Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) University of Cape Town 1993 - 1996

Subjects Computer Science I, II & III Mathematics I & II Electrical, Electronic and Digital Electronic courses Physics I Statistics and Applied Mathematics I

Entrepreneur for Software Development company Nitric Industries cc March 2001 to date

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Software Engineer (C4 - Permanent Employment) Mineral Resource Unit De Beers Marine (Pty) Ltd June 1998 - February 2001

Developed efficient mistie corrections algorithms. (C++, NT) Data format and geological coordinate conversion tools. (C++, NT) Geophysical data acquisition systems. (C++, NT) Seismic & sonar image manipulation tools. (C++, NT, IRIX) Managed the development of seismic interpretation tool for geologists and geophysicists. (AVS) Developed a sediment classification system from the chirp sub-bottom profiler data. (C++) Maintained the Mineral Resources Unit intranet site. (PHP, IRIX) General support for the Silicon Graphics (SGI, IRIX, Informix) servers.

Software Designer (Contract Employment) Energy and Development Research Centre (UCT) October 1996 - May 1998

Designed and programmed a design tool application, Hybrid Designer, for the Dept. Of Minerals and Energies (DME) Objective to improve the design of remote area power supply systems and assess the techno-economic aspects in a hybrid system. allows users to determine which energy components to use for a particular site depending on the site's weather, demand and available component characteristics. uses genetic algorithms, simulation and a costing module on highly non-linear models allows in-depth analysis into hybrid systems determines optimal sizing and strategy configurations programmed in Borland C++ 5.0 (with OWL and STL) for Windows 95 available here

Senior Technical Officer (Part-time Employment) Energy and Development Research Centre (UCT) March 1995 - June 1997

Maintained and supported network for some 15 researchers and 9 administration staff for all their computing support including: maintaining and administrating Linux box for mail, web server, remote access, etc. purchasing new hardware and software Novell, Microsoft Office and Windows 95 support

Sole Proprietor (Part-Time while studying)

Sold computers to various companies, including Safship, a division of the South African Marine Corp. Ltd (Safmarine) for their deep sea container ships. programming of problem-specific applications general computer and network support website design and implementation using SQL databases and hypertext pre-processing.

Publications

van Kuik E., Seeling-Hochmuth Dr. G., Weber P. (1997), Off-Grid Hybrid Design Tool Using Genetic Algorithms, Proceedings of the 14th European Union Photovoltaic Solar Conference and Exhibition, Barcelona