Andrew V. Podosenin

Objective

To attain a position offering my professional expertise and knowledge in senior Information Systems administration to further enhance organizational goals.

executive profile

Information Technology Executive with 13 years of diverse Domestic and International experience, thorough knowledge of business systems, procedures and technology developments trends. Ability to build, motivate, retain and lead multi-disciplined culturally diverse work teams. Excel in determining the overall strategic direction, providing technology vision and leadership, directing the information and data integrity of the company. Creative approach to problem solving with the ability to avoid and resolve crisis situations. Solid experience examining requirements, determining ROI, creating budgets, controlling cost and creating strategy plans. Progressive record of advancement and accomplishments based on delivery of quality product and customer service. Excellent communication, strategic planning, critical thinking and resource management skills.

technical Summary

 

n     Hardware

Broad experience with PC, Mac, Sun, SGI hardware and a wide range of routing, switching and storage devices and appliances

 

n     Operating Environments

DOS, Windows 3.1, 9x, Me, Netware 5, Windows NT 3.5 - 2000, Unix (Linux, Solaris)

 

n     Networking Technologies

Complete maintenance of multi-domain Windows NT Enterprise, Mac-UNIX-Netware-NT interoperability, corporate Intranet, traffic analysis and optimization, unattended client management.

 

n     Enterprise Management

Backup (Arcserve, Veritas, Arkeia), Antivirus (NAI, Symantec, TrenMicro), Enterprise Management Tools (Aelita), IP Monitoring (IPSWITCH What’s Up, HP OpenView), Systems Inventory (ZAK 2001)

 

n     Data Warehousing

Installation and maintenance MS SQL 6.5 - 2000, Oracle 8/NT. Development of client software in MS Access, integration of MS SQL and IIS. Data modeling and database design.

 

n     Security

Proxy servers and firewalls (PIX, Gauntlet, CheckPoint/Nokia, RadGuard, SonicWall/NAI/3COM, WatchGuard, NetScreen/Netopia, Elron, FortKnox, Sygate, Wingate), Security analyzers (CyberCop, WebTrends, ISS, Nessus, nmap), Intrusion Detection Systems (Real Secure), Enterprise Authentication and Authorization Systems (Tivoli Policy Director, Netegrity SiteMinder)

 

n     Internet

Mail servers (Exchange, Sendmail, Imail) and mail gateways, Web (IIS, iPlanet and Apache), News, FTP, DNS, DHCP, PGP, WINS, PointCast, Load Generators (LoadRunner, Loadg, WebLoad, Benchmark Factory, WebHammer, MS Capacity Planning Tool, WebPerformance Trainer), Traffic Analyzers (WildPackets Etherpeek, Observer, Sniffer, Fluke OptiView), Log Analyzers (Web Trends, SawMill, WatchPoint), Load Balancers (MetaIP, Resonate), SLA support tools (Dynamic Access, Link Analyst

 

n     Management and planning

Substantial experience in requirement analysis, technical specifications development, capacity planning, budgeting, ROI and TCO. Complete lifecycle project management and team management. Experience in providing customer-tailored turnkey solutions.

Professional experience

 

5/2000 – present     Senior Analyst, Netcom Group Leader                              Progressive Strategies, New York, NY

 

Administrative and technical responsibilities include:

·         Hands-on analysis of modern networking, security, systems management and storage equipment

·         Preparation of a variety of competitive intelligence documents (Competitive Product Analysis, Competitive Sales Guide, Competitive Market Analysis, Competitive Market Tracking)

·         Market trend analysis and presentations to sales force

·         Management of analysts and junior analysts

·         Complete project workflow and deliverables tracking

·         Proposals and presentations preparation for clients

·         Development and implementation of several corporate technology innovation programs

·         Overseeing the corporate security and data processing technologies.

·         Substituting systems administrator in emergency situations

10/1999 – 5/2000     Director of Technology and Operations                              StockBack.com LLC, New York, NY

 

Administrative responsibilities include:

·         Management of the architectural design, implementation, maintenance and growth of a heterogeneous multi-tier e-commerce Web site.

