Python programmer sought, full-time, London, England

Robin Becker robin at jessikat.demon.co.uk
Wed Mar 8 02:49:29 EST 2000


In article <38C3AB62.7AF0BA33 at elok.com>, Neil Smith <ngs at elok.com> writes
>Hi,
>
>I thought that this would be as good a place as any to look for an
>experienced Python programmer who could come and take over the
>development in my company. If you are in South West London and love to
>programme in Python then you should check out http://www.elok.com/jobs/
>
>Alternatively, if anyone can think of a better place where Python
>programmers congregate ...
>
>Thanks,
>
>Neil Smith
>
Hi, I'm working with p
Robin Becker
    23, St. Catherine's Close
    London SW17 7UA


    Home Tel: 020 8672 3969
    robin at jessikat.demon.co.uk

Personal 
    Marital status: Divorced
    Nationality: British
    Age: 52
    Place of Birth: UK

Education
    1953-57 St. Marylebone Primary School, London W1.
    1957-62 Hardenwick Preparatory School, Harpenden Herts.    
    1962-65 Kings College, Taunton, Somerset.
    1969-72 Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ.
    
Qualifications
    A-Levels: Pure Mathematics Applied Mathematics Physics
    O-Levels: Use of English, English Language, French, Mathematics, History,
              Chemistry, Physics & Additional Mathematics.
    BSc. Hons in Electrical Engineering, London Univ. 1/8/72.

Work Experience
    Presently working in Wimbledon as python programmer/infrastructure manager
    for a web startup.
    1999-2000 on Sabbatical doing web-site on Generational Accounting
        with James Sefton at the National Institute for Economic and 
        Social Research.
    1995-1999. Research analyst in fixed interest Economic research
        specialising in robust portfolio design for multi-currency
        asset allocation.
    1994-95 Head of Analytic Design & Research for BITA Plus Consultants
        who specialise in portfolio and optimisation software for
        financial institutions.
    1992-94 C/C++ programmer for FTSD/C specialising in analytic
        addons for the FAME time series and databasing language.
    1979-92 Programmer/Analyst with the Programme for Research
        into Optimal Policy Evaluation in the Departments of
        Computing & Control and Electrical Engineering at Imperial College.
    1978 Programmer with the Computer Aided Design group
        in the Department of Computing & Control at Imperial College.
    1976-77 Programmer with the Programme for Research into 
        Econometric Methods in the Department of Computing & Control
        at Imperial College.
    1968-69 Sound Engineer/Editor at Chapell and Co. Ltd. Maddox St. London.
    1965-67 Assistant sound engineer at the Mayfair Studios of
        Ryemuse Sound Studios Ltd.



Languages
    School French; Styrian German; English.

Skills
    Fixed Interest Yield Curve Construction & Analysis.
    Portfolio Theory & Practice. 
    Simulation,  Optimisation and Analysis.
    All round knowledge of computational methods for Finance & Economics. 
    Linear Algebra, Matrix Analysis, Numerical Methods.
    Computer programming in many different programming languages
        and operating systems. I am familiar with Winword/Excel etc.

Computing 
    C, C++,  Tcl/Tk, Python, FAME, VBA, Bash, Snobol4, Pascal, Fortran77. 
        Windows NT/95/3.11; Solaris, Linux, MS-DOS.
    
    Excel, Word, Sed, Awk etc.

References
    James Sefton, National Institute of Economic and Social Research
        2 Dean Trench Street, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HE, UK.
        mailto:jsefton at niesr.ac.uk
    Prof. Berc Rustem, department of computing,
          Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ.
        mailto:br at doc.ic.ac.uk
    Dr. Wolfgang Marty, Credit Suisse Asset Management, Zurich.
        mailto:wolfgang.marty at csam.com 
    
Qualifications
    A-Levels: Pure Mathematics Applied Mathematics Physics
    O-Levels: Use of English, English Language, French, Mathematics, History,
              Chemistry, Physics & Additional Mathematics.
    BSc. Hons in Electrical Engineering, London Univ. 1/8/72.

