Godfrey J.

Lawrence

Mobile: +91-9742303240 ~ E-Mail: linuxander@gmail.com

~ Senior IT Professional ~
~ Project Mgt ~ Software Development ~ IT Corporate Training ~ Solution Architect ~
Location Preference: Bangalore An astute professional with over 18 years of experience in: Project Management Techno-Functional Consultancy Training & Development Solution Architecture Software Development Team Management

Has a belief that, the primary goal of technological innovation is for achieving business excellence, as in I wanted someone who could make IT work for the business rather than someone who could become obsessed with technology for its own sake Capt. Gopinath , Founder of Air Deccan Started career in specialising at Microsoft technologies (Visual Studio 2000) and later grown in to architecting open source solutions. Advocated use of open source tools, languages and solutions by conducting seminars in colleges, writing in blogs and by advising top management of the organisations worked so for. Exceptional aptitude for programming in over 10 languages, entailing Visual C++ with MFC & Borland C++ with OWL. Special interest in Parallel Programming, HPC Systems, Supercomputers and Beowulf Clusters. Mentored hundreds of software engineers in top IT MNCs in India that includes Infosys, HCL, Wipro, CTS etc. An effective leader with research oriented approach , proven abilities in comprehending object oriented concepts and leading teams during project phase, training & guiding team members & enabling knowledge sharing among team. Possess sound knowledge of all phases of SDLC including requirement analysis, development, testing, designing, implementation and support. An enterprising leader with entrepreneurial spirit, out of box thinking, uncompromising commitment to performance excellence and motivating teams to maintain deliverables as per the SLA. Employment Chronicle Since Feb10 with Herbalife, Bangalore as Linux Engineer Mar09 - Nov09 with Secyor Strategies, Mumbai as Project Manager Project Handled: Automated stock trading Platform: Linux, Perl, .NET

Nov07 Sep08 with Benson Informatics Ltd., Tanzania as Linux / Open Source Specialist Jun05 Sep06 with SupraSoft Consultancy Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore as Tech Lead (Offshore Development Canter for Datafort, UK) Project Handled: Backup Software Platform: Linux, Perl, Java, C, C++ Feb04 May05 with Envisage IT Solutions, Bangalore as IT Consultant Sep03 Dec03 with Suyoga Technologies Ltd., Bangalore as IT Trainer - Corporate Training Aug01 - May03 with Nirmal WebTec-Franchisee of Boston Computer Institute, Trichy as Chief Operations (IT Head) Dec99 - Jan01 with Synergetics Information Technology (P.) Ltd., Mumbai as Training Consultant Successfully handled Corporate Trainings on IT Courses. Underwent Intensive Training on the entire higher end Microsoft Technologies. Conducted Corporate Trainings in GSSL, DATAMATICS, Iflex Solutions, MASTEK, Blue Star, 3Genesis etc. May98 - Nov99 with Syspro Information Technology (P.) Ltd., Mumbai as Consultant Faculty Core Competencies Technical Open source Languages Operating Systems Front-End Tools Back Ends Internet Technologies Scripting Languages Component Technologies Legacy Languages : LAMP (Linux, Apache Web Server, Mysql, Postgresql), PHP, Perl, Python : C, C++, Core Java : Linux, Windows 2008, Mac : VB6, VC++ 6, Borland C++ 4.0, Kdevelop, Eclipse : Oracle 10, SQL Server 2000 : XML, ASP, HTML, DHTML, IIS : VBScript, JavaScript, Shell Scripting : COM+ : FORTRAN, FoxPro, Clipper

Managerial Mapping requirements & providing them best solutions involving evaluation & definition of scope of project and finalisation of project requirements. Monitoring multiple projects from conceptualisation and visualisation to technology mapping and final execution; holding review meetings to monitor progress of the project as per schedule / budgets. Determining training needs of each individual and conducting training session. Functional Understanding & mapping clients requirements / enhancements to the product, resourcing requirement analysis software and manpower. Developing, implementing & providing all kind of support for business application software for clients. Understanding the design direction as a whole as it applies to the proposed Technical Architecture. Notable Corporate Trainings Conducted VB6 at Infosys, Bangalore in 2003 for 10 Days. Linux System Administration at Indian Air Force, Bangalore in 2005 for 18 Days. VB6 at BEML, Bangarapet in 2005 for 6 Days. ASP at SAP Labs, Bangalore in 2006 for 10 Days. LAMP at Aptech, Tehran, Iran in 2007 for 10 Days. PHP & PERL at Wipro, Chennai in 2007 for 4 Days. VC++ at HCL, Chennai in 2007 for 4 Days. Operational Purview Linux Flavours worked on - RHEL5 , Fedora Core 14, SUSE 10.3, Ubuntu, Knoppix and Centos 5.0 Handled the Linux Administration Tasks such as Installation, Configuration & Troubleshooting of: Linux OS - in Single, Dual and Multi Boot Environments ,Network Configuration DNS, DHCP, Mail Servers (Sendmail and Qmail). FTP Server, Apache Web Server, PHP and MySQL (LAMP). Perl Modules for Running Perl Scripts, VPN Client. Postgre SQL Database. Red hat Package Manager (RPM) for installing, updating, removing RPM packages. TAR and GUNZIP Files, Iptables (Firewall) for the Gateway Server. Scheduling Tasks using CRON. Multimedia (Mplayer, Xine, etc.). Java Packages (JRE, etc.), Tomcat, HylaFAX. SSL to Enable HTTPS in Apache Server. Samba and NFS, LDAP. Server Monitoring Tool Nagios, MANTIS Bug Tracking System. SVN Source Code Version Control System. Openfire Intranet Messaging System. RT Request Tracker Ticketing System, SVN Mirroring System. Squirrel Mail - A Web Based E-Mail Client VN Mirroring System. Webmin - A Web Based Tool for Remote Management of OS Services. Previous Assignments Jun95 Feb97 with Expo Gas Containers Ltd., Mumbai as EDP Engineer Jul94 May95 with Devendra Machinery & Fabricators (P.) Ltd., Mumbai as EDP Manager Aug89 Apr94 as Mechanical Engineer Part Time Assignment May07 Nov07 with Verari Systems Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore as Linux System Administrator (Part Time) Education B.E. (Mechanical) from Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering & Technology, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu (Madurai Kamaraj University) in 1988 with 64%. Personal Dossier Date of Birth Present Address Permanent Address Passport Details : : : : 13th November, 1966. 77/23, Ground Floor, SLV Nilaya, Tavarekere Main road, Bangalore - 560081. 139, Bank Staff Colony, Thiruvnaikoil, Trichy 620005. F6833993 (Date of Expiry - 26/02/2016).