ALEX POPOV
contact: alex at seidlitz dot ca
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PROFILE
- Over 18 years of experience in high-tech industries: 9 years in various IT professional roles plus 9 years in Electronics and Biomedical Engineering.
- Project Manager experience: working as a biomedical engineer identified complex requirements and developed implementation plans for equipping Hemodialysis, Radiology and Intensive Care departments in hospitals throughout Russia. Managed highly complex projects involving multiple vendors, service providers and implementation teams. Participated in management of complex IT projects.
- Organized manufacturing process for electronic equipment, managed parts inventory, purchasing, shipping & receiving. Implemented quality control system and organized technical support. Supervised and coached technicians.
- Accomplished Systems Administrator with experience in various enterprise IT roles from help-desk analyst to server, network, web and database administrator. Capable of establishing IT infrastructure, policies, processes and developing metrics to monitor operations.
- In-depth knowledge of Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS). Experienced with data modeling, schema design, normalization and de-normalization, ETL, preparation of operational and analytical reports, query and database performance tuning.
- Competent Software Developer with experience in all stages of software development cycle including requirements analysis, design, implementation, validation and maintenance. Worked on projects in Java, Flex, PHP, Ruby, Objective-C, Javascript and C#. Developed mobile applications for iPhone/iPad platform.
- Strong communicator, capable of establishing working relationships with various stakeholder groups, team members and external partners. Worked as a Team Lead, coached junior staff members, developed and coordinated team building program.
- Effective analyst and problem solver.
- Have experience working in very diverse environments: from military, small and medium business to public sector and non-for profit volunteer organizations.
- OpenBSD enthusiast and port maintainer, interested in Erlang OTP, CouchDB, JavaScript and OS X Cocoa development
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2006 to present
JUSTICE INSTITUTE of BRITISH COLUMBIA
New Westminster, BC
System Administrator, Web and Data Services
- Managed database and application projects and implementation initiatives using project management disciplines;
- Setup and managed project tracking system and repositories, performed requirements analysis, scheduled milestones and releases, tracked project progress and issues, communicated project status updates to stakeholder groups, supervised and coordinated work of sub-contractors and consultants.
- Lead database administrator for the large post-secondary institution. Developed and optimized database schemas for transactional and analytical applications.
- Developed, implemented and maintained processes, procedures, standards and methodologies necessary to support mission critical databases and applications: Financial, Student Information, Online Course Delivery and other enterprise systems. Researched, evaluated and recommended hardware and software solutions.
- Having lots of fun with database servers, webservers, J2EE Servers and a whole bunch of other interesting systems.
- 10 database servers;
- 500 GB of data;
- 20 web servers;
- 300 users;
- Implementation, administration, integration and support of accounting, online course delivery and student information systems
- Agresso, Blackboard, WebCT, Training Partner, TP Online
- Keysurvey, NC4 E-Team, Adobe Flash Media Server, Sirsi, Raiser's Edge, Aralco Retail
- Dokuwiki, Nagios, Smokeping, Confio Ignite, Subversion, Mercurial, RT Request Tracker, Redmine Project Manager
- Participated in the coordination of IT activities with of other Colleges and Institutions, software vendors and in the management of vendor contracts.
- Enterprise application development in Java, C#, Ruby, PHP and Flex.
- Participated in business process mapping and optimization, performed internal ISO 9001 audits.
2003 to 2006
LEGGETT AND PLATT CANADA CO.
Langley, BC
System Administrator
2005-2006 Application Development Manager
2003-2005 Network and System Administrator
- Developed and supported in-house database applications and reporting systems, designed operational reports.
- As member of the branch management team participated in implementation of ISO 9001 Quality Management System, developed policies and procedures, performed internal quality audits.
- Developed and implemented IT policies and internal controls for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
- Participated in implementation of innovative Scanning and Optimization system for the lumber industry.
- Performed database administration and support of the financial, manufacturing and inventory management systems in demanding manufacturing environment.
- Primarily responsible for administration and support of network connecting 8 branch offices and lumber mills across Canada and the US with 200 users and 30 servers in a demanding manufacturing environment.
- Deployed and supported corporate Spam Filtering gateway (OpenBSD/postfix/spamassasin/amavisd).
- Setup and configuration of firewalls and VPN connections between the branch offices.
- Installed and managed Helpdesk and Request Tracking software.
- Implemented and administered network wide systems and services monitoring and centralized log processing across mixed Windows and UNIX servers using open source tools.
2002 - 2003
BEST BUY / FUTURE SHOP CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
Burnaby, BC
Technical Support Specialist
Enterprise Help Desk for 8,500 users in Head office and 100 stores across Canada.
- Participated in 24/7 technical support of network infrastructure and application software in Corporate Headquarters, Distribution Centres and more than 100 stores across Canada.
- Administration, support and troubleshooting of Windows 2000, IBM RS/6000 (AIX 4.5) servers, file system administration, backup and recovery, tape drives and RAID storage, server startup and shutdown procedures, writing of administration scripts in shall and Perl, Cisco Routers and Catalyst Switches, WAN DataSmart DSU/CSU modems and Nortel Frame Relay and PBX equipment. Provided first level support for in-house inventory control applications.
2000 - 2002
YOUNG ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS Inc.
Richmond, BC
Technical Support Engineer
Technical Support, System Administration and Development
- Responsible for organization of manufacturing processes, quality control and technical support.
- Managed manufacturing inventory and bills of materials, purchasing and shipping & receiving.
- Participated in development of hardware, firmware and software for environmental gas analyzers, data logging and analytical products.
- Supervised and trained technicians.
- Maintained manufacturing ERP system, developed in house Quality Control and Return Merchandize Authorization systems and operational reports.
- Performed network and systems administration.
1993 - 1999
MEDCOMPLEX Ltd.
Moscow, Russia
Biomedical Engineer
Installation and support of medical equipment in major hospitals across Russian Federation.
- Performed requirements analysis and developed implementation plans for equipping Hemodialysis, Radiology and Intensive Care Departments in hospitals throughout Russia.
- Managed complex projects involving multiple vendors, consultants, service providers and implementation teams.
- Managed vendor and partner relations, negotiated contracts, organized company’s presence during international exhibitions.
- Participated in all stages of healthcare equipment projects from pre-sales support, negotiations, planing, implementation, launch, post-implementation support and end-user training.
- Managed project portfolio worth over $5,000,000.
EDUCATION
- 2010: Fundamentals of Project Management (Refresher, 24 hours)
- 2009: Justice Institute of BC - Conflict Resolution Program Levels 1 & 2 (Certificate, 48 h)
- 2008: Justice Institute of BC - ISO 9001 Internal Auditor (Refresher, 4 hours)
- 2004: ISO 9001 Internal Auditor (Certificate, 24 hours)
- 2004: Continuous Improvement Process (Certificate, 24 hours)
- 2003: BCIT - Certificate in Network Administration (2 years part-time program)
- 1998: Bellco SpA, Italy - Advanced Hemodialysis Engineer training (3 weeks)
- 1996: Bellco SpA, Italy - Hemodialysis Service Engineer training (3 weeks)
- 1993: Bauman Moscow State Technical University - Electrical Engineering (Diploma in Engineering, 6 years full-time program)