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Olsi Celaj [olsicelaj at gmail.com].

Education

  • 2007 – 2010 Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana, Bachelor, Computer Science
  • 2010 - 2012 Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana, Master of Science, Computer Science
  • July 2011 - Discover Management Programme - IEDC Bled School of Management - Slovenia

Skills

Java, C++, Pascal, Oracle, MySQL, XHTML/CSS, JavaScript/AJAX, PHP, J2EE, MS Windows, MS Windows Server, MacOSX, Linux, iOS Development, Blackberry Development

Foreign Languages

  • Albanian
  • English
  • Italian

Work Experience

  • August 2005 – Now
    Let’s Get Started Network ALBANIA
    Youth in Action Project Manager & Web Designer
  • October 2008 – May 2009
    IT Itern at Grid SH.P.K Tirana ALBANIA
  • December 2008 – now
    Urban Distribution SH.P.K Tirana ALBANIA
    IT manager & Web Designer
  • May 2009 - April 2012 
    Kube Studios Tirana ALBANIA
    Web Developer
  • Freelance Developer [PHP, iOS, Blackberry]
  • November 2011 - now
    06lab, Rome ITALY
    Web Developer 

Trainings & Youth Work

  • Let’s Get Started Summer School (Participant) – August 2005 - Albania – British Council Albania
  • Training on Project Management & Youth NGO Management – February 2006 – British Council Albania & Eden Center
  • Let’s Get Started Summer School (Administrator) – July 2006 - Albania – British Council Albania
  • Blue Sky Summer School (Team Leader) – July 2006 – Macedonia – British Council Macedonia
  • Training on Project Management – March 2007 – British Council Albania (videoArts).
  • Training on Leadership – March 2007 – British Council Albania (videoArts).
  • Training on Teamwork – March 2007 – British Council Albania (videoArts).
  • ‘Let’s Meet Our Neighbors and The World’ Seminar – France 2007 – European Commission, Salto Youth, French National Agency
  • Youth Exhange ‘Equal Opportunities – Better Europe’ – Macedonia 2007 – Center For Intercultural Dialogue – Youth In Action
  • Leadership & Communication Summer School – Let’s Get Started Youth Network & European University of Tirana
  • Youth Exchange ‘Play the World 2gether’ - Macedonia 2009 - Center for Intercultural Dialogue
  • Seminar ‘EVS We Can’ – Italy 2009 – Italian & Greek National Agencies & Salto Youth SEE RC
  • Training Course ‘Breaking Through - Youth in the world of new media’ - Czech Republic 2010 - No Label Project
  • Seminar ‘Tackling new media issues for NGOs’ - Kosovo 2011 - NISI MASA
  • Training ‘World 2.0 - Online vs. Offline’ - Slovakia 2011 - No Label Project SK
  • Training ‘Leaders online’ - Czech Republic 2011 - No Label Project CZ
  • Training ‘FacilitatiONline’ - Serbia 2012 - DamaD - Technical Trainer for eLearning platforms

Tech Trainings

  • Graphic Design
  • PHP & MySQL basics.
  • Object Oriented PHP.
  • AJAX.
  • Web Design, Coding & Security.
  • VoIP.
  • iOS Development.
  • Blackberry Development.

Awards

  • 1st Place – Olympiade of Informatics
    Durres, Albania, 2007
  • Winner – Photography Contest
    British Council Albania & Shoot Experience.
  • 3rd place winner - Balkan Case Challenge (Albanian ICT Case Sub Competition)
    Tirana, Albania, April 2010
  • 1st place winner - Balkan Case Challenge (ICT Case Competition)
    Vienna, Austria, July 2010
  • 2nd place winner - Tirana Startup Weekend (sixframes project), April 2012

Works

  • Simple websites for small, medium and large enterprises.
  • Custom Content Management Systems for private companies built with PHP and MySQL.
  • Multiuser blog platforms for European NGOs.
  • Booking systems for travel agencies.
  • Touristic guides built with PHP and MySQL using Google Maps API.
  • Development of a platform to deliver selected news and articles to Amazon Kindle devices.
  • Development of a system to build online video portfolios quickly using Vimeo/YouTube APIs for video producers, editors, arts students, NGOs and more.

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