Sergey Loskutov

83 Cranridge Hts SE Calgary, ABT3M0C1

Phone: (403) 240-1806 Cell. Ph. (403) 607-0165

Engineering, Design, Research and Development, Maintenance, Consulting

TechnicalSKILLS SUMMARY:

  • A Technical Writer/Translator/Interpreterwith a Ph.D. in Computer Science and 20+ years of successful experience in oil and gas, telecom, aerospace, insurance, and public sector environment.
  • Has a real passion creating control and information systems, working for organization’s success.
  • A key player in functional and cross-functional teams, that provides real business results.
  • Use an object-oriented approach and best industry SDLC, ITIL, and Agile practices for projects development and support from concept through detailed design, coding and testing, to commissioning, operation, and training end users
  • Possesswide variety of analytical and problem solving techniques with a strong foundation in engineering and computer sciences, statistics, mathematics,analytical methods of stress and fatigue strength analysis

Communication/Organization SKILLS:

  • Communicate effectively with supervisors, co-workers and clients to promote a positive working environment; willingness to in-service co-workers on various aspects of the work
  • Prioritize multi-task workload to complete projects with efficiency and on time
  • Listen actively and clarify details to ensure full understanding and to meet project and company objectives
  • Adapt to changes, interruptions and a repetitive work environment in a calm and orderly manner

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Technical Writer/Translatorcontract2008 – present

Equipment Procurement Company Ltd,Calgary, AB

  • Translate from English to Russian and vice versa technical documentation related to production, software, instrumentation and distributed control systems used in Surgutneftegas oil projects
  • Create, plan, write, edit, publish and maintain operational, instructional, marketing, quality assurance and test procedure documentation for paper, multimedia, and Web-based publication.
  • Develop various types of document templates and company standards

Management Systems Analyst2008 to 2009

The City of Calgary; Information Technology,Calgary, AB

  • Definedarchitecture of Hansen 8 asset and work management application maintenance environments for Development, Test, Training, Pre-Production and UAT purposes
  • Configured Hansen 8 environments in accordance with business requirements: setup and update relations with Oracle and GIS databases, PeopleSoft, Web services
  • Installed and test new application releases from a vendor
  • Fixed broken customizations for application business objects, workflows and detailed pages
  • Applied and tested newly developed customizations to all supported environments
  • Communicated with vendor, business and Production Support team about all current issues
  • DevelopedGo-live plansand method of procedure (MOP) for release deployments in the Production environment
  • Managed the new release deployment process in the Production environment
  • Virtualized Dev/Test server environments for better compliance with Production server farm
  • Administered user access control on role and permission basis
  • Dealt with application performance testing at HP LoadRunner

Sergey Loskutov- 2 –

Analyst, Senior Software Developer2004 to 2008

Shaw Communications; Information Technology,Calgary, AB

  • Created and supported Dev, Test, and Preprod environments on Windows and UNIX side
  • Administeredand version controlled with Microsoft Team Foundation Server and SVN repositoryat Unix box, used Tortoise (Windows SVN client)
  • Communicated with Production Support team about all current issues, small sub-releases and major releases
  • Developed MOP (Method of Procedure) and Release Notesfor release deployments in the Production in accordance with SOX requirements
  • Used Ant as basic build tool for corporate Java multi-tier applications (write appropriate scripts)
  • Coordinated updates of External and internal web based applications
  • Applied report changes with Crystal Reports
  • Developed Unix scripts with sh, ksh, csh; Windows scripts with VBScript
  • Developedconnections between different DBs located at different servers (Windows and Unix, Oracle and MS Access)
  • Implemented best industry practices, including Agile technologiesfor Software Development Life Cycle processes
  • Defined and clarified business requirements for new and modified billing, inventory, payroll, customer care and reporting components of the corporate data management system
  • Quickly and accurately developed a program code meeting business requirements (OpenVMS Basic, Visual Studio 2003, 2005, and 2008 .NET, J2EE –Java Enterprise System 2007 and major JAVA APIs)
  • Maintaineddata exchange and integrity based on Attunity Connect metadata model
  • Supportedusers of the existing applications as a Tier 3 analyst in HP Help Desk, analyze service calls for localizing of program defects and possible system extensions, and manage status of the accepted changes with Test Director.
  • Worked with QA specialists to ensure accuracy in the results
  • Worked in team to perform tune solutions

