andrei neculau

> ## about

> 1984-05-04

> Ringvägen 1

> SE-133 39 Saltsjöbaden

> Sweden

> +46 763 400 378

> andrei.neculau@gmail.com

> linkedin
> github
> public key

> timeline

> ## personality

> * personality profile
> * logic ability

> ## languages

> * full professional English (TOEFL certified)
> * professional working Swedish
> * native Romanian
> * used to be fluent in Italian
> * notions of Spanish & French

> ## programming

> * since 7 years old
> * Commodore 64 Basic
> * Q-Basic
> * Pascal
> * C++
> * FoxPro
> * Perl
> * VBScript
> * PHP
> * MySQL
> * ...
> * networking (CISCO certified)
> * JavaScript & co.
> * BASH
> * Prolog
> * Erlang & co.
> * finite state machines
> * HTTP
> * for-GET HTTP
> * REST
> * HyperREST
> * PEG grammars, ABNF, IETF, RFC
> * web extensions
> * serverless
> * data warehouse
> * Docker
> * AWS
> * CI/CD
> * rokmoln
> * ...
> you name it*
> * but more importantly,
> * I'm an automation/DRY geek
> * doing the hard things

IT experience

#### 2021 - ____ ? AB, Stockholm, SWE TBD
> TBD

#### 2020 - 2021 Tobii Dynavox AB, Stockholm, SWE Senior Software Engineer
> Freelancer

#### 2020 - 2020 Tobii Pro AB, Stockholm, SWE Senior Software Engineer
> Freelancer

#### 2020 - 2020 Normative/Meta Mind AB, Stockholm, SWE Lead Backend Engineer
> Normative is about "Sustainability Reporting Made Really Easy".

#### 2016 - 2020 Tobii Pro AB, Stockholm, SWE Software Engineer in AdTech (Lead)
> I'm a central part of Tobii Pro Pulse.

>

> Pulse is a unique service that captures >5GB worth of online attention data a day,

> from >1200 people that are passively browsing the Swedish online,

> extensively monitoring metrics related to the ads and brands that they are exposed to.

> See example

>

> From a technical perspective this means I have successfully:

> \- developed a complex browser WebExtension that monitors areas of interests (specifically, but not technically limited to ads) on any website,
> gathering metrics, meta and eyetracking data on an event-driven and message-intensive platform.

> \- implemented a high-load ingestion pipeline on Amazon Web Services via API Gateway, Lambda, SQS, S3, Kinesis, Firehose

> \- set up a data analytics pipeline on AWS via S3 and Athena

> \- contributed to a data retrieval API on AWS via API Gateway, Lambda, Athena

> \- contributed to monitoring solutions via CloudWatch and Datadog, along with Slack integrations

> \- bootstrapped and contributed to a dashboard solution using Auth0, Vuejs and Chartjs that uses modular data retrieval.
> Hosted on AWS S3 and CloudFront

> Tobii Pro is the research solution division within Tobii.

> We help business and science professionals gain real insights into human behavior with leading eye tracking solutions and services.

> aws, gitops, devops, infrastructure as code, http, node.js, es6/typescript, travisci/circleci/github-actions/teamcity/jenkins/katt, git, erlang

#### 2016 - 2020 Tobii Pro AB, Stockholm, SWE Cloud/DevOps Engineer on AWS (Lead)
> I have successfully set up the grounds of Tobii Pro's Cloud Services and CI/CD, like (but not limited to):

> \- set the team up on Amazon Web Services from ~scratch

> \- \- infrastructure as code all the way using CloudFormation, see more info

> following an idea from Google Cloud Platform actually (generate json/yaml templates with real code; a back-to-basics version of AWS CDK if you will)

> \- \- IAM by the book, see more info

> \- \- set up several projects with serverless (AWS Lambda) environments, utilizing services like:
> Nodejs/Babel/Typescript/Python Lambdas, Lambda Layers, CloudWatch, CloudTrail,
> S3, DynamoDB, Athena,
> Kinesis, Firehose, SQS, SNS,
> CloudFront, API Gateway, Route53

> \- set up a modular and language-independent build system based on GNU Make, see more info

> \- set up CI/CD solutions

> \- \- currently on TravisCI and Github

> \- \- previously TeamCity pipelines

> \- set up crypto/secrets solutions via GPG, Keybase, transcrypt

> Tobii Pro is the research solution division within Tobii.

