Studies

• Tomsk Polytechnic Institute and
  
• Moscow Institute of Power Engineering.

Qualifications

• UNIX, C/C++, JAVA, OO, DBMS, Web, and others.
  

Job

• Until 1986: miscellaneous tasks;
  
• 1986 - 1995: a member of a VLSI CAD tools development team
  with the tasks:
  
  • DRC (Design Rule Checking) and
  • ATPG (Automatic Test Pattern Generation);
• Since 1995: UNIX system administrator (Tru64-UNIX, LINUX -- variety of...).

If you prefer the author to be facing you

• On the way to my work

• In talking to a colleague of mine

Hobbies

• Dressmaking;

• Reading fiction in English
     (my favourite British writer is W.Somerset Mougham)
  and in French
     (I prefer novels by Henri Troyat and, I think, La neige en deuil is one of the very best I have ever read);

• Listening to misic
      What I like most is some Vivaldi, Bach, and -- especially -- Chopin;
      Also some of New Age Music;

• Used to play tennis. Now, alas, only a fan...