Personal
| Name | Tomasz Szreder |
| Date and place of birth | ___ __th, 1987 in Gdańsk, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
Education
| Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk, Poland) | 2005 - present (graduating in 2010) |
| Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics Field of study: Informatics Specialization: Systems Engineering and Databases |
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| 1st High School in Gdańsk (Poland) | 2002 - 2005 |
| Specialization: Mathematics |
Work experience
| SmartMedia sp. z o.o. | Mar 2009 - Feb 2010 |
| Member of the team engaged in requirements engineering, design and implementation of a reliable client-server time tracking solution with flexible, web-based reports - SmartTimer. Co-developed desktop application (Java SE), successfully introduced several usability enhancements, effectively improving speed of operation. The system was awarded with the Group Project 2010 Dean's Award. | |
| Compuware (office in Gdańsk, Poland) | Summer 2008 |
| Worked on automated regression software testing, integrated and improved existing solutions |
Projects and activities
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Mar 2010 - present |
| Launched a website intended for straightforward everyday language practice | |
| OpenOffice.org Writer UX study | Jan 2009 - present |
| Initial research done in the field for master's thesis | |
| Opera Translation Team | Feb 2008 - present |
| Produced translations into Polish, proposed Opera website localization strategy | |
| English Discussion Club | Nov 2006 - Mar 2008 |
| Former president of the club at university |
Skills
| Languages |
| Polish (native), English (fluent: CAE grade B), German (basic: A2-B1) |
| Programming Wrote various applications in C, .Net/C# (notable mention: Reflexio, a promising simple tool for data backups), Java, Qt/C++ (a recent fascination, owing to convenient cross-platform development and easy yet powerful UI styling capabilities). Proficient with Microsoft Visual Studio, occasionally used Eclipse (for GUI design used Eclipse Visual Editor and Jigloo), recently discovered Qt Creator. Focused on creating easily understandable and efficient user interfaces. |
Writing and translation Formerly active Wikipedian, frequent contributor and co-writer of several series of Polish articles in mathematics and algorithms; focused on improving understandability of formal definitions (by rewriting entire article sections) and easy navigation (by introducing structural associations between articles in a series). More than eager to learn natural languages, currently studying German (towards Zertifikat Deutsch), after obtaining master's degree planning to concentrate on French. Member of the Opera Translation Team, a group of volunteers engaged in establishing localized versions of Opera websites. |
Graphic design Long interested in text documents appearance and style control, designed several OpenOffice.org Writer document and Impress presentation templates as part of the current OOo suite user experience study. Experimented with various ways of aiding the process of learning foreign languages with the help of interactive systems or uncommon approaches (color-driven associations etc.). |
Interests
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