Employers

2007 - 2009

Private contractor.

2007 - 2007

IceCell ehf. Deployment of IceCell's 1800Mhz GSM network, negotiating roaming agreements with foreign operators, locating sites for cells.

2006 - 2007

CAOZ hf. System administrator, Windows, Linux, end-user support.

2004 - 2005

Committed Capital Ltd. IT consultant and manager of externally hosted services.

2001 - 2005

smartVR ehf. System Administrator, QA and beta testing.

1999 - 2001

Netheimur ehf. System administrator, worked with Linux and Windows systems, webservers, SQL servers, DNS and more, as well as performing onsite technical maintenance.

1996 – 1999

Margmidlun hf. Employed with an Internet Service Provider as part of the technical support helpdesk. Later promoted to Support Department Manager.

Education

1999 - 2003

Reykjavik Technical College - Department of Computer Studies and Technology

Freelance Translation Work

2003 -

English to Icelandic translations and QA, mostly IT, for a variety of agencies (SDL (Hengelo, Ireland, Maidenhead and Sheffield branches), Utrax, Alpha CRC, Adapt, Eloquia, New Global, Skrivanek and others), further information and samples of translated material available on request.

2000 - 2001

Daily translation and summary of news into Icelandic from English for an Icelandic portal (AP, AFP, Reuters).

Additional skills

Languages

Speak, write and read: English, Icelandic. Read: Danish.

Computing

Extensive knowledge of hardware and software on multiple platforms. Have serviced: Linux, IBM AIX – RS/6000, Windows systems. In-depth knowledge of services such as: dns, http, ftp, sql. Experience of basic bash and perl scripting on Linux. Have good knowledge of the following desktop software: Microsoft Visual Studio. Office software: Microsoft Office, OpenOffice. Translation software (CAT): WordFast, SDLX.

Interests and Achievements

Social work

Volunteered as a counselor for "Vinalínan" from mid-2003 to late 2004, a phone-in service run by the Icelandic Red Cross for individuals in emotional distress (similar to The Samaritans in the UK).

Travel

Been to: N-America, Scandinavia, W-Europe, Turkey, Africa (Namibia and Malawi), E-Europe (Poland, The Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Croatia, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine).

Hobbies

Linguistics, politics, political history, aerospace, hiking and the outdoors.

Updated: December 19th 2009