Timioara, Timi County, Romania

vladvidac@gmail.com

Vlad Vidac

I think a programming language is a tool, not a career. I've switched technology stacks and
programming paradigms several times - if you understand the underlying processes, nothing is so
new that it doesn't make sense.

Likes: javascript scala docker lisp java c ruby

Technical Skills Dislikes: php c++ ruby-on-rails

Trainer [e-spres-oh] Academy Oct 2016 Current

Experience ruby

teaching the course "Introduction to programming", including lectures, course materials, office hours - http://academy.e-spres-
oh.com/

Software Engineer [e-spres-oh] Dec 2015 Jun 2017

javascript, ecmascript-6, docker, protractor, scala, gatling, loopbackjs, ruby, sinatra, wit.ai, chatbot

Ruby Developer - Dec 2016 to present working with Ruby and Sinatra developing REST applications for integrations with
wit.ai, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Confluence developing a chat bot interface using wit.ai and NLP

Javascript Developer - Dec 2015 to Dec 2016 working with Loopback.js and Angular developing an express.js application
using immutable.js and ES2016 test automation with Protractor maintaining a Docker environment with multiple interacting
applications and services load testing using Gatling (in Scala)

Java Developer HELLA Apr 2015 Dec 2015

java, java-8, selenium, user-experience

developing standalone desktop applications (internal tools) using Java 8 setting up an automated testing environment using
Selenium WebDriver from the ground up responsibility at every step of the development process

PHP Developer OurADK Jun 2014 Sep 2014

php, magento, joomla

setting up and customizing a Magento based e-commerce platform for artisans local to the Adirondacks area in upstate New
York

Master's Degree, Software Engineering Politehnica University of Timisoara Sep 2016 Current
Education pattern-matching, design-patterns, oracle

Bachelors Degree, Software Engineering Politehnica University of Timisoara Jun 2012 Jul 2016
c, java, php, lisp, ml, prolog, artificial-intelligence, python

Cambridge Advanced English http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams/advanced/

Certifications

Functional Programming Principles in Scala https://www.coursera.org/specializations/scala Feb 2017 Mar 2017

scala

Bachelors thesis: Food item and quantity identification using neural networks Jul 2016
Apps & Software java, python, javascript, deep-learning, deeplearning4j, keras, theano

project which resulted in an Android app which allows you to take a picture of your food and get information about the
identified food item, like detailed nutritional information and estimated quantity.

Benchwizard https://github.com/thevladeffect/benchwizard Aug 2015

java, swing

a benchmark which is meant to test the gaming capabilities of a computer, with an emphasis on its ability to run 2D games.

Favorite Editor: JetBrains suite

Tools