Experienced Software Executive & Technical Leader.

SummaryExcellent leadership skills, broad architectural experience in software research, proven solver for system engineering problems, 10+ years of software Management experience


Andrew PANDRE, Ph.D. in Computer Science.

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SUMMARY of QUALIFICATIONS

Excellent Problem Solver: multiple successes in taking large complex projects from customer requirements phase to definition - design - development - deployment and then to production, maintenance and support mode.

Experienced Director: technical leadership, people, project & product management and planning, team building.

Communicator: proven ability to maintain the best relationship with Customers, Sales, Marketing & Support.

Software Designer: requirements, specifications, architecture, SDLC & quality, UI wireframes, QA engineering.

Programming Languages: C#, SQL, C, C++, VB.Net, Visual Basic, Python, VBA, UML, XML.

Technologies: RDBMS, PKI, Cryptography, Statistics, LDAP, VLAN, Diagramming, UI, Source & Change Control.

Microsoft Tools: Visual Studio, SQL Server, .NET, Win32 API & SDKs, MFC, COM, ODBC, Visio.

WEB Development: IIS, ASP.NET, HTML, XML, VBScript, JavaScript, SQL Reporting & Analytical Services.


LATEST PROJECTS:

Managed the design and development of large projects:

SaaS Visualization of multi-Cube DataCloud with ability to drill-down any DataCube while synchronizing all Dashboards

* the data collection, alerting & reporting system for environment-monitoring web applications (C#, SQL Server).

* the monitoring & reporting system for messaging servers & anti-spam appliances (C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server).

* the multi-user distributed Case Management System for Federal Government (C#, Webforms, Winforms).

* secure real-time file replication & instant disaster recovery (over LAN and Internet) toolkit (C#, .NET).

* the development of GeoTrust’s SDK for Content Signing and ID Management for B2B e-Commerce (J2EE).

* the architecture & implementation of NetSuite’s Object framework for network modeling (C++, STL, COM).

* the architecture and implementation the VLAN extension of the NetSuite network designing tool (C++, STL).

* Proposed & Designed PLSI-based metadata technology, managed project to win SBIR Phase I (2006) & II awards (2007).

* Designed automated remote system cloning & remote discovery of target system & support of dissimilar hardware.

* Redesigned the OmniReplicator database replication for Windows, implemented ODBC support for source & target DBMS.


EXPERIENCE

* Software Architecture & Quality, Product, People, Team Leadership & Project management, Team building.

* Expert Knowledge of the SDLC, Iterative Waterfall, RUP & OOP; UML; source control & defect tracking systems.

* Database replication, file & system cloning, remote boot, application deploy & delivery, disaster recovery.

* Cryptography, PKI, Active Directory, XML Digital Signature, OpenSSL, HTTPS, SFTP, Reporting technologies.

* Product life-cycle experience with replication & load-balancing appliances & enterprise web architectures.

* Network Design, Discovery, Validation and Simulation, Virtual LAN modeling and configuration.

* Development of well-known commercial software products, using C# (.NET), C & C++, Subversion, Bugzilla.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (20+ years in software industry, including 10+ years of management experience)

Experience with different organizations, including large (IBM), mid-sized (InterSystems, Environmental Systems Research Institute) and start-up companies (GeoTrust, Visionael, LakeView Tech.). Worked as a senior & principal software engineer for IBM (1990-93), as a principal software architect (1994-98) and a Software Director (1998-present) on diverse variety of innovative projects. Before 1990 worked as a Leading Computer Scientist & Software Manager for the Soviet Academy of Science.


VP of Advanced Data Visualization, 2009 - present, Confidential.

* Designed and Leading the software development of advanced SaaS Visualization of multi-Cube DataCloud with ability to drill-down any DataCube while synchronizing all Dashboards (SpreadsheetWEBSQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008) and with Excel as designing tool for end users and Excel-like Zero-Footprint WebClient for run-time.


Director of Software Development, 2006 – 2009, Perillon Software, Littleton, MA

* Designed multiple Performance Measurement and Management applications for BI, Analytics & Data Visualization for environmental systems, including Green House Gases, Emission Monitoring, Incidents, Audits, Inspections, Alerts and Executive Dashboards;

* Managed the development (C#, ASP.NET, SQL 2005) of the complex web applications for ETL, data collection, alerting, reporting & incident management for large environment monitoring & operational compliance systems.

* Designed, purchased hardware/software, managed an initial deployment of Datacenter (80 CPUs, 20 TBs, SaaS).


Director of Software Development, 2004 – 06, Intellireach Corp., Dedham MA (acquired by Infocrossing Inc.):

* Managed the development (C#, ASP.NET, SQL) of the complex reporting & monitoring system for large messaging servers & anti-spam appliances; 2 commercial releases of system were delivered on-time (never happened before me).

* Managed the design of advanced messaging platform (protocols: SMTP, IMAP, MAPI, POP3, LDAP), including email management, message archiving and reporting products, led software architecture and design, developed User Wireframes for entire system; helped to build the team (C#, ASP.NET, SQL, HTML, XML, C, PHP).


Director of Software Development, 2002 – 2004, BridgeLine Software Inc., Woburn, MA

* Designed the software, data & replication architecture for large distributed Case Management system for federal government and managed its implementation (C#, SQL Server, Natural); migrated large database from Adabas and FoxPro to SQL Server,


Director of Engineering, 1999 - 2001: GeoTrust Inc., Wellesley, MA (acquired by Verisign, Inc.)

