Larrys Curriculum Vitae
Resume of Professional
Experience
Larry
Lart
Email: i@larryo.org
Website: http://larryo.org/
Phone/Fax: Available
upon request
Availability: Immediate
Resume of Qualifications
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Highly
self-motivated and goal-oriented creative professional with 12+ years of
computing experience in software development, system administration and
management.
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Diverse business background, including film, media,
advertising, accounting, financial services, sales & distribution, telecommunications, training
& development.
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Strong knowledge of industry standards and specifications in software
development, network management, e-commerce, communications.
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International expertise in technical support, administration
and consultancy with companies in more then ten countries around the world:
Paris/France, Dublin/Ireland, Toronto/Canada, Madrid/Spain, Los Angeles/Usa,
Madras/India, Kiev/Ukraine, Bielsko-Biala/Poland, Lisbon/Portugal,
Stockholm/Sweden, Amsterdam/Holland etc.
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Diverse technical experience:
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8+ years combined in system administration/management and media/system
development
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4 years in electronic transactions and financial services
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4+ years in Video/Film/Media industry. Strong basics in 2d/3d graphics
design, animation software, multimedia interactive, special effects and hi-tech
equipment
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4+ years in web development
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1 year in voice recognition/H323/telephony
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2 years in network security software development for Unix TCP/IP and
IPX/SPX Novell platforms
Most recent projects, either released, or into an advanced status
of development:
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X10Ping
Monitor and power cycle network devices
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Power Button
Process manager for desktop applications with automatic software-hardware
synchronization
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CHORG
Adaptive control for robotic arms
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wxOpenCv
Tutorial/demo application on how to integrate Intels OpenCv library with wxWidgets
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uMouse
Application to make a video/web camera to work as a mouse
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Simple Focus
Easy focusing tool for Meade telescopes series
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RONN EEG
software to decode the spatial/temporal distribution of composite electrical
signal
Note:
You can check all of my projects, organized by field
of interest, on my website in the work
section or if you are only interested in I.T. click here.
Skills - Operating
Systems/Networking/Security
UNIX (11+
yrs)
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Extensive knowledge and understanding of the various flavors of UNIX
including: IRIX 5.2 - 6.4, Sun Solaris 2.x, HP-UX
8.x-9.x, Dec Ultrix 4.x, NetBSD, FreeBSD, AIX, Convex, OSF, Linux Suse 6.x -
7.1/Redhat 7.x - Enterprise
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System installation, configuration, tuning and patching, accounting,
security, monitoring, performance analysis device drivers, kernel configuration
& patching, policy and politics
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SLIP/PPP, LPD, LDAP, UUCP, RPC, BOOTD, SWAP, DHCP, DNS, INETD, NFS/NFS+,
NIS, CRACK, SH, BASH, KORN, REGEX, AWK, SUID, CRON, SYSLOG, etc.
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Backup procedures (DAT 8mm,/4mm, DLT) and critical system recovery
(FSCK, DISKEDIT)
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Hardware maintenance
Windows (8+
yrs)
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Windows 3.11, 95, 98, NT4.0 (Service pack 6)/200 Sever and
Workstation/XP, Embedded Windows CE3.0 installation, configuration, patching
and updates
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FAT/FAT32/NTFS File system optimization and management
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System tuning, security, debugging and networking
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Software and packages deployment
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MS Exchange, IIS, LM (License Manager), ODBC
MacOS 6 -
8.1 (3 yrs) - System installation, configuration,
updates, tuning, security, debugging and networking. Software deployment,
configuration and tuning.