Consultant contract2003 - 2006

Scientific Production Centre “Tensor”, Moscow, Russia

  • Analyzed and made a comparison of DCS and SCADA systems: Wonderware – InTouch, Metso, Telvent, Verano - RTAP, Citect, Picasso,United States DATA Co. - Factory Link, Rockwell Software – RSView, Iconics–Genesis, GE Fanuc Automation - Simplicity
  • Provided engineering expertise and wrote program modules for composite bridge monitoring system
  • Wrote recommendations,edited a final report, developed program for collecting and processing of test results for pump station dumpers

Senior Engineer, Team Lead1997 -2003

Scientific Production Centre “Vertical”, Moscow, Russia

  • Designed, delivered and maintained integrated object control and fatigued structure damage monitoring system (SCADA) for gas and oil pipeline pump stations
  • Acquired and processed strain gauge data on pipelines, dampers, and pump stations with DCS
  • Researched edge and line welds durability and reliability using statistical, vibration, stress and thermal analysis and Labview, Matlab, DADISP software
  • Provided engineering expertise to GAZPROM (Russian Gas Company) and TRANSNEFT (Russian Pipeline Company)pipeline teams involved in stress data acquisition, storing and processing
  • Developed GAZPROM database structure combined data from pipeline pump stations and used it for statistical analysis and business applications, maintained INtools.
  • Coordinated engineering projectson turbine engines control and monitoring systems for MIG-27 fighter and Tupolev-204/214 passenger/cargo aircrafts

Sergey Loskutov- 3 –

Senior Researcher, Head of Section1981 - 2002

Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, MoscowRegion, Russia

  • Researched and developed integrated onboard weight control and fatigued structure damage monitoring system for heavy passenger’s and cargo aircrafts
  • Designed, delivered and maintained software for multichannel (up to 16,000 channels) data acquisition systems used by primary Russian aviation design offices and manufacturers including Tupolev, Sukhoi, MiG, Iliushin, Kamov
  • Consulted staff of the test labs about gauges installation, measuring techniques, storing and processing stress data and was actively involved in “Buran” (Russian-made version of “Space Shuttle”) tests
  • Analyzed client’s test requirements and suggested needed software and hardware solutions for specified problems
  • Designed, delivered and maintained software for 4 - 16 channels fatigue test control systemsused by primary Russian aviation design offices and manufacturers
  • Led and coordinated team that developed branch intranet integrated technical resources of some departments and included software, mechanical, and electronic engineering CAD opportunities. Trained and consulted end users
  • Developed specifications for data acquisition and control equipment designed for testing of engineering large-scale structures in new test and certification center projects for KAMAZ heavy truck automotive corporation and Ulijanovsk aircraft centre
  • Formulated and solved compensation problem of mutual interference between electro hydraulic rig channels at generating specified loading during laboratory fatigue testing of large-scale structures
  • Proved the need and developed metrological software for an international project of unified testing machine for fatigue strength tests
  • Wrote more than 50 research and development reports, articles, and software descriptions published nationally and internationallyon data acquisition and control systems for fatigue strength testing

Software Tools and Methodologies:

