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Florent Eric Paredes
7095 Hollywood Boulevard, #878
Hollywood Ca 90028
310-929-7395 florent@florent.org
SUMMARY
- Master’s degree in computer science
- Diversified skill set with excellent interpersonal skills
· Analytical & problem-solving skills, reverse engineering.
· A team-player who enjoys coordinating and directing projects
· Object-oriented Programming, database development, e-commerce, Open Source solutions.
· Bilingual: Fluent in French & English, intermediate in Spanish (permanent U.S. resident)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Languages: PHP • SQL • HTML • XML • Javascript • LAMP • JAVAX • Web 2.0 • RIA • Flash Actionscript 3.0 • VB.NET
Databases: Oracle 10i • SQL Server 2003 • MySQL
CMS: Joomla, DotNetNuke
Operating Systems: Windows 2003 server • Vista • Red Hat Linux • Unix • Debian 3.0 • OSX and OSX Server
Web: Tomcat • Apache • CGI • IIS 7.0 • Active Directory • JRUN
Networking: TCP/IP • WAN/LAN Routing/Switching • Bluetooth • IPSEC
Applications: Microsoft Visual Source Safe • ClearQuest • CVS • Microsoft Office • Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 • Adobe Photoshop CS4 • Adobe Fireworks CS4 • Maya • Combustion • Final Cut Pro • Shake • Motion • Color • Lightwave 3D
CONSULTING & CONTRACT EXPERIENCE
LSHD Advertising Inc. • Chicopee MA • Interactive Developer • 03/2007 – 09/2008
• UI Designer, Graphic Design and backend programming. Communications with interactive director, marketing specialists and creatives.
Off-site meeting with clients. System Architect. Project Manager.
PHP, MySQL, SQL Server, C#, .Net, AJAX, Web 2.0, RIA, Flash actionscript 3.0, CSS, Javascript, XML, HTML.
Open Source solutions: Joomla,Drupal, Easy CMS, CMS Made Simple, AJAX CMS, DotNetNuke,
Twiki, Media Wiki.
Custom modules, Custom Plugins, Reverse Engineering of existing algorithms.
Dreamweaver CS4, Visual Studio 2008, Flash CS4, Fireworks CS4, Photoshop CS4,
• System administration tasks
Yes Computers – Northampton MA • Systems Engineer • 01/2007 – 03-2007
• Systems and Networking On Site Support Engineer
Cisco Routers and Switches, OSX Server, OSX, Windows 2003 Small Business Edition, Exchange setup, VPN setup, Tape Backup solutions
Prosodie Interactive Inc. • Systems Engineer • Plantation FL • 04/2005 – 10/2005
• Maintaining, monitoring, upgrading, troubleshooting and reporting for Interactive Voice Response and Automated Call Distribution systems production environment.
• Manage multiple IT server environments (UNIX/LINUX - some Windows).
• Reverse engineering, Linux scripting and troubleshooting methodologies required.
• Porting – transfer database applications from Oracle to MySQL environment.
• Operate in a 7 days/week and 24 hours/day environment with occasional off shifted days.
• Develop, maintain and enforce acceptance criteria and procedures for the implementation of new infrastructure into the operational environment.
• Responsible for Location Move
Owner / Systems Administrator • Concepts Computer Services • Los Angeles, CA and Fort Lauderdale, FL • 1/2004 – current
• Formed computer services business to provide on-site, same-day computer services to business owners and private/home users. Services include: PC and Mac repairs and support; Network installation and support; Email/Web hosting and support; Tutoring, etc.
• Business model is web-based (concepts.org) and involves coordination of technicians to multiple client locations daily.
Systems Consultant • Intelligent Systems Technology, Inc., (Contract position) • Santa Monica, CA • 4/2004 – 10/04
• Maintained, Implemented and Developed on 5 Debian 3.0 Servers. 2 Windows 2003 Server, 1 Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP clients, Java Development Kit MSDN. MySQL, PHP.
Systems Engineer (temporary, contract position) • University of Santa Monica • Santa Monica, CA • 6/2003 – 12/03
• Systems administration in Linux and Mac 0S9 and OSX environment; staff support and software / hardware troubleshooting; hardware & software installation., Palm, Bluetooth, MSOffice environment. Open Source Solutions implementation for Registrar and Intranet services.
Computer Services (temporary and contract positions) • Los Angeles, CA • 6/ 2001 to 6/03
• Law Firm: Rastegar & Mattern Law Firm and
• Production House: JuiceWest
• Corporation: Landscape Development, Monico Alloy
• Game Development: Game Mobile Bluetooth and Palm Development
• User interface creation, connectivity and Bluetooth sniffer development for Palm,GPS connectivity and interfacing with Bluetooth and Palm System.
• Movie Studios: CSI Miami, Warner Bros.
• Computer Retail Store: RainTree Computers
Application Engineer and founder • Blinkdate.com • San Francisco, CA • 9/2000 – 4/01
• Architecture, development & design of web-enabled communication systems from vehicles to palm pilot & cell phones using J2EE, JSP.
Palm Plug-ins to input licenses plates into PDAs that connects to the internet system and transforms the plate into the owner vCard information.
System Consultant (Contract position) • Ecollage.com • Taipei, Taiwan • 5/2001 to 7/01
• Prototyped B2C Development, configuration, & support of web based software applications for Image development & album processing targeting Canon Inc.
System Engineer (Contract position) • MyHomeKey.com • San Francisco, CA • 11/2000 – 2/01
• Analysis, design, & development of Java Architecture using Java Server Pages templates & portability of existing sources for compatibility of integration with QA requirements, scalability emphasis resulting in a innovative technology to ease this B2B & B2C portal enterprise.
Application Engineer (Contract position) • RedGorilla.com • San Francisco, CA • 4/2000 – 8/00
• Recruited from the University of Valenciennes, France for 1-year internship
• Provided complete solutions using J2EE.
• Created online timebilling that provides users with ability to produce online invoicing.
Palm development of the PDA version of RedGorilla. Online invoicing development on Palm Software using a Palm Ve as development PDA. The company was giving away the Palm Ve for sign up with Red Gorilla timebilling software installed • Redgorilla links to: timebilling.elite.com
EDUCATION
University of Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA 2003-04
Completed the first year of a 2-year Master’s program in psychology
University of Valenciennes, France
Completed 1 year of Ph.D. program in “New Systems of Information Technology”
Majors in e-commerce architecture, distributed & parallel computing, Java Programming
University of Luminy, Marseille, France
Completed Masters Degree in Computer Science
Emphasis in artificial intelligence, programming, complexity, database architecture, optimization
Other experience: MacWorld Conference 2003 & 2004 Media Representative for Mac Generation (French trade magazine)