Curriculum Vitae - Hjörtur Elvar Hilmarsson
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Name:
Hjörtur Elvar Hilmarsson
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Date of Birth:
28th January 1978
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Address:
MyStreetName 1
164 46 MyAreaName
Stockholm, Sweden
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Telephone:
+46 (0)76 1111 XXX
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Email:
hjortureh at gmail.com
Personal Statement
Web development has been my passion over the last 11 years. During this time I have participated in multiple projects and teams as a developer and a technical leader. More
I have developed various skills in the field of web development, mobile development, programming, web analytics, social networking, web services and building good user experiences. I have the ability to work in a group and I am always ready to meet new challenges.
I am married to Hildur Thorgeirsdottir and we have two boys Hilmar Snær 6 years old and Hrafn Goði 2 years.
Work
14islands
Current position
Co-Founder and Creative Developer. We build elegant websites using modern web standards and cutting edge technologies.
Fantasy Interactive
Agust 2010 to September 2011
Application developer for some of the world leading brands. Fantasy Interactive clients include Google, HTC, Microsoft, Desigual and more.
Landsbankinn
February 2007 to June 2010
I started as a developer for the bank´s web department and in one year I got promoted to team leader of the online banking group. More
As a developer at the web department I worked on building marketing websites for Landsbankinn international branches. I was also responsible for keeping track of web analytics for all our websites.
As a team leader for the online banking group I was responsible for team of 8-12 people working on development of the bank´s Personal Online Bank, Corporate Online Bank and web services solutions.
iArtwork
January 2008 to Today
iArtwork is a software I created with my partner. The software automatically finds album artwork for iTunes. More
iArtwork has been download more than 500.000 times over the past two years and sold over 7.000 copies globally.
- iArtwork on Facebook: facebook.com/iartworksoftware
- iArtwork on Twitter: twitter.com/iartwork
- iArtwork article in Computer Active Magazine: Add cover art with iTunes with iArtwork
Mens Mentis
May to August summer 2001 & 2002
Software developer, specializing in software for the financial industry.
Multiple freelance projects
May to August 1999 - 2002
Websites creations, examples:
- Hress gym - hress.is
- Icepro eCommerce commitee - icepro.is
- Árni Jón repair services - arnijon.is
Education
Reykjavik University, Iceland
September to May in years 2000 to 2003
BS degree in Computer Science with minor in Business Administration
The Multimedia School, Iceland
January to May year 2000
Web Design using Macromedia Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash
Reykjavik Technical School, Iceland
September to May in years 1999 to 2000
Computer hardware, software and mathematics
Menntaskólinn að Laugarvatni, Iceland
September to May in years 1994 to 1998
Upper Secondary High-school Diploma
Other studies
- Certified ScrumMaster course (November 2009) - Alistair Cockburn.
- Web User Experience master class (October 2009) - Gerry McGovern.
- RIMC 2009, web marketing and analytics conference - Nordic eMarketing
- IceWeb 2008, web developer conference - The Icelandic Web Association.
- TechEd Developers 2006 Barcelona (November 2006), developer conference - Microsoft Europe.
- IceWeb 2006, web developer conference - The Icelandic Web Association.
Software Development
Experience in the following technologies:
- Web - HTML5, CSS, JavaScript
- Server - Rails, ASP.NET, PHP, Java, Node.js, more..
- Programming - C#, Ruby, Javascript, C++, Java, Pascal, more..
- Data - SQL Server, Oracle, XML, more..
- Web Analytics - Google Analytics, NetInsight
Languages
- Icelandic – native language
- English - fluent
- Danish and German – some knowledge
- Swedish – in progress
Interests
- Friends & family
- Basketball & fitness
- Traveling & cultures
- Technology & coffee
- Living life fully