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title	work_history_prelude	work_history	projects	education
Portfolio - Michal Vanko	I am doing web development for approximately 14 years. I've started at very young age of 14. My very first web site was for promotion web of my own Counter-Strike clan. Then I had an opportunity to create a important registration system for marathon runners for Europe's oldest marathon event. That basically started off my career as a web developer. I had some projects while I was studying in high school and university. After that I started to work full-time as a web developer and gain more experience in developing real-time web applications.	description name localhost.company is a small company which has only around 40 developers and most of them are students. I work in _localhost_ as a **Senior front end developer**. I am focused on delivering a high quality product and to teach and help other colleagues. I've started to work there in October 2018. <span class="location">_localhost.company s.r.o_ Boženy Nemcovej 30, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia</span> localhost.company s.r.o description name I worked in Ness as a **Senior front end developer**. In Ness, I've been able to work for different clients on various projects. I joined Ness as a Junior front end developer and I've been able to quickly proceed to Senior level with my engagement I started to work in March 2013 and left in October 2018. <span class="location">_Ness KE s.r.o._Moldavská cesta 10/B, 040 11 Košice, Slovakia</span> Ness KE s.r.o description name I worked in eSOLUTIONS as a **extern web developer** I was building front-end and back-end for websites and web applications. Mostly using _PHP_, _MySQL_, _JavaScript_, _HTML_, _CSS_ I started to work in 2007 and stopped in 2012. <span class="location">_eSOLUTIONS s.r.o._ Hroncová 2, Košice, Slovakia</span> eSOLUTIONS s.r.o.	description displayed name _Signal Hub_ is an end-to-end **Big Data analytics platform** for large enterprises. It accelerates the process of extracting insights and intelligence from large volumes of data, including data of different types and in different formats. I worked on _Signal Hub_ as a front-end developer. Working on the part of the platform called _Workbench_. _Workbench_ is an **IDE for data analyst**. It allows to create and tweak various models and transformations which are then deployed to other parts of the platform. Users are able to create workflows and see the results of his work with pleasant visuals. This project is built with modern web technologies including: **AngularJS**, **React**, **D3**, **Highcharts**, **Jest**, **Webpack**. I was part of a large distributed team of ~20 developers & ~6 testers which were working on the whole platform. true Signal Hub Manager	description displayed name Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics - Intelligent Systems _Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems_ Dates: 1. 9. 2010 - 20. 6. 2013 Title of qualification awarded: Bachelor (Bc.) true Technická univerzita Košice description displayed name _SPŠ Elektrotechnická, Komenského 22, Košice_ Electrotechnics, Telecommunication Dates: 1. 9. 200 - 1. 7. 2010 Title of qualification awarded: Full secondary school education with leaving examination true Secondary school of Electrical Engineering in Košice

Personal Information

I was born on 26th of May in Košice, Slovakia and I still live here.

Hobbies:

I enjoy playing basketball with my friends. I also like to play other team sports like football and hockey. I also play squash and table tennis. Once I've won a competition in squash at my university. During summer I love water skiing and swimming in a nearby lake.
I am very passionate about music. I've also tried some software for composing music but I am not really hooked into that yet. From time to time I enjoy playing board games with my friends.

Interests:

I like to explore new technologies and I'm passionate about Open Source movement, Internet of Things applications and Linux desktop evolution.
I am interested in modern software architecture and reactive programming.
I've attended various tech conferences and hackathons. I like them for all of the fascinating ideas that might be invented.
I've given presentations on various topics related to web development. You can take a look at some of them here.
I enjoy teaching and explaining how various technologies and techniques work to my colleagues for their better understanding.
I take advantage of test driven development.

Skills

Slovak is my mother tongue and I've learned English as my second language. I speak English on advanced level.

I'm an experienced Linux Desktop user. I prefer to use open source libraries and technologies while I develop solutions.
I'm in good command of Office Tools and I've experience with image manipulation programs like GIMP and Inkscape.
I can also compose music and sounds in digital audio workstation.

I'm passionate about software architecture. My goal is to be able to design suitable solution for any kind of product. From small presentation sites, IOT devices, to large enterprise applications running on cloud.

I do public speaking and I am not afraid to share my knowledge and passion about technology.

I'm advanced user of source code management tools git and svn.

I've a driving license for category B 🚗.