MARCO CRISTOFARI

3311 Longleaf Road, Tallahassee, Florida, 32310

Phone: (917) 355-6718 e-mail:

EDUCATION

Post Doctorate in Computer Science, March 1998, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, Department of Computer Science

Specialization in Relational Database Management Systems (Oracle, MS-SQL, Access, DBase, Paradox, PL/SQL, SQL), data analysis and computer simulation

Ph.D. in Industrial and Environmental Engineering, October 1995, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Specialization in Computer Discrete Event Simulation, UNIX, SLAM, SAS, Fortran

M.S. and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, July 1991, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, GPA: 110/110, Cum magna laude, Dean's Honor List

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Database Applications: Oracle8-8i, Oracle Forms and Reports Developer6i, Server Manager, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle Application Server 4.02/9iAS, MS SQL Server7.0, MS Access.

Programming Languages:SQL, PL/SQL, Visual Basic, VB script, ASP, HTML.

Software Applications:ArcView 3.2, SLAM II, SAS, MS-Office.

Operating Systems: Windows95/98/NT, UNIX.

EXPERIENCEDatabase Administrator/Developer, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

3/98 – presentOffice of Beaches and Coastal System

  • Installed and maintained Oracle8i server (Oracle Enterprise Manager 8.1.5/7, Net8, Forms-Reports Developer 6i).
  • Installed and configured Oracle Forms and Report server, Oracle Application Server and 9iApplication Server.
  • Upgraded software/databases from 8.1.5 to 8.1.7.
  • Utilized all typical Oracle DBA tools: SQL, PL/SQL, Server Manager, Enterprise Manager, SQL*Loader.
  • Implemented/managed database security (administration of users, profiles, grants and roles) and performed typical DBA tasks as export/import, backup and recovery, database/interface optimization.
  • Performed conceptual, logical and physical database design to track the State of Florida's environmental/engineering permits and contracts.
  • Developed user-friendly interface made of forms, reports, pull-down lists, LOVs etc. to access and query the database (Forms and Reports Developer 6i).
  • Binary Large Object (BLOB) data stored in object tables and transferred among databases and applications (web-portal) using SQL*Loader, Oracle Intermedia package (ordsource class), web-agent and Clipboard.
  • Transferred data from MS Access to Oracle (OCA, ODBC) and from Oracle to ArcView3.2 (ODBC).
  • Built a MS SQL7.0 database prototype to track violations interfaced with an HTML/ASP web-based application and MS-Access (ODBC, Transact SQL, HTML/ASP).
  • Designed, developed and linked three multi-user MS Access/VB database applications integrated with MS-Excel and MS-Word.
  • Experienced in Project Design and Development Management.
  • Experienced in user training and knowledge transfer.

3/99 – 8/00 Database Developer, Florida Geological Survey, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

  • Designed and developed two multi-user MS Access database applications to collect data for Florida’s water, oil and gas wells. One application is integrated with ArcView for GIS analysis.
  • Analyzed and imported data from existing DBIV and Paradox databases.

8/96 – 3/98Visiting Professor, Research Scholar (J-1), Florida State University, Department of Computer Science

  • Developed and administered a database application to evaluate environmentally conscious industrial processes (Oracle8 database on Unix platform, Developer 2000 forms and reports).
  • Software/Database migration from Oracle 7.3 to Oracle 8, Developer 2000 forms/reports.
  • Led an international academic research team to investigate techniques on data analysis, modeling, relational databases, advanced statistical analysis and discrete event simulation.

2/96 – 8/96Visiting Researcher, Research Scholar (J-1), Florida State University, Department of Industrial Engineering

  • Feasibility study ofan interactive software in which environmental decision making techniques, quality considerations, legacy factors, benefit-cost analysis, as well as a powerful tool for multi-attribute decision analysis interact under the control of an expert system to evaluate alternative possibilities in the design and production phases of a product.

8/94 – 8/95 Visiting Researcher, Research Scholar (J-1), SUNY at Stony Brook W. Averell Harriman School for Management and Policy

  • Implemented stochastic discrete event simulation for production management.

11/91 - 8/94P.E. Industrial Engineer, Central-Italy Association for Quality

Application of the most powerful techniques to reduce quality defects in manufacturing processes:

  • Implementation of TQM.
  • Application of control charts to monitor industrial processes.
  • Breakthrough analysis based on Analysis of Variance, Design of Experiments, response surfaces, and steepest ascent method.
  • Quality Function Deployment.

HONORS

9/98 Chairman at the International Conference on Simulation, IASTED, August 98, Honolulu.

9/97International Referee Member at IJIE ’97, San Diego, CA, The Second Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Applications and Practice.

97-98National and International Grants from Italian Council of National Research.

