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Personalia
Name:Steinar Midtskogen
Birthday:3rd May, 1973
Nationality:Norwegian
Marital status:married, 2 children
Address: Jerpefaret 11E
N-0788 Oslo, Norway
Phone:+47 917 24 358
E-mail:steinar@latinitas.org
Skills
NĪL DIFFICILE VOLENTĪ
System administration:Unix (Solaris, SunOS, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, Irix), TCP/IP, NFS, DNS, Samba, NIS, SMTP, web, cgi, ftp, hardware, routers.
Programming:C, C++, assembly (Motorola 68k, 6510, i386, MIPS, Hitachi SH2, FX dsp, Z80), ML, Perl, Java, Pascal, Simula.
Other skills:HTML, LaTeX, GNU software.
Languages:Norwegian (native), English, Latin (written), Spanish (rusty), German (rusty).
Hobbies:Nordic skiing, hiking, photography, archery, travel, polar regions, linguistics.
Work objectives:(Not looking for a job, do not contact.)
Education
Jan 1999 - till date: Latin foundation subject (1 year study), Faculty of Arts, University of Oslo, Norway.
Description: Fundamental linguistics and phonetics. Classical Latin and literature.
Jan 1997 - Dec 1999: Candidatus scientiarum, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway.
Description: Master of Science. Thesis on term rewrite systems, theoretical computer science (laudabilis prae ceteris).
Supervisor: prof. Ole-Johan Dahl.
Aug 1992 - Dec 1996: Candidatus magisterii, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway.
Description: Bachelor of Science. Informatics and mathematics.
Courses also in Latin and astronomy.
Aug 1991 - Jun 1992: Upper secondary school (12th grade), St. Hallvard videregående skole, Lier, Norway.
Description: Supplementary year, specialisation in microelectronics.
Aug 1989 - Jun 1991: Upper secondary school (10th - 11th grade), St. Hallvard videregående skole, Lier, Norway.
Description: Emphasis on microelectronics and computer science.
Experience
Jan 2000 - till date: Senior engineer, Research & Development, Tandberg Telecom AS, Oslo, Norway.
Description: DSP programming, video encoding/decoding, H.261/H.263/H.264.

Jan 1999 - Jan 2000: Director for India operations, Open Systems Computing a.s, Oslo, Norway.
Description: Directing the company's activities in India. One office in Bangalore, Karnataka.
Administering the budget for computer equipment in the Norwegian offices (3 months).
Some system administration.
Oct 1996 - Jan 1999: System administrator, Open Systems Consultants a.s, Oslo, Norway.
Description: Setup and maintenance of the company's computers and network.
Backups.
Making purchases of hardware and software.
Running a web and mail hosting service.
Occational consultancy work at clients (appr. 150h).
Sept 1998 - Oct 1998: Systems and network consultant (4 weeks), Open Systems Consultants India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India.
Description: Setup of computers and network.
Technical evaluation of candidates.

Jun 1996 - Sept 1996: Programmer, Funcom Dublin Ltd., Dublin, Ireland.
Description: Programming on a 3D engine in C++.
Development of a plugin in Visual C++ for 3D Studio Max (NT Workstation).
Jan 1996: Programmer (3 weeks), Funcom Oslo A/S, Oslo, Norway.
Description: C++ programming on a late project.
Documentation.
Jun 1995 - Aug 1995: Programmer, Funcom Dublin Ltd., Dublin, Ireland.
Description: Development of a portable general purpose 3D engine in C++ and assembly.
Programming on a project using this engine.
Jan 1994 - Jun 1995: Programmer, Research & Development, Funcom Oslo A/S, Oslo, Norway.
Description: Established Research & Development.
Wrote a graphical engine for a Nintendo 3D game.
Development of a portable general purpose 3D engine in C++ and assembly.
Occational system administration.

Oct 1992 - Aug 1993: Soldier/corporal, Royal Norwegian Air Force, Gardermoen/Kjevik/Bardufoss, Norway.
Description: Compulsory military service.
Basic combat training (2 months), Gardermoen air station.
Technical courses (2 months), RNoAF Technical School Center, Kjevik.
Service (telecommunications, 6 months), Electronics Squadron, Bardufoss air station.
Miscellaneous
Feb 1999 - Jan 2000: Director of the Board, Open Systems Consultants India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India.
May 1999 - Aug 1999: Leave: travel in America, Europe and Asia.
1990 - 1991: Awards won for m68k programming.

Steinar Midtskogen