> We help business and science professionals gain real insights into human behavior with leading eye tracking solutions and services.

> aws, gitops, devops, infrastructure as code, http, node.js, es6/typescript, travisci/circleci/github-actions/teamcity/jenkins/katt, git, erlang

#### 2014 - 2016 Cisco Systems AB, Stockholm, SWE Engineer
> Switched focus to backend and infrastructure duties, like:

> \- Erlang-based JSON-RPC API design and implementation

> \- set up Jenkins infrastructure and delivery pipeline for Continuous Integration

> \- switch development environment from SVN to GIT

> \- set up GIT on Atlassian Stash/BitBucket Server and Gitolite

> \- tooling

> Still engineering Tail-f NCS, but within Cisco's Cloud & Virtualization Group.

> Cisco acquired Tail-f in 2014 - read more.

> erlang, yaws, http, json-rpc, yang, jenkins/bitten/lux/katt, multi vcs (svn, git, git-svn), multi platform...

#### 2013 - 2016 Tail-f Systems AB, Stockholm, SWE UI Developer
> Engineering Tail-f NCS with a mix of frontend/backend duties.

> sencha/extjs, coffeescript, node.js, erlang, http, json-rpc, yang, jenkins/bitten/lux/katt, multi vcs (svn, git, git-svn), multi platform...

#### 2001 - 2014 Life-Link Friendship-Schools, Uppsala, SWE IT handyman
> Front- and backoffice duties. Designing and engineering 3 major websites.

> php, asp, perl, css, js, sencha, photoshop, cms

#### 2013 - 2013 Videoplaza AB, Stockholm, SWE Software Engineer

#### 2011 - 2013 Klarna AB, Stockholm, SWE Developer
> Engineering Klarna Checkout -
> full-blown front/backend FSM prototype, interaction and API documentation, GUI.

> Engineering support tools and designing the Klarna Checkout REST API and other REST APIs.

> rest, http, hypermedia, api, js, coffeescript, sdk, gui, ux, i18n, l10n, testing, scripting, erlang

#### 2010 - 2011 Media & News Stockholm AB, Stockholm, SWE System Developer
> Engineering a customized social network on top of SocialEngine.

> php, mysql, css, js, mootools, jquery, zend framework, socialengine

#### 2002 - 2003 Island M.U.N.G.A., Isle of Wight, GBR Media Project Manager, Developer
> php, mysql, i18n, l10n, cmd, premiere, delphi

#### 2000 - 2005 miscellaneous Web Developer/Designer
> * 2002 - 2005 Island M.U.N.G.A., Isle of Wight, GBR

> * 2002 - 2004 Romanian Red Cross, Galati, ROU

> * 2004 - 2004 Data-Soft S.A., Galati, ROU

> * 2000 - 2004 Colegiul National "Vasile Alecsandri", Galati, ROU

> perl, php, css, mysql, js, photoshop

projects

#### 2020 - ____ rokmoln Father
> A Github organization covering GIT setups, cross-platform CI/CD, cross-platform build system, cross-cloud infrastructure as code.

> gitops, aws, cloud, devops, ci, cd, gnu, make, bash, linux, darwin, windows, git

#### 2013 - ____ for-GET HTTP Father
> A Github organization covering PEG grammars, ASTs, parsegens, HTTP algorithms and an FSM for a non-opinionated and comprehensive-spec-coverage HTTP framework, focusing on semantics, and less on the syntax.

