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Curriculum Vitae
Valentine Kouznetsov
Objective:   A position of UNIX system developer/maintainer/administrator.
Background:   Ten years in physics community (4 HEP experiments, 2 theoretical groups).
Eight years in UNIX environment: administration, installation, configuration, programming and troubleshooting.
Work status:   I am authorized to work in US for my present employer only.
Technical skills:  
Computer Hardware:
IBM PC, DEC/Alpha, SUN, SGI workstations, X-terminals, Exabytes backup systems.

OS/Environment:
Linux: RedHat 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, Slackware v2, v3, v4.
FreeBSD: v3.5.
SGI: IRIX 6.5.
DEC/alpha: OSF/1.
SUN: SunOS v4.1.4.1, Solaris v5.5.1.
CDE 1.1, FWMN, KDE/GNOME-desktops.

Network hardware and protocols:
Ethernet, Dial-up modem, TCP/IP, NFS, FTP, DNS, NIS.

Software:
languages: C/C++, Python, Fortran, basic knowledge of Java.
shells: Born and C shells (sh, csh, tcsh).
scripting languages: awk, sed, Tcl/Tk.
miscellaneous: CVS, debuggers (gdb, dbx, DDD, TotalView), GUI (Motif, OnX), VMware (cross-platform installation of Linux, Windows NT/2000, FreeBSD, Solaris 7), Office Suite (MS, Star Office, Applix).

Tasks and procedures:
systems and maintenance planning, installation and documentation;
kernel installation & tuning;
system security;
automated installation and configuration over network;
shell programming;
backup planning;
extensive data transfer.


Certificates:  

issued by www.brainbench.com, see transcript #157359
Experience:  
June 1993
1993-1998
1998-1999
May 1999
June 1999-till present time
Irkutsk, Russia
JINR, Russia & CERN, Switzerland
CERN, Switzerland
JINR, Russia
Fermilab, USA
M. Sc. in physics (Univ. degree)
NOMAD experiment
C, Fortran programming, sys. administration, shell programming.
NOMAD-STAR experiment
Leader of software group, C programming, sys. administration.
Ph.D. in physics
D0 experiment
C++/Python programming, sys. administration.
 
Linux, SunOS, Solaris, OSF/1
Linux, SunOS, Solaris, OSF/1
 
Linux, IRIX
Time table
 

June 1999 -- present time: Employed by Univ. of California, Riverside for D0 collaboration at Fermilab, IL.

Environment: C++ language project, SGI IRIX 6.5 & Linux/RedHat 5.x/6.x cluster.
Responsibility: C++ software developer and system administrator/manager for UCR group.

Development of off-line software (tracking system).

UNIX administration/management: support/management of 13 individual software packages; installation and support of D0 software on Linux/RedHat 6.x, system backup and management for UCR group.

Feb. 1998 -- Feb. 1999: Employed by CERN, Geneva, Switzerland for NOMAD-STAR experiment.

Environment: C language project, DEC/alpha OSF/1 cluster, Linux/RedHat 4.x farm, GNU software.
Responsibility: Leader of software development group.

C language software developer for NOMAD experiment.

UNIX administration/management: data backup and transfer (DLT, Exabytes), user account management, data management (using csh, sh, TCL/Tk, awk/sed), support and transfer of NOMAD software from DEC OSF/1 to Linux.

Web master: support of NOMAD-STAR web-pages.

Miscellaneous: software consultant (design and management of NOMAD-STAR software, CVS management, on/off-line support, GUI Motif based interface), troubleshooting (debugging problems using gdb, dbx).

May 1995 -- Feb. 1998: Employed by CERN (part-time), Geneva, Switzerland for NOMAD experiment.

Environment: C language project, DEC/alpha OSF/1, SunOS (v4.1.4.1), Solaris (SunOS v5.5.1) clusters, Linux/Slackware, GNU software.
Responsibility: C language software developer.

UNIX administration/management: CVS management, data management (csh, sh, Tcl/Tk, awk/sed programming), troubleshooting (debugging problems using gdb, dbx), organization of auto transfer of NOMAD software between CERN and JINR, system backup and user account management.

Dec. 1993 -- May 1998: Employed by JINR, Dubna, Russia.

Environment: Strong mathematical background, theoretical calculations and simulations using C/Fortran languages.
Responsibility: Scientific calculations and simulations (C/Fortran). UNIX administrator (part-time) for Linux/Slackware cluster of JINR group. Network installation and configuration using NFS & Samba [SunOS (v4, v5), Linux (Slackware/v3.0), Windows (3.11 and 95)].
Education:  

August 1999: Object-Oriented Design and Programming in C++, by Glenn P. Downing Univ. Texas at Austin, Fermilab training, IL, USA.

July 1999: Fast Track to Objects, by ISS Inc. Schaumburg, Fermilab training, IL. Object-Oriented Analysis and Design using UML, by Objective Engineering Inc., Fermilab training, IL, USA.

May 1999: Ph.D. in Physics, Dubna, JINR, Russia.

References:  
Prof. Juan Jose Gomez Cadenas
Dr. Eduardo Do Couto E Silva
Prof. Paul Soler
European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN),
EP Division, CH-1211 Geneve 23, Switzerland.
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
P.O. Box 4349, MS 98, Stanford, CA, 94309, USA
Univ. of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK

Personal:  
30 years old, married.
Native language: Russian.
Foreign Languages: English (fluent), French (basic).
Skillful organizer with experience in long-term research projects.
Familiar with handling of research grants and purchasing of equipment.
Self-motivating with good communication and interpersonal skills.
Fast education in programming languages.
Experience to work within large (over 500 people), small (3-10 people) and international teams.
26 publications in physics journals and 2 software publications (internal notes of NOMAD/NOMAD-STAR software). A complete list is available on separate page.
Contact:   By mail:
MS-352, P.O.Box 500,
Fermilab, Batavia, IL, 60540, USA.
Fax: (630)-840-8886, Tel: (630)-840-2192

By email  vkuznet@fnal.gov
URL  http://www-d0.fnal.gov/~vkuznet/