Johan Herland

Summary of Strengths

• Passion for designing and implementing elegant and useful (software) solutions to challenging problems.
• Experience in distributed software development and C/C++/Python from Cisco, Opera and open source projects.
• Good knowledge of web standards from developing web browsers, and prior experience as a web developer.
• Excellent communication skills from studying abroad and working in multilingual environments.
• Diligent and responsible in performing tasks. High attention to detail.

Relevant Experience

October 2011 – Present Software Engineer at Cisco (formerly Tandberg)

• Platform developer in Lysaker Software team, part of the Collaboration Technology Group.
• Developing next-generation TelePresence video conferencing endpoints.
• Git expert, administrator, trainer, etc.

May 2007 – Present Contributor to the open source Git project

• Git is currently the most popular distributed version control system.
• Primary author of the git notes feature for attaching useful metadata to Git objects.
• Active participant in the Git community.

September 2007 – September 2011 Core Developer at Opera Software ASA

• Responsible for central infrastructure and utilities, making them lightweight, efficient, and portable to a wide variety of platforms.
• Maintaining core components for legacy encoding support, Unicode funtionality, selftest infrastructure, etc.
• Coordinated company-wide version control transition from CVS to Git.

July 2004 – September 2007 Unix Developer at Opera Software ASA

• Developing and porting Opera to embedded Unix/Linux-based platforms.
• Implementing product-specific features and resolving bugs.
• Working in customer-oriented product teams with high level of cooperation with the customer and tight delivery deadlines.

Relevant Education

2000 – 2004 Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours

• Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
• Computer Engineering, Software Option.
• Received Dean's Award (above 80% grade average) in 2002 and 2003. Final standing: 84% grade average.
• Focus on software architecture, software development and real-time systems.
• 4-year intensive program with a final-year thesis project: Robot Pool "Straight-Shot" Planner and Executor:
  • Part of a larger endeavour in robotics and machine vision on creating a pool-playing robot.
  • Developed two calibration processes for Pool Robot C/C++.
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Relevant Skills

• Natural Languages: Norwegian (native). English (fluent).
• Programming Languages:
  • Primary languages: C, C++, Python, Bourne shell.
  • Secondary languages: Perl, Java, Javascript.
• Other Languages: HTML, CSS, XML, SQL, etc.
• Operating Systems:
  • Advanced Linux/UNIX user since 1996 (Arch, Debian, Ubuntu, etc.).
  • Some experience from Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.
• Methodologies/Practices: Agile Development, Design Patterns.

Other Experience

June 1998 – January 2008 Website development and administration for various customers

• Administering web and mail services for multiple customers and domains. Creating web page layout and programming web applications.
• Since August 2004 these activities were organized under a sole proprietorship called Herland Software.

April 2003 – August 2003 Research Assistant at Queen's University

• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Developed software for a research project in robotics and machine vision (Pool Robot).
• Low-level programming in C and higher level programming in C++.

January 2003 – April 2003 Teaching Assistant at Queen's University

• Assisted undergraduate students on laboratory assignments in a course on Data Structures and Algorithms.

September 2002 – April 2003 Network Administrator at Sci'44 Co-op Student Housing Inc.

• Part-time administration of a Windows 2000 server and 6 Windows 2000 workstations at the main office.

June 2001 – August 2001 Bank Teller at Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane, Balestrand

• Worked as front desk teller interacting with customers on a daily basis; responsible for foreign exchange.

Other Education

1999 – 2000 Viken Music College, Gjøvik, Norway

• Field of concentration: Jazz/Pop/Rock – Jazz Piano.

1996 – 1999 Sygna High School, Balestrand, Norway

• Fields of concentration: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and English.

Other Skills and Interests

• Driver's License: Norwegian Class B.
• Professional Memberships:
  • IEEE, since 2001.
  • NITO (Norwegian Society of Engineers and Technologists), since 2005.
• Hobbies:
  • Music: Jazz Piano, classical, jazz and rock music.
  • Audio/Video Technologies: Hi-fi systems, Home theatre, PA systems.
  • Photography: Digital SLR Cameras, etc.

Personal Information

• Birthday: June 24th, 1980.
• Marital Status: Married.
• Citizenship: Norwegian.

This document is copyright 2004 – 2013, Johan Herland. Last Modified: July 2013