About Me
Personal Information
Name: | Ivari Horm |
Gender: | Male |
Location: | Rannamõisa-Tallinn, Estonia |
Date of birth: | 25. March 1981 |
Marital status: | Single |
Nationality: | Estonian |
E-mail: | ivari![]() |
WWW: | http://ivari.horm.ee |
GSM: | +372 5279447 |
Skype: | theranger |
Driving license: | Category B |
Points of presence: | Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, Diigo |
Friends tend to say that this person is friendly, has good communications skills, likes to talk about anything and just loves technology. He is punctual, has high quality standards and demands, enjoys creating new services or adding additional value to existing ones.
He always does his best to keep the promises and deliver everything in a timely manner.
Education
- Tallinn University of Technology in Business Information Technology (Master’s Studies 2012 – unfinished)
Weighted average: 5.0 (100%) - Tallinn University of Technology in Business Information Technology (BSc 2012)
Thesis (in Estonian): Vaba tarkvara kasutamine võrguteenuste osutamisel Tallinna munitsipaalkoolides (Using Open Source Software to Provide Network Services in Tallinn Schools) Weighted average: 4.5 (90%) - Tallinn School No 21 (secondary school)
Languages
- Estonian as a native language
- Fluent English both in oral and written form
- Russian at the communication level, more speaking than writing
- Have studied French some time ago, but it needs a refreshment
Supplemental Courses
- ECDL – The European Computer Driving License (seven modules)
- ICT manager’s role and functions (in Merlecons ja Ko)
- Administration of Linux systems (in BCS Koolitus)
- Windows Scripting Host and Visual Basic (in BCS Koolitus)
- Using Windows Management Instrumentation (in BCS Koolitus)
- Occasional attendee of Microsoft Eneta community seminars
Work Experience
- 2015 – present: Artec Design OÜ (Software Projects and Quality Manager)
- 2004 – present: Baltnet Communications (CEO)
- 1999 – present: Tallinn School No 21 (ICT Manager)
- 2012 – 2016: ELIKO Technology Competence Centre (Software Engineer, project-based contracts)
- 2014 – 2014: RuaCrew (volunteer math teacher)
- 2012 – 2015: Artec Design OÜ (Software Project Manager)
- 2010 – 2012: Artec Design OÜ (Software Engineer)
- 2009 – 2010: Tallinn School No 21 (Vice Headmaster in Economics)
- 2005 – 2009: Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol (ICT Consultant)
- 2001 – 2003: Estweb Business Solutions (managing server systems)
- Kuristiku Gümnaasium (secondary school; administrator of servers and networks)
- Tallinn Hobby Education Centre Kullo (teaching computers and programming)
Social Skills
- Enjoys meeting with different people in various ages and social groups
- Empathic and gentle by nature, good-hearted as said by others
- Tries to comprehend chat partners, accepts different beliefs and view points
- Although with a strong personality and confident opinions, still spiced with a good dose of diplomacy and humor
- By all means practical in everyday life, never making imprudent decisions
- Even if opened to new contacts, home and soul is securely hidden behind protective walls
- Not afraid to speak in front of public if needed to; likes to speak a lot if possible in any language possessed
- Prefers attending a reasonable discussion over any social games or silly pranks
Technological Competences
Recent Tasks
- Programming embedded and mobile systems for Artec Design
- Doing various tiny programming projects
- Created both desktop accounting software in Java and mobile version in Android for people traveling abroad to provide electronic diary and overview of expenses and payments
- Programming communication system and public website for Tallinn School No. 21
- Maintaining a RISK Server (programming and computer courses)
Activities
- Traveling abroad, especially by car and with a tent, either alone or with a group of friends
- Hiking in the mountains with a backpack, flashlight and a bottle of water
- Wandering around in small villages not overcrowded by tourists, contemplating foreign local life
- Swimming in warm crystal clear blue seas, enjoying summer weather and sun
- Cycling, running cross-country or jogging
- Walking in the woods, discovering neighborhood
- Making photographs, emphasizing and sharing the quality
- Writing short stories either in English or Estonian, inspired by nature, emotions or a particular situation
- Reading books, watching movies (good adventure, science fiction or travelogues appeal most)
- Played adventure game Encounter some time ago
Beliefs
Favorites
- Favorites are objects that exist primary in a browser and are sometimes called bookmarks
- Non-virtual favorites include orange and a apple (the fruit, not technology companies), vegetables with rice, fish, cheese
- Ears, mind and soul like Dire Straits, Queen, Mike Oldfield, Blackmore’s Night, Jean Michel Jarre, Bon Jovi, Pet Shop Boys, George Ezra, Tangerine Dream, Avicii
- Non-virtual bookmarks include Alexandre Dumas, Mikhail Bulgakov, Victor Hugo, Dan Brown, Jules Verne, J.R.R. Tolkien, “My World”-series travelogues (in Estonian)
- In order to add more names: Tom Hanks, Nicholas Cage, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Adam Sandler, Jackie Chan, Sandra Bullock
- As well as many other music and film artists from ‘80s to ‘01s