Gheorghe (Gigi) ROMAN

- resume -

Email: roman_gigi@yahoo.com
web: http://www.oocities.org/roman_gigi/

WORK EXPERIENCE:

September 1992 - 1998
Military Technical Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Computer Science Department
Laboratory Chief Technical Assistant
Maintained database, tools and laboratory equipments.
Providing resources, supplies, assist teachers and students during the class hours and projects development.

1994 - 2001
Military Technical Academy,
Gateway to Internet
Web Developer
Computer Science Department Software, Hardware and Networking laboratory.
Maintained database, tools and laboratory equipments.
Provided resources, supplies, assist teachers and students during the class hours and projects development.
Developing the first military gateway to Internet and the computer network.
Built the http://www.mta.ro Web site and turned it into the first military Web site in Romania.

December 1996 - March 1998
Planeta Internet Magazine (a division of Planete Internet France)
Editor
Evaluated Romanian Web sites.
Translated magazine articles inside the Internet domain (English-Romanian), interviews, and articles with subjects viewing education, Romanian resources on the Web, IT etc.

Planeta Internet is the first Romanian magazine dedicated to the Internet, who tries to offer its readers the latest news in Internet and computing industry.

Sept1996 - Member of international jury to award Planete d'Or (Golden Planet) prize, by Planete Internet Magazine for the best Web sites in Romania.

May 1999- January 2001
The Romanian Presidency
Web Developer - Webadministrator
"Department of International Communication and Relationships with Romanians Abroad"
Designed, maintained and managed development of the Romanian Presidency web site (http://www.presidency.ro). Edited brochures and flyers with useful information for Romanians abroad. Assisted the Presidential Advisors (counselors) by request.

January 2000 - January 2001
Technical secretary of eRomania group
eRomania - IT&C initiative Romanian group created to promote and to show the importance of using higher technologies in administration, education, business, all major activity domains.
Organizing group activities, meetings, etc.

January 2001- April 2001
PIMS - PfP Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes
George C. Marshall Center
Webadministrator/ Tech Support
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
Designed, edited, updated PfP Consortium's web site, Study/Working group activities.
Maintained and managed development of online collaborative software toolsets housed on http://www.pfpconsortium.org web site. Toolsets managed allow for collaboration between academics and military planners from 43 nations and over 230 multinational organizations.

April 2001- September 2001
Synergy International - Romania
IT Expert (part time)

April 2001- September 2001
Ministry Of Defense - Romania
Webadministrator
Edited an Published and Designed in a team work the new web site for MoD (http://www.mapn.ro). Updated the web site with daily press releases, information about MoD and MoD activities. Created multimedia presentations about MoD activities viewing Romanian Army reform to be admitted in NATO.

September 2001 - present
Webadministrator/ Tech Support
PIMS - PfP Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes
George C. Marshall Center
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
Designed, edited, updated PfP Consortium's web site, Study/Working group activities.
Maintained and managed development of online collaborative software toolsets housed on http://www.pfpconsortium.org/ web site. Toolsets managed allow for collaboration between academics and military planners from 43 nations and over 300 multinational organizations. Documented, deployed, and automated standard operating procedures. Monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery for infrastructure.
Preparing the web site for the 4th Annual Conference in Moscow and 5th Annual Conference in Paris (2002) : online registration process, database updates, modifying scripts, collaborative work with web developers from Lithuania, US, Romania, Bulgaria.
Built and administrate a over 70 computers network with Internet access for the 5th Annual Conference in Paris purpose. Also installed wireless equipments, hubs, switches and printers.
Preparing and updating the web site for the 6th Annual Conference in Berlin 2003: database updates, modifying scripts, agenda, logistic information, registration, digitized photos.
Preparing the website for 7th Annual Conference in Bucharest 2004.

Other work experience:

Spring 2000: George C. Marshall Center/PfP Consortium, WG Assistant. I prepared and presented a demonstration for a class using Learning Management System as tool for distance learning.

Other projects initiated and developed with MooncellInc.com, Themis.ro and Economax.ro online marketing and advertising, customer database, online promotion for atracting customers and increasing sales. Duties have included; meeting and corresponding with clients, determining client needs, designing, producing, updating and managing web sites commercially, designing web graphics, logos and navigation systems for web sites and redesigning pre existing web sites, I have been the Project Manager on many projects in the last 5 years.

EDUCATION:

June 1988
Energetic High School, Iasi, Romania
Major: Mathematics and Physics

June 1992
Military Institute of Broadcasting Sibiu, Romania
Broadcasting - Networking Department

September 1996
Spiru Haret University of Bucharest, Romania.
Psychology and Sociology Department.

July 1996
"Cours d'Ete-francophones de formation a la vie diplomatique" organized by Fondation européenne Titulescu - Romania

December 1997
Statistical-Social School organized by Foundation for Open Society at CEPES -UNESCO Bucharest.

September 2000 - September 2001
Cisco Networking Academy (CCNA)
4 Semesters

February 2001 - April 2001
Foreign Language Training Center Europe - George C. Marshall Center Germany
English language - Advanced Course

January 2002
Foreign Language Training Center Europe - George C. Marshall Center
German language - Course

March 2003
Mons - Belgium
VSAT satelite networking, building and maintaining - Course.

Technical abilities:
- Exhibits analytical skills to diagnose and resolve problems at a program level
- Experience in benchmarking and/or performance management
Internet search and research & Networking development
Good knowledge of Web sites design and developing
Familiar with Red Hat Linux/SUN OS/UNIX
Familiar with Windows 95/98NT/2000/XP
Familiar with network protocols
Familiar with Perl programming and SQL datatabase
Experience with search engines and directories, search and research on the Internet, online marketing and advertising tools.

PERSONAL SKILLS:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong customer focus and relationship skills
- Self-motivated team player, with the ability to thrive under pressure
- Can exhibit initiative and promote continual review and improvement
- Displays organization skills to prioritize requests and effectively maintain work activities

PUBLISHED ARTICLES

1996 - INI Bucharest, Conference of Science "Using IT in educational science"
1997 - CMC Bucharest, Conference of Science "Internet in research and education"

Planeta Internet magazine
December 1997 - January 1998: A large series of articles about Romanian Resources on the Internet
January 1997: Using Internet in Education Emoticons: how to express our emotions on the Internet
April 1997: Using IT in education process
May 1997: Cyber Psychology
October 1997: Memories from a trip in Internet's home; Cyber-police, real and virtual
January 1998: Who's the faster on the Internet; To the education of XXI century
August 1998: Linux the OS of the future (part 1)
September 1998: Linux the OS of the future (part 2)

AWARD: The National Order "The Loyal Service", conferred by the Romanian President on December the 1st, 2000, the National Day of Romania, by the Presidential Decree from 01 December 2000, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, the 01.12.2000.

1996 - Member of international jury to award Planete d'Or (Golden Planet) prize, by Planete Internet Magazine for the best Web sites in Romania.

HOBBIES / PRIVATE INTERESTS:

Foreign languages: very good knowledge of English, (reading, writing, speaking); g
ood French. basic German.
Literature, Photo, Skiing.