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	Valentin Kuznetsov, veknet@gmail.com , http://www.lns.cornell.edu/~vk/ , print SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS 16+ years of professional experience in software application development, web development, Unix systems administration, installation, configuration. database/data-services design/management, shell scripting, cross-platform software porting, programming and troubleshooting. I am reliable, versatile, disciplined, competent, and capable of working as a team leader. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE [2003-present] A computer specialist/software engineer, Cornell University, NY Leadership: co-leader of web development group within CMS collaboration at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. Environment CMS collaboration at Linear Hadron Collider, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. CLEO-c collaboration at Cornell, NY, USA. Projects/tasks: Design and development of various software components, data management and DB tasks. Data Aggregation system Data Bookkeeping system FileMover service CMS framework Data discovery system EventStore data management system Web service interface to EventStore MetaData DB trace-back debugging system porting 800+ packages between OSF-Solaris-Linux for CLEO-c [1999-2003] Post. doctoral researcher/software engineer at UC Riverside and Fermilab Leadership: Co-leader of software development group (D0 global tracking group). Environment International collaboration D0 at Fermi National Laboratory, Batavia, IL, USA. Projects/tasks: Development of track reconstruction software for D0 collaboration. UNIX administration, support and management of D0 software and ClueD0 cluster. [1998-1999] Researcher/software engineer at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland Leadership: Leader of software development group. Environment NOMAD-STAR collaboration, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. Projects/tasks: Design and implementation of NOMAD-STAR software, including track reconstruction, digitization, visualization and data management. UNIX administration, data backup and management, user account management, porting of software from OSF to Linux. web master for NOMAD-STAR collaboration. [1993-1998] Reseacher/software engineer at JINR, Russia Environment NOMAD collaboration. Projects/tasks: Development of the reconstruction software, data analysis and software management. NOMAD tracking software development. UNIX administration, CVS management, data management, troubleshooting, auto transfer of NOMAD software between CERN and JINR, system backup and user account management. Monte Carlo simulations of various physics processes, matrix calculations UNIX administrator (part-time), Network installation and configuration using NFS and Samba. TECHNICAL SKILLS Computer Hardware: » IBM PC, DEC/Alpha, SUN, SGI workstations, X-terminals, Exabyte backup systems. Operating Systems » Linux, FreeBSD, IRIX, OSF, SunOS, Solaris, Mac OS X. Network hardware and protocols: » Ethernet, TCP/IP, NFS, FTP. Software: » languages: Python, Erlang, C++, Born and C shells, awk, sed; » basic knowledge in: C, Java, Fortan, JavaScript; » Web technologies: AJAX, XML, SOAP, HTML, CSS; » Databases: Berkley DB, SQLite, MySQL, ORACLE, MongoDB, CouchDB; » security: SSH, Nmap, Nessus, port, filtering firewalls (iptables), PAM authentication scheme; » Version Control Systems: CVS, SVN, GIT; » Package management: make/ant/scons, RPM, APT, ports; » miscellaneous: LAMP, VMWare, JBoss/apache. Tasks and procedures: » system and maintenance planning, installation and documentation; » software design and implenetation; » kernel installation and tuning; » building, installing and remotely deploying software; » planing and implementing system security; » shell programming; » backup planning and management; EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2003-2007, Computer Science department, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA » Data-driven Web Applications » Computer Networks » SQL training » The Architecture of Large-Scale Information Systems 1999-2003, Training at Fermi National Laboratory, Batavia, IL, USA » Object-Oriented Design and Programming in C++; » Fast Track to Objects; » Object-Oriented Analysis and Design using UML 1999, Ph.D. in Physics (PDF), Joint Institute For Nuclear Research, Russia ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT Experience in leadership of small and medium size groups. Skillful organizer with experience in long-term research projects. Experience of work as a member of large, small and international teams. Familiar with handling of research grants and purchasing of equipment. Day-by-day advice and leadership of students. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS The CMS Data Aggregation System By V. Kuznetsov, D. Evans, S. Metson ICCS 2010, Procedia Computer Science Volume 1, Issue 1, May 2010, Pages 1529-1537; doi:10.1016/j.procs.2010.04.172 The CMS DBS query language By A. Afaq, V. Kuznetsov, L. Lueking, D.Riley, V. Sekhri J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 219 042043 doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/219/4/042043 Distributed Analysis in CMS By CMS collaboration J. Grid Computing, doi: 10.1007/s10723-010-9152-1 Provenance in High-Energy Physics Workflows By A. Dolgert, L. Gibbons, C.D. Jones, V. Kuznetsov, M. Riedewald, D. Riley, C. Sharp, P. Wittich Computing in Science & Engineering, Vol 10, No. 3, p. 22, 2008 A multi-dimensional view on information retrieval of CMS data By A. Dolgert, L. Gibbons, V. Kuznetsov, C. Jones, D. Riley J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. Volume 119, 072013, 2008 The CMS Dataset Bookkeeping Service By A. Afaq, et. al. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. Volumne 119, 072001, 2008 The New EventStore Data Management System For The CLEO-c Experiment By C.D. Jones, V. Kuznetsov, D. Riley, G.J. Sharp. Published in Int. J. Mod. Phys. A20:3868-3870, 2005. PERSONAL Languages: Russian (native), English, French (basic). Self-motivating with good communication and interpersonal skills. Fast learner in programming languages. A full list publications is available upon request. Permanent resident of the USA. Employment is fully authorized.