Kamshad M. Ravandi Herndon, Virginia, 20171, (202) 299-7629, email: kr1312b04@westpost.

net US CITIZEN PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY *Principal IT Consultant (Information System Architect) with more than 25 years of delivering Technology Advisory and Implementation solutions that reduce TCO, extract and maximize business valu e from IT investments. *Encompasses architecture, engineering, and operations services for the IT strat egy, innovation, operations, and infrastructure required to deliver efficient and effective platforms fundamental to business successes. *Systems administration more than 15 years experience includes: UNIX (Solaris), Linux (Ubuntu, Suse, RedHat), Windows 2000, NT, advanced server, MAC and OS/2 environments. *Technology Strategy & Architecture, Information Management, SAP Package Technol ogies, Oracle Package Technologies, Distinct Package Technologies, Systems Integration, and Technology & Process Management. *Cloud computing and IT implementation on small and medium business. *Extensive installation and configuration of hardware and software, and Intel-Am d and Unix-SUN-Solaris platforms workstations and servers repair and maintenance. Uses IT knowledge of hardware a nd software application skills to complete design and specifications for development teams. *Comprehensive experience in analysis, design and implementation of Enterprise R esource Planning (ERP), and implementation of client-server on network TCP/IP, Database Installation, config uration - ORACLE and DB2. *Plan, design, and implement solutions that deliver and analyze information effi ciently for competitive advantage. *Major strength in problem determination and trouble resolution with strong inte rdepartmental and interpersonal communication. *Published Farsi literature and taught the language. Passed the Course of Berlit z Methodology training and worked as a Berlitz Instructor BERLITZ Language Center as an Italian and Farsi instructor. EDUCATION *B.S. - Information Technology - Strayer University - Candidate (credits transfe rred from University of Milan) *B.S. - Political Science - University of Milan, Italy *Research & Analysis - self Study in Open_ Source Systems (Social, Economical, T echnological impact of OSS) in future society, (Infonomics) Italy, Cloud Computing, EC2+ (Ubuntu Enterprise Clo ud (UEC)). *Other Languages: Farsi (Native) fluent verbal and written, Italian (30 years) f luent verbal and written, COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Operating Systems *UNIX - SOLARIS 2.4-7.0-8.0-10 *Sparc and Intel bases *AIX 4.3 *Linux - SUSE 6.3, 7.2, 8.2, 9.2, 9.3 *Mandrake 6.0, 7.2, 8.0, 9.2 *REDHAT 6.2, 7.0 *Linux - Ubuntu 7.4 - 8.04, 9.10 *OS2 SMP Server *Aurora OS/2, VerBusiness 5.0 *Windows NT, Client 95, 98, 2000, XP Applications Server

*R3 SAP 4.6 BC *Network Installation and Configuration *Cloud Computing, EC2+ (Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC)), Eucalyptus *Netfinity 5.3 *Joomia, Drupal, Worpress Information Technology - Open Source 2004 - Present Independent Consultant Provide consultation based on winning combination of strategic planning, competi tive analysis, and knowledge of global markets on conversion of traditional Windows' based technology to the new and in novative Open Source technology, resulting in improved network performance and reduced operating costs. *Cloud computing and IT implementation on small and medium business, and its imp act in particular on and private and public Schools, Medical centers, *Conduct end-to-end analysis, evaluation, implementation and systems conversion, *Perform non-traditional client server multiple user implementation. Cloud Compu ting, EC2+ (Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC)), Eucalyptus. Free Lance Research and Marketing 2002 - 2004 *Evaluate and conduct research and analysis of US and European markets implement ation and exchange of technologies and applications on Open Source systems and services on-demand, including SAP on -demand - originated in Europe circa 2000. Recruiting IT experts for European Companies. IBM - Italy 2000 - 2001 SAP Basis System Administrator *Monitored and administered Oracle database and UNIX system. *Conducted SAP System administration R/3 (BC), SAP 4.6 on SUSE LINUX VER.7.0 and 7.2 with kernel certified by SAP installation and testing, and performed control and system monitoring on ORA CLE SAP, UNIX performance, tablespace *Managed landscape, deployed authorization concept, and performed problem resolu tion *Maintained client server structure within the specifications of organizational requirements *Provided technical support for UNIX applications, hot packages, patch updates, note OSS, profile generator (PFCG), and change request homogeneous system copy and refresh *Installed and tested SAP 4.6 on SUSE LINUX VER.7.0, 7.2 with kernel certified b y SAP *Corporations supported were: Italcementi, Eridania, Nestle, Carrier, Coop, Piag gio, Schneider, Novartis, Aventis, Casmatic, Celestina, Lonza, Rodacciai. IBM WebFarm Project - (IBM -TELECOM) 2000 - 2000 Project Manager-System Integrator Provided consulting, support, analysis, testing, infrastructure application inst allation, and layout plan for ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and BOSD (Basic Operating System Deployment) 4.0 advanced server, including customization of SUN SOLARIS versions 7 & 8 Sparc server, Windows NT, and advanc ed Nefinity server per IBM specifications. * Recruited and Trained IBM technical personnels on installation and configurati

on of SUN-SOLARIS, Microsoft NT, customization of BOSD, Netfinity's RAID management and provided evaluation and c ertification of the technical documentation, *Collaborated with Microsoft NT programmers on installation and configuration au tomation of Netfinity application manager 5.20.6 through server BOS, Token Ring network environments. *Analyzed and documented deployment methodology for SOLARIS SUN server. Deutsche Bank - Italy 1998 - 2000 System Administrator-Analyst - (Y2K) Managed stock exchange and liquid assets projects. (Bloomberg, Reuter) *Provide the day-to-day tier 1-2 support for all applications in Production envi ronment. Ensure availability of applications and their stability in IT environment in Deutsche Bank Stock Exchan ge department for Brokers (end users) *Performed systems administration on OS/2 system server, MSwin clients, *Provided consultation for migration from the OS/2 to NT systems. *Conducted DB2 installation and administration on OS/2 and NT systems. SUN Reuter service, Bloomberg Elite Corporation Consulting - Italy 1994 - 1997 IT Consultant - Systems Integrator *Program managed Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) projects. Provided systems t echnical support on OMNIS ERP Fourbytes Group (MIG), and SUN partner (Icos). Performed technical activities on SUN- SOLARIS Ver. 4.0, NT, 95, OS/2, and small to mid-sized TCP/IP servers. Novell /Netware environment. References: Available upon request