ROY SCHESTOWITZ

PERSONAL

EDUCATION

• Division of Imaging Science and Biomedical Engineering, University of Manchester
  Dates: Sep. 2003 – present
  Course: Ph.D. Medical Biophysics
  
  
• Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester
  Dates: Sep. 2000 – Jun. 2003
  Address: Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
  Course: B.Sc. Software Engineering
  Result: First Class Honours
  Final year project: Game playing programs – a top project involving game theory and its utilisation in a complex gaming application. Information and releases are available from: http://www.danielsorogon.com/Webmaster/Projects/OM.html
  -This department is rated 5* for research
  -I graduated in the top 10% of this department's graduates
  
  
• The Reali Private School
  Dates: Sep. 1988 – Jun. 2000
  Address: Abba Hushi Road, Haifa, Israel
  Final Marks:
  • Computer Science: 85%
    
  • Mathematics: 87%
    
  • English: 93%
    
  • Physics (partial): 92%
    
  • Literature: 88%
    
  • Hebrew: 90%
    
  • Civics: 83%
    
  • History: 86%
    
  • Bible: 92%
  -This school is considered to be the best in the country.
  -For 7 consecutive years and upon graduation, I was awarded prizes for academic excellence.
  

EMPLOYMENT

• Manchester Computing
  Dates: Oct. 2002 - present
  Description of position: Front-line user support with additional duties such as development of documentation package, Web site and software. The users were mainly academic staff.
  
  
• Daniel Sorogon, Architect
  Dates: Jun. 2001 – Aug. 2002
  Position: Web developer
  
  
• Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester
  Dates: Jun. 2002 – Aug. 2002
  Position: Programmer
  Description of position: Development project for the Amulet group working on an ARM remote debugger front-end for commercial and academic use.
  
  
• Manchester Computing
  Dates: Sep. 2001 – Jun. 2002; Sep. 2002 – Jun. 2003; Sep. 2003 - present
  Position: Technical support
  
  
• Atid Computers LTD
  Dates: Jul. 2000 - Sep. 2000; Jul. 2001 - Aug. 2001
  Position: Customer support
  
  

ACHIEVEMENTS

• I was the financial manager of my Junior Achievement team (Young Enterprise equivalent), which won the national final, surpassing 210 rival teams. We represented the country in the international final in Copenhagen.

TEAM WORK

• Imposing division of labour, motivating, co-ordination and forcing deadlines throughout the construction of a polynomial processing application.
• Developing a large Java application in a group of five with the support of CVS (Concurrent Versions System), putting in extra time to assist and complete the missing work of my colleagues.
• Working with Dr. Jim Garside implementing a large application and using well-defined protocols to merge his hardware with my front-end software.

IT SKILLS

• Programming:
  • C/C++ (including GTK 2.0 and earlier, GDK, OpenGL, GLU, GLUT and PARSEC)
  • Java (including AWT and Swing)
  • Visual Basic
  • Matlab
  • Pascal
  • Prolog
  • ML
  • RISC ASM
  I have comprehensive experience designing, developing and maintaining very large applications.
  
  
• Databases:
  • SQL 92/99
  • SQLJ
  • Embedded SQL
  • Oracle Pro*C
  • PL/SQL
  • JDBC
  • ODBC
  • Oracle DBMS.
    
    
• Specification languages:
  • UML
  • Z
    
    
• Compilation tools:
  • Grep
  • Lex
  • Yacc
    
    
• Software:
  • Applications:
    Familiarity with a very wide range of applications and development tools for:
    • Unix/Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac OS
    • DOS
    
    
  • Operating Systems:
    Full command of:
    • Unix/Linux
    • DOS
    • Windows 3x
    • Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP
    • Windows NT Workstations
    • Mac OS
    • Palm OS
      
    
    
  • Web programming/design:
    
    • HTML code
    • XML
    • Flash
    • Paintshop
    • Photoshop
    • GIMP
    • Javascript
    • VBscript
    • Java applets
    • Frontpage
    • Microsoft Word HTML authoring.
    
    I have practical experience in Web development, design, publishing and maintenance. My latest project can be viewed at: http://www.danielsorogon.com/
    
    
• Hardware:
  I have considerable experience setting up and launching new standalone PC’s and installing various components within both desktops and laptops.
  
  

BUSINESS SKILLS

• Past Responsibilities include handling of cash flow, ordering stocks etc.
• Broad knowledge of today’s economy, industries and tech market.

INTERESTS

• Professional:
  • Computer graphics
  • Imperative and OO programming
  • Operating systems
  • American and global economy
• Recreational:
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Health & nutrition
  • Travelling
  • Jazz music

REFEREES

• Dr. Jim Garside
  IT Building, Oxford Road, M13 9PL
  jdg@cs.man.ac.uk
  
• Dr. Andrea Schalk
  Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, M13 9PL
  acs@cs.man.ac.uk