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Hourly Rate: $15.56
Total oDesk hours:
355
Location:
Chisineu, Moldova, Republic of (GMT+02:00)
English Skills: (self-assessed)
4.0
Member Since:
May 16, 2008
Last Worked:
August 30, 2008
Current Assignments:
0
Total Assignments:
1
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Affiliated with: SOFTREACTOR LLC
Feedback:  (4.82 of 5)
Total oDesk hours:
36,071
Location:
West New York, NJ, United States (GMT-05:00)
Member Since:
July 29, 2006
Last Worked:
November 21, 2008
Current Assignments:
101
Total Assignments:
332
 
 
 
 

Nicolae G. - Expert C#/.NET, PHP/MySQL Developer - SOFTREACTOR LLC Programmer / Developer, Moldova, Republic of

Recent Work History & Feedback
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Paid Feedback
49687 07/2008 - 08/2008 Dot Net Developer $5,524 (355 hrs @ $15.56)
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
oDesk Readiness Test for Affiliated Contractors 5.00 99% TOP 10% 1st Place! 06/05/2008 3 min
Recent Candidacies
Job Opening Title Initiated By Date
Part Time Developer Provider September 22, 2008
Skills
Skill Experience Level Last Used Description
AJAX 2 yrs 5.0 2008
Application Design 4 yrs 5.0 2008
ASP 2 yrs 3.0 2006
ASP.NET+ADO 2 yrs 5.0 2008
Borland C++ Builder 3 yrs 3.0 2004
C#/.Net 5 yrs 5.0 2008
C/C++/Win32SDK 3 yrs 3.0 2006
Crystal Reports 1 yrs 3.0 2006
CSS 2 yrs 3.0 2005
Database Modeling 6 yrs 5.0 2008
Delphi 3 yrs 3.0 2003
Hibernate 4 yrs 5.0 2008
HTML/DHTML 2 yrs 3.0 2007
InterBase 1 yrs 3.0 2003
MS-SQL 5 yrs 4.0 2008
MySQL 3 yrs 4.0 2006
PHP/MySQL 2 yrs 5.0 2003
Project Management 4 yrs 5.0 2008
Recruiting 2 yrs 4.0 2008
Remoting 2 yrs 3.0 2007
Sharepoint 1 yrs 3.0 2008
SOAP 2 yrs 3.0 2008
SQL 6 yrs 4.0 2008
Systems Programming 3 yrs 3.0 2006
Testing 2 yrs 5.0 2008
UML 5 yrs 4.0 2008
VB/.NET 2 yrs 3.0 2007
XML 3 yrs 5.0 2008
Certifications
Date Earned Name Score Percentile Organization Description
2005 .NET Framework 4.21 98% Brainbench
2005 ASP.NET Fundamentals 3.68 74% Brainbench
2005 C# 4.17 96% Brainbench
2006 C# Fundamentals 3.40 73% Brainbench
2008 MCP – Microsoft Certified Professional [752170]     Microsoft Microsoft®    .NET Framework 2.0 - Application Development Foundation
Employment History
From To Company Title/Role Description
05/2008 Present SOFTREACTOR LLC Developer / Independent Contributor
06/2006 Present www.endava.com Head of Endava Moldova Technical Leadership department / Manager
Other Experience
Projects
Year: 2002
Project name: The “Public Low Library Monitoring System”
Project description: A management client – server  application for controlling, distribute and monitor computers usage inside the library. 
Role: Software engineer:
1    Created the concept of the system and high level design
2    Created the client desktop application that controls the library’s workstation and is manager by the server
3    Created a server application that managed Cients applications and gather statistics, information.
Tools and technologies: Visual C++, Win API, hooks
Team size: 1
Duration: 2 months
Project Status: complete

Year: 2002
Project name: "SIM Navigator"
Project description: A desktop application that allows to browse the SIM card  
(smart card) file system – edit SMS, edit phone book, change the PIN, PUK, etc
Role: Software engineer:
1.    Created the concept of the system and high level design
2.    Wrote the Desktop application to manage smart card file system
Tools and technologies: Delphi, WinAPI (smart card)
Team size:2 
Duration: 2 months
Project Status: complete

Year: 2003
Project name: “Rabbit”
Project description: A  software for a modem that communicates in electrical net ( Analogue device programming)
Role: Software engineer:
1.    Developed the part of the communication protocol of the system (C++)
2.    Created the part of the modem software in DSP that made the modem to respond to the standard A&T command (using finite automates)
3.    Wrote software to test the modem 
Tools and technologies: C++, DSP 
Team size: 5
Duration: 10 months
Project Status: complete


Year: 2003-2004
Project name: “E&R”
Project description: A number of gown hire web sites for E&R (UK). 
Role: Software engineer:
1.    Developer the server side of the framework  in VB for ASP. 
      2 .Created a part of the the MS SQL database;
       3. Created stored procedures and ADO layer;
Tools and technologies: VB for ASP,  IIS, MS SQL 07,  XML, SQL ,ECommerce
Team size: 4
Duration: 12 months
Project Status: complete

Year: 2004
Project name: “Mediawave”
Project description: A web portal to upload and see online clips and a management application to manage the users, permissions play lists, etc
Role: Software engineer:
1.    Developed in C# the server side of the application: business logic and data access layer
      2 .Created a part of the the MS SQL database;
       3. Created stored procedures and DAL layer;
4. Created the user management part: authentication, authorization
5. Performed performance issues/bugs  hunting using ANTS code profilers and .net Memory Profiler
6. Created unit tests for the business logic code
Tools and technologies: C#, . Net Framework 1.1.  ASP.Net,VS 2003,NUnitANTS profilerEA Enterprise Architect
Team size: 6
Duration: 6 months
Project Status: complete

