Arnau Sanchez
Freelance software developer
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Personal information

Name Arnau Sánchez Sala
Date of Birth Barcelona (17/10/1978)
Address Piloña, Asturias
E-mail pyarnau@gmail.com
Marital Status Single
Driving license A/B/C

Qualifications

2001

Telecommunication Engineering (Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya). 5º course and thesis at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Languages

Spanish, Catalan

Mother-tongue.

English

FCE (First Certificate in English).

French

Intermediate level

German

Elementary level.

Skills

Operating Systems administration
Programming
Network management
VoIP
  • Hardware (IP phones, ATA).

  • Software (Asterisk).

Electronics
  • Solar photovoltaic systems.

  • ST6, PIC micro-controllers

VHF/UHF/HF Radio networks
  • Modulations (FSK, QAM, OFDM), FEC algorithms (BCH, Reed-Solomon, Turbocodes).

  • Phonepatchs. Main developer of asterisk-phonepatch.

WiFi

Professional experience

1998-2000

Scholar at Facultad de Informática de Barcelona (FIB-UPC), installation and maintenance of software and hardware.

2001-2002

Scholar at UPM. Thesis: "Radio links optimization on AX25 with DAMA-protocol and TCP/IP".

2003-2007

Developer at EHAS, working on HF/VHF radio links, web development (CherryPy and Turbogears), hardware design, installation and maintenance of networks in the Peruvian forest (GNU/Linux client and servers).

2008

Rails developer at Gnuine, using agile development and TDD (Test Driven Development).

2009

Software freelance developer mainly focusing on web and Rails development.

Articles

2005

Conference: "HF radio links for Rural Telemedicine Systems in Developing Countries" at School on Radio Based Computer Networking for Developing Countries del ICTP.

2007

Article "Low-cost telecommunication System and information services for rural primary healthcare in developing countries" para el congreso WITFOR 2007 (World IT Forum).