PC/M (1.5
yrs) - System tuning, debugging and software deployment
VMS/VAX (1
yrs) - System tuning, security, debugging and networking
NETWORKING (5+ yrs)
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DHCP, DNS, Wins, Sendmail, Mail Exchanger for domains, NFS,
NIS(+),SLIP/PPP, HTTP, NNTP installation configuration and maintenance
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Clustering, Load Balancing, ATM, SNMP, Hardware/Software Redundancy,
Networking Design
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Cisco/3Com routers, kernel routing and gateways
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LAN/WAN implement and support for mixed networks Unix/Microsoft/MacOS,
TCP/IP, AppleTalk
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Novell Networks IPX/SPX administration configuration and security
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HUBS, Switches, Repeaters, Frame Relay, Hardware Layer design, Cabling
& connectivity, deployment and tuning,
testing and debugging
SECURITY
(5+ yrs)
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Firewalls (Checkpoint 1, IP-Chains/Linux Kernel), Honey Pots
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Large scale implementation and maintenance for SSH (Secure Shell), PKI/SSH,
VPN, IPSEC
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Satan, ISS, TCP/IP Monitoring
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SSL/RSA implementation and support for large variety of e-commerce
solutions
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PGP and Digital Signatures
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COPS (Audit Systems Security), Packet Filtering, Kerberos, Secure
Terminals, Trojan Horses, CERT/SCC
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Software licensing protection, hardware/software keys - designing,
development, debugging and tuning
Skills -
Programming/Databases/Industry/Hardware
C/C++ (14 yrs)
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Design and development with MFC, COM, DCOM, STL, Active-X, wxWidgets,
OpenCv, Sockets, DLLs, Multi-threading, Real-time apps
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Microsoft Visual C++
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Microsoft Embedded C++ for CE devices
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GNU C/C++, X11, Motif, OpenGL
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CYGWIN - porting application from Unix to MS Windows
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Borland C, Watcom
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Novell IPX/SPX network/security applications
PERL (10+ yrs) - CGI, Modules, MIME, POP3, SMTP,
SSL, DBI
PHP (6 yrs) - CGI, PIM, Authetification and Encryption, DBI, SSL
Unix Shell Script (11+ yrs) - Integration with SH, (T)CSH and BASH
ASSEMBLER (3+ yrs) - Intel (x86) and MIPS (R4600,
R10000) develop high speed graphic/network routines, security debugging and
virus signature recognizer
PASCAL (3 yrs) - GUI (Graphical
Interfaces). Real time, analytic design and development
JAVA (1+ yrs) - End User/Client Interface
design end development - AWT, Java Applets, Java Server Side J2EE: EJB
1.1, Servelets, JSPs
(V)BASIC (1 year) - Design and development
Install Wizard, Active-X
HTML, WML, JavaScript (6+ yrs) - Design and develop
interfaces with HTML 3+, DHTML, CSS, CGI, Flash, End user integration with
JavaScript, WmlScript
XML/XSL (1 year) Design & Development,
Xerces, Xalan, MSXML, XSLT, SSL, DOM, SAX 2, DTD design. Voxpilot DTD,
Nuance DTD, GSL
UML (2 yrs) - Rational Enterprise Edition, System
Architect, CaseWise
DATABASES: (7+ yrs) - RDBMS, MySQL, Oracle
8.1.5, MSSQL, PL/SQL
HARDWARE/ELECTRONICS: - Computers (or related)
Hardware configuration/settings, tuning, testing, wiring and assembling. Video
Broadcast equipment tuning and configuration
OTHER PROGRAMMING/TOOLS: LISP, YACC, BISON, FLEX,
TCL, TK, ADA, SmallTalk. Charm (Parallel Objects)
KNOWLEDGE/INDUSTRY: Network/Software Security,
Software Development, Web Development, Video/Film/Media Production, Publishing,
Electronic Commerce
HARDWARE: Intel/Amd PC, Macintosh,
Amiga, Sun, Convex, HP, SGI(Indy, Challenge, Indigo II, Octane), Next,
IBM/RS600, Fujitsu MX3096X, iPaq, Umax/Mirage, AgfaStudio II, SummaSketch,
Kurta, Watcom, WSD Accom, Abekas/A65/A60, Allix, BetaCam SP/Digital, Cisco,
Dialogic, Aculab.
Work History - Permanent Positions
2001 2006 Senior
System Administrator ALPHYRA GROUP Dublin/Ireland
INDUSTRY: Electronic Payment Systems - prepaid mobile top-up,
credit & debit card processing, utility bill payment and money transfer.
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
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Servers administration troubleshooting and maintenance working with
RedHat Linux, AIX, Solaris
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Support for Unix systems/networking, setup, troubleshooting and disaster
recovery
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Security, Logs monitoring
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On call 24h support
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Audit/review security procedures
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
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Development in PHP, PERL, PL/SQL, C to interface with Oracle, MYSQL and
MS SQL databases
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Design and develop auditing tools for billing and transaction flow
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Design new software tools to improve the work flow
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Code optimization and documentation
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Bug fixing and testing
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Liaison, integration with business clients
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Auditing quarterly/yearly transactional cash flow
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Review specifications for new projects
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Training junior people
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Team leader
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Support offices in France, Holland, Germany, UK, Sweden and Greece.
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Implementation and maintenance of in internal knowledge system
(documentation).
