Tim Small

Thank you for checking this web page. You can use this page to check on my availability, as well as obtain an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae.

Availability

I'm currently undertaking freelance work as part of my SEOSS venture.

For the foreseeable future, I plan to take on more contract and/or freelance work.

If you have a short engagement which could be handled on a part-time basis (preferably off site), or ongoing consultancy work available, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Unfortunately, at this time, I am not considering contracts which must be principally carried out on-site, with a duration of more than two months, unless they are within a reasonable (maximum 3 hours per day) commute from Brighton, UK - e.g. Sussex, South London, City etc.

CV

For revision information, please see the HTML version below.

Latest CV (PDF format) - Recommended version.

Latest CV (HTML format) - View this version directly in your web browser.

Latest CV (RTF format) - This version is readable by Microsoft Word. You may, however, get better results by copying and pasting from either the HTML, or PDF formats above. I run Linux on my desktop, so I only periodically check this version with Microsoft Word. However, please let me know if there are any problems.

Latest CV (Docbook XML format) - View the DocBook master document directly, rendered using CSS2 - using these style sheets. You need a web browser which supports for CSS2 to view this (at the time of writing, this does not include Microsoft Internet Explorer) - otherwise you will just see the XML source. Not currently recommended as DocBook "simplelist" entities are not handled well by this style sheet yet.

All feedback welcome. I appreciate that this CV is on the large side, as a result of the breadth of roles that I have carried out, however I have omitted some detail from this CV, so if you would like to see the CV better tailored to a particular role before submittal, please let me know, and I will create a custom version for you.

I maintain my CV in the Docbook XML documentation format, and the PDF, HTML, and RTF versions are machine-generated automatically from the Docbook version. If you notice any problems with any of these versions, please let me know.

Supporting Material

In Sept 2007, I attended and helped-out at Linuxconf.EU in Cambridge.
In June 2007, I attended and spoke at Debconf 7 in Edinburgh.
In 2006, I was a speaker at the UKUUG Linux 2006 conference.
How to set up IPMI, and Serial Over LAN support on Linux (Debian/Sarge) - the document is specifically aimed at the Intel SR2300 and SE7501WV2 server motherboards, however it is widely applicable to other Linux distributions, as well as other servers which implement IPMI.
r82600_edac.c - A simple Linux kernel module to read ECC Memory status from the Radisys (Intel) 82600 chipset memory controller.
i82443bxgx_edac.c (latest version of the driver source code from Linus Torvalds' own version control system) - A similar Linux kernel module to read ECC Memory status from the Intel 82443 ("440BX"/"440GX") chipset memory controllers.
Howto add a DVI output to some IBM Thinkcentres, which appear to have disabled AGP slots.
Some work Packaging DSPAM for Debian.
Some pictures of the server environment that I worked in whilst at CERN - click the medium-sized image to see a full-sized version if you wish.

tim@buttersideup.com