Resume
Kiffin Rex Gish
All round technical guy whose empirical and pragmatic approach makes life interesting, more often than not unpredictable, yet always a fun challenge.
Summary
Have worked for many years in a number of computer related and telecommunications branches, and built up a career based on a sound technical background. View myself as young at heart, willing and enthusiastic, with a drive to work with others in a close-knit, hard-working team environment. I enjoy complex challenges where proper balance between the technical and the commercial dimensions makes or breaks a successful product.
Specialties
Project management, mobile telecom, (wireless) Internet technology, software design and development, web programming, people management, agile software development. Programming specialties include Perl, C/C++, JavaScript, Apache, MySql for Linux/Freebsd/Unix systems.
Work Experience
Here is a list of companies at which I've worked in reverse chronological order.
TomTom International / May 2007 - Now
Navigation and content service delivery
Team Leader Development
Frog Navigations Systems BV / June 2006 - May 2007
Navigation robotic systems
Team Leader Development
Pace Micro Technology PLC / April 2006 - May 2006
Digital cable and IPTV
Lead Software Architect
Blinck International BV / February 2006 - March 2006
Mobile Messaging Services
Team Manager Development
Demon/Thus PLC / April 2004 - January 2006
Internet Service Provider
Team Leader Development
Telfort International / February 2004 - April 2004
Mobile Messaging and Internet Services
Senior Perl Software Engineer
Gishteq / October 2002 - March 2004
Internet and web-analytics
Self-employed Consultant
IQUIP (Sogeti) / September 2001 - September 2002
Outsourcing mobile telecom
Senior eBusiness Management Consultant
CMG Wireless Data Solutions / June 1997 - August 2001
Wireless product development
Project Manager Partner Program, Management Project Office, Team Manager Development and Project Leader Development
RAM Mobile Data / May 1994 - May 1997
Wireless technology based on Mobitex
Project Manager (3rd parties) and Application Engineer
Uniface BV (Compuware) / April 1992 - April 1994
4GL development platform
Team Leader and Software Engineer
Philips BV / March 1988 - May 1992
Telecommunication and Information Systems
System Engineer
Education
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam / 1983 - 1988
Physics and computer science (DRS)
Stanford University / 1976 - 1979
Biology (BS)
Salinas High / 1972 - 1976
Diploma
Interests
I like reading alot (fiction, psychology, history, philosophy, computer books, etc.), playing golf (11 handicap), watching good old film classics, (modern) classical music, rock-and-roll, and country, programming for fun, jogging and inline skating, bicycling and camping, and sometimes getting carried away playing on my laptop into the wee hours of the morning. I have been captivated by the latest improvements of Internet and computer technology, and I remain addicted to bleeding-edge technology to this very day.
Groups and Associations
Honors and Awards
Websites
All round technical guy whose empirical and pragmatic approach makes life interesting, more often than not unpredictable, yet always a fun challenge.
Summary
Have worked for many years in a number of computer related and telecommunications branches, and built up a career based on a sound technical background. View myself as young at heart, willing and enthusiastic, with a drive to work with others in a close-knit, hard-working team environment. I enjoy complex challenges where proper balance between the technical and the commercial dimensions makes or breaks a successful product.
Specialties
Project management, mobile telecom, (wireless) Internet technology, software design and development, web programming, people management, agile software development. Programming specialties include Perl, C/C++, JavaScript, Apache, MySql for Linux/Freebsd/Unix systems.
Work Experience
Here is a list of companies at which I've worked in reverse chronological order.
TomTom International / May 2007 - Now
Navigation and content service delivery
Team Leader Development
Frog Navigations Systems BV / June 2006 - May 2007
Navigation robotic systems
Team Leader Development
Pace Micro Technology PLC / April 2006 - May 2006
Digital cable and IPTV
Lead Software Architect
Blinck International BV / February 2006 - March 2006
Mobile Messaging Services
Team Manager Development
Demon/Thus PLC / April 2004 - January 2006
Internet Service Provider
Team Leader Development
Telfort International / February 2004 - April 2004
Mobile Messaging and Internet Services
Senior Perl Software Engineer
Gishteq / October 2002 - March 2004
Internet and web-analytics
Self-employed Consultant
IQUIP (Sogeti) / September 2001 - September 2002
Outsourcing mobile telecom
Senior eBusiness Management Consultant
CMG Wireless Data Solutions / June 1997 - August 2001
Wireless product development
Project Manager Partner Program, Management Project Office, Team Manager Development and Project Leader Development
RAM Mobile Data / May 1994 - May 1997
Wireless technology based on Mobitex
Project Manager (3rd parties) and Application Engineer
Uniface BV (Compuware) / April 1992 - April 1994
4GL development platform
Team Leader and Software Engineer
Philips BV / March 1988 - May 1992
Telecommunication and Information Systems
System Engineer
Education
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam / 1983 - 1988
Physics and computer science (DRS)
Stanford University / 1976 - 1979
Biology (BS)
Salinas High / 1972 - 1976
Diploma
Interests
I like reading alot (fiction, psychology, history, philosophy, computer books, etc.), playing golf (11 handicap), watching good old film classics, (modern) classical music, rock-and-roll, and country, programming for fun, jogging and inline skating, bicycling and camping, and sometimes getting carried away playing on my laptop into the wee hours of the morning. I have been captivated by the latest improvements of Internet and computer technology, and I remain addicted to bleeding-edge technology to this very day.
Groups and Associations
- Certified Scrum Master
- Fellow for the Free Software Foundation Europe
- Member of the British Computer Society
- Supporter of FreeBSD and Gnome
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
- SportCity Fitness Centre, Gouda
- US and Dutch citizenship
- Member of Golfclub de Hooge Bergsche
Honors and Awards
- 2nd place Monterey County Mathletics, 1974
- Honors award High School
- Longest drive
Websites