Ray Tran

Current

Technical Architect (contract) at Aviva
Technical Director at Sec52 Ltd
Technical Director at Artran Ltd

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Past

Security Software Engineer at Westpoint Ltd
Software Engineer at Westhawk Ltd
Senior Systems Engineer at Active Automation

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Education

Liverpool John Moores University

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Ray Tran’s Summary

Certified Scrum Master and application developer with experience in several languages.

Ray Tran’s Specialties:

Scrum Master, system admin, Java, Python, XML, XSL, HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, good at understanding protocols and server configuration. Experience in several web application technologies including Django, J2EE, Spring, and Hibernate.

Ray Tran’s Experience

Technical Architect (contract)

Aviva

(Public Company; AV; Financial Services industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

RAC site rebuild at Aviva.

Key skills being used:
* Django
* jQuery
* Oracle
* Encryption
* Ctypes (using C libraries in Python)
* Technical lead/architect
* Security
Technical Director

Sec52 Ltd

(Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Providing IT security consultancy and vulnerability assessment.
Technical Director

Artran Ltd

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

Writing bespoke web applications using Django, J2EE, XHTML and CSS.

I emphasise usability, security and quality. I take the time to work with clients to understand their requirements and help them to specify exactly what they need.
Security Software Engineer

Westpoint Ltd

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 7 months)

Security software engineer. System administrator.

Evaluation of customers' internet security.
Development of software to assist with security analysis and reporting.
Maintenance and development of network infrastructure to meet business requirements.

Specific skills:
* Vulnerability testing using various tools and "hands-on" approach
* SQL, HTML, XML, XSL, CSS
* Django, Python
* Oracle, SQLite
* Apache, Postfix, Bind, OpenLDAP, Squid
* Cisco, IPTables
* TCP/IP, Ethernet
Software Engineer

Westhawk Ltd

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2000 — September 2006 (6 years 1 month)

* Java
* XML, XSL, XSL-FO
* XHTML, CSS
* OpenBSD, Linux, Solaris, Windows
* Apache, Tomcat, SSL
* Asterisk PBX
* Ruby on Rails
* Sendmail, UW-Imap, SpamAssassin, Procmail
* Bind
* NTPD
* Firewalls PacketFilter (PF)

I spend half my time writing code in xml, xsl, xhtml (with css) and Java. The other half of my time is spent administering a growing heterogenous network. I manage about 20 machines running OpenBSD, Linux, Solaris and Windows. The machines run typical server applications including web (Apache and Tomcat), mail (Sendmail and UW-Imap), dns (Bind) and ntp (NTPD). Most of the servers are critical and downtime is unwelcome. I also setup and manage the firewall for the network using OpenBSD and PacketFilter.
Senior Systems Engineer

Active Automation

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

March 1996 — September 2000 (4 years 7 months)

I managed a team of up to 10 electronics technicians working on repairs to industrial automation equipment. I was also the PLC specialist which involved producing test and repair procedures for equipment and providing training courses both in-house and at customers' premises. The work involved being "on call" on a regular basis.

* Manager of PLC and Automation section.
* Development of test rigs and procedures for repair of automation equipment.
* Work at customers' sites repairing automation equipment especially PLCs.
* Lead trainer providing courses in PLCs and industrial computing.
* Installation of site-wide Ethernet network.
* Development of intranet resources (email, news, intranet web server, etc).
* Connection of intranet to internet via dialup modem.
* Develop working procedures for ISO 9001 compliance.

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Ray Tran’s Interests:

Professional interests include: * Programming - Java, Python, etc * Agile techniques * Web Applications - Servlets, Django, Ruby on Rails * Network Admin * Security Personal interests include: * Mountain biking and cycling in general * Running * Music - play bass, guitar and piano (none of them particularly well) * General computer stuff * Motorbikes