GABRIEL TOPALA

251-22 Elkhorn Drive, Toronto, Ontario M2K1J4, Canada

Phone: +1-416-733-9743 (Canada), +1-315-791-4198 (USA) or +40-0351-810-603 (Romania)

E-mail:  

Web Page:   http://www.gtopala.com

                                                                                                                                                                    

 

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

·              18 years experience in information technology as architect, team leader and designer

·              Exceptionally organized and resourceful

·              Reliable and adaptable, fast learner

·              Able to work in a team environment or without supervision

·              Programming languages: C/C++, Java, Visual Basic, HTML, XML

·              Technologies: .NET, J2EE, OLE, COM/DCOM, CORBA, RPC, MFC, SOAP, ODBC, SNMP, POP3, TCP/IP

·              RDBMS: ORACLE, SQL SERVER, PostgreSQL, INGRES

·              Operating Systems: Windows, Unix, Solaris, OpenVMS, Linux

·              Hardware: design using Z80, 8051,  PIC Microcontroller

·               General skills: Object and/or Component Oriented Design, Data Architecture Design, Team Leadership

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

·         SIGMA SYSTEMS INC, Toronto                                                    2005 -  present

Position:                    Tech Lead

Project:                     Rogers VoIP

Environment:            J2EE (Weblogic) and Oracle

 

 ·         SIGMA SYSTEMS INC, Toronto                                                     2003 -  2005

Position:                    Senior Software Developer

Project:                     Service Broker

Environment:            Solaris, C++, J2EE, XML and Oracle for back-end, Java for front-end

Responsibilities:        Design and implementation of a high performance intelligent Workflow Engine for a multimillion OSS

(Operations Support System) deployed at Rogers, Comcast,  Charter, Shaw, Cogeco, Adelphia, Telus Mobility

and @NetHome Japan.

Improved and optimized IP communication framework written in C++/Java, using TCP/IP and JMS.

Created requirements from the information provided by customers and provided new ideas and solutions.

 

 

·         LIBERATE TECHNOLOGIES, Toronto                                          2001 -  2003

Position:                    Senior Software Developer

Project:                     Service Broker

Environment:            Solaris, C++, XML and Oracle for back-end, Java for front-end

Responsibilities:        Design and implementation of a high performance Workflow Engine

 

·         SIGMA SYSTEMS GROUP, Toronto                                               2000 -  2001

Position:                    Senior Software Developer

Project:                     Service Broker

Environment:            Solaris, C++ and Oracle for back-end, Java for front-end

Responsibilities:        Design and implementation of a Workflow Engine

 

 

·         INTRAROM S.A., Bucharest, Romania                                             1997 – 2000

Position:                    Architect, Team Leader

Project:                     LOTOS - Online Romanian National Lottery

Environment:             Distributed system using OpenVMS, C++, TCP/IP

Responsibilities:         Architecture and implementation of a distributed system, specific Point-Of-Sale application

 

Project:                     Call Collection – Local Toll Billing System

Environment              Windows NT, Visual C++, Oracle, TCP/IP, data acquisition (hardware + software)

Responsibilities:         Architecture, implementation, customization, technical interviews

 

·         SOFTWIN, Bucharest, Romania                                                       1996 – 1997

Position:                    Architect, Team Leader

Project:                     AVX (AntiVirus eXpert), now BitDefender

Environment:             Win32, MFC, C++ and X86 Assembler

Responsibilities:         Architecture, implementation, support for end-uer

 

·        SNCFR (Romanian National Railway)                                               1993 - 1996

Position:                       Director of Programming

Environment:                 Mainframe, PDP-11, Win32, HP-UX, Oracle, C++

Responsibilities:            Coordinated and supervised the entire software department activity

 

·        SNCFR (Romanian National Railway)                                               1990 – 1993

Position:                       Senior Programmer

Environment:                 Mainframe, PDP-11, Win32, HP-UX, Oracle, C++

Responsibilities:            Developed and implemented accounting software, ticketing software, data acquisition

(hardware and software), system programming

 

·        Arctic S.A. Gaesti, Romania                                                              1988 – 1990

Position:                       Junior Programmer

Environment:                 PDP-11, C++

Responsibilities:            Developed and implemented accounting software

 

 

EDUCATION                                                                                          1983-1988

University of Craiova, Faculty of Automation and Computers   

Master Degree in Computer Science                                      

 

 

REFERENCES          Available upon request

 







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