PERSONAL DATA

 

Name	Jordi Sesé Puértolas
E-mail	jordi_sese@yahoo.com
Personal web page	http://astrosurf.com/jsese

STUDIES

2006-              Enrolled in MA/Doctorate Program: Cognitive Science and Language. Research area: Computational Linguistics. Universitat de Barcelona, BARCELONA

2004-2006      Degree in Linguistics. Universitat de Barcelona, BARCELONA

2003-2004      Career adaptation and completion of the 1st cycle in English Philology. Universitat de Barcelona, BARCELONA

2002-03          Occupational Safety and Health, Superior Level, Safety at work speciality (official certification pending until university graduation) (IDFO-UGT, BARCELONA)

2002               Occupational Safety and Health, Intermediate Level (IDFO-UGT, BARCELONA)

2001               Solaris Systems Administrator, official certification (SUN Microsystems, BARCELONA)

1992-93          Small business management (PIMEC, BARCELONA)

1989               Training course for Teachers of unemployed people (Instituto Nacional de Empleo, Sant Cugat del Vallés, BARCELONA)

1986-89          3 years on English Philology (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, BARCELONA)

1984-1986      English Level "D" (forth and last course) Escola Oficial d’Idiomes, BARCELONA

1985-1986      German Level "A" (introductory course) Escola Oficial d’Idiomes, BARCELONA

1973-86          Primary and secondary school - E.G.B., B.U.P. and C.O.U (La Salle de Gràcia, BARCELONA)

LANGUAGES

Spanish	Mother tongue
Catalan	Excellent level
English	Very good level
German	Basic knowledge

COMPUTING

I’ve got fifteen years of experience in computing, so I can manage with almost any computing environment.

Systems Administration:

-          Unix (Solaris, Linux...) and Microsoft (Windows 9x, NT, XP...) environments installation, optimization and maintenance.

-          Security systems installation and management (firewalls, port control, ssh, etc.)

-          Networking, modems, routers, etc.

-          Corporate (Oracle) and small (MySQL, InstantDB...) database systems installation and management. Data migration, database optimization.

-          PC Hardware and Software maintenance.

Analysis and Programming:

-          C, C++, Java, JDBC, SQL procedures, Unix shell scripts, data migration scripts, etc.

Internet:

-          Electronic mail servers installation, programming and management

-          All sorts of Internet servers installation and management (WEB, FTP, Servlets, SSH, etc.)

-          HTML, Javascript, dynamic HTML, etc. for web page creation and management.

JOB EXPERIENCE

2006Nov.-                  STAR Servicios Lingüísticos, S.L.

Programming: Project Management tools to help management of translation projects.
R&D: Computational Linguistics research on corporate translation tools.

 

2004Dec.-2006Nov   SOSMATIC, S.L.

Second level support operator. Online services & servers.
Morning shift technical coordinator for first level operators.
until dec 2005: Helpdesk operator. Wireless network service support helpdesk (night shift).

 

1996May-2002May    THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY GROUP (IHG)

Manager Information systems (MIS). Responsible of infrastructures (internal and projects’) : servers installation and management (hardware and software), database engines, systems optimization, security management and support.

Analysis and programming (Java, C++, SQL procedures, system shell scripts, etc.) in different projects. Specialized programming in electronic mail and operating system (low level) dependant routines. Technical support to projects. Project management. Main projects:

-          Virtual campus of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Programming, analysis and incidents management. Project management.

-          Remote mail service of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Project management, programming and implementation.

-          Infrastructure and migration of the on-line dictionary and Catalan Romanic database (arcat) of the Institut d’estudis catalans

-          Server infrastructure and optimization: Bertelsmann on-line Spain and Italy (BOL/Mondadori)

-          Educ@lia’s virtual community base platform: projects management, task coordination and system dependant modules programming.

 

1994 Dec.-96 April    CAP GEMINI ESPAÑA

Responsible of internal infrastructure (networking and communications). Design and implementation of teleworking infrastructures. Technical support to projects.

 

1992 Oct.-93 Oct.      QUARTERDECK OFFICE SYSTEMS ESPAÑA, S.L.

Technical coordinator. Distribution channel management for DOS and Unix markets. Design and production of the monthly newsletter. Internal database design and programming. Product sheets creation. Training courses.

 

1990 Feb.-92 Sept.   CHIP ELECTRONICA / CS TEAM / CHIP IDEALOGIC

(Barcelona/Hospitalet)

Local translations and customizations of software products: Lotus AmiPro 1.2 and NBI’s Legacy. Technical support: programming languages, operating systems and environments. Product Manager: Multimedia, programming languages, operating systems. New products evaluation and validation.

 

1989 June–90 Jan.   DESARROLLO INFORMÁTICO S.A.(DINSA) (Barcelona)

Training coordinator. Hardware and software support coordinator.

 

1987 Dec.-89 April    FONDO FORMACIÓN (Sant Cugat/Montgat - Barcelona)

Training courses for unemployed people. Teaching and course design.: Elementary Business English, office tools, desktop publishing, BASIC programming

OTHER ACTIVITIES

-          Review writing for MicroMailers mail-order catalogue (Oct 93-April 94)

-          Amateur Bulleting Board System installation and management. Connected to local and international (Fidonet) messaging networks (Jan 93 – Oct. 98)

-          Public domain tools programming (Jan 93 – Oct. 98)

-          Obligatory Social Service done in the Red Cross (1993-94)

-          Main hobbies: sports (running, badminton), astronomy, astrophotography

-          Active member of the Agrupació d’Afeccionats a l’Astronomia de Girona astronomy club (AaaGi, www.astrogirona.com)