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# Richard Klotins
rk867@bath.ac.uk | TEL: 07745980516

## Education

* **Computer Systems Engineering** MEng 2021 - present
    * Relevant modules: Introduction to programming in MATLAB, Electronic Lab Techniques*, Circuit Theory
* **A-Levels** A* A A
    * Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics respectively
* **GCSEs** 9-8 in seven subjects (out of eleven passed)
    * 9-8 Incl. Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics

\* The Electronic Laboratory Techniques module has helped me to learn electronics laboratory skills and gave me invaluable insights into the professional world. Every week we talked to industry leaders who through their professional engineering practice became entrepreneurs and CEOs of companies of varied sizes. I am fascinated to learn what it is like to work in the industry and to develop your own ideas.


## Relevant Work Experience

Worked as **support technician** at Bath university night club "The Plug and The Tub". This developed my understanding of how computer systems are used to reliably set up sound, lighting and other systems that need to function without failure. It also taught me professional etiquette and I was often left in charge of setting up and running the tech side of the night club. This experience developed my ability to deal with the stress that comes with roles of responsibility where if anything goes wrong it is on you.

I worked as a **barista** for a year for a small yet busy café in the heart of Blackheath - "The Brockley Deli at the Conservatoire". During peak hours work picked up pace considerably therefore being able to work well with various kinds of people in the team under stressful conditions was paramount.

## Skills

* Languages: bilingual in English and Latvian
    - Advanced Spanish writing and reading
* Python programming
* MATLAB programming
* Experience with building circuits on a breadboard
* Leadership experience (football team captain; centre forward)
* Customer service experience (working as a barista)


## Hobbies and Interests

I enjoy team sports tremendously. I have been selected to play for basketball team at Bath University. I am told that I am fairly athletic and for the past 7 years I played football competitively and captained my Sunday league team to trophies. Playing team sports over a long time has taught me a great deal about the importance of teamwork; how to lift up teammates' spirits, motivate and get the most out of various people when working towards a common goal. 

I also have a passion for making individual projects whether it is through programming a fighting game in python for my little brothers or making an application that blurs any image to the degree you wish on MATLAB or a little machine that closes the door when you clap loudly using arduino. The challenge of getting from an idea to the application is fun and exciting for me.

I also like to communicate and write about my discoveries in the world of technology and programming and my own technical notes. I have begun creating a blog in markdown using _Hugo_ - a well known static website generator written in _go_. It is a more complex toolchain than using dynamic website platforms like _Wordpress_ or _joomla_, but I like it because the result is faster, safer and much more adaptable.