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  <person name="Vladimir Nesterovsky">
    <photo width="145" height="194">images/vladimir.jpg</photo>
    <age>33</age>
    <languages>
      <language level="good">English</language>
      <language level="good">Hebrew</language>
      <language level="native">Russian</language>
    </languages>
    <phone>(+972)547-630395</phone>
    <e-mail>vladimir@nesterovsky-bros.com</e-mail>
    <web>http://www.nesterovsky-bros.com</web>
    <professional-objective>
			I'm interested in a challenging position in software design and development. 
		</professional-objective>
		<professional-skills>
			<skill>C++ (managed and unmanaged), C#, ANSI C</skill>
			<skill>.NET Framework, ASP.NET (web applications and web services)</skill>
			<skill>Java/J2EE (EJB/JSP/JSF/Faceletes/Web services/Servlets)</skill>
			<skill>XML technologies such XSLT, XPath, XML Schema; (X)HTML/DHTML</skill>
			<skill>IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1, IBM RAD 7.0, DB2</skill>
			<skill>Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003/2005/2008, Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004/2006, Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008</skill>
			<skill>Borland JBuilder, Borland C++ Builder, Delphi, Interbase SQL Server</skill>
			<skill>Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/2003</skill>
		</professional-skills>
		<employment-history>
			<company name="BluePhoenix Solutions, Herzlia, Israel" link="http://www.bphx.com" 
				period="Jan 2006 - Present">
				<position name="Software engineer">Software design and development, consulting.</position>
				<projects>
          <project name="Cool:GEN to Java/J2EE conversion.">
            I participated in conversion of Cool:GEN applications to the Java web-based application (JSF, IBM WAS, WebLogic).
            I participated in design/development of data extractor and application logic generator.
          </project>
		      <project name="PowerBuilder to Java conversion.">
            I participated in conversion of PowerBuilder application to the Java web-based application (JSF, WebLogic).
            I participated in design and development of a framework that exposes converted PowerBuilder applications 
            as a Java web-based applications.	
          </project>				
					<project name="ADSO to Java conversion.">
						I participated in conversion of an ADSO application to a Java web-based application (JSF, IBM WAS).
						I participated in development of a web-based front-end (JSF/Faceletes) and Java framework
            to support application logic. 
					</project>
					<project name="GUI for data mining system.">
						I participated in design and development of a GUI project (.NET Framework 2.0, 
						Visual Studio .NET 2005) for data mining system based on SAS for one of our clients.
					</project>
					<project name="PowerText" link="http://www.bphx.com/power_text.cfm">
            I participated in design and development of document processing system
            (.NET Framework 1.1, C++/C#, MS SQL Server 2005) that allows receiving, extracting,
            converting documents from distinct platforms and in the different formats. It allows
            storing and accessing these documents via web interface (ASP.NET).
          </project>
					<project name="Natural ADABAS to Java/J2EE migration.">
						I participated in design and development of a bridge (Java) between migrated and
						non migrated legacy code (Natural, COBOL, ASM).
					</project>
				</projects>
			</company>
			<company name="MultiConn Technologies, Azur, Israel" link="http://www.multiconn.com" 
				period="Apr 2001 - Dec 2005">
				<position name="Software engineer">Software design and development.</position>
				<projects>
					<project name="eXperanto extensions." link="/data/projects.xml">
						I participated in implementation of the following extensions (.NET and Java versions)
						for eXperanto project:
						<ul>
							<li>Adaptation of eXperanto project for Microfocus COBOL on AIX.</li>
							<li>
								Extension for executing of external web services from legacy applications.
							</li>
							<li>
								Exposing legacy applications that were written in Natural as web-services.
							</li>
							<li>
								Exposing legacy applications that communicate using 3270 data stream as web applications.
							</li>
							<li>A bridge between Microfocus COBOL on Solaris and COBOL on Z/OS mainframe.</li>
							<li>Extension that allows exposing legacy applications via Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004.</li>
							<li>Custom adapters, data converters and handlers.</li>
						</ul>
					</project>
					<project name="eXperanto." link="/data/projects.xml">
						I participated in design and development of the project that exposes
						mainframe's legacy applications as web services/web-applications on
						either .NET (IIS) or Java (WebSphere) platforms. Implementation details:
						Visual Studio .NET 2003, IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer
						v5.1.1, IBM WebSphere MQ v5.3, Microsoft SNA Server 2000, CICS DPL and
						CICS 3270 bridges.
