Pablo Rodríguez Madroño's Résumé

Personal information

Born January 12^th 1979 in Madrid (Spain). 28 years old.
Married and with an 8-month-old daughter.
Living in Castelldefels (Barcelona, Spain). I have lived in Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Sheffield and Barcelona.

Work objectives and availability

My goal is to work for an innovative company, which allows me to apply all my knowledge and investigate new technologies with flexibility and recognition.
Availability to travel to other places in Spain and the world.

Work career

ADASA Sistemas. Information systems division. Analyst-programmer from February 2006 until January 2007. Analyst from January 2007 until now.
- Design, programming, testing and implantation of an optimal control system for rainwater detention tanks (InTouch, GAMS, C#, MySQL, SQLServer).
- Validation of an alert system for small catchments based on meteorological radar images (IDL).
- Prototype of a Workflow-based generic alert system (Java, jBPM, Hibernate).
- Prototype of an open source web map server to substitute proprietary systems (MapServer, ArcIMS, Java, SQLServer).
- Analysis of a web-based geographic viewer based on MapServer and able to work with Google Earth files (MapServer, KMZ).
- Implementation of new functionalities to an industrial PC solution for data acquisition. Creation of balance reports with the new functions (Linux, C, RTAP, Business Objects).
- Analysis and design of new functionalities to the industrial PC solution.
- Participation in an international meteorological radar congress (ERAD 2006).
- Collaboration in the implantation of SCADA projects (InTouch).
CLABSA (Clavegueram de Barcelona, S.A.). Sections of operational design, operations and IT. February 2002 - February 2006.
- Requirements engineering for new applications and supervision of their implementation.
- Design, programming and testing of web reports for data visualization (C#, ASP.NET, Access, Oracle).
- Optimal model for global telecontrol of drinking water production, transport and distribution networks. Development of the application and the model's equations. Collaboration with the IRI (Instituto de Robótica Industrial) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (GAMS, Visual Basic .NET, Access, Oracle).
- Several visits to Chile and Murcia for the implantation of the previous project, dealing directly with the clients and working in their environment.
- Attendance to international congresses about meteorological radar in Barcelona and Helsinki (Voltaire, Carpe Diem).
- Global optimized telecontrol of Barcelona's sewerage network. Supervision of the implementation made by the Instituto de Robótica Industrial and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (GAMS, Visual C++, Access, Oracle).
- Design, programming and testing of web-based report generation applications for rain events (ASP, Word, Excel, Oracle).
- Implantation and testing of hydrological models made by GRAHI (Grup de Recerca Aplicada en Hidrometeorologia) (IDL).
- Programming, implantation and testing of flood prediction hydrological models for the Besós river (Visual Basic, Access, Oracle).
- Programming and testing of an application for generic information manipulation: report management and data visualization (Visual Basic, Access, Oracle).
- Collaboration in the control centre of the operation site.
- Duty rolls for rain control and Besòs river floods in Barcelona.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Collaboration internship in the Optics and Optometry Faculty. September 2001 - September 2002.
- Support to information research and computer tasks.
- Writing of the article “Theories of vision in Greece”.

Education and training

BSc on Software Engineering by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.
- Studied between February 2003 and January 2007.
- Specialization on project and systems management, data management and application building.
- Final degree project about geographic information systems, graded with honors.
MSc on Mathematics by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
- Studied between September 1997 and January 2002.
- Half a year Erasmus grant in Sheffield (England) studying the first half of the 2000-01 course of Mathematics.
International course on radar precipitation estimation (GRAHI and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2006, 8h)
Course of Urban Hydrology (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2004, 30h)
Course of Visual Studio 6 programming (Visual Basic, Visual C++, HTML and Visual J) (Aula de informática, 2002, 200h)
Course of “Introduction to the mathematics of cryptographic systems” (Societat Catalana de Matemàtiques, 2001, 15h)

IT experience and knowledge

Operating systems:
- Four years in installling and using GNU/Linux. Shell scripting notions.
- Wide experience with Windows.
.NET Framework 1.1 programming:
- One and a half years with C#
- One year with ASP .NET
- Two years with Visual Basic .NET
Database programming and administration:
- Three and a half years on Oracle design and programming. Basic administration notions.
- Three years on Access design and programming.
- One year on MySQL design, programming and basic administration.
Other programming languages:
- One year on generic C programming.
- Half a year on Linux C programming.
- Two years on Java programming. Knowledge of the RMI architecture.
- Two years on Visual Basic 6 and ASP programming.
- Six months on Fortran programming.
- Six months on algebraic manipulators use (Maple, Matlab, Mathematica).
- Three years on use of the GAMS optimizator and its solving module CONOPT.
Geographic Information Systems:
- Six months on GeoMedia Professional design and programming.
- Six months on ArcMap use.
- Six months on MapServer design and implementation.
Medium knowledge of networks. Administration of own website.
Use of the OPC technology.
Knowledge of meteorological radar technology and image manipulation.
Mastery of Internet, e-mail and office applications.
Use of project management tools.
Medium knowledge of UML and drawing tools (Poseidon, ArgoUML).

Merits and accomplishments

Effort capability: study of a second degree while working.
Integral participation on IT development processes: requirement analysis, functional design, testing, implantation and maintenance.
Relationship with people from the university environment (GRAHI, IRI, SAC). Operating implantation of their proposals.
Participation in congresses and seminars:
- ERAD 2006 (Barcelona) as an attendee.
- Voltaire 2003 (Barcelona) as a radar product final user.
- Carpe Diem 2003 (Helsinki) as a radar product final user.
- Ecomed 2003 (Barcelona) as an exhibitor.
Article “Theories of vision in Greece”, published on volume 19 (year 2002) of the optics magazine Ver and Oír.
Merit Prize in the international grant programme for the year 2000 offered by Bestfoods.
Highest access mark for the Mathematics and Statistics Faculty, with a 8.89 over 10, being this faculty the one with the the highest admitted marks in all Spain. Interview in the television programme “Bon dia, Catalunya”.
Honor Marks in the 1997 National Physics Olympiad. Participation in the Cangur competition and in the Extraordinary Bachelor Prize the same year.

Languages

Spanish and Catalan (C-level) perfectly written and spoken.
High level of written and spoken English:
- First Certificate exam in June 1996 with “B” marks.
- Half a year living in Sheffield (England).
- “English through the media” and “English for scientists” courses.
Elementary level French.

Others

Organization capability, adaptability and group work. Hard-working and constant.
Member of Mensa Spain.
Car driving license and own car.
Participation during three years in the radio programme “El Radiojoc”, broadcasted by Ràdio l’Escala.

Cell phone:	+34.667.22.01.88
E-mail:	pablo@pablorodriguez.info
Web:	http://www.pablorodriguez.info