About me

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Born in Santa Clara, Cuba, 1969.

Master of science, graduated in the university of Saint Petersburg, Russia in the specialty of "Radio-physics and quantum electronics". The theme of my thesis was "Investigation of the effects of the radial spatial homogeneity of the active medium of excitation of the copper vapor laser".

Certified Delphi Programmer. Now working and living in Umeå, Sweden, as an IT consultant, Delphi programmer and WebMaster for Distance Education and Learning.

My main interests just now are programming, computers, graphic design, photography , music, sports, writing, mathematics, movies, literature, history, philosophy and languages. Some of my programs you can download from this site.

Personal information

Name: Luis Cobian
Place of birth: Santa Clara, Cuba
Date of birth: 1969.01.16 Citizenship: Swedish

Education

1987.07.20 Graduated at Capitán Roberto Rodríguez Senior High School, Santa Clara, Cuba.
1987.09.01- 1988.06.19 Technical Russian language at University of Havana, Cuba.
1988-1992 Certified Russian Translator, S. Petersburg University, Russia.
1992-1993 "Numeric methods and simulation of physical processes" using Pascal and Fortran. University of Saint Petersburg, Russia.
1988-1994 Master of sciences, graduated in the university of Saint Petersburg, Russia in the specialty of "Radio-physics and quantum electronics". The theme of my thesis was "Investigation of the effects of the radial spatial homogeneity of the active medium of excitation of the copper vapor laser".

Work History

1993.08-1994.01 Assistant at the department of Quantum Physics, University of Saint Peterburg
1993 Russian-Spanish interpreter at Ermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg (occasionally)
1996.10.01-to date Working at the University of Umeå, Sweden. My functions there are:

• IT-Consultant

• Teacher

• Developer (using mainly Delphi)

• Webmaster

• Network administrator.

Language skills

Spanish: Mother language
English: Fluently spoken and written
Swedish: Fluently spoken and written
Russian: Fluently spoken and written

Certifications

1999 Brainbench Certified Delphi 2 Programmer
2000 Brainbench Certified Delphi 5 Programmer
2000 Brainbench Written Russian Certification

Summary

Ten years of professional Delphi (versions 2 – 2005) experience in desktop, client/server, and multi-tier distributed application development including Internet development, design and implementation of Delphi custom components.

Nine years of experience as Webmaster , administrator and developer of a site dedicated to Distance education at the University of Umeå, Sweden. (http://sherwood.lh.umu.se)

Eight years of experience as a teacher in courses on IT and distance education and IT in special education at the University of Umeå, Sweden, .

Total of seven years of experience in Network administration with NT/Linux network.

Total of 12+ years of development from the MS-DOS ages to today, using mainly Borland Turbo Pascal.

Over ten years of IT hardware/software systems experience including PC repair, maintenance, upgrades, network installation, software design and implementation.

Solid knowledge on Theoretical Physics and Higher Mathematics.

Some knowledge of C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Assembler and Fortran.

Opened and social, I enjoy working in heterogeneous environments where I can learn and share my knowledge with others.