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Education

Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering
Aug 2000 - Feb 2005
The Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden)
Grade: 4.3 (of 5.0) equivalent of 1st
Example of courses:

  • Algorithms, Data structures and Complexity
  • Data Communication and Computer Networks
  • Program System Construction using C++
Game related fields of study:
  • Mathematics and physics
  • Graphics programming and GUIs
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Low-level memory management

Master Thesis Project
Jun 2004 - Dec 2004
University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia)
Title: "Monte Carlo Simulation of Sintering on Multiprocessor Systems"

  • Multi-threaded pthreads library based code and low-level memory management programming in C on UNIX
  • Developed analytical ability along with presentation and reporting skills

Intensive Course - UNIX as Development Platform
Summer 2002
Mälardalen University (Västerås, Sweden)

  • Bash script and C/libsx programming
  • GNU RCS, CVS, Makefiles and xterm configuration

Work experience

Programmer
Jul 2006 - current
Rockpool Games Ltd (Manchester, United Kingdom)

  • Game development for mobile devices
  • Involved in the pitch, design and technical documentation stages
  • Responsible for the entire code base from start until the game is approved by the Quality Assurance team and NSTL on up to nine reference mobile handsets groups
  • In charge of the audio libary used on several titles
  • J2ME programming using NetBeans, CVS, IonForge Evolution and a wide range of emulators
  • Tools development in Visual C#
  • Titles:
    • Golden Axe
    • Top Trumps Doctor Who
    • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (low end devices)
    • Championship Manager
    • Carmageddon

J2ME Developer
Nov 2005 - Jul 2006
Glu Mobile former iFone ltd (Manchester, United Kingdom)

  • Game development for mobile devices
  • Porting from limited, often uncomplete, code to a wide range of mobile handsets
  • J2ME programming using Eclipse, SVN and a wide range of emulators
  • Titles:
    • Atari Legends 1, 2 and 3
    • Chu Chu Rocket
    • Game of Life
    • Gowaku
    • Lemmings and Love a Lemming
    • MicroMachines 2
    • Monkey Ball Mini Golf
    • Monopoly and Monopoly Refresh
    • Sonic the Hedgehog
    • VirtuaTennis

IT Support Analyst
Apr 2005 - Nov 2005
Unilever Europe IT (Ewloe, United Kingdom)

  • Responsible for solving all client issues in business computer systems
  • Provide detailed descriptions of business related problems for referral to other specialist support teams

Computer engineer
Summer 2003
RFIPP RealFast Intellectual Property AB (Västerås, Sweden)

  • Documenting, testing, debugging and optimizing the software layer for a hardware implemented real-time scheduler
  • Assembler programming on XILINX MicroBlazer CPU

Researcher/Analyst
Summer 2001
RFO RealFast Operating Systems AB (Västerås, Sweden)

  • Analyzing the potential for running the scheduling component of existing small real-time operating systems in hardware

Infantry soldier
Autumn 1999
I13 (Falun, Sweden)
Compulsory military service

Language skills

English Fluent
Swedish Mother tongue
German Basic understanding

Technical skills

Programming skills Fluency in C/C++ and JAVA; C# and XNA; Assembler and VHDL
Database skills SQL programming; Microsoft SQL, Access and Apache Servers
Operating systems All versions of Windows; Sun Solaris UNIX; Debian and Red Hat Linux
Application skils Microsoft Office; Borland C++, JBuilder, NetBeans, Eclipse; GNU Emacs and development tools (gcc, gdb, make); CVS, SVN, IonForge Evolution; Cygwin
Development skills UML; RUP and eXtreme Programming

Other skills

Class B driver's license and truck driving license

Projects and publications

Please visit http://www.itne.se/projects/jens/ for full listing.

Hobbies

Music, computer games, scuba diving, rock climbing, snowboarding