Mirko Vidovic's Resume
| P E R S O N A L - D A T A | |
 | Current address: Brunngasse
14, CH-3011 BERN. Phone: (+41)31-382-72-53(Home). Married, no children, French Driving licence, French citizenship, Swiss C Permit, Born on 1970 October 12th. Contact Address: <my first name> AT <my last name> DOT PRO Keywords: Mobile, European, integrated... |
| E X P E R I E N C E | |
2012 |
Visana Services AG -
I have been permanently hired by Visana Services in order to take over the administration of the Syrius ASE WLS 11-based application. This task implies packaging (Python/Jython based), installation, monitoring, documentation, updates, and productive maintenance. I am also in charge of the EDI platform. Besides Syrius and EDI, I also work as a Unix/Linux (SLES) system administrator and develop many tools for the group (Ajax-based inventory DB/meta-monitoring system...). I am also actively involved in the documentation of all our processes. Keywords: System administration, Webmastering, EDI, Linux, Solaris, Apache, Weblogic, Tomcat, CVS, SLES 11, Zabbix, Nagios, MySQL, Python, Perl, PHP, Ajax, Scripting, Packaging, Alarming, Pikett... |
2004 |
CTO, Callet & Vidovic -
C&V is a business my wife and I created in order to deal with a number of projects unlike what we usually were commissioned to do by our day to day employers. We perform a lot of graphical and sound design, we also produce video documentaries. C&V also create and maintain lots of web sites for small businesses as well as big organisations. armed with a huge set of home made tools, we also manage our own hosts and outsource our clients' web activities. Besides our new consulting activities (CCTV installation, Wireless networks installation, computer and network security and forensics...), we recently chose to begin developing IOS application for portable devices. Keywords: System administration, facilities management, hosting, design, media and video authoring, IOS/Objective C development, HTML, Java, jQuery, troubleshooting, freelance, CCTV, computer and network security and forensics... |
2011 |
Altran -
I have been hired by Altran for a short mission as a system specialist. Based in Versoix (GE), I am an in-house consultant for Richemont, a leading luxury group (Baume et Mercier, Cartier, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Lancel, Vacheron Constantin...), for whom I maintain and administer web servers. My main tasks include: Apache Servers productive maintenance, implementation of changes in coordination with Richemont brands' respective Web Agencies, optimisation of the server response times using Level3 Content Distribution Network, analysis and implementation of a central logs and statistics server using awstats, automatisation of the installation of server components (MySQL, Apache, PHP, Drupal, etc.) on Solaris Servers, implementation of various alarms on the WAN and the Internet to avert response time degradation whenever possible, operation of the F5 Load-balancers. Keywords: Administration, Webmaster, Solaris, Apache, CDN, MySQL, Drupal, Python, Perl, Awstats, Scripting, Consulting, Daily commuting, Packaging, Alarming, F5 Load balancer... |
2008 |
Informatik Service Center ISC-EJPD -
I spent there 3 years, working as a Senior Systemspezialist / Team Leader for the Portal & Middleware Team. As well as providing 3rd level support for our customer base, my duties consisted of application and server management. We maintained EJPD's Single Sign-On Portal (more than 50 thousands visitors each day) from the Swiss Dept of Justice, the Swiss Federal police, the Swiss Cantonal polices, Schengen member countries polices and Interpol. We also took an extensive care of all the Unix/Java applications which are made available through the portal. Whilst attempting to stick to the ITIL v3 model (I got an ITIL Foundation certificate in March 2011), we were monitoring the various components of our software infrastructure, operating and maintaining them in cooperation with the R&D groups. We were also in charge of the various SLA Reports aimed at the upper management. This position also involved many direct contacts with the connected offices and, because of the highly sensitive environments that are managed, rigorous discipline. Keywords: Administration, Unix, Solaris, Linux, Weblogic, Aqualogic, Apache, Tomcat, Glassfish, Perl, J2EE, HTML, JQuery, JBoss, Prognosis, SLA, Support, Reporting, Troubleshooting, Pikett, Production, ITIL... |
2005 |
Bundesamt für Informatik und Telekommunikation -
I have been working there as a Systemspezialist (level III). My duties
consisted of application
and server management. As the B.I.T. is a federal office, I was then working
with huge systems which deal with any Federal matter, such as Tax, Customs,
Topography, Accounting and Transportation. The systems I was administering were
mostly Linux-based (even though I also happened to deal with AIX, HP-UX, Tru64
