Johan Herland

(+47) 472 62 495

Agmund Bolts vei 58
NO-0664 Oslo, Norway

Summary of Strengths

Experience in software development and C++/C programming from Opera Software and Queen's University.
Experience in customer support, both from customer-oriented project in Opera Software and web/network administration.
Good knowledge of web standards based on extensive experience in web programming.
Passion for designing and implementing elegant and useful (software) solutions to challenging problems.
Excellent skills in technical communication (Norwegian and English) from university degree in Canada.
Diligent and responsible in performing tasks. High attention to detail.

Computer Engineering, Software Option.
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Received Dean's Award (above 80% grade average) in 2002 and 2003. Final standing: 84% grade average.
4-year intensive program with a final-year thesis project: Robot Pool "Straight-Shot" Planner and Executor:
- Part of a larger endeavour in robotics and machine vision on creating a pool-playing robot.
- Developed two calibration processes for Pool Robot with approx. 10 000 lines of code in C++ and C.
Focus on software architecture, software development and real-time systems.
Includes training in technical communication, both written and oral.

Developing and porting Opera to embedded Unix/Linux-based platforms.
Implementing product-specific features and resolving bugs.
Working in customer-oriented product teams with high level of cooperation with the customer and tight delivery deadlines.

Administering web and mail services for multiple customers and domains. Creating web page layout and programming web applications.
Customers include Jung Forlag, Elbo Spiff, Gabriel Moro, and more.
Since August 2004 these activities are organized in my sole proprietorship called Herland Software.

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Developed software for a research project in robotics and machine vision (Pool Robot).
Low-level programming in C and higher level programming in C++.

Programming Languages: C++, C and Python (since 2002). Perl and Java (since 2000).
Other Languages: HTML and CSS (since 1998), XML (since 2002), SQL (since 2002), UML (since 2002).
Operating Systems:
- Linux/UNIX since 1996 (Gentoo, Debian, RedHat, Mandrake, Slackware, etc.).
- Mac OS X since 2003.
- Microsoft Windows since 1995.
Programs/Technologies: Zope, Apache, CGI, MySQL, JDBC, DB2, Rational Rose Real-Time.
Methodologies/Practices: Agile Development, Design Patterns, UML and the Unified Process.

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Assisted undergraduate students on laboratory assignments in a course on Data Structures and Algorithms.
Answered questions and helped students gain understanding in areas such as Java programming, software usage (Borland JBuilder), and also the concepts taught in the course.

Part-time administration of a Windows 2000 server and 6 Windows 2000 workstations at the main office.
User support for 5 office employees.
Responsible for the day-to-day operation of computers, local network and Internet connectivity.
Administration of users/groups, security policies, backups, software installation and maintenance, etc.

Languages: Norwegian as mother tongue. Fluent in English (university degree from Canada).
Driver's License: Norwegian Class B.
Professional Memberships: Student Member in IEEE since 2001.
Hobbies:
- Music: Jazz Piano, classical and popular music.
- Sound Technologies: PA systems, Hi-fi systems, Home theatres.
- Photography: Digital SLR Cameras, etc.