VLADISLAV GRINCHENKO
VLG Tech, LLC
(e-mail: 3rdshift<AT>comcast.net, blog)

OBJECTIVE:

Software Engineer with over 15 years of systems engineering and programming experience in the IT industry including full-cycle project management: customer requirements analysis, systems architecture, object-oriented design, software development, testing, system integration, certification, documentation, installation, customer support, maintenance, and features enhancements.

EDUCATION:

M.S. in Computer Science, John Hopkins University, M.D. (GPA 4.0).
B.S. in Computer Science, University of Maryland at College Park, M.D.

SKILLS:

Languages:	C++/STL, C, Java, Perl, Object-Oriented Programming, Design Patterns, UML, XML, SGML, HTML
Frameworks:	POSIX/Win32 Sockets (TCP/IP), Posix/Win32 Threads, GNU Automake, CORBA (ACE/TAO), SVR4 IPC, RPC, Lex/Yacc, IBM Purify/Quantify
CM:	CVS, Perforce, StarTeam, Razor, Bugzilla, FogBugs,CodeCollaborator, MediaWiki, Hutson
GUI Toolkits:	Gtk/Gtkmm, Java Swing
Operating Systems:	Linux (RHE5, Fedora, Debian), Windows, FreeBSD, Maemo, Oracle Solaris

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

• Consultant (2011 - present)
  Koolspan, Inc., Bethesda MD
  Hardware protected communications for mobile devices with microSD TrustChip

Project: TDK (TrustChip Developer Kit)

• Designed and implemented unilateral encryption in software and on the TrustChip to secure archive files and broadcast streaming video.
• TDK internals rearchitecture to provide thread-safe concurrent access to multiple TrustChips.
• Reverse-engineering of the original design, multi-platform development, and maintenance.

Environment:

Visual C++, VS2008, WinSock2, Win32 Threads, Windows-CE, Android/Java/NDK/SWIG, Linux, AES-256 GCM/CBC, FIPS-compliance.

• Sr. Software Engineer (2005 - 2010, 5.5 years)
  Comtech Mobile Datacom, Inc., Germantown MD
  Advanced satellite-based communications solutions

Project: BFT-1 STIG compliance (clients: U.S. Army FBCB2 Program)

• Security requirements analysis.
• System upgrade and formal security validation.

Project: BFT-2 High-Capacity re-compete (clients: U.S. Army FBCB2 Program)

• Requirements analysis, systems architecture and design.
• Managed a team of six senior software engineers.
• Prototype development, testing, and customer acceptance in-lab and field testing.

Project: CMS Core Networking System (clients: U.S. Army MTS and FBCB2 Programs)

• Rewrote key components of the system to greately improve stability and performance.
• System conversion from DES to 3DES and AES256 encryption algorithms.
• Developed extensive end-to-end testing harness to validate performance of the networking layer.
• System development and maintenance.

Environment:

C++, STL, OOP, UNIX IPC, network programming, GNU Autotools, RedHat Enterprise 4/5, DES/3DES/AES256, FIPS-compliance.

• Software Engineer (1996 - 2005, 9 years)
  Integral Systems, Inc., Lanham MD
  Leading supplier of statellite ground systems
  (now part of Kratos Defence & Security Solutions)

Project: Epoch IPS LEO-T(clients: GOES)

• Development of various device handlers to control/status the hardware for unmanned mission data acquisition/dissemination LEO (Low Earth Orbiting) satellites system.
• Design of a TCP/IP-based communication protocol for control/status interaction between remote subsystems.
• Conversion of an X.25-based system gateway process to a TCP/IP-based server.

Project: Epoch V4 (clients: PanAmSat)

• Performance analysis for CORBA (ACE/TAO) event processing service.
• Design and implementation of a CORBA-based user permissions access server.

Project: Epoch T&C 2000 V3 (clients: Loral Skynet, EchoStar, Orbital Sciences, New Skies, CD-Radio)

• Designed a distributed object-oriented device handler framework library to support remote method invocation.
• Wrote various configuration/status device handlers such as bit-sync, receiver, modulator, and loop-back devices based on the device handler framework.
• Designed a satellite Ranging subsystem for various spacecraft and front-end processors.
• Wrote Antenna Control Unit device handler.
• Implemented a distributed application licensing server.

Environment:

C++, STL, Object-Oriented C, UML, CORBA, Java, STOL, Solaris 2.x, Linux 2.x, LynxOS, IN-SNEC Cortex CRT/HDR, Enertec FEP, AVTEC PTP.

• Programmer/Analyst (October 1994 - June 1996)
  BDM International, McLean, VA (client: SEC/Edgar)

Projects:

• Conversion of a Lexis/Nexis full-text search multi session communication server from PA-RISC Stratus VOS architecture to Sun Solaris/FTX Continuum SVR4 using Spider X.25 networking library.
• Design and implementation of a preemptive multithreading library to support Stratus VOS tasking and events facilities in UNIX environment.
• Developed a protocol-independent (TCP/IP,X.25) multipurpose thread-safe transport layer library.
• Wrote a UNIX-to-UNIX one-way server disk-based queues library.
• Design and implementation of a centralized logging server library for server applications.
• Wrote a Motif-based system monitor.

Environment:

Object-Oriented C, Solaris 2.x, Linux 2.x

OPEN-SOURCE PROJECTS:

• libassa : an object-oriented networking library based on Adaptive Communication Patterns.
• Granule : multi-paltform Flashcards program (Leitner - space repetition).

CLEARANCE: Active Secret

CITIZENSHIP: Naturalized U.S. Citizen, fluent Russian

REFERENCES: Available upon request