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Risk analysis
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Photographer for social gatherings organized by the company and the
creator and maintainer of an internal social website
PROJECTS: Dynamic Currency Conversion, Migration of credit card payment systems
from Aix/RS6000/V3 to Solaris/Sun cluster/ASX, Rehab
lottery system integration, Stock Management System, SFR stock, sales integration, Bouygues telecom system, sales and
stock integration, Relaish system and
reports integration, Billpay-Eircom batch
delivery integration, AIB system and batch
delivery integration, PPC and CC sales report system, etc.
HARDWARE/SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
COMPUTERS: Intel Based Servers, RS6000, SUN cluster
OP. Systems:
Linux Redhat, Windows, AIX, Solaris
PROGRAMMING:
C, PHP, Perl, PL/SQL, Bash
DATABASE:
Oracle, MYSQL, MS SQL.
OTHER
HARDWARE: Cisco, Hypercom, Ingenico, Trinitech
2000 2001 Senior Developer
- VOXPILOT LTD. Dublin/Ireland
INDUSTRY: IVR Speech Recognition,
VoiceXML, SIP and Web
technologies
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Software development in PHP, PERL, PL/SQL, HTML/WML/XML/JS/C++ with
Oracle database
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VoiceXML integration with Nuance
speech recognition system
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Implementation of twelve powerful methods of encryption for our live
system
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Code optimization, documentation and UML design
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Project management and mentoring
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
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Network security administration (Firewall, SSH) and some administration/troubleshooting
for RedHat Linux.
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Part time support for Unix systems/networking and setup as required.
PROJECTS: Real-time logging server
and desktop billing client in C++/MFC, Administration screens authentification
and session handling, Menu System/Resources Integration, Clubs/Communities
development and integrations, Recurrent Events/Reminders via email/SMS
COMPUTERS:
Intel Based Penguin, Dell - Hardware: Dialogic/Aculab telephony cards
OP.
Systems: Linux Redhat/ Windows NT -
Software: Nuance, RealSpeak, WebLogic, Apache, Perforce
PROGRAMMING:
C/C++, VC++(MFC) PHP, Perl, PL/SQL, Xml/VoiceXml, JavaScript, HTML, WAP
DATABASE:
Oracle 8.1.5
1996 2000 System Manager - DACODAC STUDIO S.R.L
INDUSTRY: Animation/Video/Film/Media Production Studio
SYSTEM
ADMINISTRATION
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Manage, design and implementation of the WAN network to link offices in
France, Romania, Ukraine and India.
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System auditing, performance tuning, and securing all production servers
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Installation and configuration of Unix systems (Linux, SGI/IRIX,
Sun/Solaris, HPUX), Windows (NT Server/WS, 9x), MacOS 7.x-8.x, mixed networks
Unix/Mac/Microsoft, Firewall, Honey Pots, VPN, PKI/SSH, DNS, DHCP, Samba,
MX(Mail Exchanger), Routers, Proxy/cashing servers, SSL certifications
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Hardware configuration and some electronically troubleshooting
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System/software level troubleshooting & bug fixes
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Design, install and configure system wide backup strategy
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
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Web/System development in PERL/JAVA/C/C++ with mySql database
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Designed and developed application for film/animation and special
effects
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Develop interfaces for proprietary hardware devices and digital recording
system
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT & OTHER DUTIES
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System and Project Management of over twenty feature/tv film
productions
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Offer cost effective analysis for the hardware, system and software
required on every new production
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Training and support with over 300 end users (in four different
countries) and
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Leading a team of five system administrators and coordinated system
administrative procedures
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Mentoring of System and Network Administrators
PROJECTS: Gui Management interface
for MediaPegs software, Pegs to Avid converter, Rendering control and
scheduling engine, Automated transfer of large file systems via email, Distributed
rendering engine with automated centralized tape backup points. Click here for
further details.
HARDWARE/SOFTWARE
PLATFORMS
COMPUTERS:
SGI (Indy/Challenge S/O2/Octane),IBM PC, Macintosh, Amiga;
SCANNERS:
Fujitsu MX3096X, Umax/Mirage, AgfaStudio II;
GRAPHICS
TABLES: SummaSketch, Kurta, Watcom;
DISKUS:
WSD Accom, Abekas/A65/A60
V-LAN:
Allix;
VIDEO
EQUIPMENT: BetaCam SP/Digital;
DESIGN/VIDEO:
Pegs, Alias/WaveFront, Explore, Flint, Avid, Adobe Photoshop, 3DStudio4, Flash.
OP.
SYSTEMS: IRIX 4.X/5.3/6.2/6.4, NT(Server/WS),Win(95/98), MacOS(7.5/8.1),
Linux(Suse).
COMPILATORS:
CC, GnuCC, Watcom C/C++, MSVC.
