TARAS STRYPKO

ADDRESS
	Tel: +380 50 3529639
	Email: estee@gazeta.pl
	MSN: esteewhy@hotmail.com

EMPLOYMENT

	Kvazar-Micro Education Centre, Kyiv, UKRAINE
	8.2006 - present
	Trainer, consultant

	Responsibilities:
		- perform Microsoft education programms
		- participate in in-house software development
		- consulting services for telecoms
	Achievements:
		- 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 learning management system
	Experience:
		- variety of a recent enterprise technologies (Microsoft)
		- BSCS iX billing system for GSM market
		- presentation and communication skills

	Unwind Technonogies, Kyiv, UKRAINE
	7.2006 - 12.2006
	Software Developer

	Responsibilities:
		- develop online trade support system for financial
		  institution
	Achievements:
		- 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
	Achievements:
		- 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
	Achievements:
		- 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, 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
	Achievements (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)
	Achievements:
		- 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
	Achievements:
		- 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)
	Business Solutions 
		- MBS Navision
		- QAD MFG/PRO
		- Cisco IPCC
		- Mind CTI iPhonEX billing system
	IT project support tools
		- source control (Visual SourceSafe, Subversion)
		- project tracking (AutomatedQA AQdevTeam, Tree-Pine TestTrack, MS Exchange Server, Rational ClearQuest)
	Languages and technologies:
		- JavaScript, JScript, Transact-SQL, XML/XSLT; Visual Studio .NET, Delphi
		- Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server
		- 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) 

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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