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*Name: Francois Johannes LOUW

*Born: 31 December 1984, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA

*Citizenship: South Africa

*Current Location and Legal Status: Kyoto Japan, Student Visa

*Marital Status: Unmarried

*Language Ability:English (Native, Business, Advanced Technical)

**Afrikaans (Native, Business, Advanced Technical)

**Japanese (Daily Conversation, Limited Technical)

**Spanish (Elementary Level)

*(See resume PDF)

*LinkedIn: http://lnkd.in/bxqTfuC

*Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vollaforever

*Google+: http://www.gplus.to/volla

* Masters Degree student at Minoh Laboratory in the Graduate School of Informatics at Kyoto University, Japan. Planned Graduation 2015/03. (2013/10 – Present)

* Graduate researcher at Nakamura Laboratory in the Graduate School of Electronic Engineering at Kyoto University, Japan (2011/04 – 2013/09)

* Hon.Eng (Electronic) Graduate School of Electric, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa (2010-Partially completed)

* B.Eng (Computer) School of Electric, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa (Graduated 2009)

* Zwartkop High School, South Africa (Graduated with Honours, 2003)

* Balcarras High School (Junior High School), England

* Lyttleton Manor High School (Junior High School), South Africa

* Hennopspark Primary School, South Africa

* Louis Leipoldt Primary School, South Africa

* Masters Degree student at [http://www.mm.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/ Minoh Laboratory], Kyoto University (Current).

* Part Time English Teacher at Globe English School in Osaka, Japan (2013/05~Present).

* Manufacture and sale of Engine Control Units for Porsche 928 (Current, After Hours)

* Research student at [http://www.ccm.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp/index-j.php Nakamura Laboratory], Kyoto University (2011/04~2013/09).

* Shared ownership of company Universal Mobile Technologies; Director of research and development (2010~Present).

* Worked at [http://www.parsec.co.za Parsec Pty. Ltd.] as software engineer (2009/01~2011/03).

* Partially completed Hon. Eng. Electronic Engineering after hours at University of Pretoria.

* Completed Computer Engineering degree, University of Pretoria.

* CEO and Software Engineer, Brainwave Projects 729cc, established company in 2003.

* Co-founder and member of JFK Engineering, a specialist electronic engineering company.

* [http://www.lmi.co.za/ LMI] software development, installation and commissioning of various projects.

* Mine consultancy software development.

* Community based project.

* Participation in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest

* Part time employment at Ultra Electronics in England.

* Network administrator at Balcarras High School in England.

* Various provincial and national [http://www.exposcience.co.za/ Eskom Science EXPO] projects.

* Masters degree student at Minoh Laboratory, Kyoto University

* Researcher at Nakamura Laboratory, Kyoto University

* Advanced Artificial Intelligence Research

* OpenCV and advanced graphic processing

* Partially completed Hon.Eng Electronic Engineering at University of Pretoria

* B.Eng. Computer Engineering

* National Instruments Labview Core 1, 2, 3 and Intermediate 2

* Parsec VHDL course

* Hardware Design Qualification

* PCB Schematic Capture (Mentor Graphics, Eagle, KiCad, PSpice)

* PCB Layout and design

* Graduated High School Grade 12 with honours

* A+

* Cisco CCNA and CCNP-BSI

* C/C++

* Pascal & Delphi

* Visual Basic

* C#, Java and JavaScript

* Assembly (x86, ARM, MIPS and Microchip)

* Python

* SQL

* Embedded C/C++

* Software can be programmed for Windows and Linux

* Experience in graphical interfaces and advanced graphics using OpenGL

* Specialised C/C++ Libraries: Qt, .NET, DirectX, OpenGL