CV - Hubert Figuière

Manually translated the Tomboy source code from C# to C++, using Gtkmm and boost. Led to approximately 14,000 lines of C++ and a functional release within a month.

http://live.gnome.org/Gnote

Member of the core team of developers.

Ported AbiWord to MacOS X (2002-2004). Rebased the containers on a type-safe C++ template implementation and provided the means to progressively move to the standard C++ library. Cleaning up of the Gtk+ UI interface code to no longer use deprecated calls. Fixed bugs in the RTF importer and exporter code. System administration of the development server. Various speed analysis and improvements and bug fixes.

http://www.abisource.com/

Core developer of the gphoto project, the leading digital camera support software for Linux and other UNIX systems.

http://www.gphoto.org/

SLED (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop) development. Bug fixes and feature implementation on the GNOME desktop for SLED 10 and upcoming versions. Maintenance of Firefox in SLED: bug evaluation and fixes, security updates. Update of the Firefox lockdown functionality needed for enterprise users for Firefox and SLED. Packaging of various software components.

OpenOffice.org development. Development of the import filter for PowerPoint 2007 file format (Office OpenXML) into Impress; joint work with SUN software engineering, presented at OOoCon 2007. Bug fixes in Impress. Migration of the community hosting for Go-oo.org, the Novell-sponsored project around OpenOffice.org.

C++ programming using Qt on Linux. Redesigned and developed Xandros Photo Manager (Project cancelled). Ported and maintained Debian packages of Beagle and Mono (Debian packaging work). Designed and developed the alert module of the System Monitor for Xandros Server 1.0.

System and network programming in C++ and Perl on Linux and management of the alpha QA team for the Linux-based server product Nitix (now know as IBM Lotus Foundations).

Managed the alpha QA team (Size: 4 persons, including myself, plus 2 Co-Op students) in Montréal to test product features earlier in the development stage. Redesigned the print server using CUPS, shipped with version 4.3.0. Ported Nitix to IBM pSeries (OpenPower 720), cancelled. NS3 (Nitix proprietary network distributed "name service"): final stage of development with bug fixing in various areas of the component, shipped with 4.2.0. Groupware client for Novell Evolution: various UI work and fixes for the ExchangeIt client for Novell Evolution 1.4 (Gtk in C++).

Software engineer at Freebox (Paris), subsidiary of the #2 ADSL broadband ISP in France, at the time.

Linux Kernel development, including USB driver, i2c and port to a new architecture (different PowerPC board or new XScale CPU (ARM big-endian) on the DSLAM and the DSL modem. Upgraded the hardware test suite for the DSLAM manufacturing (written in Perl) and assisted hardware manufacturing in debugging problems on the test bench.

http://www.freebox.fr/

Part of the development team of iCal. Rewrote the vCalendar importer for iCal 1.0.1. Objective-C on MacOS X.

http://www.apple.com/ical/

UNIX consultant to bring SUN servers running Solaris to production status within projects for customers in the Transportation and Travel field (railways and tour operator). Also local IT contact for the merger of Sabre Inc. intp EDS.

In charge of UNIX production servers (ERP, sales force automation, customer support, source code managment), mail gateways, DNS, FTP server, firewall and various UNIX system used for our network infrastructure;

Part of the team that moved the complete network and computer room to the new facilities, renumbering 2000+ computers TCP/IP network and rework of LAN infrastructure, with minimal interruption.

http://www.businessobjects.com/

System Administration and setup for Linux and MacOS servers and development of tools for internal use.

Development and maintenance of Net SecurityMaster, a proxy based Firewall for UNIX.

http://www.solsoft.com/

Development of an automation and network software under Windows NT, using C/C++ and Delphi.

http://www.opalis.com/

Software development in Modula-2 on Silicon Graphics with Iris Performer and on PC for a driving and traffic simulator.