Vinny’s Resume

Vinicius Alves

São Paulo, SP

Brazil

vinny [at] usestrict [dot] net

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Objective

To provide creative and innovating solutions using Perl and PHP allied with Oracle and MySQL databases, as well as other Web and non-Web techniques.

Act as independent consultant.

Work Experience

12/2005 - Present:  IBM Brazil, Hortolandia, São Paulo

IT Specialist/Team Lead: Provide support for numbering system for large US Telecom company; Develop scripts and programs to enhance the system; Analyze data to determine root cause of data inconsistencies caused by billing systems; Drive fixes for the issues discovered; Train new resources; Install and configure Apache/mod_perl and develop new web and console applications using Perl, PHP, Javascript, CSS, MySQL, and Oracle.

06/2005 – 10/2005: Sun Microsystems/Brazilian Govmt., Porto Alegre

Linux Teacher: Teach basic and advanced Linux system administration to young adults in a joint venture between Sun Microsystems and Brazillian Government in an effort to reduce software piracy.

05/2002 – 12/2004: Atechs/Servisites – Self owned company

Linux System Administrator/Web Developer: Build and configure web hosting company using Linux and Windows servers (Web servers, DNS servers, Mail servers, Antivirus, Firewall, etc).

Education
- College Diploma – IT Management. (average 9.02 out of 10)
- 4 years Elementary School in New York, USA

Skills
Skill Name Skill Level Last Used/Experience
- Apache/IIS Expert Currently Used/10
- HTML/Javascript/CSS Expert Currently Used/10
- Linux System Administration Advanced 2006/7
- Perl/PHP/SQL programming Expert Currently Used/10
- Oracle SQL fine-tuning Advanced Currently Used/7

Languages
- English (Fluent - Full Knowledge)
- Portuguese (Native - Full Knowledge)
- Spanish (Fluent - Wide Knowledge)

Additional Info

  • Awarded for best idea for the IBM IDEAS program in May 2009;
  • Received best possible evaluation in IBM’s Personal Business Commitment in 2008, and second best in 2007;
  • Received official recognition for performance by IBM Senior account VP in 2008;
  • Achieved Leadership position after 6 months on the job;
  • Recognized as lead performer on issue root cause analysis and system enhancement;
  • Considered SME for Sprint/Nextel NMS and DGS applications (Operations, Development and Prod. Support);
  • Is consulted regarding new change proposals;
  • Developed Perl/PHP console and Web applications for daily routines and issue tracking;
  • Constantly receives kudos for being proactive and solving difficult problems;
  • Taught English to Executives, teenagers, and young adults for 11 years (1994 – 2005)

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