TARAS STRYPKO IT Consultant (software engineering, IT education, telecoms) 1979-12-22 CONTACTS Tel: +380 50 3529639 Email: esteewhy@hotmail.com Skype: esteewhy LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/esteewhy FREELANCE WORKS (selected) UniCredit Leasing 3.2008 - present Developer, consultant Developing, hosting and supporting corporate web site, customer portal, catalog (technologies used: ASP.Net, Drupal 6) Friends.UA 9.2007 - 4.2008 Developer Developed mobile version of a first Ukrainian social network, optimised for iPhone users Dimagine/MasterKlass 4.2010 - 6.2010 Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Established corporate strategy in a web projects development which led to adoption of Drupal CMS as a corporate standard. Performed market research in mobile services, evaluated feasibility of deploying femtocell GSM techology. EMPLOYMENT Kvazar-Micro Education Centre, Kyiv, UKRAINE 8.2006 - 1.2010 Trainer, consultant Responsibilities: - perform Microsoft education programms - lead in-house software development - consulting services for telecoms Accomplishments: - completed several dozens of trainings for govermental and commercial customers in Ukraine and Moldova - pioneered training sessions for newcomers of a team, that was responsible for a billing system migration of a major domestic cellular carrier (BSCS migration project for MTS) - led development of a web e-learning system - helped to organise the first large-scale Drupal event in Eastern Europe: Drupal Camp Kyiv 2009, participated there as a speaker Experience: - variety of a recent enterprise technologies (Microsoft) - BSCS iX billing system for GSM market - presentation and communication skills - OSS development Unwind Technonogies, Kyiv, UKRAINE 7.2006 - 12.2006 Software Developer Responsibilities: - develop online trade support system for financial institution Accomplishments: - successfully finished an overengineered data persisting layer of a core system functionality - established professional relationships among coworkers Experience: - deeper insight into software architecture - object-relational mapping approaches in a real-world .Net applications Pixell Software AG, Kyiv, UKRAINE 2.2006 - 6.2006 Software Developer Responsibilities: - develop and support booking solutions for travel industry Experience: - ASP.Net and related technologies - Software Development team coordination Satline, Kyiv, UKRAINE 10.2004 - 10.2005 Telecommunication Engineer Responsibilities: - satellite network operations - customer and end-user support Accomplishments: - established and improved enterprise business processes - ensured reliable network operations and development Experience: - computer network management for banking industry - Hughes DirecWay satellite solutions - IT project management (MSF, MOF, ITIL) - operating heterogeneous computer networks - embedded systems SoftServ, L'viv, UKRAINE 2.2004 - 10.2004 Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer Responsibilities: - establish and coordinate QA activities in the QAD team Accomplishments: - deployed tools for standard software development process support - developed automated testing applications based on AutomatedQA TestComplete tool - created automation solutions to support internal development processes Experience: - QAD MFG/PRO ERP system - business software development and deployment - standard software development and project management practices Celenia Software Development (Microsoft Business Solutions), Kyiv, UKRAINE 12.2002 - 2.2004 Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) Responsibilities: - plan and develop automated testing for Microsoft Business Solution (MBS) Navision development - perform manual and automated testing - test results evaluation and reporting - project tools maintenance Accomplishments (projects): - Outlook toolbar for MBS Navision: planned test activities and performed testing - Outlook synchronization component for the MBS Navision - solution for automating internal workforce management processes - Microsoft CRM integration for MBS Navision Experience: - Microsoft Solution Framework (MSF) - MBS Navision application architecture, C/SIDE programming environment - Microsoft technologies: Visual Studio.NET, SQL Server, VirtualServer, various platforms - Testing approaches and methodologies - AutomatedQA suite: TestComplete and AQdevTeam - software project management methodologies Extreme Telecom/Comptelnet, Kyiv, UKRAINE/Warsaw, POLAND 11.2001-10.2002 Telecommunications Engineer Responsibilities: - deploy and operate Cisco IP Contact Center (IPCC) Accomplishments: - deployed training IPCC installation - built IP telephony network based on the Cisco CallManager (CCM) - IP telephony network promoted to a full-featured IP Contact Center Experience: - Cisco AVVID technologies - Compaq/HP ProLiant hardware - team building, interpersonal communications Rutena (Infocom Satellite Communications), Kyiv, UKRAINE 3.2001-11.2002 Programmer Responsibilities: - operating corporate Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure - performing routine programming tasks Accomplishments: - ensured reliable VoIP services over continuous time-span Experience: - telecommunications basics, VoIP (References available on request) TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE IT project methodologies - Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF; Test and Release Management roles in particular) - Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF, ITIL; Changing and Supporting quadrants/Release and Support role clusters) - Scrum Business Solutions - MBS Navision - QAD MFG/PRO - Cisco IPCC - Mind CTI iPhonEX billing system - LHS BSCS billing system for GSM market IT project support tools - source control (Visual SourceSafe, SoS, Subversion, Mercurial) - project tracking (AutomatedQA AQdevTeam, Tree-Pine TestTrack, MS Exchange Server, Rational ClearQuest, Trac) Languages and technologies: - JavaScript, JScript, Transact-SQL, XML/XSLT; Visual Studio .NET, Delphi - Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite - J2EE and .Net interoperability based on OSS IIOP.Net library Open Source Software (OSS) Development - enterprise extensions for N2 web framework (http://code.google.com/p/n2contrib) - Drupal (http://drupal.org/user/485594) - Contributing to PHP compiler for .Net (Phalanger) EDUCATION Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI), Institute of Applied System Analysis (IASA) 1996-2002 Specialty: System Analysis and Control Degree/Qualification: Bachelor, Engineer CERTIFICATES Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) Completed level 1 exam for BSCS Trainer certification OTHER INFORMATION Language Proficiency: Ukrainian, Russian - mother tongues English, Polish - fluent German, Czech - basic Personal interests, hobbies: slow philosophical conversations updated: 2010-08-19, v.6 http://humgat.org/~estee/cv