Ari Pollak/ Resume
Ari Pollak
Boston, MA 		Email: 04p31fe02@sneakemail.com

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Extensive experience with Debian & Red Hat GNU/Linux, Solaris, Windows 95 through Server 2003 system/network administration, familiar with Macintosh & BSD
  • Programming experience:
    • Languages (in order of fluency): Python, sh/bash, C, C++, Java, SQL, Ruby, Perl, HTML/CSS, PHP, LaTeX
    • Frameworks: Android, GTK+, Django, Tk, Swing

EXPERIENCE:

Compete, Inc. (Boston, MA)
2011 - Present (Solutions Architecture - Senior Software Engineer)


2009 - 2011 (Data Architecture - Senior Software Engineer)


2006 - 2009 (Data and Research - Software Engineer)


Aastra Telecom (Billerica, MA)
July 2005 - December 2005 (Software Engineer)
  • Fixed bugs and implemented new features for CNX conference bridge device based on embedded Linux
  • Used cross-architecture toolchains, C, C++, and CORBA for developing device-side applications
  • Interfaced directly with various on-board hardware controllers in both user-space and kernel-space drivers
  • Developed Java applet for administration of CNX device using Swing and CORBA
  • Worked with H.323, SIP, PRI, and RBS standards through Asterisk and Linux kernel modules
  • Fixed several issues with high call load under SIP & H.323
  • Wrote prototype Linux kernel driver for onboard SPI bus and part of FXS daughterboard driver to interface with Zaptel and Asterisk

The Gillette Company (South Boston, MA)
July 2004 - December 2004 (Global Intel Server Management)
  • Performed ongoing hardware and software maintenance of Windows server environment, including VMWare ESX Server and virtual machines.
  • Wrote a unified GUI tool in Perl to automate many common operations on hundreds of Windows servers in an Active Directory domain
  • Migrated hundreds of servers from an NT4 domain into Windows 2003-based Active Directory; wrote Perl scripts to automate much of the process
  • Performed disaster recovery testing on Windows 2000 and 2003 servers with HP OmniBack and EMC Data Manager backup systems.
  • Taught introductory Perl course for other Intel Server team members

Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science (Boston, MA)
July 2003 - December 2003 (Microsoft Technology Consultant)
  • Automated network-wide tasks in Perl using CGI, WMI, and ADSI technologies
  • Evaluated, tested, secured, and deployed new Microsoft products including Windows Server 2003, IIS 6, and many MSDN development tools
  • Implemented two-way password synchronization between UNIX/Linux and Windows hosts as part of a single sign-on effort
  • Set up a secure, usable IIS 6 server for use by all CCIS users, similar to a CGI server already in place, with support for ASP/ASP.NET; Wrote automated administrative tools in Perl/Win32/WMI/ADSI and web-based user tools in PerlScript/ASP

Volunteer Work
Present
  • Debian GNU/Linux developer: release and maintain software for the Debian project; diagnose and fix bugs in software, contribute changes to upstream author(s)

EDUCATION:

References available upon request. No recruiters please.