Sebastian Paul Avarvarei - CV

Relevant Skills

• Web development (7 years): PHP, JavaScript, Ajax, HTML/DHTML, DOM, CSS, XML/XSLT/XSL-FO, SOAP.
• System administration: Linux (5 years) and Windows (6 years). Sendmail, Qmail, shell scripting, networking, web servers, SSL etc.
• Databases: SQL, RDBMS design; experience with MySQL (4 years), PostgreSQL (2 years) and Informix (2 years).
• Programming: C# / .Net (1 year), Java (2 years)
• Technical support and consulting for groupware and workflow solutions.
• Certifications (www.proteusworld.com/certifications):
  • Brainbench certifications for: PHP (Master Level), Computer Technical Support, Linux Administration, Windows NT Administration, RDBMS Concepts, RDBMS Developer, Informix DBA, HTML 4.0, Javascript and Perl Programming.
  • TMap Next testing methodology
  • Certified Engineer for Teamware Office (groupware) and Teamware Flow (workflow).
  • Informix Certification.

Employment history

10/2006 - present: Orange Nederland N.V.

• Project management for Intranet and Extranet projects (mostly ASP .Net), from specifications gathering to final deployment and validation.
• Management of external consultants (developers) working on-site.
• Administration and maintenance of company's Intranet.
• Updated the layout and the underlying technologies on Intranet and Extranet for improved efficiency and cross-browser compatibility.

06/2002 - 10/2006: Proteusworld.com

Working as freelancer on high-level projects for customers in Western Europe and USA, throughout the entire lifecycle: requirements analysis, development, implementation etc. Achieved close to 100% customer retention rate. Some projects:

• Developed for Keysource Belgium a complex Web-based system (PHP, Ajax, Linux, MySQL; 175,000 lines of code) which allows remote monitoring and control of over 600 computers for their customers. Other features: ticketing/issue tracking, reporting (WordML, XSL/XSLT, PDF), work time billing, cost analysis, Microsoft Exchange integration (WebDAV). The monitoring agents are developed in Delphi (Windows) and Python (Linux). XML is used for communicating with the agent and with the ERP system.

• Developed a C#/.Net application for migrating user accounts, mailboxes, calendars and address books from Teamware Office to Microsoft Exchange. WebDAV and CDOEX are used for interfacing with Exchange. Project size: 20,000 lines of code. Used by Prodata Systems Belgium at EU Council (multi-server phased migration, 8,000 accounts) and by TripleP Netherlands at Rijndam Revalidatiecentrum (550 accounts).

• Created an e-commerce system (PHP, Linux, MySQL; 27,000 lines of code) for www.ohanasoftware.com, featuring an extensive administrative interface for managing most aspects of the business.

• Developed DotComBlitz, a modular Web application (PHP, Linux, MySQL; over 20,000 lines of code) with features including: searching expired and soon to expire domains, search engine positioning, domain names commerce etc. It also implements a custom "multi-threading" system for parallelizing processing tasks. A central domain names repository has also been developed, which stores and processes some million domain names daily.

• Contract work with CNCS Ltd. Barbados for developing new modules for Achievo, a PHP application for project management and work time tracking.

• Enhancement of the Cicerone XML-based news delivery system (PHP) for Olliance Group.

• Consulting and implementation of Linux and Teamware groupware systems for customers such as: Clearvision-CM UK (www.clearvision-cm.com), Keysource (Belgium), CIP Tramelan (Switzerland), Belgium Railways etc.

• Development of various Java and PHP tools for processing XML data from the Teamware Office mail, document management and forum systems, and for exporting data to external systems (e.g. Outlook and Exchange mailboxes). Customers: Fujitsu Invia AB (Sweden), Perfect Communication (Denmark), RW Consult (Germany) etc.

10/2000 - 05/2002: Teamware Group - a Fujitsu company, Services & Support Division

• 3rd line technical support and consulting for groupware and workflow solutions on Windows, Linux and Solaris platforms, working with high profile customers like Belgium Navy, Belgium Railways, NORD/LB Bank etc.

• Validation project for the release of the Teamware wokflow platform. Testing integration scenarios with Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and Sybase.

• Initiated and completed projects for the integration of third party SSL encryption systems (OpenSSL, Stunnel) and mail systems (Sendmail, Qmail) with the company's groupware server: www.proteusworld.com/teamware/documentation.

• Technical presentations at the Teamware Expert Seminar, a workshop dedicated to the specialists in Teamware products.

• Made contributions to the Web system of the company's groupware application.

• Active participant in the company's internal discussion forums. Creator and administrator of the Teamware Office User Group.

10/1997 - 10/2000: Romus Trading & Development

• Pre/post sales technical support and consulting for groupware and workflow solutions (Teamware). Involved with RDBMS (Informix) and ERP (MAX) solutions.

• Coordinated a BPR and workflow implementation project at Aerostar Romania (military aeronautics - www.aerostar.ro). Delivered an RDBMS and SQL training course as part of the project.

• Technical coordinator of a 3 men team for localizing the Teamware Office Windows clients. I performed the building of the localized applications (Microsoft Visual C++) and the validation process.

• System administrator of company's groupware server.

• Bid and technical manager for various contracts (software, hardware and networking).

11/1995 - 10/1997: Intersoc Ltd.

• Database programming in FoxPro and VBA (Excel and Access). Fully rewritten the company's production and accounting applications.

• System administrator (Windows platforms).

Professional Training

• TMap Next testing methodologies (Netherlands, 09/2007)
• Web Communities Technical Induction (Finland, 05/2001).
• BPR Workshop - Capturing and analyzing business processes (UK, 03/2001).
• VB and ASP development using Teamware Flow API (UK, 03/2001).
• Informix RDBMS Technical Training - RDBMS design and SQL programming. Installation, administration and performance tuning of the Informix server (Romania, 10/1997).

Education

• Computer Science, Software Engineering specialization.

• Computer Science, Analyst Programmer specialization.
• Participated three times in the National Programming Contest, with excellent results.

Personal Information

• Languages: English (fluent), French (medium), Romanian (native).
• Strongly orientated towards problem solving and continuous learning.
• Team player, but also used to take on entire projects on my own.