This document is a curriculum vitae for Iliya Boris Englin that summarizes his qualifications and experience in medicine and information technology. It outlines his medical education and qualifications as well as his extensive experience programming and working on various IT projects in both Australia and New Zealand since the 1970s, including developing several early medical software programs and consulting for various health organizations.

1. Curriculum Vitae (IT): Iliya Boris Englin
MBBS (Hons) BmedSci FACRRM GradDipCS
D.O.B.
06/11/1961
Address:
132 Main St Oxford,
New Zealand 7400
Telephones:
+64 27 312 1272 mobile
+643 312 1228 telephone
Email: ​iliyaenglin@gmail.com
Commercial arrangements:
Iliya B Englin Pty Ltd (Australia) ​ABN 96007013943
EnglinSolutions Ltd (New Zealand) ​GST 86­979­640
Introduction ­ Status and Qualifications
Medical Practitioner since 1986 (Australia), 2003 (NZ).
Fellow, Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine from 1998.
Graduate Diploma in Computer Science 1998 (University of Canberra).
IT reviewer for medical industry publications 1994­2003.
Medical IT Consultant 1997­2003, Canberra.
IT Experience.
I had learned my first programming language, BASIC, in 1977, having taken
Computer Science as a subject at high school, in addition to physics, pure
mathematics and applied mathematics. I graduated with Special Distinction
(top 100 students in Victoria) and attained a prize in a Melbourne­wide high
school competition for best software, having submitted a graph plotting
program that accepted equations in Cartesian and polar coordinates.
Part of the prize was a free account at Latrobe University mainframe, and I was
able to learn FORTRAN IV and Unix before I entered university to study
medicine.
During my first years of study I was able to earn a modest amount of money
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2. by writing a retail package for small business, in BASIC and running on
contemporary desktops. There was a small amount of machine language
programming to run a barcode scanner and a tape drive. The package utilized
a two­dimensional array stored as a character­delineated file (similar to
modern CSV format), for recording stock items and sales. I was “displaced”
from that market by an aggressive campaign by IBM.
In 1982 I took a year off regular studies to do a research degree in
neurophysiology (treated as an honours year in a science course). This
involved recording signals from brain cells in monkeys and processing them in
digital form. The A/D interface was manufactured in the laboratory and
connected to a small mainframe running Unix and FORTRAN IV. I had to write
all the software related to a mathematical model that underpinned my thesis,
plus design statistical analysis software, as the faculty had no budget for the
purchase of standard packages. Additionally, I had to a write a specialist word
processing package for a desktop in BASIC and machine language for printing
complex mathematical expressions, for the purpose of submitting a thesis to
university requirements (such a package was available, but not at my faculty).
It used a dot­addressable printer and a purpose­made character set for
mathematical symbols such as sum and integral.
I retained a strong interest in biomathematics and continue to look for
opportunities to apply it in my work. Modern developments such as fractal
geometry and diffusion gradients of growth factors are not amenable to
solution by equation and may only be modelled through computing.
Shortly after commencing medical practice I became interested in the problem
of skin surveillance for malignant melanoma, something done subjectively to
this day. In 1988 I began to record images of pigmented lesions with a small
hand­held scanner, for the purpose of sequential comparison.
I then evolved a mathematical model that assumed a benign lesion as growing
equally from the centre and having an even pigmentation. The model was built
on the image of a flat lesion contained in the smallest possible circle. The
pigment level (as determined by pixel colour depth) was analyzed from the
centre of the circle using a double integral in polar coordinates:
I = f(d, )∫
360
ϕ = 0
∫
R
d = 0
ϕ
Where R is the radius of the circle, d is distance from the centre, is the angle ϕ
of the line of analysis and f(d, ) is a function measuring colour fluctuation ϕ
along the radial line, rotated around the full circle. The function f(d, ) used an ϕ
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3. algorithm similar to that used in the JPEG format, to estimate I, the likelihood
of malignancy on the basis of colour depth variation throughout the lesion.
