Curriculum vitae
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Work experience |
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| since 12/2007: | Skype Developer Program manager (acting), Skype: managing the Long Tail of Skype’s platformisation effort |
| 04/2007 - 11/2007: | technical services & API manager, Skype: managing the delivery of technical services to the external development partners and coordinating the development of Skype Public API-s |
| 09/2005 - 03/2007: | developer support manager, Skype: making sure the external development partners receive the support they deserve |
| since 08/1998: | president (2001-2006) and skydiving instructor, Eesti Langevarjuklubi MTÜ / Skydive Estonia (a non-profit sports club): managing and representing the club; training the student skydivers |
| 08/2004 - 07/2005: | development project manager, MicroLink Eesti AS (an IT company belonging to an international group of companies): managing the services development projects; partner relationships management |
| 08/2002 - 07/2004: | service product manager, MicroLink Eesti AS (established on 01.07.2003 by merging several Estonian companies in MicroLink group), MicroLink Data AS (until 06/2003): development of support services for mission-critical IT systems; management of the maintenance team |
| 12/2001 - 08/2002: | communication security product manager, Privador AS (IT company with partial foreign ownership): management of development of data communication security products |
| 02/1999 - 11/2001: | export manager, Privador AS (since 03/2000, Cybernetica’s spin-off), Cybernetica AS (until 03/2000, state-owned research and development enterprise): development of international sales channels for the company’s products |
| 11/1997 - 02/1999: | webmaster, Cybernetica AS: development and maintenance of the company’s public and internal web sites |
| 01/1993 - 11/1997: | founder / CEO / business line manager, Capricorn AS (a small IT company): management of the company and its services & sales department; sales of products and services; provision of full-service support to contracted customers |
| 06/1992 - 06/1993: | journalist / layout, consumer weekly Kulutaja: layout of the newspaper, writing articles |
| 01/1990 - 12/1992: | IT-specialist, contractual jobs: programming, computer services |
Education |
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| since 2006: | University of Tartu: law (magister iuris) |
| 2001 - 2006: | Institute of Law, University of Tartu: law (baccalaureus artium; 165,5 credits; average mark 4,02) |
| 1990 - 2000: | Tallinn Technical University: information processing (dipl. eng. in Economics; 180 credits; average mark 4,73) |
| 1979 - 1990: | Gustav Adolf’s Gymnasium (Tallinn Secondary School #1) (secondary school specialisation: mathematics and physics, silver medal; primary school specialisation: French language) |
Languages |
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| mother tongue: | Estonian | foreign languages: | self-assessment according to European Language Portfolio: (language: listening reading interaction presentation writing : summary) English: C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 : C2 Proficient User Finnish: C2 C2 C1 C2 C1 : C2 Proficient User German: C1 C1 B2 C1 B2 : C1 Proficient User French: B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 : B2 Independent User Russian: B2 C1 A2 B1 A2 : B1 Independent User Swedish: A2 B1 A1 A1 A1 : A2 Basic User Latvian: A1 A2 A1 A1 A1 : A1 Basic User |
Additional training |
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| 2008: | SELF II: new leaders’ training (64 h) |
| 2003: | SELF II: influencing skills (24 h) |
| 2002: | Tallinn Emergency Medical Service Training Centre: first aid (8 h) |
| 2002: | SELF II: customer service (16h) |
| 2002: | SELF II: time management (24 h) |
| 2000: | Swedish Trade Council: Export Trainee SME - International Trade Specialist (6 months) |
| 1998: | EMI EWT: Export manager’s competence program (8 months, 180 h) |
Organisations |
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| since 2001: | Boogie Animals ry BA”r” (Finland) member, Baltic HOC-president: development of social interaction between Estonian and Finnish sport parachutists |
| since 1998: | Eesti Langevarjuklubi MTÜ (Skydive Estonia) founding member, board member, president (2001-2006): participating in the creation and management of the safest and most active skydiving club in Estonia |
| since 1996: | informal group WC Fauna regular member: creation of storms in the water glasses of the society or at least IT community |
Additional information |
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| driving licenses: | B-category since 1990, A-category since 2004 |
| computer skills: | Continuous practical computer experience and ongoing self-improvement since 1986; expert-level user of office applications (OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office); ability to quickly and effectively locate information on the internet; good knowledge of networking technologies and information security; programming (perl); ability to write good HTML and CSS (vim, Dreamweaver); workstation administration ([Ubuntu] Linux, Windows XP, OS X) |
| personality: | I am an active communicator; decision-maker; stress-tolerant; principial and honest; straightforward; dominating, leader-type person. I cannot tolerate people whom I find to be stupid. Routine quickly becomes boring to me. As a specialist I am more of a builder than a housekeeper: I feel myself better when creating or starting something new than when performing routine tasks. I am most effective when I can concentrate at one single task; switching takes time. As a manager I am more of a leader than an administrator: I define the goals for the team and evaluate the work by its results. Normally I apply minimal force, but in critical situations I may change into a “general” and demand unquestioned obedience. In decision-making I follow the two basic principles: (1) the decisions and contracts that are made must be fulfilled as long as they are not changed, and (2) a wrong decision made early can be corrected, but a right decision made too late is of no use to anyone. My highest value is each human’s individual freedom, which can only be limited in extent necessary to protect other humans’ similar freedom. However, unlimited freedom is undeniably accompanied by an unlimited responsibility for the results of one’s freely made choices. |
| interests: | Skydiving, motorbike riding, literature (science fiction / fantasy), cultures and languages, future studies, legal issues of open-source software and free culture. |
| price: | I expect the following three aspects to be true in an employment relationship: (1) my family has to have food and shelter, (2) the work has to be interesting so that I could enjoy what I do, and (3) the value I create must be at least equal to the compensation I receive from the employer or customer. The starting point for negotiations could be at around EUR 50,000 per annum. |