Name: Noirin Plunkett Telephone: 085-7311900 Email: noirin@apache.org Education I graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 2007 as a Gold Medallist, with a First Class B.A. Mod (Hons) degree in Computer Science, Linguistics & a Language (German). I earned a full International Baccalaureate diploma in 2002, achieving 37+1 points. I also completed the Irish Leaving Certificate in the same year. Work Experience Sept 2007 - Present: Technical Librarian, Joost Responsible for managing documentation, group calendars and information publishing for the engineering teams within the company. Involved in creation and maintenance of documentation, including training engineers, and working with them to improve their language & writing skills. Work on the interfaces between business & engineering teams, with responsibility for collection & integration of status reports. Sept 2007 - April 2008: Conference Lead, ApacheCon EU 2008 Led the organisation of ApacheCon EU 2008, The Apache Software Foundation's annual conference in Europe, including co-ordinating all activities for the organisation of the conference - from hotel RFPs to the Call for Papers, from talk selection to speaker travel & reimbursement, from publicity and sponsorship to internet connectivity on the day. Also responsible for management of volunteers at the conference, and ensuring that all ran smoothly during the week of the conference. June 2006 - Present: IT Consultant/System Administrator, Zoology Dept, TCD. Administer and maintain IT systems for a research group working in conjunction with the University of Edinburgh. Consult on development of new systems, both hardware and software, as well as on installation and customisation of those systems. Provide end user support and liaison with the IT team in Edinburgh. May 2006 - August 2006: Language Assistant, Multimedia Language Lab, LMU. Native-speaker assistant to self-directed language learners. Corrected written homework assignments, assisted learners in improving fluency and expressiveness in written & spoken English, assisted with technical issues with the multimedia programme. July 2004 - October 2005: Localisation Engineer, Office Online, Microsoft. Responsible for developing and documenting processes for management of external links for European languages, and liaising with internal teams (local, US and Japanese), along with external vendor companies to implement these. Also responsible for managment & maintenance of market-specific content from subsidiary offices around the globe, taking this from a time-consuming, manual operation to a well-organised & documented process, covering tens of languages and dozens of markets, and finally outsourcing this work to a vendor team. Feb 2004 - July 2004: Technical Support in Netsource. Provided technical support to Netsource customers, primarily business DSL users. Also set up accounts/services for customers, and provided general support for dial-up, mail, web and other related services June 2003 - August 2003: Research Student with Dr Houghton, Maths Dept, TCD. Devised, implemented and tested strategies for predicting odds on dog racing February 2003 - June 2003: Research Assistant with Nathalie Richardet, MLE. Performed recorded-speech data collection experiments for an EU-funded project, FASiL, to a tight deadline. Subsequently transcribed the experiments, and was involved in organisational parts of the project. February 2003 - April 2003: Teaching Assistant at CTYI (DCU). Assisted teachers with classes of academically talented 8-12 year olds, helped form and implement a course-plan, assisted students in classroom & lab-work. June 2002 - September 2002: Clerical Officer, St James's Hospital. Worked on end user support, helpdesk, hardware & software maintenance, user account maintenance. Worked to bring asset registry up to date, removed duplicates that had built up, updated helpdesk system with new assets from a 5-year backlog. Achievements Technology: I am a documentation committer to the Apache httpd project, a member of several Project Management Committees, and a member of The Apache Software Foundation. I have served as a technical reviewer for several books & publications, primarily related to my work in the Apache community. I have been actively involved in various open-source groups, and am currently Membership Secretary of my local chapter of the System Administrators' Guild, as well as a Director and Founding Member of Digital Rights Ireland. I earned my ECDL in 1997, and became Microsoft Office 2003 Editions Master Certified in 2005. Academics: I have won several scholarships for both school & extracurricular activities. I participated in academic courses at the Irish Centre for Talented Youth, and achieved results in the 99th centile in standardised academic testing. I scored highly on the International Baccalaureate, my main school leaving examination, and proceeded to score well on the Leaving Certificate ten days later, with no extra preparation. I earned a first class honour in my first year at university, and was exempted from sitting exams in my second year, having scored highly in the annual Scholarship Examinations. In my final year, I won the DEPFA prize for the highest marks in the year, as well as a Gold Medal for outstanding achievement. Student Politics: Having attended both national & international sessions of the MEP as a delegate, and having chaired committees at the national session, I was chosen to represent Ireland as a committee president at the 2001 session in Copenhagen. Subsequently served as Secretary General at the national session in Ireland, 2001, and the international session in 2002. I was also involved in St Andrew's International Model United Nations, as a delegate and in the press section. I was involved in establishing the Student Council in St Andrew's College, and while at university, I represented my course on departmental, faculty and SU committees during my first two years at college. St John Ambulance Brigade: As a volunteer since 2002, I have become qualified in first aid provision and training. I have been active both in ambulance duties, and as a demonstrator on public first aid courses. I am currently working toward Emergency Medical First Responder certification. Music: I have achieved Grade IV (Distinction) in Irish Harp, Grade V (Distinction) in Piano, Grade V in Music Theory, and Grade VI (Merit) in Concert Harp.