I abandoned this work after realizing that it is not possible to take reproducibly
accurate images of the skin due to variation of incident angle, background
lighting and compression of the skin. Such decision support packages did
appear on the market in late 1990’s, but none gained popularity due to error
rate and the extreme consequences of an incorrect outcome.
In 1994 I began writing reviews of relevant software and hardware for the
medical profession that began to utilize electronic records, utilizing my
previous experience to examine packages for usability and reliability, a major
problem in the industry at that time. I continued this until leaving Australia in
2003. In 1997 a market leader threatened the publication with a libel suit after
I demonstrated that its record locking could result in record corruption. The
threat was withdrawn when they were advised that I kept a reliable record of
my analysis. I offered that data to the company gratis, in the interest of
developing a more reliable medical record. The subsequent release did, in fact,
upgrade the database format to a more professional standard.
In 1997 the Federal Health Department and ACT Health commissioned
PricewaterhouseCoopers (Canberra) to ran a trial of a secure medical intranet
with Telstra and local providers of medical care. I was asked to act as a
representative of the medical profession but mostly acted as an analyst. The
project ran for approximately a year and finished with a trial of software that I
had written. It parsed data to a required format, used PGP to encrypt files that
were then uploaded to a server. A shell daemon at the client machine
downloaded and decrypted new files for import by existing software, thereby
forming a secure one­way bridge over the public Internet.
In 1998 I completed, with distinction, a respected graduate IT diploma at
University of Canberra, where previous industry experience was a prerequisite
for admission. That diploma required a large amount of programming in C,
C++, SQL and TCL for course work. In addition to becoming a professionally
disciplined programmer (because of my previous experience I was subjected to
particularly stringent quality requirements when writing code), I was
introduced to the OO paradigm, especially OO databases.
On the strength of this qualification I attracted consultancies in medical IT from
various organizations from 1998, including one teaching hospital and the
Health Insurance Commission of Australia (now Medicare Australia). In the
years prior to my departure from Australia my IT work had mainly focussed on
IT education and data security. I had written a small number of standard
applications in Visual C++ and VB for my clientele.
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4.
I have been self­employed from 15 years of age, participating in the running of
a medium­sized family company (two timber yards predominantly serving
tradesmen) from 1977 to 1994. I managed my practice in Canberra from 1994
to 2003, aiming at keeping the overheads at around 20%, around half of the
standard industry figure.
I worked for the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine since its
inception, initially as its IT Committee Chair, then as an independent IT
consultant, until 2002, when a change in my personal circumstances made me
unavailable for nationwide travel.
After moving to NZ I concentrated on medical work that required a substantial
upgrading of my skills, retaining, however, an interest in the evolution of
operating systems and developing new skills in image processing. I decided to
migrate away from Microsoft products, learned Python and provided incidental
customized support for small businesses, mostly for the purpose of setting up
reliable backup. I had recently written Python scripts for my own purposes,
related to backup and the management of a large database of digital images
and documentary films. As in the past, I require a few days to become familiar
with any programming environment if given sufficient documentation.
In 2014 I had to set up a database for patients who consult me for second
opinions. As they do so in confidence, I needed to set up an independent
record database.
Although I have a full choice of formats and platforms, I decided to act on my
long­held belief that small business needs to run on data that is independent of
platform, presented in the most basic reliable format and free of constraints of
relational databases. The latter are unwieldy, prone to data loss through
corruption and had long outlived the need to house a maximum amount of data
on small disks ­ the purpose for which they were developed in 1960’s.
The file system of any OS is, in fact, a database and may be adapted for any
purpose, bypassing the traditional convention of data package design, that of
licensing a commercial format and building a costly user interface. I therefore
opted for a simple system of subdirectories containing short text files, indexed
by a comprehensive naming convention of files and the date of their creation.
Simple scripts can be used as input forms to generate such files and perform
searches and analyses, thereby replacing expensive software packages with an
OO database consisting of text files and images.