> HTTP, PEG, grammar, AST, parser, generator, FSM, server, coffeescript, nodejs, webmachine, erlang

#### 2012 - ____ HyperREST Father
> A Github organization covering a set of blog posts and software focused on how-to envision-spec-mock-consume-serve a REST/hypermedia API.

> REST, API, HTTP, hypermedia, client, server, coffeescript, nodejs

#### 2009 - 2010 Snowdrop Father
> Snowdrop is an academic Information System that merges information from various course management systems in order to provide quick access to vital student information, like messages and schedule.

> squace, browser, php, xml, mobile, data mining

> * 2010Snowdrop 2.0
> * 2009 Snowdrop 1.0 (Codename Klover)

#### 2009 - 2009 Promote Knowledge Management Concept
> A series of videos playing with audio, video and concepts in order to highlight a knowledge management course.

#### 2008 - 2009 Labs Widgets
* Exchange Rate Dashboard
* Google Maps Dashboard
* Skyscanner quick links
* Mobile tyda.se

#### 2008 - 2009 Induction to Kista IT University - KTH & SU Facilitator
> knowledge management, wiki, facebook

#### 2008 - 2009 Support Community for studera.nu Facilitator
> knowledge management, wiki, facebook

education

#### 2008 - 2010 Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, SWE M.Sc.
> Engineering and Management of Information Systems.

> Data Warehousing, Web mining, Logic Programming, Knowledge Management, ERP Systems, Requirements Engineering, etc.

#### 2007 - 2007 University of Humanities and Economics, Lodz, POL Erasmus
> Corporate Finance Management, H.R. Management, Social Role of Media, Public Discourses, Conflicts and International Negotiations

#### 2004 - 2008 Romanian-American University, Bucharest, ROU B.Sc.
> Computer Science for Business Management. Graduated with the highest GPA in the programme.

> Database, Programming, Web programming, Networking, IT System Design, Expert Systems, Strategic Management, Probability Calculus, Numerical Methods, Statistics, Accounting, Finances, etc.

papers

#### 2010 Course Analytics Master Thesis
> Leveraging course assessment through data mining of student satisfaction

> academic quality, academic evaluation, service satisfaction, educational data mining, importance-performance analysis, teaching effectiveness, php, squace, xml

#### 2009 Split Infinitives in Prolog (copy)
> Published in Journal of Information Systems & Operations Management

> split infinitives, logic programming, prolog

#### 2009 Alignment of Business and IS/IT Strategy at Telenor Sweden (copy)
> Published in Journal of Information Systems & Operations Management

> strategic alignment, IS/IT strategy, business strategy, organizational strategy, case study, Telenor

#### 2009 Science is a runner. Philosophy?
> philosophy, science, essay

#### 2009 Towards Enhanced E-collaboration in Academia (copy)
> Published in Journal of Information Systems & Operations Management

> e-collaboration, academia, requirements, boundaries, holistic

#### 2008 Web 2.0 Application for Medical Clinique Management Honors Thesis

mixed experience

#### 2001 - 2007 . Delegate, Speaker
> international citizenship, sustainability, youth engagement

> * 2007 UNESCO ASPnet Conference, Amman, JOR
> * 2007 Life-Link Friendship-Schools Conference, Sigtuna, SWE
> * 2007 UNESCO ASPnet Training Workshop, Amman, JOR
> * 2006 Global Education Week preparatory meeting, Sinaia, ROU
> * 2003 International Peace Bureau’s Conference, Athens, GRC
> * 2003 Island M.U.N.G.A., Isle of Wight, GBR
> * 2002 Peace Festival, Cluj-Napoca, ROU
> * 2002 BratMUN, Bratislava, SVK
> * 2001 Life-Link Friendship-Schools Conference, Sigtuna, SWE

#### 2002 - 2006 . Group Leader
> event planning, youth engagement

> * 2006 Where do I belong to II, Norfolk, GBR
> * 2005 Where do I belong to, Brno, CZE
> * 2003 Island M.U.N.G.A., Isle of Wight, GBR
> * 2002 Island M.U.N.G.A., Isle of Wight, GBR