Fergus McDowall

Experience

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  Kelkoo.com

  Aug 2000 - Jul 2001

  Front-End Programmer

  Developed an early version of dotcom giant http://www.kelkoo.com/Worked a lot with templating and internationalisation.

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  XHLP

  Jul 2001 - Apr 2003

  Java Developer

  Java developer for a learning management system.

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  University of Oslo

  Jul 2003 - Aug 2007

  Over-engineer

  Created the study-portal for the faculties of Medicine, Dentistry and Nutrition.https://minestudier.uio.no/med/

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  University of Abertay Dundee

  Aug 2007 - Apr 2008

  Information Manager

  Line manager for web development teamCreated new version of http://www.abertay.ac.uk/Maintained and developed existing study-portal

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  Findexa Forlag AS

  Apr 2008 - Jan 2011

  Chief Technical Officer (IT-sjef)

  Senior manager responsible for the day to day running of tech at a large Norwegian publishing house. Coordinated development of 50 Norwegian web services, including all sub-divisions of http://www.summa.no, http://www.findexaforlag.no and http://www.atlanticforlag.noModernised and monetised large datasets and search indexes with Fast ESP, Solr and PostgreSQL.Development and maintained internal systems (CRM, email, network, business analytics)Managed two departments (IT, development) Show less

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  Comperio

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2016

  Senior Consultant

  Customer Account Manager and Project Manager for a consultancy specialising in search engine technology* Nets: OsloProject manager for development of threat detection system used to protect the national Norwegian credit card payment system* Utenriksdepartementet (Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs): OsloCustomer account manager: Maintenance and development of internal search.* Google: Oslo, Mountain ViewSale and installation of Google Search Appliances to various customers in Norway.* Gyldendal: OsloImplementation of search functionality for the legal database "rettsdata.no".* Gjensidige: OsloCustomer account manager, various search and big data projects.* Sarpsborg District CouncilCustomer account manager, Search driven SharePoint intranet.* Microsoft: Brussels, Los Angeles, OsloInstructor, Fast Search For SharePoint training courses, Speaker- “User-centric Design for Developing Fast Search for SharePoint”. Product development for Fast Search for SharePoint.* Forskningsrådet (Research Council of Norway), OsloConsultant, Search-driven portals for research funding.* L’Oreal, The Body Shop, ParisEnterprise Search Assessment for http://www.thebodyshop-usa.com/* Posten: OsloInterface development for online direct mail http://tilbudsok.posten.no/. Intranet- search on “myLink”, strategy and integration.* News international: LondonTechnology consulting, Search functionality on http://www.thesun.co.uk.* UBS: ZurichTechnology consulting, Search functionality on http://www.ubs.com Show less

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  Norch

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2022

  Managing Director

  Director of a small company focused on commercialising an open source search engine technology.

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  University of Oslo

  Feb 2019 - Jan 2023

  Line manager for content management group. Data capture and collections management, Department for Research Computing.

  • Head of Group

    Jan 2020 - Jan 2023

  • Senior Engineer

    Feb 2019 - Jan 2020
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  Deichman bibliotek/Oslo Public Library

  Feb 2023 - now

  Information Technology Architect