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Ari Pollak Boston, MA |
Web:
aripollak.com Email: 04p31fe02@sneakemail.com |
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Extensive experience with Debian & Red Hat GNU/Linux, Solaris, Windows 95 through Server 2003 system/network administration, familiar with Macintosh & BSD
- Programming experience:
- Languages (in order of fluency): Python, sh/bash, C, C++, Java, Ruby, Perl, Perl, PHP, Pascal, SQL, LaTeX, HTML/CSS
- Frameworks: Android, GTK+, Django, Tk, Swing
EXPERIENCE:
Compete, Inc. (Boston, MA)August 2009 - Present (Senior Software Engineer)
Compete, Inc. (Boston, MA)
May 2006 - July 2009 (Software Engineer)
Aastra Telecom (Billerica, MA)
June 2005 - December 2005 (Software Engineer)
- Fixed bugs and implemented new features for CNX conference bridge device based on embedded Linux
- Used cross-architecture toolchains, C, C++, and CORBA for developing device-side applications
- Interfaced directly with various on-board hardware controllers in both user-space and kernel-space drivers
- Developed Java applet for administration of CNX device using Swing and CORBA
- Worked with H.323, SIP, PRI, and RBS standards through Asterisk and Linux kernel modules
- Fixed several issues with high call load under SIP & H.323
- Wrote prototype Linux kernel driver for onboard SPI bus and part of FXS daughterboard driver to interface with Zaptel and Asterisk
The Gillette Company (South Boston, MA)
July 2004 - December 2004 (Global Intel Server Management)
- Performed ongoing hardware and software maintenance of Windows server environment, including VMWare ESX Server and virtual machines.
- Wrote a unified GUI tool in Perl to automate many common operations on hundreds of Windows servers in an Active Directory domain
- Migrated hundreds of servers from an NT4 domain into Windows 2003-based Active Directory; wrote Perl scripts to automate much of the process
- Performed disaster recovery testing on Windows 2000 and 2003 servers with HP OmniBack and EMC Data Manager backup systems.
- Taught introductory Perl course for other Intel Server team members
Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science (Boston, MA)
June 2003 - December 2003 (Microsoft Technology Consultant)
- Automated network-wide tasks in Perl using CGI, WMI, and ADSI technologies
- Evaluated, tested, secured, and deployed new Microsoft products including Windows Server 2003, IIS 6, and many MSDN development tools
- Implemented two-way password synchronization between UNIX/Linux and Windows hosts as part of a single sign-on effort
- Set up a secure, usable IIS 6 server for use by all CCIS users, similar to a CGI server already in place, with support for ASP/ASP.NET; Wrote automated administrative tools in Perl/Win32/WMI/ADSI and web-based user tools in PerlScript/ASP
Volunteer Work
Present
- Debian GNU/Linux developer: release and maintain software for the Debian project; diagnose and fix bugs in software, contribute changes to upstream author(s)
EDUCATION:
- Northeastern University - Boston, MA
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
- Class of 2006
- Involved Activities:
- Association of Computing Machinery
- Crew, the CCIS systems volunteer group