.Technologies: Ruby, Bash
Open Source Involvement
Mozilla Foundation Firefox Developer Tools, Contributor to the Firefox Developer Tools with bug xes
on various modules. Patches can be found at Bugzilla. Technologies: Javascript, XUL.
Rails Community Typus, Localization contributor to the Typus Ruby on Rails administration panel gem.
Technologies: YAML.
Technical Skills
Programming Object Oriented/Procedural Languages - Java, C++(Prior experience)
Dynamic/Scripting Languages - JavaScript, PHP, Ruby
Markup/Typesetting : HTML, CSS, XML, Markdown, LTEXA
Frameworks - Ruby on Rails, Android SDK, Joomla Framework, jQuery
Databases - MySQL, Oracle 10g & 11g, MongoDB
Source Control - Mercurial, GIT, SVN
Servers - Apache, Tomcat, Passenger
Operating Systems - Ubuntu Linux, MacOS, Windows
Visual Design - Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Personal Skills
Leadership & Organized a 9-day student trip to Silicon Valley, CA for 50 motivated participants
Organizational from the Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics at the University of
Patras . During a course of 3 months, I setup meetings with some of the
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biggest companies in the IT and communications elds, including Yahoo!, Microsoft,
Facebook, Mozilla and Nokia as well as innovative startup companies and entrepreneurs
in the area.
Collaboration I am a very goal oriented person and like to work with smart, motivated people. During
my time at the University and at my workplace, functioning as part of a team led me
to bring many projets to completion.
Languages
Greek Native Language
English Excellent verbal and written skills, Diploma of Pro ciency in English,
University of Cambridge (CPE)
German Very good verbal and written skills, Diploma of Pro ciency in German,
Goethe Institute (Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom). I also lived in Germany for 5 years.
Other Activities - Interests
Web Technologies I thoroughly enjoy educating myself about new web standards, web related techniques
and technologies. I also maintain a blog which acts as my personal web-playground.
Music I play the electric and classical guitar from a young age, and have studied music nota-
tion and theory. I also enjoy listening to music and am actively expanding my music
collection and knowledge.
Strategy Games A big fan of strategy games (table top or computer) and competitive play.
UPDATED: October 2012
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