Lennart Lundager Sorensen

2112-2101 Islington Avenue

Toronto, ON, M9P 3R2

(416) 247-0376

Objective

Looking to do full and part time contracts doing Linux and other unix software development and system configuration. Full time employment is also a possibility.

Skills Summary

General skills:

Fast learner: Able to search for and locate information needed to solve problems quickly.

Programing experience:

Languages: C, C++, Sh, Perl, SQL, PHP, Python, Lisp, ML.
GUI Toolkits: QT, GTK, Motif.

Software Experience:

PostgreSQL, MySQL, Apache, ImageMagick and others.

OS administration and use experience:

Administered Linux, HP-UX, Solaris, Windows, DOS, AmigaOS, NetBSD.
Used Irix, OS/2, and QNX.

Work experience

System Administrator and Developer, OpenGraphics Corp, Toronto, ON

May 1999 – Nov 2003

(Had an 8 month break from September 1999 to April 2000 to finish University)

Maintained and configured hardware. Performed all IT duties for this small company.
Found and implemented solutions to problems when new requirements occoured.
Administered Linux, Windows NT, 2000 and XP servers and desktops.
Configured network and internet access.
Created and configured internet firewall.
Configured IPsec VPN between main office and other locations.
Administered mail, database, file, web and DNS servers for a commercial web site with traffic of approximately 5GB/day.
Created a load balancer to divide load among available web servers.
Developed utilities for debugging and developing networked software using C, C++ and Perl.
Wrote Linux drivers for a SCSI dye-sub printer, a POS receipt printer, and an XFree86 XInput Touch Screen driver.
Configured and maintained multipath fibrechannel based storage system on Linux server, using LVM and MD software, storing 1.5TB of images.
Maintain PostgreSQL database, and attempt to debug and optimize queries.
Created Debian packages for installation on systems.
Worked with image transfers to cell phones for screensavers.
Worked with SMPP SMSC for sending messages to cell phones.
Debugged opensource software and developed patches to fix bugs (ghostscript, php4sablot and others).

Software Tester, TrueSpectra, Toronto, ON

Sep - Dec 1998

Tested new builds of image server product.
Developed demonstration web sites for marketing department.

Software Developer, IT Partners, Mississauga, ON

Jan - Apr 1998

Configured development environment using free software to permit development work to be done on HP-UX.
Developed C++ Motif application on HP-UX to allow users to search for and print drawings.
Setup SQL database to index files for faster searches.

Technical Support Husky Injection Molding, Bolton, ON

May – Aug 1997

Responded to tech support calls from Windows and HP-UX users.
Installed and upgraded PCs and HP Workstations.

Technical Support, Dufferin Board of Education. Shelbourne, ON

Sep - Dec 1996

Handled tech support calls from teachers at 4 schools.
Installed, upgraded, and fixed Windows and DOS PCs.
Dealt with Ethernet and tokenring networks running Novell Netware.

Database Development, Eimco, Mississauga, ON

Jan - Apr 1996

Converted dBase databases to MicroSoft Access.

Tech Support, Sunwell, Woodbridge, ON

May - Aug 1995

Setup database to manage inventory.
Maintained PCs. Installed Ethernet network.

Education

Honours Bachelor of Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

Computer Science Major Awarded Spring 2000

CS courses realtime, distributed, graphics among others.