TARAS STRYPKO

Software engineer (trainer, IT consultant)
with entrepreneurship background and fluent spoken English skills

1979-12-22

CONTACTS

	Tel:		+380 50 3529639
	Email:		esteewhy@hotmail.com
	Skype:		esteewhy
	LinkedIn:	http://www.linkedin.com/in/esteewhy
	Dev.profile:	http://masterbranch.com/developer/esteewhy

CORE COMPETENCIES

	.Net (ver. 1-4, ASP.Net MVC, LINQ, C#, EF, WCF)
	Drupal (ver. 6, PHP, NetBeans, Mercurial, Linux, Apache)
	Android (ver. 3+, Java, Eclipse IDE)
	Project management tools and methodologies (MSF)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
	
	9.2007 - present
	Contractor, CTO & freelance coder for such clients as:
	
	Eqme.ru
		- C# developer (WCF, MSSQL, jQuery, LINQ)
	MadCap.nl
		- Drupal web development (PHP, Linux, Mercurial)
	MasterKlass/Dimagine
		- chief technical officer for a telecom startup, trainer
	UniCredit Leasing
		- web app developer, hoster (ASP.Net, Drupal)
	Friends.UA
		- ASP.Net developer for a first national social network


	8.2006 - 1.2010
	Trainer, consultant, software architect
	(Kvazar-Micro Education Centre, Kyiv)
	
	- taught Microsoft courses for developers
	- led the development of in-house e-learning system (ASP.Net)
	- participated as a trainer in a GSM billing system (BSCS iX) deployment for MTS


	2.2006 - 12.2006
	ASP.Net developer
	(Pixell.de; Unwind Technology, Kyiv)
	
	- mastered skills in .Net programming (specificlly, imporved in-house OR/M component)
	- refactored legacy systems
	- migrated existing solution from PHP to ASP.Net 2


	10.2004 - 2.2006
	Telecom engineer
	(Satline/Nadrabank; Rutena Satellite Communications, Kyiv)
	
	- participated in corporate satellite network operations
	- in particular was responsible for VoIP services
	- attempted to establish ITIL/MOF best practices in everyday  activities
	- automated document flow
	- developed and supported network monitoring tools (HP OpenView, ASP.Net)


	2.2004 - 10.2004
	Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer
	(SoftServ, Lviv)

	- implemented MSF methodology in a ERP department
	- initiated the deployment of project tracking and service desk tools
	- automated testing activies (Silk Test, TestComplete)


	12.2002 - 2.2004
	Software Development Engineer in Test
	(Celenia Software Development/Microsoft Business Solutions, Kyiv)

	- participated in creation of project documentation
	- initiated the adoption of automated testing tools (TestComplete)
	- performed testing activities
	- assisted in managing software projects (MSF)


	11.2001 - 10.2002
	Telecom engineer
	(Extreme Telecom/Comptelnet, Kyiv, Warsaw, POLAND)

	- deployed call centre system (Cisco IPCC)
	- operated hardware (Compaq/HP ProLiant)
	- trained engineering staff


	2.2001 - 4.2003
	Programmer
	(Rutena/Infocom Satellite Communications, Kyiv)
	
	- administered commercial VoIP services (iPhonEX, Oracle)
	- developed custom software modules (gcc, FreeBSD, Tcl)
	- administered hardware (Cisco)

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE	
	IT project methodologies
		- Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF)
		- Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF, ITIL)
		- 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 (VSS, SoS, SVN, Mercurial, git, Bazaar)
		- project tracking (AQdevTeam, TestTrack, ClearQuest, Trac)
	Languages and technologies:
		- JavaScript, T-SQL, XML/XSLT; Visual Studio .NET
		- Oracle, MS 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)
		- Android / Java (http://code.google.com/p/wheelly)

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
		
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