Employment history

March 2007 - March 2008

IT Manager, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Moscow, Russia

February 2006 - February 2007

Test Editor, "Moto" magazine, Moscow, Russia

Septebmer 2003 - August 2005

Network Protocols Specialist, British Council/Geoquip Ltd., Wirksworth, Derbyshire, UK

May 2001 - May 2002

Technical Manager, AMSCO - UNDP, Nairobi, Kenya

December 1997 - May 2001

Internet Department Head, Narzan Network, Kislovodsk, Russia.

Jun 1996 - November 1997

Senior Systems/Network Administrator, Doninvest Bank. Taganrog, Russia.

Sep 1991- May 1996

Student, Taganrog State University of Radioengineering, Taganrog, Russia - MS in programming.

July 1990 - Jun 1991 (during study at secondary school)

Systems/Network Administrator, half-time, Pyatigorsk State Institute of Foreign Languages, Pyatigorsk, Russia.

IT Manager, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Moscow, Russia

Duties

• Network support and troubleshooting (Cisco routers and switches).
• Servers equipment support and troubleshooting (HP servers, Win 2003).
• IT Projects management, planning and budgeting.
• End user support for two independent locations (ITIL/Remedy).

Projects completed

• IT Infrastructure Migration Project.
• Remedy implementation for Russia.
• Host Intrusion Protection System (HIPS) deployment for Russia.

Test Editor, "Moto" magazine, Moscow, Russia

Duties

• Test-riding new and used motorcycles and writing articles describing the results of such tests
• Translating articles of world-known motorcycle journalist Alan Cathcart (from English to Russian)
• Writing various articles about motorcycle mechanics, road racing, performance tuning etc.
• Attending biggest world motorcycle events and reporting on them for the magazine

Projects completed (including projects completed as a freelance journalist before the formal employment)

• Program and requirements for motorcycle road testing
• Series of articles called "Metal Training" (race technologies, MotoGP, SBK, Endurance, etc.)
• The first and so far the only personal interview for Russian media with 7 times world champion Valentino Rossi.
• First introduced datalogging for motorcycles testing in Russia
• Covered a number of MotoGP, WSB, BSB and club racing events, Drag Racing an Santa Pod Raceway.
• Commented on multiple MotoGP events for Russian Eurosport TV channel

Network Protocols Specialist, Geoquip Ltd., Wirksworth, Derbyshire, UK

Duties

• Develop and build a prototype of a redundant industrial-spec Ethernet network
• Develop a software interface to allow legacy hardware to be connected to the named network
• Upgrade Research and Design department LAN (personal initiative)
• Network administartion for R&D LAN (personal initiative)

Projects completed

• Redundant industrial-spec Ethernet network (Gthernet) for perimeter security applications
• Software interface between Geoquip legacy hardware, Gthernet and DataLog security management server
• R&D LAN and servers farm upgrade (DMZ, IDS, file/print/fax server, broadband internet, etc)
• Point-to-point Gthernet link with VoIP capabilities for HMP Maghaberry, NI
• New DSP-based Ethernet-enabled fence analyser (DefensorIP)

Technical Manager, AMSCO, Nairobi, Kenya

Duties

• Lead all technical personnel
• Insure infrastructure security
• Plan infrastructure development
• Consult on new technologies
• Implement new services
• Perform educational work
• Systems/network administration
• Communication with clients

Team

Fourteen engineers in the main office plus two administrators in other towns

Projects completed

• Company security policy and awareness program
• Network monitoring system with notification via pagers/SMS
• Technical staff training (continuos)

Internet Department Head, Narzan Network, Kislovodsk, Russia.

Duties

• Narzan Network main node servers administration (5 Linux servers and one WinNT server)
• Leading technical projects for all Narzan Network nodes
• Developing and updating security plan
• Developing and implementing network security policies/procedures
• Personally responsible for DMZ operation (2 filtering, one application-level firewalls and some ACLs on Cisco)
• Maintaining internal network (about 150 workstations in 3 offices over the city)
• Helping and mentoring junior admins
• Planning network growth and bandwidth upgrades
• Making decision on futher hardware needs
• Tier-3 user support
• Maintaining network documentation up-to-date
• Technical documentation translation (mostly English-Russian)

Team

Three engineers at Kislovodsk node plus five field engineers in other towns

Projects completed

• Migration from WinNT+Cisco to Linux platform.
• Narzan Network Security Enhancements
• Narzan Extranet Project
• Jeleznovodsk town node
• Pyatigorsk town node
• Min-vody town node
• Lermontov town node
• Fast Ethernet fiberoptic WAN
• Digital subscription-free dial-in system (Digi DataFire plus two E1-R2 links)

Senior Systems/Network Administrator, Doninvest Bank. Taganrog, Russia.

Duties

• Novell Netware 3.12 server/network administration
• LAN maintenance
• SCO Unix server administration (X.25 gateway)
• Backup and crash recovery duties
• Leased lines configuration and support
• Plastic cards payment terminals network support
• LAN users support
• Technical translation (mainly documentation and manuals, English-Russian)

Team

Two engineers and one technician.

Projects completed

Plastic cards payment infrastructure

Salary-on-card project for Taganrog Automobile Plant “TKZ”

Systems/Network Administrator, half-time, Pyatigorsk State Institute of Foreign Languages, Pyatigorsk, Russia.

Duties

• LAN support and troubleshooting
• Developing various system utilities for DOS and Windows 3.11
• Network cabling
• LAN users support

Team

Part of three engineers technical team

Projects completed:

LAN deployment (two classrooms)