RENATO GOLIN rengolin (at) systemcall (dot) org QUICK ACCESS http://rengolin.systemcall.org/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/rengolin ABOUT ME I am a programmer since the early 80's in many platforms and programming languages. I'm a wannabe scientist and an experienced software engineer. I've done a bit of everything: low-level C software, C++ libraries and graphical interfaces, Java, Perl and PHP web systems, worked with (and written new) database systems, network services, games and distributed computing in a plethora of environments. Unix is my window to this world for 15 years already, giving a special emphasis (and return) to the open source community. Distributed computing for me is not only a tool to achieve high performance or availability but a new way to solve old problems in a more efficient way. Innovation needs responsibility. Engineering needs creativity. Each software is a unique life form. SEEKING My current focus is to develop adaptable technologies using academic algorithms in distributed environments, always focusing on software quality and business continuity. TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE - Development in C, C++, Java, Perl and PHP - Unix development and management - Relational databases (MySQL Geek) - Distributed computing development and administration - Tech Lead and Self-Management - Development of mission-critical software and scientific algorithms PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE EBI / EMBL - Cambridge / UK ------------------------------------------------ 12/2005 to current Job: Software Engineer Roles: Member of UniProt Production team delivering the protein database to the public. Maintain and optimize procedures on a multi-cluster Unix environment. Achievements: - Maintenance of the UniProt C++ library and associated production tools - Reorganization of procedures and rewriting internal tools to optimize speed and network usage and to reduce failure rate and staff dependency, reducing running time 10-fold - Coding data access and indexing algorithms in C++ for speed and efficiency - Parallelization to hundreds of nodes running Alpha/Tru64 and AMD/Linux64 - Documentation, workflows and background information of all procedures Yahoo! Inc. - Sao Paulo / Brazil ------------------------------------------------ 06/2003 to 11/2005 Job: Software Engineer Roles: - Member of Americas Platform Team delivering solutions for Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Miami (espanol.yahoo.com), Canada and South Asia. Achievements: - Deployed mobile services for Latin America countries specially SMS Mail, SMS Messenger, WEP Messenger and WAP pages - Responsible for Americas' front page infrastructure as a developer, maintaining the publishing software infrastructure and as a Unix admin keeping the cluster up-to-date and running - Responsible for Americas' Sponsored Matches infrastructure developing the marketing tool (C++/PHP), exporting the technology to South Asia - Member of the MySQL Geeks group acting as local and global support for Yahoo! developers - Former member of Latam Search Team where we were the first international team to deliver the new Yahoo! Search Technology - Created and managed the Latin America Beowulf cluster as part of Yahoo!s unofficial GRID OmniData Networking - Sao Paulo / Brazil ------------------------------------------------ 02/2003 to 06/2003 Job: Java Consultant Roles: - Plan and develop transportation insurance software using Java Achievements: - Led a small team to deploy a desktop application using Java Swing and WebService Servlets - Developed C drivers for serial hardware communication using the Java Native Interface Fortis IT Consulting - Sao Paulo / Brazil ------------------------------------------------ 08/2002 to 02/2003 Job: C++ Consultant Roles: - Develop C++ desktop tools, Java Servlets and Oracle PL/SQL procedures Achievements: - Maintained a Customer Manager System (C++/GUI) for one of the biggest insurance companies in Brazil (Sulamerica Seguros) - Developed mileage system for Transamerica Flats (C++/GUI) - Develop Oracle PL/SQL packages of data import/export and Java/Servlet support packages (model layer) Insite Solucoes Internet - Sao Paulo / Brazil ------------------------------------------------ 05/1999 to 08/2002 Job: Developer, Product Manager and DBA Roles: - Web Developer - Product Manager - MySQL and Oracle DBA Achievements: - Created a web calendar for one of the biggest internet providers in Brazil (Agenda ZAZ) - Created a full-featured e-commerce book shop (Livraria Tempo Real) - Created a complete e-commerce'o'matic solution where clients can build their shops online with online payment and stock control (InShop) - Improved the calendar as a complete web organizer merging with other products for the biggest internet provider in Brazil (iG Organizer) - Implemented KDE componentes to build a POS Browser for the biggest multi-store in Brazil (Casas Bahia) together with IBM - Planed, installed and managed MySQL and Oracle databases with replication and multi-master setups Informal work - Sao Paulo / Brazil ------------------------------------------------ 1994 - 1999 Roles: - Hardware technician (assembly and network) - C/GUI development for DOS - Customer support on-site - Development of MS-Access office suite + billing - Graphic design / Layout FORMATION BSc (Hons) Open Degree Open University - Cambridge Attending, focus on computing and physics Physics Bachelor USP Universidade de Sao Paulo Transferring to Open University Biology Bachelor USP Universidade de Sao Paulo Transferred to Physics SCIENTIFIC WORKS - Numerical modeling of evolution (Airton Deppman IF / USP) - Numerical modeling of social insects (Dick Koedan IB / USP) - Protein physical chemistry (Shaker Chuck Farah IQ / USP) - Pigment Cell Physiology (Ana Maria Castrucci IB / USP) - Mammals CNS Pharmacology (Regina Markus ICB / USP) LECTURES AND SEMINARS GIVEN - MySQL Security / New Features v5.0 (2005) - MySQL database on Linux (2004) - MySQL database on Linux (2003) ARTICLES PUBLISHED - MySQL 5.0, May, 2005 (SQL Magazine, ed.17) - MySQL Cluster, Jan 2006 (SQL Magazine, ed.27 cover) ACADEMIC SEMINARS / PROFESSIONAL COURSES TAKEN - MySQL Users Conference (2005) - Yahoo! MySQL Geek trainning (2005) - VPN and Beowulf clusters training (2003) - Capability Maturity Model (2003) - 2002 Summer classes on Physics [IF USP] (2002) - Quantum Physics [IF USP] (2000) - Unix Network Administrator (1994) LANGUAGES - Native Portuguese - Fluent English - Basic Spanish