Andrei Kossoroukov

Current

Chief Architect, Director of Engineering at Visiphor Corporation

Past

Adjunct Professor at Lansbridge University
Adjunct Professor at Kingston Educational Group
Lead Developer, Director of Software Development at Most Home Corp., Most Referred Real Estate Agents

Director of Software Engineering at POPCast Communications
Sr. Software Consultant, Partner at IT Systems Inc.
Career from a Software Developer to a VP, Technology at different organizations in Russia, Austria, and Canada

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Education

Microsoft Certified Architect Program
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Moscow Central Stock Exchange Education Center

New York Institute of Finance
VINITI (Institute for Scientific and Technical Information), Moscow
Institute of Philosophy, USSR Academy of Sciences
Moskovskij Gosudarstvennyj Universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Andrei Kossoroukov’s Summary

I wrote my first computer program in 1974. The program was written in FORTRAN-IV and I have completely forgotten what it was doing. Then I learnt ALGOL 60 and PL/1... and after I had learned thirty more languages I stopped counting them. I worked with 2nd generation computers, big and impressive. I managed projects and teams in several countries. I have written books and published articles. I developed algorithms for artificial intelligence systems, created solutions for financial industry, developed e-business systems for real estate companies, and much more. If you are interested in my past experience, please visit my Web site and check my curriculum vitae:

http://www.andreiko.com

A couple of times I tried to escape from the IT industry... First, I was graduated as a mathematician. Being a mathematician today means being a genius. I am certainly not, I am too much practical. My career of a pure mathematician had too many thorns; and I came back to developing computer models instead of developing formulas. Computers can do it, why should I?

Second time I tried to become a financial consultant. I was successful. I received certificates from a few institutions, including New York Institute of Finance and Moscow Central Stock Exchange. I published two books on the Russian securities market, became a well known consultant and founded a business college. I would never get back to computers and IT...

However, I decided to move to Canada. In 1995 I did. My first full-time job in Canada was for a software company. And I am back to the computer industry since then.

Today I am a software architect specializing in the area of system integration.

Andrei Kossoroukov’s Specialties:

solutions architecture for software-intensive systems
system integration
MCP, MCDBA, MCTS, MCITP

Andrei Kossoroukov’s Experience

Chief Architect, Director of Engineering

Visiphor Corporation

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; VISRF; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2005 — Present (3 years 2 months)

- Currently work as a Chief Architect providing strategic technical vision for the company, a leading solution provider in the areas of Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Enterprise Information Integration (EII), and ETL.
- Being a part of Visiphor Management Team, manage the Engineering Department.
- Started as a technology and solutions architect for this company; designed integration solutions for cross-platform systems using SOA with the emphasis on Microsoft .NET framework, SQL Server and BizTalk. Major successfully completed projects for: BC Provincial Health Services Authority; Commonwealth Insurance Company; Washington State Department of Information Services (law enforcement network); and police departments of different cities and counties all across the United States. Project sizes varied from $100,000 to $1M+.
Adjunct Professor

Lansbridge University

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 2004 — May 2007 (3 years 5 months)

Teaching Information Technology courses for MBA students:
= IT for E-Business Management
= Business and E-Business Process Planning
= Introduction to E-Commerce

Supervising MBA theses.
Adjunct Professor

Kingston Educational Group

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 1996 — April 2006 (10 years 4 months)

Teaching Information Technology courses for MBA students:
= Management Information Systems
= Principles of E-Business
= E-Business Strategies and Management
= Business and E-Business Process Planning
= Management of Information Technology
Supervising MBA theses.

Teaching Computer Science courses for M.Sc. students:
= Introduction to Computing
= Data Structures and Algorithms
= Operating Systems
= Data Communications and Networking
= Database Systems
= Computer Organization and Architecture
= Application Programs Development
= Computer and Network Security
= Client-Server Systems
= Heterogeneous Networks
Supervising M.Sc. theses.
Lead Developer, Director of Software Development

Most Home Corp., Most Referred Real Estate Agents

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; MHME; Information Services industry)

August 2001 — August 2005 (4 years 1 month)

- Worked as a lead developer, a solutions architect, and a manager of the development team of this technology provider for the real estate market in North America.
- Was responsible for the entire life cycle of all company products, including design, development, implementation, and maintenance.
- Has designed and developed the state-of-the-art RealBot ™ real estate listings search engine that aggregated results of federated searches from a number of data providers.
- Played major role in architecting company’s Internet, intranet, and wireless products.
Director of Software Engineering

POPCast Communications

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2001 — May 2001 (5 months)

- Managed a team of 30+ software engineers located in Vancouver, BC, Canada and Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sr. Software Consultant, Partner

IT Systems Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 1997 — December 2000 (3 years 5 months)

- Developed and managed consulting teams who provided solutions architecture for businesses in retail, mutual funds, and other industries.
- Worked as a senior developer, solutions/technology architect, project manager, and a team leader on a number of complex, primarily Internet-based, projects.
- Major projects for: Ethical Funds Inc.; Concord Pacific Developments; Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd.; Pacific Coach Lines; HSBC Asset Management Canada Ltd.; Vancity Savings Credit Union. The projects were different in size, ranging from $50,000 to $1.5M.
Career from a Software Developer to a VP, Technology

different organizations in Russia, Austria, and Canada

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1983 — July 1997 (14 years 7 months)

- Started a career in software development in 1983 in the areas of artificial intelligence and management control systems. Had designed and implemented new algorithms for analyzing Russian and English hypertexts.
- Spent many years in designing, developing, and delivering solutions for financial organizations, worked with different banks and stock exchanges in Russia, Austria, USA, and UK.
- Had several scientific achievements and patents.
- Had publications in Russian, German and American scientific magazines.
- Managed software engineering teams based in several countries.

Andrei Kossoroukov’s Education

Microsoft Certified Architect Program

Solutions Architecture 2006 — 2007

MCA is a unique program developed by Microsoft. I was fortunate to join it just a little before it turned into another pointless certification. I am happy that I finally finished the educational part of it, which does not exist in the current program anymore. In fact, there is no "program" anymore. What's left is just a certification. And I did not get certified ... may be some time later... or not.
British Columbia Institute of Technology

1995 — 1995
Moscow Central Stock Exchange Education Center

Russian Stock Market 1994 — 1994
New York Institute of Finance

Diploma, U.S. Money and Capital Markets, 1993 — 1993
VINITI (Institute for Scientific and Technical Information), Moscow

Diploma, Information Technologies, Relational Databases, 1984 — 1985

Post-graduate studies in Information Technologies with strong emphasis on database management systems.
Institute of Philosophy, USSR Academy of Sciences

Philosophy 1984 — 1984
Moskovskij Gosudarstvennyj Universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova

M.Sc., Mathematics, Computer Science, 1977 — 1982

This funny looking name of the school actually means Moscow State University in Russian

Additional Information

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Andrei Kossoroukov’s Interests:

system integration, software intensive systems, system architecture, information technology, solutions architecture, entire business solutions

Andrei Kossoroukov’s Groups:

International Association of Software Architects
PartnerPoint - An Online Community of over 8,000 Microsoft Partners Worldwide - www.PartnerPoint.com
The Enterprise Architecture Network
BizTalk
Microsoft Partner Network
The I.T Architect Network
Vancouver IT Professionals