·         Development of staffing plan and management of subsequent recruiting efforts.

·         Management of the following teams: WAN engineers, load testers, UNIX operators, LAN engineers, security specialists.

·         Development of documentation on operational procedures, systems usage policies, emergency and escalation procedures, systems architecture.

·         Engineering of a business recovery program recovery of all Data Processing and Data Communications systems including selection of vendor, outlining recovery measures, and completion of recovery exercises.

·         Design and implementation of multi-variable performance and scalability analysis of the existing installation, development of capacity-driven upgrade plan.

·         Hands-on involvement with major operational aspects of UNIX, DB, security devices, networking equipment and  LAN equipment.

4/1999 – 10/1999     Infrastructure Architect                                                               Live Person, New York, NY

 

Reported directly to the President. Administrative responsibilities included:

·         Management of Extranet infrastructure. Testing, configuration and implementation of the new systems architecture with attention to distributed high availability, performance and scalability. Resulting system was based on several Web server farms and database clusters collocated at Tier-1 ISPs with local and geographic load balancing and secure real-time database replication over VPN.

·         Design of the corporate LAN and implementation of policies for users and MIS personnel.

·         Evaluation, deployment and support of back-end groupware and collaboration tools.

·         Supervision of all MIS aspects of the new branch office in San Francisco.

·         Implementation and maintenance of connectivity between New York and San Francisco offices over secure VPN.

·         Implementation of procedures for security and performance analysis of POP Internet installations.

·         Implementation of real-time Web server log acquisition and processing.

·         Management of junior personnel of MIS Department, coordination of relationship with consultants and equipment vendors.

·         Standardization and centralization of hardware and software purchasing resulting in cost savings and training benefits.

8/ 1998  – 3/ 1999           Director of Technology                                        Eleon Corporation LLC, New York, NY

 

Was one of the founders of a bi-lingual internet portal for Russian-speaking community. Responsibilities included:

·         Management of the entire software development and systems administration effort.

·         Implementation of a heterogeneous UNIX-based system including public mail server, search engine, banner server and virtual helpdesk.

·         Senior team lead efforts in directing teams of systems administrators and software engineers in US, Russia and Ukraine with follow-the-sun workday.

 

7/1997 – present              President and CEO                                         Uranius Enterprises, Inc., Brooklyn, NY         

Started and managed a small consulting company specializing in strategic forward-thinking technology, re-engineering, database design, business analysis and enterprise development. As President, I am responsible for overseeing all aspects of finance, accounting and reporting, taxes, business forecasting and planning, purchasing, employee benefits, insurance and risk management, legal, treasury, and other administrative functions.

5/ 1994  – 3/ 1999           Technical Director of Information Services                            NutriPlus LLC, New York, NY

 

Chief technical professional of a multi-level marketing company with gross sales over fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) that operated in former CIS countries and Israel. Responsibilities included administrative and technological aspects of Information Management of Business Computing. Was in charge of per-goal and per-project budgets, capacity planning, technology evaluation, and relationship with vendors. Was hands-on with all the projects both on administration and the development sides. Conducted projects from inception to implementation which included; analysis, requirements, design, proposals, documentation, project control, coding, testing, training and installing. Predicted user growth and future business requirements maximizing business productivity. Preparation of comprehensive studies and proposals for voice and data networks including project initiation, evaluation and technology requirements. Take a leadership role in adopting and integrating new technologies, platforms, etc. into the organization. Managed all areas of the Corporate Data Center, including Computer Operations, Application Programming, Telecommunications Supported NutriPlus in achieving its mission by effectively using information and information technologies to improve business processes, profitability and productivity and to enable competitive advantage. Demonstrated record of coordinating with multiple business units while keeping other company executives apprised of progress against stated objectives. Provided technological consultations for Branch Offices, partners and vendors. Designed, implemented, documented and maintained MIS projects such as LAN/WAN, Intranet/Extranet, Help Desk, Data Warehousing, Data Security and Document Processing as follows.

