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Valeria Pesce
e-mail valeriapesce@email.it
Date of birth: 01/09/1969
Place of birth: Napoli
Present residence: Rome
Nationality: Italian
>> work experience in ict <<
for the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) (and for KCEW of FAO since May 2007)
Since February 2005
>> Webmaster / IT consultant: web programming (Java / JSP / PHP), web design, website mantainance, content management; selection, configuration and management of MVC model based CMSs (namely, InfoGlue and Drupal), database management (Oracle, MySql);
>> Information Management specialist: information dissemination (newsletter, RSS feeds) and exchange (XML exports), management of document repository, work on web architectures and semantic web, involvement in Agricultural Information Systems related activities
Freelance webmaster
Since September 2003
Web design, web programming in PHP, database management (MySql), web server configuration.
Types of websites: e-commerce, content management, ads publishing.
Analyst programmer at Entasi s.p.a. (softwarehouse)
January 2002 – July 2003
>> Programming in Visual Basic 6.0: - Analysis and development of client/server applications based on TCP protocol (fields: e-learning and “virtual desks”).
>> Database design and implementation with Microsoft Access.
Webmaster at Sofinet s.r.l. (Internet provider company)
April 2000 – December 2001
Development of websites and web applications (ASP and DHTML)
Junior programmer at Me.di.ser s.p.a. (data-processing company)
May 1999 – March 2000
Programming in C: warehouse management, employees’ shifts management, marketing statistics for airlines and travel agencies.
>> work experience in library science <<
Trainee librarian at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma
November 1997 – March 1998
Digital cataloguing of foreign monographic material in SBN (the Italian National Library Service).
Trainee documentalist at the Library of the Regina Elena Institute
October 1997 – February 1998
Searches on online medical databases (Medline, Cancerlit, PDQ). ·
Librarian at the ANED, Rome
March – September 1997
Inventory and cataloguing of ANED library using the UNESCO CDS/ISIS software.
>> work experience in other fields <<
Collaborator to the no-profit “Liber Liber” association
1995
Translation into Italian of some chapters (and revision of the full translation) of the EFF Guide to the Internet into Italian (Italian version now available at http://www.mclink.it/guida/).
Teacher of Italian language for foreigners
1997
Substitute teacher at the “Torre di Babele” Italian language school
>> studies <<
1988 : Graduation from Secondary School (classical studies) with 60/60.
1995 : University Degree in Literatures at “La Sapienza”, Rome, with 110/110. Thesis in Latin Literature.
1996-1998: Special School for Archivists and Librarians: .7 out of 10 exams.
>> professional training <<
Professional training course for C language programmers
November 1998 – April 1999:
EU Social Fund course, 500 hours. C and C++ languages, object oriented programming, visual programming. Relational databases.
>> foreign languages <<
- Proficiency in English:
Certificates: – June 1997: Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English, grade B - June 1996: Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English, grade A
- Good comprehension of written French, some spoken French
Last updated 10/05/2009
