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\begin{document}

    % Generic Europass CV information

    \ecvfootername{Tiago Fael Matos}
    \ecvfootnote{To connect with me on LinkedIn, please visit:\newline
        \weblink{http://www.linkedin.com/in/ktachyon}}

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        % Personal Information

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        \ccvitem{First Names / Surnames}{\large\textbf{Tiago Fael Gonçalves de Matos}}
        \InputIfFileExists{includes/sensible-en}{}{
            \ccvitem{Address}{\textit{(not shown due to privacy protection)}}
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        \ccvitem{Twitter}{\weblink{http://twitter.com/KTachyon}}
        \ccvitem{Nationality}{Portuguese}
        \ccvitem{Date of Birth}{16$^{th}$ September, 1985}
        \ccvitem{Gender}{Male}

        % Occupational Field

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        \ccvitem{\large\textbf{Occupational Field}}{\large\textbf{Software Engineering}}

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        \ccvitem{Dates}{October 2014 $\longrightarrow$ now}
        \ccvitem{Occupation or Position Held}{\textbf{Software Architect, iOS Software Engineer, Fullstack Software Engineer}}
        \ccvitem{Main Activities and Responsibilities}{
            \begin{itemize}
                \item Development and optimization of components for the JiTT app (\weblink{https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/jitt.travel/id1006102986?mt=8});
                \item Full integration of Viator into the JiTT app (UI, logic and API communication);
                \item Development of a NodeJS based REST API for creating guides;
                \item Development of a Backbone-based web client for the aforementioned API;
                \item Development of a SQS-backed web worker to publish guides;
                \item Development of a registry/authentication platform to manage users, ratings, guide acquisitions;
                \item Documented and partially implemented a map tile generator platform;
                \item Managing several Amazon Web Services such as:
                \begin{itemize}
                    \item Elastic Beanstalk, deploying Docker-based instances;
                    \item Simple Storage Service (S3), programmatically manage data and setting up static websites with SSL using CloudFront;
                    \item Relational Database Service;
                    \item Virtual Private Cloud, managing security groups, network ACLs;
                    \item Route 53, transfering domains, managing records, aliasing with other Amazon Services such as CloudFront and Beanstalk;
                    \item Identity and Access Management, setting up proper credentials and policies;
                    \item Elasticsearch Service;
                    \item Simple Queue Service and integration into applications deployed using Beanstalk;
                \end{itemize}
            \end{itemize}
        }
        \ccvitem{Name and Address of Employer}{iClio/JiTT.travel (\weblink{http://www.iclio.net}, \weblink{http://jitt.travel})}
        \ccvitem{Type of Business or Sector}{Digital Tourism, Content Platform}

        \tabularnewline

        \ccvitem{Dates}{December 2012 $\longrightarrow$ October 2014}
        \ccvitem{Occupation or Position Held}{\textbf{Software Engineer}}
        \ccvitem{Main Activities and Responsibilities}{
            \begin{itemize}
                \item Development of an Android app and web services for management of parking meters;
                \item Development of an e-learning web application platform;
                \item Development of a Backbone-based framework for faster single-page web application development;
                \item Development of a platform for building web-based interactive books;
                \item Development of iOS and Android apps for paying paid parking spaces;
                \item Development of an iOS app for counting the time spent inside geofences and with iBeacon support;
            \end{itemize}
        }
        \ccvitem{Name and Address of Employer}{Premium Minds (\weblink{http://www.premium-minds.com})}
        \ccvitem{Type of Business or Sector}{Web and Mobile Software Development}

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        \ccvitem{Dates}{December 2012 $\longrightarrow$ July 2012}
        \ccvitem{Occupation or Position Held}{\textbf{Software Engineer}}
        \ccvitem{Main Activities and Responsibilities}{
            \begin{itemize}
                \item Development of the iOS app for Limetree (\weblink{http://limetr.ee});
                \item Web frontend development and payment systems integration;
                \item Participated with Limetree in Ryan Academy's Propeller Venture Accelerator in Dublin.
            \end{itemize}
        }
        \ccvitem{Name and Address of Employer}{Limetree (\weblink{http://limetr.ee})}
        \ccvitem{Type of Business or Sector}{Web and Mobile Web Software Development}

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        \ccvitem{Dates}{September 2010 $\longrightarrow$ October 2012}
        \ccvitem{Occupation or Position Held}{\textbf{Systems Administrator and Software Engineer}}
        \ccvitem{Main Activities and Responsibilities}{
            \begin{itemize}
                \item Development and management of UCV (\weblink{http://ucv.uc.pt}) based on an open source, Pylons-based video platform called MediaCore;
                \item Development of both UCV mobile applications for iOS (\weblink{http://itunes.apple.com/pt/app/ucv/id516297795}) and Android (\weblink{https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.uc.ucv});
                \item Development of some support (web based) platforms for University of Coimbra's presence in iTunes U (\weblink{http://www.uc.pt/itunesU/coleccoes});
                \item Configuration of several key systems that support University of Coimbra's presence in iTunes U, one of those a dual-controller SAN connected to two Mac Pro's to be used as main and failover/failback controllers;
                \item Development and management of Agenda7 (\weblink{http://agenda7.uc.pt});
                \item Consultant on the HPIP project (\weblink{http://hpip.org});
                \item Remote management/administration of a dozen servers with CentOS, Fedora Core and Mac OS X Server operating systems.
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        \ccvitem{Name and Address of Employer}{University of Coimbra (\weblink{http://www.uc.pt})}
        \ccvitem{Type of Business or Sector}{Higher education institution}

