Dan Spoiala

April 2011 – August 2011 (5 months) Markham, ON

Planned and implemented the company’s Active Directory using Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2003 in a single forest configuration, two Domain Controllers (one on Hyper-V), 5 servers member (Windows Server 2008/2003) and 25 clients (Windows 7/ Vista/ XP).
Deployed the server’s roles: DNS, DHCP, File Server with DFS replication, Fax Server, Print Server.
Monitored the IT infrastructure using Nagios, Microsoft Network Monitor in site and remotely.
Designed and implemented the company’s business continuity plan including the backup, recovery and disaster recovery plan for file and system servers.
Implemented secure remote user’s connection using VPN Cisco Client and Remote Desktop.
Prepared LAN technical documentation and kept troubleshooting tracking.

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry

2008 – March 2011 (3 years)

Member of the co-founding 3 person team that started-up and developed the business.
Reporting to Business Development Director, lead a team of 3-5 IT Professionals and Developers responsible with data center operations, system administration and development.
Designed and implemented the company’s Active Directory using Windows Server 2008.
Monitored the IT infrastructure using Nagios, Microsoft Network Monitor.
Designed and lead the development and administration of company’s data center.
Administration of a farm of 5 SQL Server databases with High Availability in a mirroring configuration.
Implemented and managed the company’s Exchange Server 2007 containing 250 mailboxes.
Designed and lead a team of 3 that implemented and managed company’s LAN (2 subnets) - approx 250 clients running Windows 7/Vista/XP and RedHat Fedora.
Designed, implemented, managed and maintained the critical Real Time ETL Data for an average of 20,000 transactions daily.
Designed and implemented the company’s business continuity plan including the backup, recovery and disaster recovery plan for file and system servers in the data center, and relational databases.
Managed the payment gateway integrated with 50 Banks or ISO such as HSBS, Moneris, Paymentech, PayVision, Global Payment, MaxPayment.
Requirements establishment, infrastructure design, and implementation lead for a team of 5 to develop, using .NET, the eReports system – a data warehouse and business intelligence system for Merchant Transactions Management, Risk Evaluation, Return of Investment and Accounting.
Designed infrastructure and lead the implementation and administration of Check by Phone and Check by Internet systems with Voice Authorization and Mailing notification.
Developed test plans and lead the testing process ensure that all projects meet business needs and technical requirements.
Prepared training materials for end-user training sessions.

2007 – 2008 (1 year)

Planned, Installed and Configured a second domain in Windows Server 2003 Active Directory.
Designed, implemented and managed VPN connections for secured remote access.
Installed, monitored and managed MySQL database with hundreds of tables, procedures and functions (SQL).
Monitored system performance using Windows PerfMon for I/O, memory usage and CPU usage. Optimized performance by implementing multi-threading.
Developed the modules to apply the algorithm for various securities (stocks, derivative -ETF and futures- Commodities, Bonds, Currency) using Visual Basic, FORTRAN, MySQL and PHP.
Found trends, calculated risk and signal (long or short) for each price daily.
Calculated number of shares to buy/sell according with maximal loss or margins, risk level, security price and available capital.
Researched and picked securities with potential profit in the future.
Kept track of hundreds portfolios value, maximum loss, profit, cost, Sharpe ratio.
Researched, checked various hypotheses to maximize the profit of portfolio and to decrease the risk.
Fine-tuned the model and enhanced the profit of portfolios with 5% in average.
Developed marketing collateral for market promotions (PowerPoint presentations, reports, data sheet).
Managed real portfolio accordingly with the system output using InteractiveBrokers platform.

August 2006 – July 2007 (1 year)

Planned, Installed and Configured Windows Server 2003 Active Directory.
Tasked with the installation, administration and maintenance of company’s mail server - Exchange Server 2003.
Created and managed Exchange Recipients (hundreds users, tens groups, contacts);
Installed and configured Windows Vista/XP Professional on desktops (Compaq) and laptops running in an Active Directory domain.
Maintained and updated Client O/S (Windows XP Pro/Vista).
Deployed Microsoft Office Suite 2003 with Outlook on clients.
Assured remote network access with Windows Terminal Services.
Installed and configured Lexmark and HP printers, scanners and fax machine.
Configured TCP/IP and the Internet connection, created the File and Print servers.
Initiated and provided a remote access solution for employees using Windows Terminal Services and VPN.
Installed and configured an electronic FAX system; managed Domain Name Renewal Reminder Service.
Managed the call center’s VOIP connections and IP Phones.
Provide customer service: Domain Name registration/renewal, Domain Name management, DNS set up or change, Domain forwarding, custom URL, URL and email forwarding.

February 2004 – December 2005 (1 year 11 months)

Xpert Testing Centre, Ramnicu Valcea, Romania Contract
Project: Xpert-European Computer Passport - European Union funded project/ IT training for Adults
• Designed, implemented and supported a wireless network of 25 workstations with peripherals.
• Selected and configured hardware and installed software (Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Office Suite 2003, BitDefender 8).
• Technically coordinated and supervised on-lab training and evaluation activities.
• Organized information and created course materials for adults training (Hardware and Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Access 2003), approved by PHARE – European Union.
• Researched and analyzed, organized and structured information, created, developed and used eLearning applications for adults training (Hardware and Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Access 2003), approved by PHARE – European Union.
• Taught Windows XP Professional and Microsoft Access 2003 courses to adults

September 2000 – December 2005 (5 years 4 months)

Oltchim College, Ramnicu Valcea, Romania Full Time
• Delivered internal design, implementation method and cost analysis for school computer network (75+ nodes and one server - Windows 2000 Server, Windows 9x/2000, Microsoft Office Suite 2000 and BitDefender).
• Consulted with school manager on future technology issues involving connectivity for LANs and Internet connection.
• Overseen network connectivity, implementation, integration and troubleshooting for servers, routers, remote access, storage devices, printers, and scanners for 4 school laboratories.
• Diagnosed hardware problems and replaced defective component.
• Identified bottleneck and performed the upgrade.
• Operated migration from Windows 2000 to Windows XP Professional and from Windows 2000 Server to Windows 2003 Server.
• Installed Microsoft Office Suite 2003.
• Performed Windows XP Professional optimization using Performance Logs and Alerts.
• Installed and maintained Active Directory, administrated user accounts, groups, group policy.
• Ensured data integrity and performed backups.
• Performed virus scan and virus update.
• Managed printing (installation, configuration and troubleshooting).
• Created and maintained documentation for hardware and software configurations to allow for consistency, effective troubleshooting and cross-training.
• Provided advice and training to users in response to identified difficulties.
• Taught Windows XP Professional, C/C++ and Computer Hardware course.

September 1991 – August 2000 (9 years)

Oltchim College, Ramnicu Valcea, Romania Full Time
• Created Visual Basic and C/C++ applications.
• Created evaluation applications using Visual Basic for Physics classes.
• Simulated Physics phenomena using CVI LabWindows environment