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VADIM PARIZHER

5107 Chimineas Ave. US Citizen

Tarzana, CA 91356 vxp@yahoo.com (818) 342-9322

Education

Expected 2005 M.B.A Candidate, Pepperdine University

1997 M.S. Computer Science, CSU Northridge

1995 B.S. Computer Science (Mathematics Minor), Cum Laude, CSU Northridge

Certifications Certified in Java and RDBMS by BrainBench

Technical

Summary J2EE, J2SE, J2ME, JFC, JDBC, XML, JNI, JavaMail, JMF, EJB, Servlets, JSP, SQL, C/C++, Motif, Perl, UNIX/Windows Script Languages, ASP, UNIX, Windows, OS/400, VMS, WebSphere & CommerceSuite, DB2, MQ Series, Oracle, UML.

Experience

September 1998 Danone / Water Division, Pasadena, CA

To August 2002 (Danone is a $15 billion international food conglomerate with over 80,000 employees, operating in over 100 countries, producing products such as Evian and Sparkletts water.)

Project Manager (Lead Java developer and architect)

·         Lead architect for all aspects of company?s Java development.

·         Architect for enterprise applications based on general business requirements.

·         Managing and mentoring Java developers, established development standards and guidelines while spending over 50% of time as a hands-on lead Java developer.

·         Established code versioning and configuration management methodologies.

·         Led a team of 2-4 developers and collaborated with architects from Sun Microsystems on design, development, testing and implementation of the n-tier enterprise application for consumer delivery service using J2SE, JFC, JDBC, JNI, Wireless, TCP/IP, JavaMail, DB2, Oracle, AS/400, Unix, Windows. Total cost of the project was $15M.

·         Developed GUIs using JFC/Swing API and third party components. Co-developed framework for GUI development and enforced its use throughout the project.

·         Worked on persistent data-access layer. Ensured the policy of separating data, business logic and presentation layers.

·         Worked extensively on many-to-one database replication in Oracle and UDB environments across multiple operating systems (AS/400-Unix-Windows). Addressed multiple issues related to performance, stability and data integrity at the client layer.

·         Implemented and managed nationwide wireless service via Cingular Wireless over Mobitex protocol.

·         Implemented and managed nationwide satellite service via Norcom over Mobitex protocol.

·         Developed application wireless tier using JNI. Developed a system of on-line wireless monitoring.

·         Ensured maximum application availability. Used JNI to access low-level database functions used for self-monitoring and low-level error recovery.

·         Developed various database, wireless and hardware monitoring systems using JavaMail for instant notification.

·         Designed remote software distribution component based on Java via FTP.

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·         Incorporated multimedia into Java application using JMF.

·         Joined team at the beginning of the project.

·         Developed business logic for components in areas such as Billing, Inventory Control, Route Accounting, Customer Relations, Pricing, Point-of-Sale.

·         Participated in architectural designs on B2C Web (using WebSphere and MQ Series) and PeopleSoft projects.

·         Evaluated application server and web application development tools.

·         Developed internal thin-client applications using Servlets/JSP.

·         Evaluating and recommending vendor services and products.

·         Participated on an ECommerce project developed by offshore developers located in India.

·         Documented designs using Rational UML.

Fall 2002 UCLA Extension, University, Westwood, CA

Part-Time Lecturer

·         Developed a course on J2ME. Scheduled to teach students the concept of programming in Java in a severe memory and processor constraint environment.

May 2000 California State Polytechnic, University, Pomona, CA

To April 2002 Part-Time University Lecturer

·         Teaching undergraduate Java/C/C++ courses at Computer Science Department.

·         Received top-tier peer and student reviews for every class taught.

June 1994 Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA

To September 1998 Member of the Technical Staff

·         Responsible for architecture, design and development of client-server based image processing applications.

·         Developed, tested and implemented two-tier data-flow visualization and control application using C++, Java, Motif, AWT, TCP/IP, Unix.

·         Developed image visualization and enhancement applications.

·         Worked with scientists on requirements analysis.

·         Used Motif and C++ in UNIX and X Windows environment.

·         Developed program to process spacecraft housekeeping data.

·         Participated in coding real-time displays for spacecraft data.

·         Participated in both design and coding stages.

·         Used object-oriented technology to create reusable GUI components.

·         Developed framework to be used by other programmers.

·         Participated on the software process improvement team.

·         Was among the first to successfully propose and manage Java-based project.

·         Developed Java clients with AWT and TCP/IP over Sockets.

·         Reviewed and commented on the early specification for Java Advanced Imaging API.

June 1991 Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA

To June 1994 PC Support Specialist

RECOGNITIONS: Latest project at Danone was featured in an article on the front page of Computerworld magazine in June 1999 issue; MidrangeServer.com in August 2002 (http://www.midrangeserver.com/mso/mso080602-story02.html); Challenge magazine (French financial publication) in February 2001. It is being scheduled to appear as a case study for IBM and for Broadbeam Co., the leader in wireless middleware market.