Work Experience
    1999-present on Sabbatical doing web-site on Generational Accounting
        with James Sefton at the National Institute for Economic and 
        Social Research.
    1995-1999. Research analyst in fixed interest Economic research
        specialising in robust portfolio design for multi-currency
        asset allocation.
    1994-95 Head of Analytic Design & Research for BITA Plus Consultants
        who specialise in portfolio and optimisation software for
        financial institutions.
    1992-94 C/C++ programmer for FTSD/C specialising in analytic
        addons for the FAME time series and databasing language.
    1979-92 Programmer/Analyst with the Programme for Research
        into Optimal Policy Evaluation in the Departments of
        Computing & Control and Electrical Engineering at Imperial College.
    1978 Programmer with the Computer Aided Design group
        in the Department of Computing & Control at Imperial College.
    1976-77 Programmer with the Programme for Research into 
        Econometric Methods in the Department of Computing & Control
        at Imperial College.
    1968-69 Sound Engineer/Editor at Chapell and Co. Ltd. Maddox St. London.
    1965-67 Assistant sound engineer at the Mayfair Studios of
        Ryemuse Sound Studios Ltd.



Languages
    School French; Styrian German; English.

Skills

 
Publications
    "EEL A System For Specifying and Evaluating Econometric Models",
        Modelling and Control of national Economies, N. Christodulakis (Ed.),
        Pergamon Press Oxford. 1990.
    "Einterp and Deinterp, Procedures for the Evaluation of Equations
        and their Differentials", Journal of Economics, Dynamics and Control,
        vol. 14, 1990.
    "Robust Optimal Control of Stochastic Nonlinear Economic Systems",
        with R. S. Hall and B. Rustem, PROPE DP 115, presented at
        ESRC/PROPE seminar hed at Imperial College October 1990.
    "On the Computation of Sensitivity Functions of Linear Time-Invariant
        Systems Responses Via Diagonalization" with T. L. Wuu and E. Polak,
        IEEE transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. AC-31, Dec. 1986.
    "Optimal Policy Design with Non-Linear Models" with B. Dwolatzky,
        B. Rustem and E. Karakitsos, Journal of Economics Dynamics
        and Control 10(1986).
    "The Simultaneous Use of Rival Models in Policy Optimization" with
        B. Dwolatzky, E. Karakitsos and B. Rustem, Economic Journal, 
        96 (June 1986).
    "Rival Models in Policy Optimization" with B. Dwolatzky, B. Rustem
        and E. Karakitsos, Journal of Economics Dynamics and Control 10(1986).
    "TermHMT 2.8 an Intelligent Terminal Emulator for Use with the
        Treasury Model" PROPE DP 77, Feb 1985,
        EE Dept. Imperial College London.
    "DATAMAN 2.0, User Guide to PROPE's Data manipulation Program"
        Internal Report of the PROPE Group 1983, EE Dept.
        Imperial College London.
    "Crecy, A Program for 'Archery' and its transfer to HM Treasury"
        Internal Report of the PROPE Group 1981, EE Dept.
        Imperial College London.
    "Memorandum of Evidence to the House of Commons Select Committee
        on the Treasury and Civil Service" with J. H. Westcott,
        E. Karakitsos and B. Rustem. Third Report from the Treasury
        and Civil Service Committe, pp 22-67 Vol. 3
        House of Commons 1981 HC163-I.
    "Control Excercises with a Small Model of the UK Economy"
        with S. Holly, B. Rustem, M. B. Zarrop and J. H. Westcott.
        Proc. London Conf. On Recent Developements in
        National Economic Policy Formulation(1977);
        in Optimal Control for Econometric Models,
        Macmillan Press 1979, ed. S. Holly et al.
    "Computer Aided Design of Control Systems Via Optimization"
        with  D. Q. Mayne and A. J. Heunis
        Proc. IEE, Vol. 126, No. 6 1979.
    "Linear Systems Functions Via Diagonalization",
        CCD Report 79/10 (1979), dept. Of Computing and Control,
        Imperial College, London.
    "A Control Theory Framework for Policy Analysis" with
        J. H. Westcott, S. Holly, B. Rustem and M. B. Zarrop.
        Proc London Conf. On Recent Developments in National
        Economic Policy Formulation (1977) 
        in Optimal Control for Econometric Models,
        Macmillan Press 1979, ed. S. Holly et al.
    "Iterative Respecification of the Quadratic Objective Function"
        with B. Rustem, M. B. Zarrop, S. Holly and J. H. Westcott.
        Proc. London Conf. On Recent Developments in National
        Economic Policy Formulation (1977) in 
        Optimal Control for Econometric Models,
        Macmillan Press 1979, ed. S. Holly et al.


ython right now in SW London. Here's a CV


-- 
Robin Becker



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