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I like working on challanging projects and don't like the term "it cannot be done". My passions are writing code, debugging and gaming :D
Algorithmic and data structures skills; solid problem solving skills. Involved in a lot of freelance projects involving console and win32 C++/C# applications. Artificial intelligence - neural networks skills.
Solid programming skills: C/C++, C#, PHP, TSQL, JavaScript, ActionScript, HTML, CSS, Java and x86 assembly. Microcontroller programming (Arduino, Parallella) knowledge.
Strong debugging skills. Other than the day to day debugging done in the office, I have participated in a lot of debug exercise competitions and have advanced know-how of the Windows Kernel. Most of the analysis was done with System Internals tools and the Windows Debugger.
Very good web development skills with 6+ years of experience, mainly with PHP, SQL, HTML, JavaScript, CSS and ActionScript, but also with Ajax technology and some libraries like JQuery and some CMS’s like Joomla. In 2008 I have also created my own CMS with which it was a matter of minutes to create new classes, models, etc. because I had created a component that could interpret from very little code, exactly what I wanted to do and automatically created the correct classes, views, SQL tables, relationships, permissions, etc. This work was mostly PHP and inspired by the way Ruby on Rails works.
Strong operating systems internals knowledge. Mostly Windows and some basic Linux skills. Day to day work involves a lot of ETL tracing, debugging and because of my specialization I also have to deal with a lot of Cross-Platform interaction (Windows – Unix based systems).
Advanced knowledge of networking and directory services. I was involved in a lot of networking related (TCP/IP, Kerberos, SSL, DNS, DHCP) and Windows Active Directory (ADS, GPO, Certificates, Forest-Domain) troubleshooting situations.
Basic cloud systems knowledge. The products I am specialized in from the Microsoft System Center Suite, are at the core of the Microsoft Private Cloud technology.
Basic security skills, which I have gained mostly from my web development experience, but after learning more and more about the Windows Kernel, I have also started to understand more about general OS security altogether.
One of my strongest assets is the learning skill. Because of my strong passion for technology, more than a half of my technical skills were self-taught. My enthusiasm for technology has also made me a fast learner. When I am in front of the computer, coding or debugging, it is not work to me, I’m actually having fun and spending most of my free time doing it.
2009 - Present: Support Engineer at Microsoft.
Debugging and Development - reverse engineering, bug fixing and internal software development. I am specialized in the System Center products and Windows Core.
2008 – 2009: part-time Web Developer at Future IT Concept.
Worked on the Web Console of the EMPIRUM application which was created by
http://www.matrix42.com/, but outsourced by Future IT Concept.
The EMPIRUM application was an application written in Java and it is a central database which contained collections (Computer, Devices, etc.) from a Domain of a company. Groups and collections could be created and after this, OS, Software and Updates could be deployed on different collections or groups. My responsibility, in the team I was, had the focus on the Web Console for this application.
2006 – 2009: Junior Programmer at ORICUM.
The ORICUM Company was based on innovation, creative thinking and project management. At
ORICUM we were coming up with creative ideas and then looked for sponsors that could fund the different projects we had.
These had a large variety from educational events, to musical events, to contests (education, design, programming, sports).
My role was more or less different in every project, but my main responsibility was developing the Web Applications / Web Sites as required for the different events.
2004 – 2005: IT Administrator at Tegee Romania.
Designed posters in Photoshop and Illustrator, designed and build company web-site, posters and handled public relations. The website was created in HTML/CSS/Flash with a lot of Action Script programming and some JavaScript.
2011 - 2014: Titu Maiorescu University Bucharest - Informatics-Mathematics
BS: Brain Computer Interface - read EEG (brain waves) and match patters using SOM (Self-organizing Map) to take different actions based on EEG state.
2005 - 2008: Dimitrie Cantemir University of Bucharest – International Economics
1995 - 2005: Deutsches Goethe-Kolleg Bukarest - Informatics-Mathematics
