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\section*{Colin Watson}
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42 Aragon Close \\
Cambridge \\
CB4 2SU \\
cjwatson@chiark.greenend.org.uk

\subsection*{Employment}

Oct 2008 -- present day: \\
Technical Lead for the Ubuntu Foundations team.

Dec 2006 -- Oct 2008: \\
Ubuntu Development Manager for Canonical, with responsibility for the Ubuntu
Foundations team.

May 2004 -- Dec 2006: \\
Software developer for Canonical Ltd., leading the installer team for the
Ubuntu distribution of GNU/Linux.

May 2003 -- May 2004: \\
Software Engineer for nCipher Corporation, Cambridge.

August 2000 -- April 2003: \\
Software Engineer for Zeus Technology, Cambridge, specialising initially in
performance and later in web server development. Experience in Unix
performance tuning, C++, and Perl (both scripting and XS). Primary author of
the Perl extensions to the Zeus Web Server.

June--September 1999: \\
Summer job in C development (configuration management for embedded
communications software) at Data Connection, London.

\subsection*{Other Experience}

Self-taught C, Perl, Python, and various other less useful languages, as
well as some university-taught programming. I took part in several
mathematical and programming competitions as a student, and was twice a
member of Ireland's International Olympiad in Informatics team.

Unix development (both out of personal interest and professionally), and
competency in Linux administration (Debian, Ubuntu).

In February 2001 I became a developer for the Debian Project
(\url{http://www.debian.org/}). I currently maintain, among others, the
man-db, groff, and ctags packages; I co-maintain openssh; and I am a
member of the team which administers the bug tracking system.

I have held a full UK driving licence since 1996, free from endorsements.

I have a classical music background, with training in piano and cello,
although these days most of my musical activity is singing.

\subsection*{Education}

1997-2000: Trinity College, Cambridge \\
1990-1997: Our Lady and St. Patrick's College, Knock

\subsection*{Academic Qualifications}

12 GCSEs (9 As, 3 A*s); 4 A-levels (4 As); 1 AS (A); 2 STEPs (S in
Mathematics II, 1 in Mathematics III).

BA (Hons) in Computer Science from Trinity College, Cambridge; classed as
I/I/II.2.

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Copies of this CV in other formats are available at
\url{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/cv/}.

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