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English Skills: (self-assessed)
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Elliot S. - Elliot Smith: Ruby on Rails / PHP / Drupal / Java / open source - Freelance Programmer / Developer, United Kingdom

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Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
English Test (Sentence Structure) 4.75 91% TOP 10% 08/14/2007 8 min
Ruby on Rails Test 3.60 73% 08/13/2007 16 min
PHP5 Test 3.75 72% 11/22/2008 21 min
Unix Test 3.90 72% 08/13/2007 11 min
Python 2.x Test 3.50 61% 08/14/2007 33 min
Job Category Interests

Web Development
Skills
Skill Experience Level Last Used Description
Drupal 3 yrs 4.0 2007 http://townx.org/
Project: townx personal website

Installed and configured Drupal as a blogging and general web content management tool. Have been running the site using this CMS for a couple of years. Have tweaked styles in the past, built custom modules for Drupal (e.g. for Lastfm API), and have taught courses on Drupal.
PHP/MySQL 4 yrs 5.0 2007
Ruby on Rails 2 yrs 5.0 2007 http://flickrlilli.org.uk/
Project: Flickrlilli

Personally-initiated, to make it easier for me to find Creative Commons materials for inclusion in presentations. Uses my own Flickr library to access and query the Flickr REST API. Results are displayed using AJAX.
Certifications
Date Earned Name Score Percentile Organization Description
2007 Apache 2.0 Administration 3.99 86% Brainbench —
2008 ASP.NET 3.76 83% Brainbench —
2007 Information Technology Terminology 3.99 85% Brainbench —
2007 Java 2 Fundamentals 3.21 48% Brainbench —
2008 Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.4 3.32 82% Brainbench —
2008 OO Concepts 3.88 89% Brainbench —
2008 Web Development Concepts 4.07 98% Brainbench —
2006 Zend Certified Engineer (ZCE) [ZEND003004]     Zend The only professional PHP qualification available, from the organization responsible for PHP.
Employment History
From To Company Title/Role Description
10/2007 Present Talis Information Ltd. Software Developer / Independent Contributor
08/2004 09/2007 OpenAdvantage Business Analyst / Independent Contributor Open source advocate, regularly presenting on business and technical aspects of open source. Also heavily involved in PHP, Drupal and Ruby on Rails training, having written and presented several courses on each. Expert in evaluating and selecting open source software to meet business needs, particularly in the area of web applications.
Education
From To School Degree Area of Study Description
09/1996 08/2000 University of Birmingham Doctorate Computer Science Thesis covered control of inference processes in knowledge systems, with a particular emphasis on discourse comprehension. Built large Prolog program informed by cognitive modelling.
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oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
English Test (Sentence Structure) 4.75 91% TOP 10% 08/14/2007 8 min
Ruby on Rails Test 3.60 73% 08/13/2007 16 min
PHP5 Test 3.75 72% 11/22/2008 21 min
Unix Test 3.90 72% 08/13/2007 11 min
Python 2.x Test 3.50 61% 08/14/2007 33 min