George Gaprindashvili
Experience:
System Administrator/Programmer/President 12/2002 to date
Data Magic Solutions Inc., Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Building complete web-integrated IT solutions as a contractor for Turnkey Marketing, General Marketing Services and
some
other companies in the Cities. Data
Magic Solutions is a subcontractor for Blue-Chip companies like Northwest Airlines,
U.S. Bancorp Piper-Jaffray,
Best Buy, Andersen Windows, Worry-Free Vacations and others.
System Administrator/Programmer 1/1999 to 12/2002
Turnkey Marketing, Eagan, MN
Everyday duties included Windows NT network support,
such as user maintenance, backups,
troubleshooting, and help desk support.
Network includes 10+ Windows NT and Terminal servers, a WAN connection
between two company locations and 50+ Windows NT workstations. Two Citrix and
Terminal Servers serve 200+ remote users. Essential experience in building and
maintaining firewall or proxy server for both NT and UNIX platform. Have implemented security
for NT network. Have programmed routers and used NT server as a router.
Also involved as a programmer in the development effort on several projects. Essential experience in developing Client/Server applications on MS SQL platform using VB, MS Access/VBA and Visual C++ applications as a front end. Participated in design and construction of a Job Tracking system, Northwest Airlines fulfillment and certificates project, MLT Vacations fulfillment project. Currently working on interactive web application for Northwest Airlines using Cold Fusion and ASP.
Teaching Assistant 5/1998 -
1/1999
University of Minnesota, Department
of Computer Science, Minneapolis, MN
Duties included teaching and research, grading and
performing office consultations for students.
Head of Computer Automation Department 1993 -
1995 and 1996 - 1997
IntellectBank,
Tbilisi, Georgia
Duties included support of bank. s computer
network and telecommunication hardware, supervising and taking part in
programming bank software systems using MS-DOS version of Foxpro,
C/C++ and MS Access.
Have carried out two important projects
·
Connecting IntellectBank to S.W.I.F.T. telecommunications network in
1995
·
Connecting IntellectBank to Eurocard/Mastercard
network in 1997
Education:
Master of Arts Degree, 1996
University of Minnesota
Ph.D. in Physical and Mathematical Sciences, 1985
Tbilisi State University, Georgia
B.S. in Mathematics, 1981
Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Technical Skills:
Visual Basic (6 years), MS Access (6 years), MS SQL
Server (5 years), C/C++ (8 years), Visual C++ (3 years), Javascript (4 years)
Queuing Theory and Applications
Designing and supporting MS Windows Network
Firewall/Proxy Server for both Windows and Unix Platforms
Router programming Cisco, Intel
Internet support (FTP, WWW, Mail servers on both UNIX
and Windows platforms, Cold Fusion, ASP)
Excellent oral/written communication skills
Excellent technical support for users with little
computer skills
Excellent teaching/presenting skills