Software Architect and IT consultant with over 10 years of software development experience. Recent programming experience with PHP, Java, C++, XML, SQL, Perl and previous experience in MFC, COM, ATL and Visual Basic 6. Experience in Installation, administration and day to day use of various Linux distributions including Debian GNU/Linux, RHEL 5, Gentoo Linux, and Ubuntu. Core team member and main code contributor to an award winning LAMP FOSS project. Experience in developing web applications, Management Information systems, Portals, Humanitarian applications, frameworks, tools and R & D prototypes. Has led diverse teams as well as handle all stages of the system life cycle individually. Furthermore has co-authored four international publications. Invited speaker at international events.