ALEXANDER RIABOKRIS M.Sc. Contact: www.argalax.com/contact.html *** SENIOR TECHNICAL LEADER *** TECHNICAL EXPERTISE * VERSATILITY * STRONG LEADERSHIP ----------------------------------------------------------- * Senior Level IT Professional with over 18 years of progressive experience in planning, architecting and implementing state of the art technology solutions * Broad background in IT infrastructure, systems architecture, hardware, software design, application development, databases, networking and security * Ability to assume a high level of authority, take complete technical responsibility for complex, large scale systems * Unique blend of technical hands-on expertise, team leadership and a big-picture vision *** CORE COMPETENCIES *** TECHNICAL: * Well-rounded Technical Background * Systems Design and Architecture * Hands-on Full Software Development Lifecycle * Data Design and Database Management * Web-based Distributed Systems * Network Infrastructure and Security BUSINESS LEADERSHIP: * Team Building and Mentoring * Enterprise Systems Planning * Wide Scale Integration Projects * Technical Project Management * Strategic Planning and Assessment * Hands-on Technical Leadership *** PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE *** Technical Team Leader 2002 – present Entrac Technologies Inc. / EFI Canada Richmond Hill, Ontario ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Provided technical leadership and direction to cross functional teams, responsible for development of Enterprise Payment Transaction Processing System: * Architected and implemented an enterprise solution with card-based access control and payment processing for self-service business equipment with over 4,000 installations in North America * Involved in all phases of software development lifecycle - analysis, design, technical specification, database architecture, programming, testing, system maintenance and support * Spearheaded new technology research, product and vendor evaluation * Led teams of system designers, software developers and testers to projects' completion TECHNOLOGIES: * Payment transaction processing: Credit and Debit cards, Chip/Smart cards, Stored Value Cards, contactless/wireless, Card-based loyalty, discount, gift, rewards and tax exempt cards * Document processing, printing and reporting * Wireless / Wi-Fi: Wireless infrastructure, protocols and standards (802.11a/b/g/n, WPA, TKIP) * Security, authentication and encryption (3DES, AES-256, DUKPT) * Hardware and Embedded Systems: Electronic circuit design, micro-controller firmware programming, card reader communication, hardware device interfacing * Virtualization and Cloud Computing: VMware, Google Docs, Amazon EC2 / AWS, Dropbox, Box.net * Platforms: Windows, Linux, Embedded Systems * Software tools and programming languages: .Net, C / C++, SQL, XML, HTML/CSS ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION: FedEx/Kinko’s (Payment Switch / eSocket.POS) * Staples (POS Service Gateway / PSG) * Wal-Mart / Sam's Club (ICVerify) * Office Depot (cXML) * Authorize.Net * TIBCO (BusinessWorks) * DataCap (NETePay) * Sony Picture Station * Proprietary data and transaction processing systems --- Lead Software Developer / Systems Architect 1993 – 2002 Umbrella Communications Inc. Toronto, Ontario ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Responsible for all software development and IT operations: * Built IT department team from the ground up * Led and managed team of analysts, software developers, system administrators, DBA's and QA * Designed, developed and maintained a complex mission-critical database-driven e-Commerce Catalog, with real-time payment transaction processing, customer activity tracking, and continuous data updates from clients and suppliers * Technical project management * Assumed progressive roles and responsibilities SOFTWARE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT: Hands-on full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) – solution strategy, software architecture, application programming, database development, system administration and maintenance. Programming and Tools: C / C++, C#, VB, MS Visual Studio, SQL, ASP, PHP, XML, Java, JScript Web Application Development: HTML, CSS, XSL, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Google Analytics SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION: Complete setup, administration and maintenance of Windows and FreeBSD/Linux servers in a hosting environment: * Windows platform stack: IIS + MS SQL Server + ASP / ISAPI C++ * FreeBSD/Linux stack (FAMP/LAMP): Apache + MySQL / PostgreSQL + PHP * Managed domains, virtual server hosting and email, firewalls (pfSense, CheckPoint, PIX Cisco) * Disaster recovery strategy, data archiving and backup plans, storage management * Designed, implemented and maintained production network architecture DATABASE DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION: Designed, implemented and administered a transactional data storage solution, optimized for high performance and high scalability, processing large data volumes under high-concurrency conditions: * Databases: Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Postgre SQL, MS Access, SQL Programming, CodeBase++ --- Senior Programmer / Systems Analyst 1984 – 1993 Kiev Technological University Kiev, Ukraine ACCOMPLISHMENTS: * Designed and programmed software for education, science, finance and manufacturing * Developed state-of-the-art mathematical simulation model of technological processes * Designed proprietary relational database management engine * Honor Certificate in the country-wide software programming contest * Author of several published proceedings TECHNOLOGIES: * Languages and Tools: C/C++, Basic, xBase, Pascal, Fortran, PAL, Macro Assembler, AutoCAD * Databases: Paradox DB Engine, dBase, FoxBASE/FoxPro, CodeBase, DBUNIT *** EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING *** * M. Sc. in Engineering, Kiev Technological University, Ukraine 1984 – 1992 * ITIL v3 - IT Implementation Library, EXIN, Toronto 2011 * Camp SQL, Microsoft Corporation, Toronto 1997 * Electronics Design and Assembly School, Ukraine 1982 - 1984 **** SPECIAL INTERESTS **** * Special interest in financial systems, stock market research and technical analysis. * Electronics and Robotics * Sci-Fi / Artificial Intelligence * Open Source Projects ----------------------------------------------------------- ALEXANDER RIABOKRIS www.argalax.com *** SENIOR TECHNICAL LEADER ***