Curriculum Vitae for Toni Nikkanen

Name:	Toni-Tapio Nikkanen
Date of Birth:	16.7.1976
Address:	Paaskunnankatu 1 C 39 20540 TURKU Finland
Phone:	+358 50 4282052
Email:	tn@iki.fi
This CV is available at: http://nikkanen.org/cv.html Please visit my blog at http://www.tuug.fi/~toni/serendipity/
Language skills:	Finnish, native English, fluent Swedish, basics German, basics
Certifications:	Nokia Certified Qt Developer
Computer skills:	Work experience on languages: C, C++, Perl, PHP, C#, SQL, HTML, XML. Familiarity with Java, LPC, Python and Scheme. Basic knowledge of x86 and PIC assembly language. Operating systems: Linux since 1993, Maemo 4, Maemo 5, Maemo 6, MeeGo, MS-DOS, Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, ChorusOS, Mac OS X Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Firebird, SQLite, Gnome.org tracker Protocols, interoperability: TCP/IP networks and protocols, including SCTP GPRS/EDGE core network protocols CAN and CANopen protocols D-Bus Tools, libraries, frameworks: GNU tools (gcc, gdb, gcov, emacs, etc.) git, ClearCase and Subversion version control systems Qt 4.6, Qt embedded Scratchbox, Maemo tools, Qt Creator Debian .deb packaging libqttracker, Harmattan UI Framework, libquill, MAFW, Service framework Glib, gstreamer Emulators: Qemu, bochs, pearpc Scrumworks Pro, Bugzilla Visual Studio .NET 2005, 2008 iText PDF creation library Methods: Agile/Scrum Test-driven development Traditional waterfall model Continuous integration Business areas: Telecom/Network elements Telecom/Mobile devices Vehicle/Automotive computers Embedded Linux Industrial applications Business Intelligence
Employment History:	Cybercom Group Oy (formerly Plenware, formerly Almare, formerly Patria Ailon Oy) Senior Software Design Engineer 2001/05/02 - Currently working on Maemo 6 applications development using Qt, including unit testing, debian packaging, continuous integration and automated testing systems. Previous projects briefly: a vehicle computer that interfaces vehicle subsystems using CAN and other buses and which runs on Linux with Qtopia Core on top of the frame buffer device an C#/.NET data collecting application on a touch-screen computer an industrial reporting system using Linux and a C++ application with a web interface network technology consulting (SCTP protocol for telephony signaling) GPRS/EDGE network element (BSC-SGSN) software design, implementation in C language, test planning and testing Multimediatoimisto Kuulalaakeri 2000/02/14 - 2001/04/14 Application Developer Designing and implementing intra-, extra- and internet applications mainly with PHP and MySQL or Oracle. Some C++ and Perl development, and Unix maintenance. Mimedia 1999/09/01 - 2000/03/01 Free-lance Web Application Developer (Perl) Affecto 1998/12/01 - 1999/06/01 Free-lance programmer Development of Nokia Telecommunications' database reporting using the Business Objects tools. Rewriting and fixing legacy Oracle reports for Y2K compliance using Perl.
Education:	University of Turku major: Computer Science minors: mathematics, business economics 1995/09 - ongoing - BSc very soon.
Courses:	DOORS 2007/05 Organizer: Telelogic One-day course about using the Telelogic DOORS system for requirements management. GPRS Advanced 2003/12 Organizer: Teleware, prof. Hannu Kari One-day advanced course on GPRS features and issues GPRS Signaling 2003/10 Organizer: APIS Three-day course on GPRS signaling plane protocols Advanced C for embedded systems 2003/01 Organizer: Tieturi Two-day course focusing on advanced topics in programming portable, optimized C code for embedded systems. Oracle SQL 1999/03 Organizer: Oracle Three day Oracle SQL course. BusinessObjects Manager 1998/12 Organizer: AEL BusinessObjects basic user course 1998/12 Organizer: AEL C basic course 1991 Organizer: Kotka Polytechnic Basics of the C programming language
Scientific or technical conference attendance	Maemo Summit, Amsterdam, October 2009 EOU (European Ornithologists' Union) conference, University of Zürich, Switzerland August 2009 As an accompanying participant ISBE (Internal Society for Behavioural Ecology), Cornell University, Ithaca USA August 2008 As an accompanying participant
Responsible Positions:	Finnish Unix User's Group ry 1999-2001 Member of the board Turku Unix User's Group ry 1997-2010 Member of the board 1997-2005, vice chairman 1999-2006, Chairman 2007-2010 Operating the association's Unix equipment and network Operating the computer science student project Linux server 2001- Delphine MUD ry 1999- Member of the board Operating the association's Linux/FreeBSD server 1997- Delplhine MUD is an online virtual world / social community system that has been operating since 1997. Turku Aikikai ry 1997-2009 Maintaining the association's web site. Housing Company as. oy Pikkumetsä 2010- Member of the board
Hobbies:	I study a Japanese martial art, Aikido and exercise a lot, most running, cycling and going to the gym. I have two cats and practise photography. I read science, science fiction and fantasy books and enjoy traveling.
Post Scriptum	I am interested in a technical role that gives me visibility in the open source world, including interfacing with members of the open source community and traveling abroad attending Maemo/Meego/Linux/Open Source and related conferences. I am also interested in senior/specialist developer roles and in training new people to work on Maemo/Meego development.