SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Software engineer with versatile cross-platform 10 years experience in designing, coding, testing, integrating and supporting complex IT systems on financial, industrial and pharmaceutical environment; expertise gained in both Microsoft Windows and Unix/Linux Environment. Proficient in an assortment of technologies, including C / C++ for batch and client server programming, J2EE, PHP and C# for WEB application programming. Deep knowledge of problematic related to maintain enterprise IT solution across the world. Solid mathematic knowledge with experience developing algorithm and data processing logic. LAMP freelance since 2003.

Expertise Highlights

• Oracle Database design and management
• Problem solving
• Object oriented application design (Java, C++)
• System integration
• System and Web Service administration
• Small team coordination
• Clients / Customers interactions
• GxP Computer Systems Validation environment

EDUCATION

Degree thesis title: "Abstract non interference properties certification of programs", a problem in language-based security, research thesis (but no publieshed). Also wrote a parser for Volpano and Denning grammar using C, Lex and Yacc.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer Confidential, Vicenza (Italy) – April 2011 to present

Working on J2EE / Spring project to keep tracks of approval activities and with Sap Data Integrator to create some migration data flow between AS400 and SQLServer databaser to Postgress DB.

Provide technical second level support for 3000+ worldwide users on two critical GXP applications on Computer Systems Validation environment that require a 24/7 on call availability. First application, Xpress, is an electronic shipment system which processes and tracks orders to send clinical trial compound containers to clinical centers or depots. The Xpress system is tightly integrated to the clinical packaging inventory system. Xpress is deployed in GSK facilities worldwide. This application has been written with C#, .NET framework 1.5. Second application, RAMOS, is the GSK patient enrolment system. It has an IVRS element to it to allow patients to be directly enrolled in the clinical trial. It manages patients, medication assigned to patients and the schedule of drug assignment. Xpress has an interface to RAMOS which allows RAMOS to automatically create Shipping Orders in Xpress. This is a Tomcat 4.1 Java application and there is also a VB6 client to manage IVR menu.
Key achievements:

• Provides second level technical assistance to users
• Works closely with Level 3 Server Support Techs regarding bugs fixing and deploying on production environment
• Troubleshooting system configuration, improve systems performance and fix integration issue
• Coordinating local support team with UK/US technical and business management and improving the number of tickets issue fixed / months although team reduction from 8 to 3
• Involved in the recruiting, by assisting in conducting technical interviews for new candidates

Assigned to multiple projects (Java and C# .NET), each lasting 6 to 8 months. Throughout all commitments, besides application development, activities included intense international teamwork (UK, US and India), modeling and querying of databases, and configuration and maintenance of the application servers on the UNIX environments. Pre-production activities included stress test of the products.
Key project:

• GSK R&D electronic archiving system (Oracle, Java and Documentum), accommodating more than 10.000 users all across the world and managing up to 40 Terabyte at year
• Collaborative authoring tool to facilitate daily record-keeping for scientists within GlaxoSmithKline. The electronic pages make it easy to organize information and streamline your workflow (C#, Oracle)

Responsible for the installation of MS Windows 2003 andLinux Fedora servers, including configuration of hardware and software RAID, and the setup of the Intranet/Internet services: network services, Bind (DNS), Windows domain, MS Exchange(SMTP server), Apache HTTP Server, PHP, Samba, NIS/YP, CUPS, Watchguard Firebox configuration.
Other responsibilities included writing PHP scripts and Oracle Pro*C / C++ application to aid different company department in routine activities.
Key achievements:

• Products scouting and security analysis
• Security management, network design, advanced troubleshooting
• Create software solution to improve the information exchange between different company department

Assigned to Pro*C and Ansi C backend team on financial project for Banca Popolare di Sondrio (Northern Italy) and was involved in the development of the accounts monitor software.

OTHER JOB EXPERIENCE

Confidential Web Developer Freelance Since year 2003

Working as PHP / LAMP web developer for some important clients of northern Italy and successfully completed more than 15 php projects from web site to intranet web application on industrial, real estate and health environment.

Involved in C++ desktop and client / server applications.