Curriculum Vitæ Summary: Phil Carmody

Personal Details

Name:	Phil Carmody
Address:	Mobliz Ltd. Tekniikantie 12 02150 Espoo
Telephone:	+358 40 5734741
E-mail:	phil.carmody@mobliz.com
Year of Birth:	1971

1988-1991	B.A. Hons. (Class 2:1) in Mathematics, Trinity College, Oxford.
1986-1988	4 G.C.E. 'A' Levels, all grade 'A': Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry. 2 Special Papers, both 'Distinction': Further Mathematics, Physics.

Consultant, Mobliz Ltd., a telecommunications consultancy.

Software specification, design, implementation, and testing in projects including:
- Database backend for GSM and WAP content provision.
- Web-based administration tools for the above.
- Bespoke helpdesk management system.
All using PHP and MySQL.
Tools in Perl and sh.
Version control using CVS.

Sabbatical - Research in the field of Computational Number Theory.

Implementation of client, server, and client payloads for distributed computing project.

Freelance PHP/SQL web consultancy.

Software Engineer at Nokia Networks (Cambridge) as sold to Marconi, thence Nokia Networks (Kilo) as sold to TietoEnator.

Design and implementation of ASW-layer software for broadband and narrowband communication equipment, including:
- Termination point handlers for SDH, PDH, and RF access nodes.
- Generic software architecture behind all ASW components.
- Maintenance of historical common libraries.
- Ad hoc customer requirements for V52 access node.
all of which were in C++.
Maintenance of a script-based simulation/testing platform for multi-slot racks in Perl.
Version control in ClearCase.
Defect management in ARS.

Software Engineer at TTP Communications Ltd., Cambridge, GSM Mobile Application Group (formerly The Technology Partnership Ltd.).

Design, implementation, maintenance, and testing of software for GSM handsets, including sole responsibility for:
- Graphical user-interface design tool in Borland C++-Builder.
- User-interface component compiler and automatic code generation tools in Perl.
- Optimising 'dirty-rectangle' LCD driver in C.
- Compression/decompression and caching libraries in C.
Build management system in Perl.
Version control was via DOS PVCS.

Consultant at Scientific Generics Ltd., an IT consultancy in Cambridge.

Various roles in various projects:

Off-line log analysis tools for RF local-loop telephony system in C/C++/Perl.
Web-based front end for those tools using CGI and gnuplot.
Productivity tools in Perl.
Automatic code generation tools to generate C source/headers and ASN.1 from a common MIB.
PCI drivers for a VOD (MPEG2) streaming system.
Version control was via ClearCase and the NT version of PVCS.

DSP Software Engineer at Loughborough Sound Images plc. (now Blue Wave Systems).

Software specification, design, implementation, and testing for:
- OS for H.320 videophone card in C on TI's C80 DSP.
- Double-buffering screen driver for the above.
- Maintenance of C microkernel.
Automated build configuration in Perl.
Productivity tools in Perl, sh, LISP, and SQL.
Version control was via CMVC.

Freelance artist and computer-art consultant.

Worked on Public Art projects for Manchester City Council, using a wide range of PC- and Mac-based products.

Visiting lecturer in C++ and Object-Oriented Programming at 3 Institutes of Technology in Helsinki and Espoo, Finland.

Lectured students who were already familiar with C or other imperative languages in:
- Object-Oriented Programming.
- C++.
- Practical (real-world) programming.
Assistance with students' (bachelor's) theses in English.
Supervised lab sessions, and gave 1-on-1 tutorials on programming-related aspects of their projects.

Analyst Programmer and team leader at Pinn Cowdery Ltd., a computer graphics consultancy in London.

Responsible for specification, design, implementation, and testing of various projects:
- Image compression tools for large (A0) bi-level images.
- Hypermedia database in C/C++/SQL.
- Image rectification utility for straightening scanned images such as maps.
- Low-level drivers for various printer manufacturers.
Supervised teams of placement students.

Linux - programming, network programming, administration, network administration, and use.
Embedded/realtime - VxWorks and various vendor-specific OSes - HI, TI.
Windows - mostly console programming.