Webdesign || Programming || Project Management @ Fuengirola . Costa del Sol

>In 2004 I started a project of my own. I sensed the need for a website that catalogues and facilitates search on consumer electronics reviews. So I set off building testvinnare.se Sweden’s first searchable review database, later expanded to testwinner.co.uk. Pretty soon we joined forces with the largest price comparison site in Sweden, PriceRunner.se.

Ever since, the functionality has been expanding with new innovative aids, such as the first interactive buyers’ guide and a praised mobile service. The Swedish site has had more than 2 million unique visitors and has got company by its sisters, testwinner.co.uk, testsieger-de.com, testvindere.dk as well a horde of competitors copying the idea.

The environment consists of a Linux “LAMP”-server, PHP scripts, HTML, CSS, JavaScript with AJAX functions and uses the MVC architecture.

Except for the obvious experience from building database and web pages I have received valuable experience in internet marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing and cooperative economics/management.

At the turn of the millenium I started at the jewel of the swedish IT industry crown, LM Ericsson.
The first two years I worked on developing operation and support system (OSS) for GSM och 3G (UMTS) networks.

The projects were huge, counting hundreds of developers over three continents, which demanded a potent software development model, we used an Ericsson adaptation of RUP. Programs were written in Java on Unix. We also made use of Extreme Programming in the inception/elaboration fase to rapidly build a testable design candidate.

After the big IT bubble burst I worked two years on Ericsson Microwave developing fighter jet radar simulators, as programmer, systems designer and subproject leader. Programs were written in C for built-in realtime systems.

I also lead the RUP implementation project on our department, managing requirements, planning and education.

Ericsson was a fantastic, dynamic place to work and very educative, especially on the software project management area. On top of all I had great colleagues!

I stepped straight into the action when I started my first job as programmer on Noventus Systems. The company was specializing on automatic high bay warehouses and after two weeks of studying the system I went on my first mission to run support and maintenance on the warehouse and delivery management system at a Hoffmann la Roche medical plant in Swizerland. The job included lots of responsibility and high tempo as the system was launchped early to stand model at the pharmaceutical’s centennial.
Ordinary working days were combined with 16 hour support and sometimes emergency call outs as on one occasion when Austria had run out of stock of a life-saving medication used in organ transplants.

The job in Switzerland taught me a lot and was a great adventure allowing me to travel and explore Central Europe and Northern Italy. Furthermore I got to work with VAX/VMS and learn some “Schwitzerdütsch”

After two years in Switzerland, I worked in a project developing automatic road toll system, then cooperating with Saab Combitech, where I was involved in database optimization on a Oracle/Windows Visual C++ environment.

Noventus was my first encounter with larger systems than those you get to do in university. But first and foremost it was a fabulous time with good friends/colleagues and lots of freedom in the work.