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Pavel Nikitin

Born 1981.

Senior C++ Developer

Programming language tools

• Microsoft Visual Studio (C++, C#)
• GNU gcc, makefile
• Perl
• Scala

Operating Systems

• Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS)
• Embedded Linux 2.6.23.11
• Microsoft Windows 9x, NT 4.0/XP, Server 2008
• ThreadX
• QNX 6.2.0

Office & Management Support Software

• Microsoft Office
• Git
• ClearCase
• Subversion
• WinCVS 1.3
• Perforce

Hardware Knowledge

• Microcontrollers programming

Intellias.   http://www.intellias.com/                                           05.2011 – present                                              Lvov, Ukraine

• Role: Senior C# Developer.
  Project Description: Alphary: AI- and NLP-driven language learning solution for Android and iOS devices with backend on Windows Server. The apps used corpus statistics, semantic analysis, information extraction, and machine learning to help students learn English words in a more efficient and enjoyable way. The developed solutions have been recognized by the world’s most reputable universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, Lancaster etc.
  Customer: Alphary
  Technologies: C#, Xamarin, NUnit, TeamCity, SQLite, Git.
• Role: Senior Developer.
  Project Description: Software for learning English language.
  Customer: Phase-6
  Technologies: Scala, Java, Lucene DB, Cassandra DB, Neo4j DB, SVN.
• Role: Senior C++ Developer.
  Project Description: A server side ad-injection technology providing radios with a wide range of possibilities to target and to insert personalized ads into their streams. The software is built to be compatible with most of the market recognized streaming technologies (Wowza, Shoutcast, Icecast, Flash Media Server, Flumotion server) using different types of detection modes (meta-data-, time-based-, silent beep-, flip-bit- and jingle-based) and insertion modes (cross-fading management, nice fit). The customer is a leader on EU and US market in the audio advertising domain.
  Customer: adswizz.
  Technologies: Microsoft Visual C++ 2008/2010, GNU C++, boost, Perl. Protocols: HTTP, RTMP, RTMPT, RTMPE, RTMPS. Audio formats: MP3, OGG, AAC, AAC+, ASF, FLV. Misc. audio players: mplayer, Winamp, foobar, VLC, internal flash players. Audio encoding tools, SVN..

GlobalLogic, Inc.   http://www.globallogic.com/   (former InterObject Ltd.)                                        07.2006 – 05.2011                                              Lvov, Ukraine

• Role: Technical Lead.
  Project Description: CDI interfaces - middleware between application on Linux and drivers on ThreadX on STB.
  Contribution: Design and implementation of Linux drivers and proxy on ThreadX.
  Customer: Zoran.
  Technologies: C, Linux, ThreadX.
• Role: Technical Lead.
  Project Description: CDI CA interfaces - middleware between application on Linux and drivers on ThreadX for playing encrypted video streams on STB.
  Contribution: Design and implementation of Linux drivers and proxy on ThreadX.
  Customer: Zoran.
  Technologies: C, Linux, ThreadX.
• Role: Technical Lead.
  Project Description: OpenTV interfaces - middleware between OpenTV Core2 application and drivers on ThreadX.
  Contribution: Creating Project plan and design middleware.
  Customer: Zoran.
  Technologies: C, Linux, ThreadX.
• Role: Developer.
  Project Description: Export as PDFToGo feature of Creo Color Server.
  Contribution: Detailed design and implementation of feature.
  Customer: Kodak.
  Technologies: C/C++, Windows XP.
• Role: Developer.
  Project Description: Get into technical details of Creo Color Server.
  Contribution: Tracking bugs in Creo Color Server.
  Customer: Kodak.
  Technologies: C/C++, Windows XP.
• Role: Developer.
  Project Description: Supporting parser of binary AMF messages for WebLOAD Flex 2 Add-On.
  Contribution: Tracking bugs in parser. Adding new functionality such as representing binary AMF messages as JavaScript in recorded agenda.
  Customer: RadView Software Inc.
  Technologies: C/C++, Windows XP.
• Role: Developer.
  Project Description: Compiling and running WebLOAD engine in Linux OS and Solaris 10.
  Contribution: Tracking problems in makefiles, tracking bugs and warnings in C++ code during compiling WebLOAD engine by gcc in Linux, creating RPM packages.
  Customer: RadView Software Inc.
  Technologies: C/C++, Fedora Core 3, Solaris 10.
• Role: Developer.
  Project Description: ACE library wrapper for WebLOAD.
  Contribution: Developing and implementing wrappers for containers. Optimizing performance of wrappers, bug fixing.
  Customer: RadView Software Inc.
  Technologies: C/C++, Windows NT.

Lohika Systems, Inc. http://www.lohika.com/                                         04.2004 – 06.2006                                             Lvov, Ukraine

• Role: Developer.
  Project Description: Logging system using DOS terminal for truck driver.
  Contribution: Developing and implementing of local data base and XML message parser, implementing 1K Xmodem protocol, bug location/fixing, wrote documentation.
  Customer: Sapias, Inc.
  Technologies: C, MS-DOS 6.2.
• Role: Developer.
  Project Description: DVD Player for Broadcom Set-Top Box.
  Contribution: Implementing HAL layer and board-specific part of DVD player. Studied DVD/VCD/SVCD specification, bug location/fixing, wrote documentation.
  Customer: Broadcom Corporation.
  Technologies: C/C++, (embedded) Red-Hat Linux 7.3.

Course works and diploma in the University

From the biggest programs: a compiler of simple programming language (language: C++), an expert system (language: C++). My diploma work was a sonic anemometer on the Z8 CPU from Zilog (language: C).

Computer Department                                                             National University “Lvivska Polytechnica”

09.1998 – 12.2003                                                                                                   Lvov, Ukraine

Master degree in Computer Engineering.                                              Speciality: System programming.

• English – good
• Russian – native
• Ukrainian – fluent

4x4 Overlanding, reading, photographing, video/cinema, mountain skiing.

Cellular phone:             +380 (66) 178-92-96

e-mail:                            nikitin.paul@gmail.com