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Curriculum vitae
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Projects
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I am author and maintainer of :ref:`Lino <cg.lino.framework>` and its
predecessor TIM_, two frameworks for developing customized database
applications. Our customers are mostly located in Belgium. All my work is
released as free software, I am a fervent defender of the `free open-source
software philosophy <https://hw.saffre-rumma.net/fs/>`_.

Other projects:

- `Lino Welfare <https://welfare.lino-framework.org>`__,
  `Noi <http://noi.lino-framework.org>`__,
  `Amici <http://amici.lino-framework.org>`__,
  `Voga <http://voga.lino-framework.org>`__
  `Presto <http://presto.lino-framework.org>`__ and
  `Così <http://cosi.lino-framework.org>`__
  are :term:`Lino applications <Lino application>` for which there is at least
  one :term:`production site`.

- :ref:`atelier`, :ref:`eidreader` and :ref:`getlino <getlino>` are independant
  projects that we also use.

- TIMtools_ -- A suite of win32 command-line tools for TIM_.



Work experience
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From-until          Employer                        Responsibilities
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09/1990 - 01/1992   Siemens Software Center Liège   Programmer / Source code maintenance.
                                                    BS/2000 & UNIX
03/1992 - 08/2001   PAC Systems PGmbH (now AbAKUS_) Software Developer / Analysis, Programming,
                                                    Customer Projects, User Training, Research
since 11/2001       Rumma & Ko OÜ, Tallinn / Vigala Independant Software Developer and Project Manager.
                                                    Software maintenance. Research, Analysis,
                                                    Programming, Customer support.
=================== =============================== ====================================


Scholar education
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From-until  School                                       Studies
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1974 - 1986 Collège Patronné (Eupen, BE)                 Basic School
1986 - 1988 University Notre-Dame de la Paix (Namur, BE) Biology
1988-1990   Institut Supérieur St-Laurent (Liège, BE)    Analyst/Programmer
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Language skills
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- German : native language
- French : native language
- English : quite well
- Estonian : saan hakkama küll
- Dutch : able to speak and understand


Computer skills
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- Programming languages: Python, Javascript, Java, bash.
- I have also worked in PHP, C++, Clipper_, VisualBasic.
- Application software: LibreOffice, Thunderbird, GIMP
- Operating Systems: Ubuntu, Debian
- Databases: MySQL, SQLite, PostGreSQL, dBase, Clipper_, ...
- Open Source development tools: Git, Mercurial, SVN, Trac
- Open standards: SQL, HTML, XML, ...
- Text processing: REstructuredText, Sphinx, LaTeX, Lilypond, ...


Personal preferences
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- I prefer using Free Software whenever
  possible and encourage people around me to do the same.

- I prefer getting complete understanding of problems over
  finding quick solutions.

- I prefer using my creativity over copying solutions of other
  people.

- I am more fascinated by humans than by computers: how they learn,
  how they organize themselves. I enjoy communicating with end-users
  in order to optimize their work methods.

- I prefer doing the first 20% of a job that return `80% of the final
  result <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle>`__.

- I haven't watched television other than occasionally since
  about 1990.

Hobbies
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- I enjoy singing alone and with others. I have a more than average
  musical education but did never consider becoming a professional.

- In my spare time I happen to write on personal websites like
  `Human World <https://hw.saffre-rumma.net/>`__ or
  `Eesti Taizé Sõbrad <https://www.laudate.ee/>`__.

- I sporadically work for Wikipedia, mostly in `Estonian
  <https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasutaja:LucSaffre>`__ because I live
  in Estonia, sometimes in `German
  <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:LucSaffre>`__ because
  that's my mother language.

- I was a motivated Scout leader between September 1986 and July 1994.
  After these 8 years I continued during several years to organize
  trainings for young scout leaders. The `FSC
  <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Scouts_-_F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_des_Scouts_Baden-Powell_de_Belgique>`__
  honored my work by assigning me the `Wood Badge
  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_Badge>`__ award.

- Before getting married I lived 3 years in a volunteer project community of the
  `Ephata <https://www.ephata.be/>`__ youth center in Eupen, followed by 3 years
  in a private community with my sister and her husband.


.. _AbAKUS: http://www.abakus.be
.. _TIM: http://tim.lino-framework.org/129.html
.. _TIMtools: http://code.google.com/p/timtools/
.. _Clipper: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_(programming_language)
.. _Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/
.. _ExtJS: http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/
.. _atelier: http://atelier.lino-framework.org
.. _davlink: https://github.com/lino-framework/davlink