95-96Grant from Italian Council of National Research on Design of Experiments and stochastic discrete event simulation to control manufacturing systems.

94-95 International grant from SUNY at Stony Brook on discrete event simulation for production management.

93-01 Published eighteen scientific articles for Computer Science/Engineering magazines, international conferences and scientific books.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

  1. Cristofari M., McDuffie E., Caron F., Tronci M., Wolfe W. J., Sorensen S. S: Scheduling Systems and Techniques in Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Chapter 7 of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Volume II of a seven volumes engineering collection entitled: Computer-Aided Design Engineering, and Manufacturing, System Techniques and Apllications. Editor Cornelius Leondes, CRC press, 2001.
  2. Cristofari M., Caron F., McDuffie E., Tronci M.: Flexibility and System Control in FMS, “Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference: Applied Modeling and Simulation”, IASTED 98, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 11-16, 1998, pp. 95-99.
  3. Caron F., Cristofari M., McDuffie E. L., Tronci M., Experimental approach for Simulated Dynamic Scheduling (ESDS) for R-FMS, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Manufacturing Systems (ISMS’97) part of the World Manufacturing Congress (WMC’97), Auckland, New Zealand, 18-21 November 1997, pp 6.
  4. Cristofari M., Liberti R., Aureli P., Tronci M.: Hydrostatic High Pressure: A New Technological Process in the Food Industry, “Proceedings of the International Symposium on Manufacturing Technology”, ISMT 97, (World Manufacturing Congress) Auckland, New Zealand, November 18-21, 1997.
  5. Cristofari M., McDuffie E. L., Tronci M., Caron F., System Instability in a Random FMS: Experimental approach for Symulated Dynamic Scheduling (ESDS), Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Application and Practice, San Diego, California, USA, 12-15 November 1997, vol. I, pp. 651-656.
  6. Cristofari M., Caron F., McDuffie E., Tronci M.: Expert System for Engineering Sustainable-development in Product-process Design (ESESPD), “Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Applications and Practice”, IJIE 97, San Diego, California, USA, November 12-15, 1997.
  7. Cristofari M., McDuffie E. L., Tronci M., Caron F., MOMC - Mix Oriented Manufacturing Control and Stability Problem in Dynamic Scheduling, Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Application and Practice, San Diego, California, USA, 12-15 November 1997, vol. II, pp. 909-914.
  8. Cristofari M., Caron F., Tronci M.: Design of Experiment Options for SCRIMP, “Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Applications and Practice”, IJIE 97, San Diego, California, USA, November 12-15, 1997.
  9. Cristofari M., MOMC - Mix Oriented Manufacturing Control, Technical Report in course of publication at Florida State University.
  10. Cristofari M., Caron F., McDuffie E.: Mix Oriented Manufacturing Control: an optimal procedure for Dynamic Scheduling Approach, proceedings of “SPIE's International Symposium and education program on Intelligent Systems & Advanced Manufacturing”, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA, 13-17 October 1997.
  11. Cristofari M., Caron F., McDuffie E., Tronci M.: Mix Oriented Manufacturing Control applied to Batch Production in a Random FMS, “Proceedings of the International Conference of Artificial Intelligence”, IIA 97, Nimes, France, September 10-12, 1997.
  12. Cristofari M., Caron F., McDuffie E., Tronci M.: ESESPD - Expert System for Engineering Sustainable development in Product-process Design, “Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering design”, ICED 97, Tampere, August 19-21, 1997.
  13. Cristofari M., Caron F., McDuffie E., Tronci M.: Interaction of Control Policies in a Flexible Manufacturing System, “Proceedings of Simulation in Industry”, 8th European Simulation Symposium, V.1, pp.298 - 302, 24 - 26 October 1996.
  14. Ph.D. Dissertation Thesis: R&D of a new bio-engineering enzymatic process to decrease the presence of lignin in the agricultural wastes and to increase their potential alternative uses in the production of paper, glucose and in the cattle-breeding. Application and standardization of an experimental methodology: Design of Experiment, “Italian National Libraries of Rome and Florence”, 1995.
  15. Cristofari M.: Quality Function Deployment, in "Innovazione Impianti e Produzione", n. 4, pp.211-222, Milan, Italy, 1993.
  16. Cristofari M., Tronci M.: Product Quality and Process Quality, in "Impiantistica Italiana", V. 5, n. 11, pp.945-956, Milan, Italy, 1992.
  17. Cristofari M., Tronci M.”: Quality, Product Liability and Certification (part II), in "Impiantistica Italiana", V. 5, n. 5, pp. 428-434, Milan, Italy, 1992.
  18. Cristofari M., Tronci M.: Quality, Product Liability and Certification (part I), in "Impiantistica Italiana", V. 5, n. 4, pp. 304-314, Milan, Italy, 1992.

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