and Solaris). The applications they ran could be based on any combination
of PHP/MySQL, Apache, Samba, WebLogic, Tomcat, but also proprietary developments
or Perl scripts. The position also involved many contacts. Keywords: Administration, Linux, LPI-training, Apache, Weblogic, Tomcat, Perl and shell scripting, Troubleshooting, Team work, Samba, NTP, Pikett, Xen, VMWare ESX, Novell SuSe/Autoyast... |
1999 |
Die Schweizerische Post - I have been hired there as a Systemspezialist
(level III). After a Sun Cluster 2.1 training at Sun's, I have been in charge
of the following productive multi-million clients applications : Yellownet
(e-Banking), E-Payment, BMZ/RVS (mail and packages track'n trace), Online
shops, Home Page Post (Corporate site and intranet), Billing, computer security,
research and development, inventory, trouble-ticket management, Postauto
(public transportation) and many others. My tasks consisted of systems purchase and installation, application setup, troubleshooting, performance tuning, Y2K testing, automation (scripting and monitoring), system hardening, backup, software patches, development support (PVCS/Ant/Java...), 24/7 support, inter-project communication and problem escalation. Keywords: HP-UX, Solaris, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenLDAP, WebLogic, Vignette, Silverstream, Broadvision, Brokat, Reimer IPS, Windows 2000 server, Apache, Java, ISO-9001-certification, PHP, Perl, Python, Forth and shell Scripting, KDE/Qt C++ GUI Development, MacOSX ObjectiveC/AppleScript Development (prototyping), Developer support, Troubleshooting, Team work, Pikett... |
1998 |
American Management Systems - I worked in the String/Performance Tests Team
where I was expected to get a complete third millenium telecom billing system
up and running and to improve its performance until it met the client's
requirements. This task involved 3 weeks of experimentation in HP's test
laboratories, in Böblingen (Germany) where I developped a distributed
Java-enabled monitoring language to access all the messages queues from
a single browser window. I also ported the complete system to HP-UX 11 after adapting and recompiling it to the newest HP ANSI C++ compiler : aCC. This involved much low-level work like libraries (RogueWave, Orbix...) recompilation. I also implemented changes in the build scripts in order to use new features (incremental linker, precompiled headers. I finally maintained the event correction process within a development team and I developed an Intranet database monitoring application * to make my work easier. * (I got a Technical Award in June 1999 for this tool.) Keywords: HP-UX 10 and 11 administration, Oracle Server v8 management, Java/Perl programming, C++ expertise, PVCS version manager, team work, online process monitoring... |
1998 |
Alcatel Alsthom Research - As a member of the DSL development project, my
work consisted of the maintenance of an HP-OpenView/Oracle Alarm management
Application. I also developped new software components and applications in C++, Pro*C and Java and have been granted the responsability to prepair the main application's migration to a later version. In the meantime, I also developed the division’s Intranet. I was a member of the Network Management Unit (150 people). Keywords: HP-UX v10.20, HP Open View, Oracle Server v7.3, Java, Corba-IDL, C++, Windows NT v4, Pro*C, PL/SQL, Interleaf, Pure DDTS, GDMO, ksh, team work, Intranet, CSS... |
1997 |
CDSI - During the 5 months between August and December, I had to handle
the complete realisation of CDSI's commercial Intranet from scratch. The
application consists of 3 modules: a web-based user interface, a file manager
and a secure bank communication module. I managed a team of 4 persons: an administrative, a graphist, a developper and an analyst. I personally worked upon design, Java coding and NT+Linux administration. I realised the whole indexed files handling utility from scratch. It has been acknowledged as powerful, portable, secure and fast. Keywords: Java, Applets, Servlets, HTML, Windows NT v4, Linux, Apache, IIS3, SQL Server, Javascript, VBScript, ASP, bash, design, team management... |
1996 |
C2H / Cyber[Line] - From May 1996 to August 1997, I have been in charge
of Cyber[Line] handling of Internet and Intranet activities. I then developped
many Internet and Intranet sites such as Adecco's, Boiron's, Axor's, Jet
Services'... Keywords: Java, Applets, HTML, Windows NT v4, Linux, SCO*Unix, Cosmos Web Server, Apache, IIS3, Index Server, SQL Server, Exchange Server, Javascript, VBScript, ASP, Photoshop, bash, design, projects realisations, cooperation with clients, referencing sites... |
1996 |
Graphi*TY - I have joined Graphi*TY, from February to May 1996 in order
to realise for them 2 multimedia projects : the realisation of multimedia
devices for Lyons' Planetarium and a multimedia billing program for Radiometer