 

LAN/WAN projects included design, capacity planning, implementation and support of 100Base-TX multi-domain Windows NT network with entire set of maintenance facilities: anti-virus, backup, user and node management traffic analysis and security monitoring. Migrated the Corporate Office form Win3.X/Win95 mixture to Windows NT 4.0 /Back Office and Office Productivity Tools. Participated in negotiations of new voice and data telecommunications agreements with major carriers to reduce operating expense. Installed a PC based Bulletin Board System and Ticketing System to support operations automation.

 

Internet/Intranet projects included implementation and support of multiple internal and external multi-platform Web, mail, ftp, and news servers. Server performance monitoring and log analysis was part of the job. Scripting and coding was required for the package and technology interface. Participated in coordination of introduction to US market through e-commerce Internet portal as a technical project coordinator and a liaison to vendors.

 

Security projects included analysis of internal and perimeter security and implementation of measures aimed at improvement of corporate security posture and deployment of encryption and security tools for remote computing. Research and evaluation of emerging security-related technologies was carried out, which resulted in redesign of corporate policies, standards, and guidelines for information security. Implementation of security management tools for monitoring, intrusion detection and reporting was performed.

 

Data Warehousing projects included porting MS Access databases and MS Excel data to MS SQL 6.5, overseeing the development of MLM distributor databases and commission calculation modules, transferring MS SQL 6.5 databases to MS SQL 7.0, development of ASP modules for Internet database access and preparation for porting all of the above to Oracle 8 on NT and x86 Solaris.

 

9/1994 – 8/1998            Adjunct Professor, Assistant Professor                       Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY

 

Responsibilities included maintenance of LAN, Intranet, Extranet, SGI Workstation and NT/UNIX integration as well as overseeing and training junior technical staff. Additionally, responsibilities included Web-based computer centered education and course-related content development. Provided recommendations for Divisional computational strategy. Provided numerous consultations on computational implementations of scientific projects. Conducted seminars on numerical methods of computation. Taught mathematics courses to junior students.

9/1986 – 5/1991          Salaried Engineer and Consultant                               Various Employers, Leningrad, Russia

 

Several positions in data modeling and programming with Research Institutions of Russian Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. Daily duties mostly involved numerical data analysis, software development and statistical data modeling.

highlights of aCcomplishments

§         Recruited and trained a fully functional Data Center Systems Support Department in less than 3 months.

§         Converted the back-end of an Internet start-up company from one computer to two fully redundant server farm installation with network and data tolerance and dynamic load distribution.

§         Successfully manages teams of administrators and developers in US and overseas. Implemented follow-the-sun workday paradigm and dynamic effort redistribution based on global rollout schedules.

§         Built the back-end of an Internet portal with major functionalities in 3 months in time and on budget.

§         Implement data and security interfaces between US and International offices.

§         Converted a mixture of Win 3.1/Win95 workstations into a redundant multi-domain Windows NT network with the entire set of monitoring and management tools.

EDucation

 

1992 – 1997      MS and Ph.D./Chemistry                                                  New York University, New York, NY

Specialization in quantum mechanics and computer-assisted drug design. Data modeling and heavy multi-platform data processing. Programming needs required substantial knowledge of FORTRAN, C/C++, Perl, shell scripting, HTML and Java.

1995 – 1997      MS/Computer Science, requirements completed                        Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY

Specialization in Object-Oriented software development. Web-enable project in Java with CASE methodology in Rational Rose was developed for MS Thesis.

1986 - 1991       MS Equivalent/Chemistry                                 Leningrad State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Developed specific numerical models for simulation of chemical and engineering processes for multiple clients including the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR.

References

 

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4211 highland ave., • Brooklyn NY 11224

Phone (718)-266-7441 • cell (917)-364-5691

E-mail a.podosenin@uranius.com