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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