Address:                                            email: zeeshanak@gnome.org
Otavantie 2 A 18,                                   phone: +358504871917
00200 Helsinki,
Finland.

                               Zeeshan Ali

Projects/Achievements:

        * Developer and maintainer of Rygel, a collection of UPnP/DLNA services
          for GNOME (Mobile). Rygel is readily available in/for all major Linux
          distributions.

          More info: http://live.gnome.org/Rygel

        * Developer and co-maintainer of GUPnP, an elegant, object-oriented open
          source framework for creating UPnP devices and control points, written
          in C using GObject and libsoup. GUPnP is integral part of Nokia N900
          and will continue to be 'the' official UPnP stack of MeeGo platform.

          More info: http://www.gupnp.org/

        * GNOME Developer and foundation member.

          More info: http://www.gnome.org
                     http://foundation.gnome.org

        * Implemented an open-source video-wall solution based on GStreamer,
          video-whale. The effort was highly appreciated around the globe,
          specially in the open-source community.

          Sources of fame:
                * http://www.slashdot.org
                * The Linux Magazine (March 2003 edition)
                * http://www.gnomedesktop.org
                * Many more.

          Home page: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/apps/videowhale.html

        * Designed and implemented most parts of the ATM (Automated Teller
          Machine) project of Aerocar Engineering based on Linux and Gtk+.
          My work mainly involved development of the user-interface and device
          drivers for the ATM peripherals.

        * Developed ENAS (Ethernet Network Access Server) for North West
          Research. ENAS is a RADIUS-compatible network access and bandwidth
          control box, that restricts users' access and bandwidth on the network
          based on their systems' MAC and IP addresses. The core of the system
          was a Linux kernel module.

        * Worked/working for the following free/open-source software projects:
                * GStreamer (Plugins): http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org
                * Guile GIR: http://gitorious.org/guile-gir
                * MAFW (Media Application Framework)
                        http://garage.maemo.org/projects/mafw/
                * MissionControl: http://mission-control.sf.net
                * Gazpacho GUI Builder: http://gazpacho.sicem.biz
                * GNU Robots: http://www.gnu.org/software/robots

        * Talked at the following conferences
                * GUADEC (2008, 2009 and 2010)
                * FOSDEM (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011)
                * Maemo Summit 2009
                * GStreamer Conference 2010
                * DLNA summit 2008

        * Ranked 170 of 426723 on Ohloh.

                More info: https://www.ohloh.net/accounts/zeenix

Experience:

        * Joined Nokia Corporation as SW Design Engineer in June 2006 and
          promoted to the position of Lead-Developer/Architect in Jan 2008.

                Company website: http://www.nokia.com

        * Worked at Cardinal Systems as Software Developer from April to May
          2006.

        * Worked at Movial Services as Software Developer from June 2005 to
          March 2006.

                Company website: http://www.movial.fi

        * Worked at Aerocar Engineering as Software Developer from September
          2004 to June 2005.

                Company website: http://www.aero-car.com

        * Taught two subjects at Sarhad University of Information Technology:
                * Linux System Administration
                * Shell Scripting

                Company website: http://www.suit.edu.pk

        * Worked at North West Research as Software Developer from December
          2002 to June 2004.

                Company website: http://www.northwest.com.pk

        * Worked at NWFP IT Board as Assistant Programmer from April to November
          2002.

Education:

        * Bachelor of Computer Science from University of Peshawar, Pakistan.
        * F.Sc from Cadet College Petaro, Pakistan.
        * Matriculation from Cadet College Petaro.

Skills:

        * Linux/Unix Programming
        * GTK+/GNOME Programming
        * Network Programming
        * Multimedia Development
        * Linux/Unix System/Network Administration
        * Device Driver Development
        * Database Development
        * Programming for Embedded Systems

Personal Interests:

        * Functional programming
        * Linux/Unix Programming
        * Operating Systems Development
        * Multimedia Programming
        * Embedded Systems
        * Device Driver Development
        * Network Programming
        * 3D Graphics/Games Development
        * Any kind of creative work

Programming Languages:

        * Experienced in
          * C (OOP using GObject)
          * Vala
        * Learnt but not experienced in:
          * Lisp/Scheme
          * Python
          * Java
          * Assembly
          * Shell
          * PHP

Tools:

        * GNU development utilities: gcc, gdb, make, autotools etc
        * GLib, GTK+ and GNOME development libraries and tools
        * GStreamer
        * Scratchbox and other tools used at Maemo
        * Assembler, simulator and emulator for MCS51-based embedded systems
        * Clutter
        * Linux DSP-gateway utilities
        * Visual C++
        * OpenGL
        * DocBook and LateX