Year: 2004
Project name: “Active Assistance”, 
Project description: A distributed client-server application for monitoring/controlling/managing work 
of the workstations in the local network
Role: Project coordinator, technical leader, software developer: 
1. Created the part of the Client   application using C++;
2.  Implemented an own ORM framework to communicate with Data Access;
3. Created test application to test the multithreading on the server
4. Implemented a number of custom tree view controls
5. Implemented a number of custom Property classes
6.  Created a big part of the server in C# = including thread manager when communicating with Clients
7. Created unit tests all business logic part (100% coverage)
8. Bug hunting using code profiles tools
Tools and technologies: C#(Server App), C++ (Client App)XML, .Net Framework 1.1, .Net Remoting, TP Web Services,Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003,NUnit,ORM,CppUnit
Team size: 7
Duration: 9 months
Project Status: complete


Year: 2004-2005
Project name: “Hems” 
Project description: A web portal for housing association in UK and  management 
application to manage the users, permissions shortlists, etc
Role: Project coordinator, technical leader, software developer: 
1. Created the detailed design of the system;
2.  Used NHibernate as an ORM tool to access the database;
3. Implemented the DAL layer using NHibernate
4. Performed the tasks of Technical Leader / Line Manager coordinating the project team members; 
5. Created a wrapper for Geographical Information Systems (GIS)  web service
6. Created unit tests all business logic part (100% coverage)
8. Bug hunting using code profiles tools
Tools and technologies: A Web project /Windows Service/COM Interop/GIS,C#,ASP.Net, .Net Framework,
Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003,JobSearchPlus API
Team size: 5
Duration: 7 months
Project Status: complete

Year: 2005
Project name: “moveUK” 
Project description: A web site fro the UK Social Housing Association. Functionality on the site allow the users to fill application form (register) and participate to shortlist for social houses.This is a 24/7/265 system.
Role: Project coordinator, technical leader, software developer: 
1. Created the detailed design of the system;
2.  Used NHibernate as an ORM tool to access the database;
3. Implemented the DAL layer using NHibernate
4. Performed the tasks of Technical Leader / Line Manager coordinating the project team members; 
5. Created a wrapper for Geographical Information Systems (GIS)  web service
6. Created unit tests all business logic part (100% coverage)
8. Implemented the 24/7 design for the system - 
9. Bug hunting using code profiles tools
Tools and technologies: C#, ASP.Net, .Net Framework,Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003,JobSearchPlus API, NHibernate, log4net, SQL Server
Team size: 10
Duration: 10 months
Project Status: complete

Year: 2005-2007
Project name: “Rebuild Framework” 
Project description: A framework (redesign of old VB COM objects) to build social housing systems (web sites) in UK
Role: Project coordinator, technical leader: 
1. Created the high design for the system;
2.  Used NHibernate as an ORM tool to access the database;
3. Implemented the DAL layer using NHibernate
4. Performed the tasks of Technical Leader / Line Manager coordinating the project team members; 
5. Created a wrapper for Geographical Information Systems (GIS)  web service
6. Created unit tests all business logic part (100% coverage)
8. Implemented the 24/7 design for the system - 
9. Bug hunting using code profiles tools
Tools and technologies: C#, ASP.Net, .Net Framework 2.0,Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2005, JobSearchPlus API,NHibernate, log4net, SQL Server,Reporting Services,Integration Services
Team size: 14
Duration: 14 months
Project Status: complete

Year: 2004
Project name: “DPS” 
Project description: A client server application or Ireland (Dublin) hospitals. Manages patients, their procedures, schedules, waiting list, reports, etc
Role: Performed the tasks of Technical Leader / Line Manager coordinating the project team members,Used NHibernate as an ORM tool to access the database;
Implemented the DAL layer using NHibernate
Created the DB structure 
Created Crystal Reports
Implemented the Authentication, Authorization with .Net Remoting,
Implemented the whole server side of the application – business layer and data layer
Tools and technologies: C#,  Net Framework, Net Remoting,VS 2003,DevExpress (for .Net)ORM, NHibernate, log4net, SQL Server,Crystal Reports,NUnit
Team size: 1
Duration: 3 months
Project Status: complete

Year: 2007-2008
Project name: “Columbus”
Project description: A financial system for a debt recovery company in UK. Client-Server application for a call center. 
Role: Project coordinator, technical leader: 
1. Created the high design for the system;
2.  Used NHibernate as an ORM tool to access the database;
3. Performed the tasks of Technical Leader / Line Manager coordinating the project team members; 
4. Created unit tests all business logic part (100% coverage)
5. Implemented the 24/7 design for the system - 
6. Bug hunting using code profiles tools
Tools and technologies: C#, ASP.Net, .Net Framework 2.0,Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2005,JobSearchPlus API,NHibernate, log4net, SQL Server,Reporting Services,Web Services NUnit
Team size: 12
Duration: 14 months
Project Status: complete

Year: 2007-2008
Project name: “AEMS”
Project description: A huge financial system for European traders, etc
Role: Project consultant,  technical leader and expert.
Did regulate consultancy on coding standards and code reviews. 
Managed the unit testing team very close – achieved a total of 60% coverage with unit tests.
Tools and technologies: C#, VS 2005 CAB (Composite UI)MVC,Enterprise Library,MS SQL, Rhino Mocks
Team size: 32
Duration: 16 months
Project Status: in progress
Education
From To School Degree Area of Study Description
09/2008 06/2003 State University of Moldova Bachelors Computer Science
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49687 07/2008 - 08/2008 Dot Net Developer $5,524 (355 hrs @ $15.56)
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oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
oDesk Readiness Test for Affiliated Contractors 5.00 99% TOP 10% 1st Place! 06/05/2008 3 min