  • Applications: Embedded Systems, Real-time Systems, Process Control and Data Acquisition, Large-scale Engineering Structure and Material Test Systems, Information Management Systems, Reengineering of Business Processes
  • Methodologies:Object-oriented analysis and design, Agile Software Development, Waterfall, Yourdon
  • Tools: Visual Studio 2003, 2005, and 2008 .NET, Virtual Server 2005 R2;SQL Server; J2EE – Java Enterprise System 2008 and major APIs;Hansen 8.1.2 and its Configuration Transfer Tool v.1.1.8; Oracle JDeveloper 10.1.3; NetBeans v.6, Crystal Reports XI, Eclipse-based Rational Software Architect v6.5;Subversion, ANT, Oracle SQL Developer, PL/SQL, Toad, Attunity Connect v.4.6,HP OpenView Service Desk v.4.5, Mercury Quality Centre and Test Director v.8.2; PeopleSoft; ESRI GIS v.9.2; LiveLink; MS Access, MS Project; Foxpro, NI Measurement Studio, LabWindows/CVI, and Labview;Matlab; Adobe CS products (Acrobat, Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver)
  • Operating Systems: Microsoft: MS-DOS, Windows family (98, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista); Red Hat - LINUX; Wind River - VxWorks; DEC/Compaq/HP – OpenVMS; Sun – Solaris; HP – HPUX
  • Languages: C/C++/C#, VB, VBS, Perl, Java,Pascal, Fortran, Cobol, Assemblers (DEC, Intel 80x86)

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

  • Proceedings and articles published nationally and internationally on data acquisition and control systems

RELATED/OTHER EDUCATION:

  • Introduction in Livelink– City of Calgary IT training department2008
  • Introduction in ESRI GIS v.9.2 - City of Calgary IT training department2008
  • IT Project+: A CompTIA Certification Society – IEEE Computer2008
  • Project+ Certification: Part 1, 2, 3, 4 – IEEE Computer Society2008

Sergey Loskutov- 4 –

  • Oracle Fundamentals 1, 2, 3, Second Edition – IEEE Computer Society2008
  • Oracle 10g: Automation and Globalization – IEEE Computer Society2008
  • Oracle 8i: SQL, PL/SQL, and SQL*Plus 1, 2, 3, 4 – IEEE Computer Society2008
  • Oracle Developer 2000: PL/SQL Functions, Procedures, Packages 1, 2 – IEEE Computer Society2008
  • JAVA for experienced programmers – Polar Bear/CDI College, Calgary, Alberta2006
  • Object Oriented Analysis and Design – IBM Rational Web-based training2006
  • Rational Application Developer – IBM Rational Web-based training2006
  • Rational Software Architect – IBM Rational Web-based training2006
  • Model Driven Development – IBM Rational Web-based training2006
  • .NET Framework Progr. Fundamentals with Visual Basic .NET – Innerworkings, Calgary, Alberta 2006
  • Ph.D.,Automated Control – State university of Physics and Technology – Moscow, Russia
  • M. S., Computer Science - State university of Physics and Technology – Moscow, Russia
  • B.S. in Process Control, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, and Management- StateUniversityof Physics and Technology – Moscow, Russia

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

Translatorcontract2004 – 2006

EL Translations; CalgaryAB

  • Translated from English to Russian and vice versa technical documentation related to instrumentation and distributed control systems used in Chevron and PetroKazakhstanTengiz oil projects

Computer Technologist2004

Rocky ViewSchool Division No. 41; CalgaryAB

  • Setup and maintain Novell and Windows 2000 server networks
  • Setup and configure workstations, peripherals, and software applications for wide and local area networks
  • Demonstrate and assist teachers and students with the use of computer-based hardware and software
  • Assess performance of technologies and adjust for fine-tuning to acquire maximum workstation efficiency

Senior Tutor, part-time1989 - 1999

Flight Research Institute, town of Zhoukovski, Moscow Region, Russia

  • Special software development for testing equipment: data acquisition and control systems
  • Physical fundamentals for mathematical simulation in process control

VOLUNTEER:

  • DonorTrust project for ChristmasFuture Foundation2006 - 2007
  • Member of Agile and Oracle User Groups2006 - to Present
  • Analyst for CentrePoint's Anti-Virus Days2006 - to Present
  • ColumbiaCollege – Tutor in Computer, Math, and Physics 2004 to2005
  • ColumbiaCollege – Technical Support Computer Analyst2003 - 2004
  • Calgary Interfaith Recompute – Consultant 2004 – 2006

PERSONAL PROFILE:

  • Adapt quickly to new software and hardware environment, based on self-education
  • Present a professional image
  • Speak, read, and write English and Russian fluently
  • Strong background in information technologies, data acquisition, control and diagnostic equipment