OTHER:
X11, Motif, OpenGL, CGI/Perl, JavaScript, HTML.
1993 1996 Security
Analyst - The AOSS & C.I.
INDUSTRY: Internet Security
Services
SYSTEM
ADMINISTRATION
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Administration, security audit and configuration of Unix networks
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Install and configure Firewalls/Honey Pots, PKI/SSH, SSL authentification
engines, monitoring and intruder detection, DNS, DHCP, MX, Routers,
Proxy/cashing servers.
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Train operators to minimize the risks of propagation and intrusion
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
· Design and develop security applications in order to prevent and solve a large area of problems generated by system intrusion in C/Assembler
PROJECTS: Intrusion detection with
AI/Expert systems, Network Security Scanner, Graphical Network Session
Monitoring
COMPUTERS: SGI (Indy, Indigo, Challenge), SUN, HP, DEC,
NEXT, SGI;
OP.
SYSTEMS: IRIX (4.X/5.X), SOLARIS(1.X/2.X), HP-UX(8X,9X), ULTRIX(4x), LINUX,
NEXT;
Other
Software: Satan, ISS etc;
Languages: C, C Shell, LISP, MOTIF, TCL;
Network
Environment: TCP/IP, UDP, IPX/SPX (Novell)
Work History - Freelance
1999 - 2003 Consultant/Analyst -
TERRAGLYPH PRODUCTIONS LTD Dublin/Ireland - Future
Film Production
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Windows 9x/NT WS, SGI/Indy, Next Unix and Macintosh network working with
Amino, Pegs, Adobe, Avid, Maya software for feature film/animation
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Network design and integration between different operating systems and software
packages
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Technical consultancy and system administration for media development
1997 2000 Consultant/Analyst -
MILLIMAGES/NOVANIM Paris/France -
Animation/Film/Media Production
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Install, configure and tune Windows 9x and Macintosh network running
with NT server.
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Design an improved communication system between all company divisions
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Design and analyze new cost effective strategies in media-film industry
1997 2000 Consultant/Analyst - CASTEL
FILM TV Media Advertising Studio
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Silicon Graphics (Indigo running Irix6.2 with Maya) and Macintosh
running Stratosphere
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Integration the new digital animation technologies and special effects
for film industry - Flint2Pegs.
1998 2000 Consultant - IDENTITY
DESIGN Product Design and Advertising
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Deploy and tune Silicon Graphics (Indigo/Indy) running Irix6.x and Flint
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Provide and develop new solutions for the interaction between
media/animation and TV advertising.
1998 2000 Consultant/Analyst -
ANIMO-ARTIST Animation Studio
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Implementation of digital animation technology
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Configuration and fine tuning line testing and video hardware equipment
1998 1998 Technical Support/Consultant - ART GROUP
Printing Facility
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Install and configure Macintosh and NT Workstation mixed network running
Adobe (most of their products) combined with CorelDraw
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Responsible for high speed/optimal networking solutions networking and
calibrating the film printer (LINOTRONIC) in standards
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Consultancy for new hardware solutions on cost/performance
Research
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Artificial Intelligence - SOM (Self-Organizing Map in Natural Language
Processing), Evolving Morphologies Based on Differential Gene Expansion
(Genotypes DNA), Neural Networks Behavior in Correlation with Genetic
Algorithms (development and papers scheduled to release late 2005).
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Product Design/Development - Wearable Design and Applications, 3D Video
Production Systems
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Finance - Micro-payment Strategies
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Robotics Adaptive motion control
hardware-software implementation. Study of niche markets for automation (sales
and marketing)
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Neuroscience Neural systems behavior
& EEG decoding
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Microbiology Unicellular organisms
behavior, microphotography
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Astronomy Amateur astronomer
astrophotography of deep sky object (DSO)
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Environment Background real-time
radiation monitoring
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Other: Physics, Politics, Network Marketing and Sales.
Special Capabilities
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I'm flexible and adaptable to any environment and easily assimilate any
new technology
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I have strong basics in the computer software, hardware, theory and
development history
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Highly sociable, a good team player, with good
communication skills
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Capable of assuming the responsibility of highly critical
decisions and tasks
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I have the initiative, energy and persistence to get the job done
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I have a positive attitude toward change and learning - I'm ready at anytime
to suggest new ideas to get the job done creatively
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I have the recognition/respect for people 's diversity and individual
differences.
EDUCATION National College Vlaicu
Voda,
Automatica
/ P.U.B University /Computer Science
LANGUAGES English,
Italian-French-Spanish (some)
REFERENCES Available upon
request
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