Peter Zinck Nielsen

Curriculum Vitae

Summary

Versatile software engineer with strong competencies in software design and programming and a broad experience with software development from the first specifications to the release of the final product, as well as system administration, technical support, and IT operations in general.

Extensive knowledge of content filtering and parental control solutions.

Experience

		Jun 2009 – Now: Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University System development, system administration, project management, and participation in various projects. Areas of work include: Implementation of new systems, e.g. CMS, IdM, PC configuration management. Software deployment / configuration management. Information security (DS484). Web/database development. Keywords: Windows, Linux, CapaInstaller, SQL Server, Microsoft Access, eZ Publish, TYPO3, PHP, SQL.
		Jan 2006 – Mar 2009: Netop Solutions A/S Development of advanced content filtering solutions aimed at companies, schools, libraries, ISPs, and parents. After Netop acquired EnoLogic's products at the end of 2005, I was invited to help maintain and improve the products. In addition to what I did at EnoLogic, I took over maintenance of projects from other former employees and was involved in several new projects, including: Web crawler-based system for "learning" new categories. Adapting products to Windows Vista. Internationalization and localization (review/rewrite of code, handling translations). MSI-based installer for use with Active Directory. Keywords: Windows, C++ Builder, Visual Studio, MySQL, Nutch, InstallShield, MSI, InnoSetup, Subversion.
		Feb 2005 – Dec 2005: Saxotech A/S Development of content management systems for printed and online media. Mainly involved in the development of a XML-based article editor with a dynamic GUI and a set of generic preferences GUI classes. Cross-platform development for Windows and Mac. Keywords: wxWidgets, C++, Visual Studio, boost, XML, CVS.
		Sep 2001 – Dec 2004: EnoLogic A/S Development of advanced content filtering solutions aimed at companies, schools, libraries, ISPs, and parents. Working in a small team of developers, I helped build the company's products from scratch. Our products consistently outperformed major, well-established competitors in accuracy. In 2004, our product for home users was rated #1 in a comparison of 20 leading products. I got involved in many different tasks, including: Design and programming of various subsystems, services, applications, and installers. Development of filtering categories for the dynamic text analysis. Development of image analysis for detection of pornographic images. Test, debugging, and technical support. Writing manuals and help files. Preparing reports for customers. Analysing competing products. Keywords: Windows, C++, C++ Builder, Visual Studio, InnoSetup, CVS.

Education

Sep 1996 – Jun 2001: Aalborg University

Master of Science in Software Engineering.
Specialization: Computer vision.

Courses included computer science, mathematics, and electronics.

Skills

Topics:

Object-oriented design and programming, UML, content filtering, computer vision, internationalization and localization, cross-platform development, web development, web services, databases, GUI development, networks, installer development and deployment, system administration, technical support, end-user documentation.

Languages:

C/C++, C#, Java, Pascal, SQL, PHP, HTML, XML.

Platforms:

Microsoft Windows, Linux.

Tools & Libraries:

Borland C++ Builder / Delphi, Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse, GCC, boost, wxWidgets, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Subversion, CVS, InnoSetup, InstallShield, CapaInstaller.