RIZWAN F. KASSIM
rizwank@geekymedia.com
http://www.geekymedia.com
(310) 927-3293
Objective | |
Seeking a challenging position in a design/engineering capacity that blends my systems engineering and administration skills with my underlying architectural and design skills. I'm interested in being part of a growing company with the chance to help build system infrastructures from the ground-up. |
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Expertise | |
I'm an experienced systems engineer; having designed computer networks, systems and software since 1995. Developing software of various sizes since 1998, and have been able to work both in larger application and smaller tool-oriented projects. I've managed enterprise level servers and designed software and processes for large companies. I'm a fast learner - often asked to explore new technologies or add new skill sets as current tasks demand. I'm a problem-solver at heart - I've often been given problems to solve and been responsible from designing and implementing solutions. I have an understanding of business, both from helping start multiple small businesses, and from my courses at UCLA; and can provide a valuable link between technical disciples and business concerns. I was raised with a very strong work ethic --- My approach to challenges isn't "It's not my problem," but instead "What can we do to fix it?" |
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Work History | |
Systems Engineer July 2005-Present GEMM Responsibilities:
Primary responsibility for server administration and uptime for an Linux Apache/MySQL server group serving 70M hits/month. Developing monitoring and data loading scripts in Perl. Configuring and tuning load balancers, Mail/DNS servers, and firewalls. Specified and ordered new servers and RAID stacks, personally handling physical installation, provisioning, and configuration. Often participated in business level issues or large technical issues and took on the responsibility of designing solutions, pitching them for approval and implementation. Responsible for MySQL server administration and tuning, as well as Linux and Apache tuning. MAERSK Responsibilities::
Developed database schema for Enterprise Server Project. Wrote interfaces to database and configuration in ASP.NET 2.0. Led design and development meetings. Interacted and planned in conjunction with staff at VCT Vision. Wrote user login and configuration code and helped organize key feature lists for the Enterprise Server and the Enterprise Server Web Administrator.
Student Researcher September 2004 - MARCH 2005 Web Engineer JULY 2004 - AugUST 2005 PROJECT
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UCLA Physics Courseweb: Upgraded Perl code with new features as requested by professors, maintained security of student information. Refactored code to optimize future edits. [Restricted Access] Internal version of WWWAssign: Upgraded features to WWWAssign (Perl backend and flat file database system), adding numerous features as requested by professors, including time restrictions and various anti-cheating mechanisms. [Restricted Access] E-Physics: Designed and Implemented upgraded navigation and organization system using Drupal for Physics Education. A similar system was designed for the internal demonstration manual for TAs and Professors. [Restricted Access to Demo Manual] Software Engineer January 2004 - DECEMBER 2004 Editor June 2002 - February 2003 Broadcast Engineer June 2000 - April 2001 Technology & Design Intern June 1999 - AUGUST 1999 Founding Director & Chief Engineer January 1999 - February 2001 PRESS
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Let there be television (Mike and Ben) Let there be television Student TV program faces restrictions Stay tuned
E-Journalism Tutor January 1998 to April 1998 Student Technician September 1996 to June 1998 Graphics Designer June 1994 to DECEMBER 2001 |
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Education | |
B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, University of California - Los Angeles, 2005 Additional Coursework in Software Engineering, Systems Design and Economics Independent Research work at the Center for Embedded Networking Systems, UCLA. Notable Development Projects Completed:
Specific Patches for Wine Image (de)compression software for PGM, RLE, DPCM, Variable Length-Huffman and LZW compression WAV file generator with variable frequency and sample output. Pre-processor and assembler for virtual processor Virtual memory and CPU scheduler VHDL Modeling of a Master/Slave Flipflop Java servlet implementing a database driven version of IMDB Business plan and technical design plan for an RFID operated 'Dog Door' Full gate level design of a 4-bit pipelining processor with ALU | |
Skills | |
Development: C++, perl, SQL, C sockets, sh scripting, Windows Batch Scripting, ASP.NET 2.0, C#, Python, PHP |
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Honors | |
Winner - Eta Kappa Nu / Symantec Programming Competition - 2004 |
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Volunteering | |
Presenter - IEEE Streaming for Broadcast Engineers Tutorial - NAB Xstream 2002 - Las Vegas, Nevada Co-Organizer - Enigmacon 2005 - Charity Convention for the South Asian Tsunami Head Logistic Coordinator - Mosaic Children's Camp at USC - 1999,2000,2002 |
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Open Source | |
Co-Developer and Documentation Lead - MacroQuest versions 1.0 and 2.0 Patch Submissions - WineHQ. 1 2 3 Re-wrote pathabbr to be compatible with Cygwin. Wrote development mini-guides for public use. 1 2 3 4 5 |
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CERTIFICATIONS | |
Microsoft, Microsoft Certified Professional Society of Broadcast Engineers, Certified Video Engineer & Broadcast Networking Technologist | |
References | |
Available upon request |