(Copenhague). Keywords: Macromedia Director v5, MacOS v7.5, Windows95, Photoshop, Illustrator, Visual Basic v4, Graphic Design, 4D SGBD, Multimedia prototyping and programming... |
1995 |
GRIM*EDIF - I joined GRIM*EDIF from November 1995 to January 1996 in order
to teach Director and Photoshop to professionals. Keywords: Organisation, training, group management, Macromedia Director v4, Photoshop v3, Windows for workgroups, Macromedia Authorware... |
1995 |
Conseil Régional Rhône-Alpes - From August to October 1995,
I have been contacted by Manpower in order to integrate AROM (Association
Rhône-Alpes des Olympiades des Métiers). My mission consisted
of managing the visual communication of the event. I had to realise all
the signs with the sponsors logotypes and to interact with the printing
company (REGMA) to get them ready. I also created some of the event's ads. I was also in charge of the systems' maintenance which wasn't so easy as, in the 40,000 m2 of Eurexpo receiving 100,000 people a day, I had to be able to fix any problem occuring on any of the 200 hundreds PC which I had previously networked together with Windows NT Server v3.51. This event happened to be very intensive (with sometimes 22 working hours a day) but it was worth joining. Keywords: Visual communication, event organisation, great scale maintenance, critical tasks performing, big budget organisation, third party communication, orders handling... |
1992 |
Éducation Nationale Française - I'm a diplomed teacher. I've
taught at post-graduate levels. My classes where about financial computing,
data handling, computer architecture, logical calculus and Boole algebra,
computer science related law texts, MERISE, NIAM and SADT design and conception,
COBOL, Basic and Pascal programing, Unix, OS/400, MVS, DOS, Windows, Novell
environments, Excel, Word and Access softwares... I was also in charge of my school's computers which consisted of one hundred PCs, an AS/400 and an IBM/9370 computer. Keywords: Teaching, maintenance, COBOL, MERISE, NIAM and SADT design, Office programs, Unix, MVS, OS/400, organisation of classes... |
1992 |
GIMEL-Lavergne SA - During my second Master year, I had to spend 6 months,
from March to August 1992 in a company. I have then worked at GIMEL-Lavergne
SA where I was charged of the design and the updates of a professional software:
Multibat. Multibat is aimed at construction-material vendors. It was developped under VMS on a Vax 3400, the used language was DIBOL (Digital Business Oriented Language). I had to get used to these working conditions in 3 days before starting my developments. Keywords: Adaptability, VMS, Vax, DIBOL, professional financial computing... |
1991 |
INSERM - During my first Master year, I had to spend 4 months programming
for professional purposes. I then joined the INSERM team who needed a developper
in order to realise the software interface for an electronic device collecting
vectocardiogram data. I realised the whole interface in Oracle/Pro*C under
DOS. Keywords: Scientific data handling, Oracle, DOS, Pro*C... |
| E D U C A T I O N | |
1993 |
Teacher in financial computing at post graduate level. Rank: 10th on
800. Dijon University |
1992 |
MIAG (Mastère d'Informatique Appliquée à la Gestion):
Master in finance and computing. Honors: AB. Lyon 1 University |
1990 |
DEUG A in electronics and fundamental physics with acoustics as an option Lyon 1 University |
1988 |
Baccalauréat Mathematics & Physics, with optional languages:
German and Russian. Lyons |
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Keywords: Straight studies, professor, Master in financial and computing, Degree in electronics and fundamental physics (option: acoustics), various specialities... |
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| J O U R N A L I S M | |
Watching America (USA) |
WatchingAmerica.com - A weekly contribution, which consisted of the translation (from either French of German) to English of an article taken from a major non-American newspaper and dealing with the way the rest of the world perceives the American people. WatchingAmerica.com, August 2008 to July 2009. |
Cuk (CH) |
Cuk.ch - A few contributions, especially software reviews or programing tips, to this community
web site. Mostly Apple-related product reviews. Cuk.CH, October 2005 to March 2008. |
Cyberbrain (F) |
L'Écho du Village Numerous contributions to both the paper and the
web edition of this French magazines since 2001. L'Écho du Village : Issue 15, 16 and 21 (paper edition), since October 2001. |
ACBM (F) |
Le Virus Informatique, Les Puces Informatiques, Pirates Mag Generalised
contribution to these French magazines since the beginning. Le Virus, Les Puces, Pirates : From Issue 1 onwards, since January 1997 |
Nexus (GB) |
ARChimedes World - Specialised in Acorn computing, David Watkins, editor
of ARChimedes World ordered me a long article describing the first French
Acorn Club: ARMada. Volume 15, issue 4 : April 1998 |
No'MAD (F) |
STraTOS is specialised in Atari computing.
