## BIO
I was born in a small town in Kiev region, Ukraine in 1977. The interest to programming came in the 5th grade of secondary school since when computer programming became an essential part of my life. The first commercial project (in FoxPro for DOS) was successfully completed during summer, 1993. The reliability and success of the solution proved to be so high that it is still used nowadays in almost unmodified form.
**Profile**
* More than 10 years of experience since the first successful commercial project
* More than 5 years of solid commercial experience in C++
* Problem solving, analytical and logical thinking
* Quick learner
* Good team player and team leader
* Strong OOP skills successfully applied in real life applications
* Good communicator. Seamlessly integrated in non-native speaking environment within a short period of time
**<font size= "4">Experience
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****Product Team Leader, Project Manager (Jun 2003 - Present)
**London, UK
Responsible for the design and development of a number of security solutions for corporate customers
**Senior Software Developer (Dec 2000 - Jun 2003)
**Invisimail IOM Ltd, Isle of Man, UK
* Designed and developed a large part of a complex set of VPN-like software for secure access to office resources – like File Access (including driver development), Exchange Server Access, SQL server Access and so on
* Designed and developed Outlook plug-in for secure storage of Personal Folders including secure mail storage – both on the local machine and remote Exchange Server
**Software Developer / Senior Software Developer** **(Jan 1999 - Dec 2000)
**Kaspersky Lab, Moscow, Russia
* Designed and developed AVP for Microsoft Exchange Server (currently KAV for Microsoft Exchange Server) – one of the best selling products of Kaspersky Lab Ltd
* After the release of the first version of AVP for Microsoft Exchange Server was appointed a Team Leader for “AVP for MS Exchange†team
* Developed numerous less significant but nonetheless successful products that are being sold and used all over the world
**Contract Analyst Software Developer (Apr 1998)
**Russian Stock Exchange, "Reuters", Moscow, Russia
Worked as a part of the team that developed and implemented fixed income real time pricing and risk management system in Windows environment; a significant presence on traders floor was involved in the project
**Contract Software Developer (1997 - 1998)
**McAffee Inc. (currently NAI), Moscow Russia
A large amount of scripts able to detect and destroy viruses effectively when run through the new McAffee engine was written using a specific script language. The work required deep virus analysis and advanced knowledge of Assembler
**Education
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**[login to view URL]. Honours in Applied Mathematics & Physics (Magna Cum Laude, 1998 - 2000)
**Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudniy, Russia
**[login to view URL]. Honours in Applied Mathematics & Physics (Magna Cum Laude, 1994 - 1998)
**Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudniy, Russia
## Area of Expertise
**Sorry, but I'm not currently available for projects due to the high load. Thanks!**
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My main area of expertise as well as interests lie in **low level system development**, **reverse engineering**, **security** and **driver development** with main emphasis on Windows environment. However, I have a substantial experience in other areas which include but are not limited to languages, technologies and tools listed below.*
**Programming Languages Used**
* **C++** - Brainbench Master Certified
* **C** - Brainbench Master Certified
* **Assembler** - Brainbench Master Certified
* **Delphi** - Brainbench Certified
* **C#** - MCAD .NET
* **Visual Basic .NET**
* **Visual Basic for Applications**
**Technologies Used**
* **Windows API** (including DDK) - Brainbench Certified
* **.NET Framework** - MCAD .NET
* **.NET Compact Framework**
* **TCP/IP, WinSock**
* <font size= "2">**CryptoAPI, **numerous cryptostandards </font>
* <font size= "2">**COM/COM+/ActiveX** </font>
* **Windows Shell Programming** (including NSE)
* **MAPI, Exchange Server Programming**
* **MFC, STL, ATL, WTL**
* **Microsoft Office Object Model**
* <font size= "2">**SQL** </font>
* <font size= "2">**UML**</font>
**Target Platforms**
* **Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP**
* **Pocket PC, Pocket PC 2002** (Windows CE 3.0)
* **Linux** (Mandrake, RedHat)