					</project>
					<project name="eXperanto designer.">
            I participated in design and development of a web based IDE ( HTML/DHTML, JScript, ASP.NET, C#)
            for importing legacy sources (COBOL copybooks/programs, Natural data structures) and
            generating either web-services or standalone modules for serialization/deserialization
            data.
          </project>
					<project name="Tipot.">
            I participated in design and development of a client/server application (C#, WSE 1.0)
            that collects data from card readers at client side and sends data to the server
            via IBM WebSphere MQ. The server manages a database (Microsoft SQL Server 2000)
            and implements business logic.
          </project>
					<project name="eXperanto XSLT processor." link="http://www.multiconn.com/eXperanto.html">
						I participated in design and implementation of W3C XSLT 1.0 Recommendation 
						for IBM mainframes. The project includes XSLT compiler and XSLT runtime 
						engine (ANSI C).
					</project>
        </projects>
      </company>
      <company name="Blueberry Consultants Ltd., Leamington Spa, UK" link="http://www.bbconsult.co.uk"
        period="Apr 2000 - Mar 2001">
        <position name="Remote software developer"></position>
        <projects>
          <project name="Pub Games." link="http://www.bbconsult.co.uk">
            I participated in porting of main database from Access to MS SQL 7, improvement
            and implementation of new features for control server, development of reports
            (Crystal Reports 8), and development of program for data replication
            (Borland C++ Builder 5).
          </project>
        </projects>
      </company>
      <company name="PuterSoft Company" link="http://www.PuterSoft.com" period="Oct 1999 - Apr 2000">
        <position name="Remote software developer"></position>
        <projects>
          <project name="Delphi and Borland C++ Builder components.">
					I participated in development of commercial components for Delphi 
					and C++ Builder and wrote documentations for them.
				</project>
        </projects>
      </company>
      <company name="Syntech Information Company Ltd., Moscow, Russia" period="Dec 1998 - Oct 1999">
        <position name="Remote software developer"></position>
        <projects>
          <project name="Door entry system">
						I participated in design and development of a client/server application (Delphi)
						for management of net of access control terminals.
					</project>
        </projects>
      </company>
      <company name="East Ukraine State University, Lugansk, Ukraine" period="Sep 1997 - May 1999">
        <position name="Programmer analyst"></position>
        <projects>
          <project name="Information System of modeling pollution expansion in the ground layer of atmosphere.">
					Research in the problem of numerical solving of turbulence hydrodynamic equations,
					mathemathical modeling and software development.
				</project>
        </projects>
      </company>
    </employment-history>
    <articles>
      <article name="Integrating COBOL applications with Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004">was published in 'MQ Update' magazine, December 2004-January 2005</article>
      <article name="SOAP WMQ transport">was published in 'MQ Update' magazine No 57, March 2004</article>
      <article name="New methods of solving differential 3D-equations based on physical law of constancy of energy">was published in East Ukrainian State University Journal, 1999</article>
    </articles>
    <education period="1992-1999" degree="Master degree in Computing Science">
		I was graduated from the East Ukrainian State University, faculty of "Computer systems and robotics".
	</education>
    <references>
      <reference>
        <ref-name link="yuris@bphx.com">Yuri Steinschreiber</ref-name>
        <ref-company link="http://www.bphx.com">BluePhoenix Solutions, USA</ref-company>
        <ref-position>VP Technology</ref-position>
      </reference>
      <reference>
        <ref-name link="peter.mcchesney@bbconsult.co.uk">Peter McChesney</ref-name>
        <ref-company link="http://www.bbconsult.co.uk">Blueberry Consulting Ltd., Great Britain</ref-company>
        <ref-position>Senior Software Designer</ref-position>
      </reference>
      <reference>
        <ref-name link="oleg@tkachenko.com">Oleg Tkachenko</ref-name>
        <ref-company link="http://www.microsoft.com">Microsoft, USA</ref-company>
        <ref-position>Software Engineer, Microsoft MVP</ref-position>
      </reference>
    </references>
  </person>
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