## BIO
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Very extensive practical background in software projecting and development. Participated in development of large number of software projects, mostly in projecting and programming phases and in some cases in implementation of this products at users. Except of my maternal Croatian language, I am fluent in English and German languages and most of the projects in which I have participated where for German market.
**Education
**Graduated (B. Sc.) on Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER), Zagreb, Croatia, branch Telecommunications and Informatics.
## Area of Expertise
| **Development tools** | **Experience, quality of knowledge** |
| Borland Delphi (from version 2 to 8) | 9 years, working on large number of applications: database oriented business systems, multimedia, DVD authoring programs, knowledge excellent |
| Borland CPP Builder (from version 1 to 6) | 5 years, working on database oriented business systems, knowledge excellent |
| Microsoft Visual C++ (VS 6) | 1 year, working on business application, knowledge very good |
| Microsoft Visual Basic (VS 6) | 3 months, part of bigger application, knowledge elementary |
| **Databases** | **Experience, quality of knowledge** |
| SQL Server 7 | 2 years, working on business application, knowledge very good |
| Oracle 6.1 | 3 years, working on business application, knowledge very good |
| Access (all versions) | 9 years, working on many applications, knowledge excellent |
| Sybase | 1,5 year, working on business application, knowledge very good |
| Interbase (Firebird) | 2 years, working on business application, knowledge excellent |
| Paradox | 2 years, two smaller applications, knowledge very good |
| MySQL | 6 months, working on Internet projects, knowledge very good |
| **Other tools and skills** | **Experience, quality of knowledge** |
| Microsoft Windows | 15 years, advanced usage and installations (3.11, 95, 98, 98 SE, NT Workstation 4.0, NT Server 4.0, ME, 2000 Professional, 2000 Server, XP Professional) |
| Microsoft Office | 13 years, knowledge excellent |
| SQL | 9 years, knowledge excellent |
| HTML, DHTML | 3 years, knowledge very good |
| PHP | 6 months, knowledge good |
| Networks | 9 years, practical experience in hardware installation of local networks and program usage of HTTP, POP, SMTP and FTP protocols |
| Course teaching | Leading of 4 months course of Windows, Word and Excel for workers of Defense ministry and two weeks basic course of Windows for business secretaries |
**Languages**
| **<font size= "2">Language</font>** | **Speech / writing** |
| Croatian | Excellent / excellent |
| English | Very good / very good |
| German | Very good / good |