I have contributed to their latest issues, writing about Computer Aided
Music and Acorn Risc computing. Issue 3 - December 1997 |
IDG (F) |
Le Monde Informatique I had to prepair a little speech for an article concerning
Web sites referencement. no710 - 21 février 1997. Interview by Cyril DHÉNIN |
Excelsior (F) |
Science & Vie Micro I sent this article to SVM one month before, as
I saw they made an enormous mistake concerning Acorn computers: According
to them, Acorn would stop its developments. This lie would prevent potential
ARMada members to subscribe. They published it in first page and even proposed
me a permanent work with them. May 1996, p24. |
Posse Presse (F) |
Login (Dream) During the year 1999 I got in charge of the monthly BeOS
C++ programing column. From issue 63 (9/99) onwards. |
| Keywords: Humour, argumenting, pertinence, precision, contacts... | |
| O T H E R - A C T I V I T I E S | |
Technical |
I am C&V's CTO. I maintain systems
(MacOSX, Linux and also Windows*.*), code (web
sites, PHP/MySQL, Ruby/Rails, Perl...) and also perform many design (graphical...)
and media related tasks (Movie edition, DVD Authoring). Media, Internet, Hosting, Video, Authoring, Packaging |
Group |
I am the creator ot the GNUArt web site.
This consists of a Free (as in speech) Art-distribution channel. I wrote
its charter with the kind help of the Free Software Foundation's manager :
Richard Stallman. GNUArt has been acclaimed by the French press since its opening, on January 1st 2001. GNU General Public License, creativity, contacts. |
Media |
In 2005, I began producing my own movies, mostly live concerts which I record
on several camcorders before mounting the synchronized captures and authoring
these on DVD. For these, I use Apple's Final Cut Studio suite. I then package the cut movies into attractive, interactive DVDs and organize their distribution. Video, Live events, Authoring, HDV, packaging, distribution. |
Music |
As a composer, I've made all the musics
and most of the sound effects of the game "ETERNAL DESTINY" (Acorn/RiscOS). I've also created the official anthem for the BSA (Bidouilleurs Sans Argent) You can find it on their website. I've been described as "extraordinaire" by Acorn User (Group IDG, UK) and RXN (Web E-zine). I've also worked a lot in my personal studio or with my previous bands. Some of my tunes were published by ARChimedes World and Acorn User as MIDI or SoundTracker files, some other by L'Écho du Village on their cover CD, most of the others are published in the GNUArt Gallery. After years of singing with big choirs, I occasionally join semi-professional classical ensembles with which I perform as a bass singer. Computer Aided Music, Live performing, group coordination, creativity. |
Group activities |
I created the ARMada in Spring 1995. I invested my own time and money in
the creation of our magazine, with some friends, we sent it to some people
who had Acorn machines at home and it was immediate success. I've actually become the privilegied contact of Acorn professionals in France and I represent all the French speaking Acorn Users worldwide. Even though the platform has commercially died, our group remains active and connected. ARM-Acorn developpers artists, 100 members, one monthly magazine. The first French speaking Acorn club, worldwide coordination (Canada, Belgium, Tunisia, Switzerland, France...). |
Writing |
I published 3 novels. A crime story which I initially began as an episodic contribution to the LW12/640 Zine, a Science-fiction thriller, and a dystopic allegory. These are available on Amazon or Lulu.com |
Sport |
I practise Swimming, Pilates, Jogging, Bicycling and/or trekking on a daily basis. |
Languages |
French (mother language), English (with permanent contacts), German (work
language), Russian (studied for 3 years, sometimes still practiced). |
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Keywords: Creative, passionate, open, sense of contact and organisation... |
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