IT Consultant
Bangladesh
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- Founder at Compurius
- Managing Partner at SiproTech Systems
- Past
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- Independent Consultant and Developer at Russell Consulting
- Information Technology Officer at Relief International - Schools Online
- System Analyst at Bangladesh Rubber Industries
- System Administrator at Polaris Systems / Starnet Online Limited
- Course Instructor at FasTracKids International (Dhaka Centre)
- Assistant Programmer at Advantech Limited
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Russell John’s Summary
• Extensive knowledge of Linux, UNIX, BSD, and Windows operating systems
• Thorough knowledge of TCP/IP networking and programming
• Strong familiarity and interest in security topics and issues
• Extensive experience with Apache, Bind, Sendmail, Squid, and Samba
• Database administration experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL and Ingres
• Assembled and trouble-shooted hundreds of Intel, AMD and Cyrix micro computers
• Programming experience in C, C++, 80x86, Java, Perl, Python TCL, and several BASICs
• Cross platform development experience under Linux and Windows
• Extensive experience in Bengali localization of FOSS applications and Linux distributions
• Long-time experience in Web design and development
• Steadfast in pursuit of clean, simple, straight-forward usable web interfaces
• Expertise with various content management systems including Plone, PHP-Nuke Mambo, and Joomla
• Formal education in fine arts and photography and solid background in computer graphics
• Technical writing skill with experience in writing software manuals and training materials
• Efficient organizational abilities combined with patience and good communication skills
Russell John’s Specialties:
Linux and Unix system administration, OSS migration consultancy, cross platform development, Content Management Systems, Cisco devices, local and wide area networking
Russell John’s Experience
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Founder
Compurius
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2008 — Present (3 months)
Services that my company provides:
• Enterprise Level Linux and Open Source Solution
• Information Security Consultancy
• Web Presence Management
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Managing Partner
SiproTech Systems
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2007 — Present (10 months)
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Independent Consultant and Developer
Russell Consulting
(Public Company; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 4 months)
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Information Technology Officer
Relief International - Schools Online
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
May 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 6 months)
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System Analyst
Bangladesh Rubber Industries
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Goods industry)
May 2004 — November 2004 (7 months)
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System Administrator
Polaris Systems / Starnet Online Limited
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
July 2002 — April 2004 (1 year 10 months)
• Installed, configured, maintained a WAN with Red Hat based server with 150+ nodes
• Devised backup strategies, performance monitoring, anti virus and firewall protection, Cisco routers, networks and Internet connectivity, problem solving and helpdesk
• Duties also included the assignment and monitoring of projects, high-level trouble shooting, and project coordination with clients
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Course Instructor
FasTracKids International (Dhaka Centre)
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Education Management industry)
February 2002 — March 2002 (2 months)
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Assistant Programmer
Advantech Limited
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 1999 — May 1999 (2 months)
• Member of the development team of a school’s tuition management software
• Wrote the entire documentation on operating and managing the software
• Provided training and helpdesk support to the school staffs
Additional Information
Russell John’s Websites:
Russell John’s Interests:
Technology, television media, photography, video production, event management, and astronomy. Computer related interest includes: Linux, Open Source software, CMS, wide area networking and security issues.
Russell John’s Groups:
Bangladesh Linux Users Alliance, Linux Counter, Ubuntu Bangladesh, The Fedora Project, Association for Computing Machinery, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, IEEE Computer Society, Creative Commons, The Planetary Society
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FOSS Professionals member
Russell John’s Honors:
Honorable Mention - ACM Asia Pacific Programming Contest 2003
Honorable Mention - ACM Asia Pacific Programming Contest 2004
Russell John’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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