Resume

Valentin Kuznetsov,

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

14+ years of professional experience in software application development, web development, Unix systems administration, installation, configuration. SQL database design/management, shell scripting, cross-platform software porting, programming and troubleshooting. Any new technologies can be picked up in a very short time. I am reliable, versatile, disciplined, competent, and capable of working as a team leader.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

[2003-present] A computer specialist/software engineer, Cornell University, NY

Leadership:

co-leader of web development group within CMS collaboration at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.

Environment

CMS collaboration at Linear Hadron Collider, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. CLEO-c collaboration at Cornell, NY, USA.

Projects/tasks:

Design of software components, data management and DB.
CMS Data Bookkeeping System (DBS)
Data discovery services for CMS
EventStore data management system
Web service interface to EventStore MetaData DB
trace-back debugging system
porting 800+ packages between OSF-Solaris-Linux for CLEO-c

[1999-2003] Post. doctoral researcher/software engineer at UC Riverside and Fermilab

Leadership:

Co-leader of software development group (D0 global tracking group).

Environment

International collaboration D0 at Fermi National Laboratory, Batavia, IL, USA.

Projects/tasks:

Development of track reconstruction software for D0 collaboration.
UNIX administration, support and management of D0 software and ClueD0 cluster.

[1998-1999] Researcher/software engineer at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Leadership:

Leader of software development group.

Environment

NOMAD-STAR collaboration, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.

Projects/tasks:

Design and implementation of NOMAD-STAR software, including track reconstruction, digitization, visualization and data management.
UNIX administration, data backup and management, user account management, porting of software from OSF to Linux.
web master for NOMAD-STAR collaboration.

[1993-1998] Reseacher/software engineer at JINR, Russia

Environment

NOMAD collaboration.

Projects/tasks:

Development of the reconstruction software, data analysis and software management.
NOMAD tracking software development.
UNIX administration, CVS management, data management, troubleshooting, auto transfer of NOMAD software between CERN and JINR, system backup and user account management.
Monte Carlo simulations of various physics processes, matrix calculations UNIX administrator (part-time), Network installation and configuration using NFS and Samba.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Computer Hardware:

» IBM PC, DEC/Alpha, SUN, SGI workstations, X-terminals, Exabyte backup systems.

Operating Systems

» Linux, FreeBSD, IRIX, OSF, SunOS, Solaris, Mac OS X.

Network hardware and protocols:

» Ethernet, TCP/IP, NFS, FTP.

Software:

» languages: C/C++, Python, Fortran, Born and C shells, awk, sed, JavaScript, Java

» Web technologies: AJAX, XML, SOAP, HTML, CSS.

» Databases: Berkley DB, SQLite, MySQL, ORACLE

» security: SSH, Nmap, Nessus, port filtering firewalls (iptables), PAM authentication scheme.

» miscellaneous: LAMP, make/ant, RPM, CVS, VMWare, JBoss/apache.

Tasks and procedures:

» system and maintenance planning, installation and documentation;

» kernel installation and tuning;

» building, installing and remotely deploying software;

» planing and implementing system security;

» shell programming;

» backup planning and management;

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2003-2007, Computer Science department, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

» Data-driven Web Applications

» Computer Networks

» SQL training

» The Architecture of Large-Scale Information Systems

1999-2003, Training at Fermi National Laboratory, Batavia, IL, USA

» Object-Oriented Design and Programming in C++;

» Fast Track to Objects;

» Object-Oriented Analysis and Design using UML

1999, Ph.D. in Physics (PDF), Joint Institute For Nuclear Research, Russia

ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

Experience in leadership of small and medium size groups.
Skillful organizer with experience in long-term research projects. Experience of work as a member of large, small and international teams.
Familiar with handling of research grants and purchasing of equipment.
Day-by-day advice and leadership of students.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Provenance in High-Energy Physics Workflows
By A. Dolgert, L. Gibbons, C.D. Jones, V. Kuznetsov, M. Riedewald, D. Riley, C. Sharp, P. Wittich
Computing in Science & Engineering, Vol 10, No. 3, p. 22, 2008

A multi-dimensional view on information retrieval of CMS data
By A. Dolgert, L. Gibbons, V. Kuznetsov, C. Jones, D. Riley
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. Volume 119, 072013, 2008

The CMS Dataset Bookkeeping Service
By A. Afaq, et. al.
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. Volumne 119, 072001, 2008

The New EventStore Data Management System For The CLEO-c Experiment
By C.D. Jones, V. Kuznetsov, D. Riley, G.J. Sharp.
Published in Int. J. Mod. Phys. A20:3868-3870, 2005.

PERSONAL

Languages: Russian, English, French (basic).
Self-motivating with good communication and interpersonal skills.
Fast learner in programming languages.
A full list publications is available upon request.
Permanent resident of the USA. Employment is fully authorized.