Emmanuel Benoît

Self-taught programmer and systems administrator

General information

• Born on the 19th of February 1981, in Saint-Étienne, Loire, France
• French nationality; in a civil partnership; one child.
• Location: Saint-Lambert-La-Potherie, France
• E-mail address: ebenoit@ebenoit.info

Employment history

• September 2009 - present : Freelance developer / operator
  Development of laboratory instrument synchronisation software, development of various web-scraping scripts, installation and maintenance of Drupal- and WordPress-based sites, web and e-mail hosting, server installation, PC repair. Replacement teacher (introduction to IT, introduction to programming) from September to November 2012.
• October 2008 - June 2009 : Programmer - G.R.E.F. laboratory (INSERM)
  Development of a LIMS for a screening platform, connecting various computers to the network, network security audit, computer hardware assistance and advice, software assistance (both installation and use), assistance with the development of IFR66's web site, advice and deployment of specific software solutions, development of data processing programs.
• April 2003 - August 2007 : President - DHASIL non-profit organisation
  Organisation management ; preparing quotations ; conception and implementation of dynamic web sites for the organisation's customers ; conception, implementation and day-to-day maintenance of the organisation's network ; interventions on the customer's computers and networks.
• Oct. 2000 - April 2003 : Programmer - Neptune Internet Services
  Development of a management system for internet access points: Debian-based custom Linux distribution, access control software, client/server software to collect accounting data, hotline for the access points' users. Web site programming for Neptune's customers as well as internal tools. Occasional contributions to the company's system administration for specific software or services.
• Sep. 1998 - Oct. 2000 : Unpaid job - Neptune Internet Services
  Helping Neptune's on-site customers at Neptune's internet access point

Related experience

• 2006 - 2012 : Legacy Worlds
  Conception and development of the game ; server preparation and configuration ; day-to-day administration of both the server and the game.
  Sources of LegacyWorlds Beta 5 have been released.
• 2008 - 2011 : Alien Arena
  Contribution to various parts of the game's code (server, Linux-specific code, console improvements, TrueType support); help with debugging and Autotools migration.
• September 1997 - May 1998 : Graphics programming courses
  Writing and teaching graphics programming courses (DOS, Turbo Pascal) for "terminale" (last year of high school) and "classes préparatoires" volunteers.

Skills

• Operating systems: GNU/Linux, Windows
• Services: Apache, Bind, Courier/IMAP, Postfix, Tomcat, OpenLDAP
• Programming languages: C, Perl, Java, PHP, JavaScript, Bash
• Assembly language: x86+x87
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL
• Tools: GNU Make, Maven, Eclipse, SVN, Git, VI

Spoken languages

• French : native speaker
• English : fluent; 6 years studies and self-teaching; used in both personal and professional contexts.
• German : mostly forgotten

Education

• 1999-2000 : DEUG MIAS (dropped out)
• 1998-1999 : IUT Informatique et Génie Logiciel (dropped out)
• 1998 : French baccalauréat

Miscellaneous

• Demoscene (Wikipedia)
• Music : accoustic, electric and bass guitar.
• Biology : I am quite interested in molecular biology and genetics.