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5. Having seen many vendors failing and leaving users desperate to recover their
data, I opted for plain ASCII format that can be accessed from any platform
and any software that can read TXT and JPEG files. I intend to publish this
format as public licence in the near future (and have already been asked not to
do so by a vendor of medical software). The system is easily accessible via
Android devices and may be encrypted and housed on any server with FTP
access. Because the format is totally open, it is highly scalable and adaptable
to any future requirements.
In 2012 I had changed to Linux for all personal computing, only retaining
Windows for legacy applications. I have a heterogeneous network at home,
mostly old machines resurrected with lighter versions of Ubuntu. I had not
upgraded my Windows machines past Windows 7 and do not intend to do so.
Acting on my long­standing belief that home users and small businesses are
grossly overcharged for hardware, I purchased a substantial number of
outdated desktops to determine the minimal physical resources required to run
basic software such as spreadsheets and web browsers in Linux.
It is my belief that the Android platform is not yet at a stage where other
desktop platforms may be discarded. Also, the commercial model of that OS
limits higher­end applications in ways that suit the perceived interests of
Google, and other Linux distributions remain preferable for that reason. At
present the office suites available for Android significantly underperform, even
on fast hardware.
In 2014 I developed an interest in single board machines and purchased both
Raspberry Pi 2 and a pcDuino3, which I investigated in detail. The former
clearly represents a powerful new current in computing, and it is my intention
to maintain currency in this platform. Only more pressing and lucrative affairs
prevented me from offering these machines to the public as complete
tailor­made solutions to various tasks, as their price and current capacity is
likely to overtake the conventional desktop for basic tasks.
Their minimal power requirements also enable their use in remote locations,
given that a conventional auto battery on a solar panel can power as many as
12 such devices simultaneously. Their hardware is eminently suited to
customized tasks such as switching applications, and it is easily accessible via
the API ­ which allows single board machines to replace a vast number of
expensive and unreliable devices hardwired for the purpose.
I am looking for a structured outlet to develop these ideas, having lacked such
a platform since leaving Australia.
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6. Scientific Publications
1. Englin I; A model of data flows in general practice ­ a buying guide for
practice management software" Australian Journal of Rural Health, 8:1;
2000.
2. Shulkes, Englin et al; Metabolism of Neurotensin in Nephrectomised Rats.
The Gut, 1:1; 1985.
3. Englin I; Cutaneous Fibre and Cortical Neuron Responses to Complex
Cutaneous Stimulation of Monkey Finger Pads; B.Med.Sci. Thesis,
Anatomy Department, Melbourne University, 1983.
Other publications:
● Archives at Medical Observer Weekly (1995­2002)
● Australian Doctor Weekly (2003­onwards)
● UK Doctor (2004­5)
● NZ Doctor (1996­8).
Copies of publications are available on request.
Referees will be provided in response to firm offers of contract.
Other Interests
• Classical Music
• History of Late Antiquity
• History of Monotheistic Religions
• Digital Imaging (expert)
• Off­Road Driving (expert)
• Karate
• Downhill Skiing
• X­Country Skiing (expert)
•
Other Languages
• Russian (fluent),
• French (conversant),
• Italian (some),
• German (some),
• Hebrew (basic),
• Spanish (read only),
• Latin (basic).
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7.
Timeline
1961
1974
1979
1980
1994
1998
2003
2004
onwards
Relevant Biography
Born in Moscow.
Emigrated to Melbourne, Australia.
HSC (Special Distinction, Victoria).
Medical course at University of Melbourne. MB BS with honours in 1986. In 1983 also completed a
Bachelor of Medical Science degree in neurophysiology at the same University (awarded in 1986 –
see Publications for further detail).
In January 1994 I relocated for family reasons to Lyneham, a middle class suburb of Canberra,
where I purchased a part of a group practice of four GP's in 1995.
In addition to my clinical work as a principal of that practice, I served as its financial controller and
IT manager, which involves detailed maintenance of the practice network, website, software and
hardware.
Graduate Diploma in Computer Science completed at Canberra University.
In January 2003 I made a decision to relocate to live near my son around Christchurch, New
Zealand, where he was taken to live by his mother against my will. The relocation was carried out in
July 2003.
Rural and remote medical work in in NZ and Australia.
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