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b.l.stein@gmail.com

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Who is Bram Stein?

I'm a programmer and web developer from the Netherlands, but currently living in Copenhagen, Denmark. I have a passion for developing usable programs, websites, visualizations―and when I have some spare time―games. I'm always open for interesting projects and problems, so do not hesitate to contact me if you need a talented programmer and designer. Please have a look at my Curriculum Vitæ below (or download as a PDF.)

Professional experience

Front-end Developer

One.com

I am currently employed as a front-end developer at One.com, where I work on their web based calendar and email applications.

Software Developer

Technical University of Denmark

Software developer at the Technical Information Center of Denmark (DTU Library.) I was responsible for the design and development of the DTU Digital Library web application, which provides a user-friendly interface for searching more than 150 million academic publications.

November 2008 - March 2010

Software Developer & System Administrator

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sweden

Lead developer on the FIRST project and system administrator in the IT department. As developer I was in charge of the design and development of the FIRST database system. As system administrator I was responsible for the computer network, servers, project databases, and management of external consultants.

September 2004 - January 2008

Programmer and Designer

Quality Net Link, The Netherlands

Programmer and web-designer on various projects. My tasks consisted of programming website back-ends, website design, database tool development, and database software maintenance.

January 2003 - January 2006

Technical consultant

Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands

Technical consultant in the design phase of the NetCodeGame project, a platform for teaching students the principles of software engineering through the programming of a multi-player game.

July 2004 - September 2004

Programmer

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sweden

Programmer on the second version of the Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST) database system. I was in charge of the design of the new system, the implementation and data set conversion.

July 2001 - October 2002

Designer

Lukkien Digital Studios, The Netherlands

Designer on multimedia projects. My tasks consisted of designing online advertisements and websites for various clients, including: Philips, Ladyline, and several others.

August 2000 - September 2000

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science

Uppsala University, Sweden

Graduated in May 2009.

Bachelor of Engineering in Media Technology

Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands

Graduated in January 2005, with Distinction.

Theoretical and technical knowledge

Programming languages

C/C++, Java, JavaScript, PHP;

Markup languages

DocBook, HTML 4/5, XHTML, XML;

Other languages

CSS, JSON, Latex, OpenGL, SQL, SVG, XPath, XQuery, XSLT;

Theoretical

Artificial Intelligence, Compiler Design, Data Mining, Design Patterns, Distributed Systems, Functional Programming, Machine Learning, Object Oriented Programming, Refactoring, Relational Database theory, Unit testing, Usability testing;

Tools/Other

Adobe Photoshop, AJAX, Ant/Maven, Apache HTTP server, Eclipse, ExtJS, jQuery & jQuery UI, Linux, Microsoft Visual Studio, MySQL, PostgreSQL, REST, Restlet, Subversion/Mercurial/Git, Tomcat.