Personal details

• Name and surname:

  Kamil Brenk

• Date of birth:

  July 25, 1988

• Adress:

  Poznan, Poland

• Contact:

  kontakt@kamilbrenk.pl

Education

• 2008 – 2012

  Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz
  Technical and Computer Education
  engineering thesis: Creation of web games (2D) with use of HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript

• 2003 – 2008

  Economic School Complex in Piła
  major: Economist Technician

• 1999 – 2003

  Grammar school in Wysoka

Professional experience

• 11.2012 – Present

  Merix Studio
  position: Web Developer / Programmer

  • cut of PSD to HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript,
  • adaptation of created WWW pages to various kind of mobile appliances; Responsive Web Design.

• 07.2002 – 09.2012

  Freelancing
  position: Web Developer / Programmer, Project Manager

  • creation and sale my content management system (CMS) and customer relationship management system (CRM),
  • front-end (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), including cut of PSD; opimization for browsers,
  • back-end (PHP5, MySQL, configuration of Apache server),
  • management projects, contact with client,
  • selected projects: Civilia, Wentylacja CRM, Testy zawodowe, Diamentowa Afera, Czasopismo Cyrkulacje.

• 11.2010 – 09.2012

  Comfitura Sp. z o.o
  position: Web Developer / Programmer (remote work)

  • cut of received PSD graphics with use of the latest front-end technologies (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript) and back-end (PHP, MySQL, Apache),
  • creation of multimedia applications and games for mobile appliances (iPad tablets, Galaxy Tab),
  • participation in work at projects for international companies: Samsung, Jack Daniels, Finlandia, Danone and other,
  • selected projects: Focus Advantage, Jack Daniels - Guitar, FrostMan: Łap Frosty, Finlandia - Smakuje Mi.

• 03.2011 – 06.2011

  Synbios
  position: PHP Programmer (remote work)

  • integration of received HTML / CSS / JavaScript templates with my CMS (PHP / MySQL),
  • adaptation CMS to client requirements,
  • selected projects: Escape360, Broster.

• 07.2010 - 11.2010

  GMO Enterprise Sp. z o.o.
  position: PHP programmer / JavaScript (remote work)

  • conversion of received PSDD graphics to PSD to fully functionalities services in HTML/CSS/JavaScript version,
  • implementation of made templates to WordPress system.

Additional activity

• 07.2008 - 09.2008

  Metropolis Group in Jastarni
  position: guard

• 05.2007 - 06.2007

  Real Estate Agency "Nordhaus Polska" Sp. z o.o
  position: apprenticeship at the office

• 05.2006 - 06.2006

  Sports shop "Sportinger" in Pila
  position: apprenticeship in sales

Language skills

• Polish

  native

• English

  proficient in writing (writing comments and documentation, reading),
  basic in speech

• German

  basic

Professional skills

• front-end

  JavaScript

  • Vanilla JS - pretty good knowledge of DOM model, XMLHttpRequest object (AJAX), Closures, Prototype-based Object System, events system and other,
  • jQuery - pretty knowledge skill of use built-in functionalities of library, writing my own plugins, extension of functionalities,
  • Micro-frameworks - skill of use small frameworks in small projects,
  • JSON, JSONP,
  • Unobtrusive JavaScript,
  • tracking new technologies: JavaScript 1.8, ECMAScript Harmony, applications and mobile game.

  HTML5 / CSS3

  • considerable emphasis on standards (W3C, WCAG, WAI-ARIA), semantic, accessibility for people with disabilities, compatibility with guidelines of Google, optimization for browsers,
  • knowledge of microformats, Open Graph protocol, Twitter Cards, Schema.org, Dublin Core,
  • basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop for cut layout,
  • Responsive Web Design,
  • Progressive enhancement, Graceful degradation,
  • tracking new technologies.

• back-end

  PHP 5

  • pretty good knowledge of OOP, design patterns, standards of creating code (PSR-0, PSR-1, PSR-2), SPL, use exceptions and namespaces,
  • practical use Packagist, PECL, PEAR,
  • ability to do refactoring, debugging (XDebug) and code testing (PHPUnit),
  • basic knowledge PHP Yii Framework and Symfony 2, interest FuelPHP,
  • significant emphasis on security of writing code (CSRF, XSS, SQL injections, etc) and optimization (adapting HTTP headers, CDN, buffering gzip, caching and other).
  • implementation CMS: WordPress.

  Databases

  • pretty good knowledge of MySQL, good knowledge of SQLite and PostgreSQL, basic knowledge of NoSQL (MongoDB),
  • operation of base from console, phpMyAdmin or Chive,
  • experience in work with big bases (to 10 GB).

  Network services

  • practical knowledge of REST, XML-RPC, SOAP protocols,
  • implementation a lot of various API, like Google Apps, Last.fm, payment systems (Dotpay, Homepay),
  • ability to create own Web services.

  Servers

  • Apache (use mod_rewrite, mod_proxy, mod_expires, mod_header, mod_deflate, mod_alias, mod_vhost_alias),
  • basic knowledge of Microsoft IIS,
  • cron.

• other

  Skills necessary for fight on all fronts:

  • pretty good knowledge of regular expressions,
  • ability to reading and creation of UML models (OCL),
  • use control system of version (Git),
  • a few years’ work as a freelancer, that is, contact with client, negotiations of prices, immunity to stress and practical experience in fight under pressure from time :-)
  • driving license, category B.

Interests

• writing blog about programming: blog.kamilbrenk.pl,
• sport, mainly jogging and gym,
• tourism, traveling, getting to know the world and various cultures,
• psychology, especially psychology of work.

Career objectives

• interesting and creative work in programmer’s role / web developer,
• solving ambitious and more demanding tasks that lets to get new experience and skills in area of website development.