Curriculum Vitæ

Name	Syreeni, Sampo Antero
Competency	SGML/XML and various XML related technologies (XLink etc.) Particular familiarity with XSLT and XPath A comprehensive grasp of RDF and some exposure to the wider Semantic Web Omnimark, a language meant for the processing of structured documents A lasting interest in Unicode/ISO 10646 HTML (versions from 3.0 upto 4.01, and a renewed interest in HTML5), XHTML (versions from 1.0 and Modularization, to date), WAI and other Web technologies A workable grasp of Java, JavaScript, C, C++, distributed computing, P2P, data compression and DSP Data warehousing, Oracle, data model design, SQL, PL/SQL, and Informatica experience Experience in public speaking: among others, I’ve appeared in the Finnish national public radio and some prominent publications, multiple times Some i18n, CJK and Unicode experience Some exposure to cryptography, digital watermarking and distributed reputation systems (Webs of Trust) At one time I wrote a hefty bunch of (Borland) Pascal, as a hobby
Work experience	Since March 2004 I’m branching out into databases and data warehouses Since September 1999 I worked in Nokia’s Business Infrastructure division as a part time trainee in documentation conversion applications Through the summer of 1999, I was in Nokia Telecommunications/Switching Platforms’ SGML conversion project In 1999 I worked intermittently as a highschool teacher’s substitute in Lahti (Kannas and Salpausselkä highschools) Before that, I worked over one summer as a technical assistant for the Fourth Pharmacy of Lahti, Finland.
Education	I started studies in Helsinki University in the fall of 1997 Major subject: mathematics Minor subjects: computer science and economics Study units completed till the end of 2003: 140 of 160 (normative breadth of the degree of MSc.) At about fall 2008, after finally having started my thesis work, I saw it fit to drop out.
Positions of trust held	Vice Chairman of the Board of the Finnish Transhumanist Association, 2005–2006 Chairman of the Board of the Finnish Liberal Youth Coalition, 2004–2005 Member of the Board of the Finnish Liberal Party, 2003–2005 Editor in Chief of Vapaasana, a Finnish classical liberal webzine, 2002– Member of the Board of DEFENS, a non‐profit advancing human rights, civil liberties and free trade, November 2001–
Hobbies and interests	Human rights, civil liberties and freedom of information activism Computers and webmasterdom Audio systems and Ambisonics; listening to and making music Science fiction plus other literature Movies and cinematic technology ODP editing Webring maintenance