* Provided technical Leadership, managed Design & Development of GeoTrust’s SDK for Content Signing, Identity Management and SSO web services (J2EE, JSP, JCE, XML, JDBC, Oracle, C++, OpenSSL) for B2B eCommerce.

* Built (from scratch) the engineering & QA team and the software architecture of signing and SSO web services.


Engineering Manager & Principal Architect, 1998-99: NetSuite, Concord, MA (acquired by Visionael)

* Managed Virtual LAN project, with 10+ engineers in VLAN team involved, architected entire VLAN product.

* Managed development (C++, STL) of Object Framework for modeling of network components (4+ developers).

* Developed (C++) the ATL DLL for comparison & reconciliation of different networks discoveries & designs.

* Invented & implemented (as the COM server, in C++) the hierarchical model of Virtual LANs & algorithms for computation of VLAN Domains & validation of membership of 7 existing types of VLANs [IEEE 802.1Q, proprietary port-based & MAC-address based VLANs & Layer-3-based VLANs (IP-, IPX-, Decnet- & AppleTalk-based VLANs)].


Principal Software Architect, 1996 - 98, InterSystems Corporation, Cambridge, MA

* Designed (C++) multithreaded TCP/IP-based RPC protocol, SQL Gateway & APIs (COM, DLL) for Caché DBMS.

* Architected & developed (C++) Active M COM Server for exposing M language to WWW servers & browsers.

* Implemented (C++) COM-based Visual M as Visual Studio Add-In as the client for Caché Object DBMS.


Principal Software Architect, 1995 - 96, Praxis, Framingham, MA (acquired by LakeView Tech.)

* Redesigned and ported OmniReplicator (now MIMIX® replicate1™) to Win32 with ODBC support of the heterogeneous, bi-directional, near real-time database replication (including Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase)

* ODBC-enabled the OmniReplicator, developed (C++, SQL) full ODBC emulation for SequeLink middleware

* Implemented multi-threaded SilkTest drivers for automated testing of replication of ODBC-enabled databases


Senior Software Architect, 1993-94, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Lowell, MA

* Project leader for development of AtlasGIS/TerraView mapping SDK for Win32 (best mapping SDK, DDJ 8/93).

* Improving (230%) the speed of the vector graphics engine in TerraView SDK for Win32 (known as Atlas GIS).

* Implemented GDI-based printing for TerraView for Windows NT; ported TerraView into DOS.


Senior & Principal Software Engineer, 1990-93, International Business Machines (IBM Corp.):


Principal Software Engineer, 1992 - 93, IBM (former Rational Software Corp., acquired by IBM), Lexington, MA

* Designed SQA:Image Comparator with support for DDB & DIB image formats & superfast image differencing.

* Implemented the synchronization for cooperative multitasking under non-preemptive Windows 3.xx OS.

* Improved the precision of the playback for Rational Robot, implemented multi-user testing over network.

* Designed and implemented GPF & UAE bug trapping technology and tools.

Senior Software Engineer, 1990 - 92, IBM (former LOTUS Development Corp., acquired by IBM), Cambridge, MA

* Implemented CallTree tracing & code profiling for Lotus 1-2-3, redesigned segmentation structure, reduced the number of intersegment calls, decreased loading & swapping time, improved performance in low memory.

* Developed the first Image Capturing & Comparison tool for Windows, with quick image differencing.


CONSULTING and BACKGROUND as a Technical Leader and advanced Software Architect.

* Designed (SQL Server 2005) the analytical database for communication data (email, IM, chat, voice transcripts etc.), migrated the entire Enron DataSet into it, implemented (C#, Visual Studio 2005) query tools & pLSA-based indexing and concept searching for huge document repositories.

* Architected & managed (7+ engineers) Database Synchronization Technology, implemented the remote measurement of the freshness of data.

* Designed and implemented unique technology for remote partitioning and formatting of hard disks over network and copying files between different file systems (NTFS, FAT32, EXT2 etc.) for Linux- and Windows-based computers.

* designed load-balanced, scalable & recoverable file transmission between Order Management & Accounting systems.

* InventedService monitoring and reporting system", US Patent Application 20020143920, Series Code: 10, Serial No.: 113119, filed 3/28/02.

* Designed and implemented IBM’s Rational Robot (& TeamTest) for Windows and Borland’s QAPartner/SilkTest Extension Kit.

* Implemented the monitoring, automated capture, recording & replay of Window controls, keystrokes, mouse moves & events.

* mathematical modeling, scientific algorithms, optimization & Monte-Carlo modeling for large systems and experiments.

* UI design (GUI, Web, CUI, CLI) and software internationalization; Image comparison, GIS & mapping technologies.

* Automated technologies for memory management, performance tuning, code analysis, software testing & QA.


EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Computer Science, MIS Research Institute, Moscow; MS in Math, Moscow University

CERTIFICATION: Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP ID #389220) since 1997, Certified Project Manager (BU, 2005), Certified QlikView Developer (Qliktech, 2007).

PERSONAL: US Citizen, held Security Clearance in the past, married, 2 children. Good tennis, soccer & chess player.

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