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        \ccvitem{Dates}{January 2010 $\longrightarrow$ May 2011}
        \ccvitem{Occupation or Position Held}{\textbf{iOS Developer}}
        \ccvitem{Main Activities and Responsibilities}{Development of iOS applications for major sporting events, where I developed 3 iOS applications:
            \begin{itemize}
                \item 2010 FIFA World Cup (ZA2010);
                \item 2010 FIBA World Cup (TR2010);
                \item 2011 AFC Asian Cup (QA2011);
            \end{itemize}
        The apps were taken off the app store since they were no longer relevant.}
        \ccvitem{Name and Address of Employer}{MajorSportsEvents (\weblink{http://www.majorsportsevents.com})}
        \ccvitem{Type of Business or Sector}{Mobile Software Development}

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        \ccvitem{Dates}{July 2010 $\longrightarrow$ September 2010}
        \ccvitem{Occupation or Position Held}{\textbf{iOS Developer}}
        \ccvitem{Main Activities and Responsibilities}{Development of iOS applications and server-side services. Developed components for the JiTT application for iOS.}
        \ccvitem{Name and Address of Employer}{iClio Lda. (\weblink{http://www.iclio.net}, \weblink{http://www.justintimetourist.com})\newline IPN - Instituto Pedro Nunes\newline Rua Pedro Nunes, s/n\newline 3030-199 Coimbra, Portugal}
        \ccvitem{Type of Business or Sector}{Mobile Software Development}

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        \ccvsection{education}{Education and Training}

        \ccvitem{Dates}{September 2010 $\longrightarrow$ July 2012}
        \ccvitem{Title of Qualification Awarded}{\textbf{Master's Degree in Informatics Engineering (MSc)}}
        \ccvitem{Principal Subjects / Occupational Skills Covered}{Network Engineering; Business Management; Management of Software Projects; Systems and Network Management; Enterprise Application Integration; Human-Computer Interaction; Software Reuse; Security in Communication Systems; Ubiquitous Systems; Semantic Web.}
        \ccvitem{Name and Type of Organisation Providing Education and Training}{Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra, Department of Informatics Engineering}

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        \ccvitem{Dates}{September 2003 $\longrightarrow$ July 2010}
        \ccvitem{Title of Qualification Awarded}{\textbf{Bachelor Degree in Informatics Engineering (BSc)}}
        \ccvitem{Principal Subjects / Occupational Skills Covered}{Algorithms and Data Structures; Data Analysis and Transformation; Computer Architectures; Databases; Compilers; Graphic Computing; Software Engineering; Discrete Structures; Introduction to Artificial Intelligence; Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving; Introduction to Communication Networks; Advanced Programming Laboratory; Principles of Procedural Programming; Object Oriented Programming; Communication Protocols; Simulation and Scientific Computing; Information Systems; Distributed Systems; Operating Systems; Computer Technologies; Theory of Computing; Information Theory.}
        \ccvitem{Name and Type of Organisation Providing Education and Training}{Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra, Department of Informatics Engineering}

        % Personal Skills and Competences

        \ccvsection{skills}{Personal Skills and Competences}

        \ecvmothertongue{\normalsize Portuguese}
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        \ccvitem{iOS Development Skills}{
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            \begin{itemize}
                \item Development of Universal apps (single binary for iPhone and iPad);
                \item Development of interfaces using XIBs, Storyboards and linking multiple Storyboards;
                \item Understanding of the Objective-C Runtime and knowledge about concepts such as method swizzling and runtime subclassing;
                \item Understanding when the use of Class Extensions, Categories and Protocols;
                \item Asynchronous code development using Grand Central Dispatch;
                \item Development using Lockless Exclusive Accessors using Grand Central Dispatch;
                \item Creating distinct products using the same base project in XCode via Schemes and custom build processes;
                \item Third party dependency management using CocoaPods;
                \item Dependency Injection using Objection framework for creating more modular applications;
                \item Development using PromiseKit for chained asynchronous calls;
                \item Development using AFNetworking and communicating with REST applications using that framework;
                \item Using logging facilities such as CocoaLumberjack and NSLogger to distribute logs across several local and remote services;
                \item Development of apps using services such as Crashlytics, Parse and SegmentIO;
                \item Development of apps using the CoreLocation framework, including background location apps;
                \item Development of apps with iBeacon support;
                \item Using the StoreKit for in-app purchases;
                \item Adding Push Notifications to an iOS app;
                \item Deploying iOS apps to the App Store;
            \end{itemize}
        }

        \ccvitem{JavaScript/NodeJS Development Skills}{
            \vspace{-12pt}
            \begin{itemize}
                \item Frontend development using Backbone.js;
                \item Development using the Pub-Sub pattern;
                \item Callbacks and promises;
                \item Development of extendable JavaScript objects (pre-ES6);
                \item Express.js middleware and promisification of Express.js routes;
                \item Understands the Event-driven of JavaScript and what IO blocking means;
                \item Database transaction assurance on Express.js using promisified routes;
                \item Using NPM for dependency management;
            \end{itemize}
        }

        \ccvitem{Other Skills}{
            \vspace{-12pt}
            \begin{itemize}
                \item SQL (MySQL, Postgres), No-SQL (Postgres HStores and JSON data);
                \item N-Tiered architecure platforms development;
                \item Integration with REST WebServices;
                \item REST API development;
                \item Some Redis and MongoDB experience;
                \item Integration of analytics platforms;
                \item Aims for DRY and decoupled code;
                \item Deploying and managing software in AWS and interconnecting several Amazon Services;
            \end{itemize}
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        \ccvsection{appendices}{Appendices}

        \ccvitem{Appendix I}{Personal Projects Developed}
        \ccvitem{Appendix II}{Academic Projects Developed}

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