Bratin Chakrabarti

262/195 Asean Towers, Sukhumvit Soi 71

Klongton, Prakanong, Bangkok 10110

Home: 662-3920612

Work: 662-3153283 (Ask for EDP dept). Fax: 662-3153299 (Mention EDP dept.)

Email: bratin_c@hotmail.com

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Career Profile: Triumph International (Bangkok, Thailand) 2/95 - Present

Responsible for System administration, network administration, security administration and maintenance and trouble-shooting of software and hardware equipment. Also worked as the Project Leader for migration of computer systems from WANG VS to AIX on IBM RS/6000 system. There are over 200 AIX terminals and over 100 LAN terminals at the factory, 7 remote terminals at the sales/marketing office and 15 remote terminals at the distribution center.

 

NIIT Ltd. (New Delhi, India) 12/89 - 1/95

Responsible for projects, consultancy and training in India and abroad. Areas of specialization are Unix (AIX, SCO, SVR4, HP-UX), C, C++, and OOAD. Also responsible for Unix system administration of the departmental server. Led teams developing course material for the career education division of NIIT and for overseas training.

 

Binary Consultants (Bombay, India) 4/89 - 12/89

Responsible for analyzing, designing, constructing and implementing of application packages. Packages were written in Clipper and C on DOS and UNIX (SVR4) platforms.

 

Hardware Platforms

& Equipment: RS/6000 – Model 59H and C20, WANG – Model 7120 and 8000, Intel based LAN Servers, PCI based Pentium Machines, Various IBM compatible (8088 to Pentium) Machines, 3COM NetBuilder II Router, Cisco 2500 Series Routers, HP Advanced Stack/Super Stack Hub - 10/100 MBPS, HP Jet Direct Print Server, Lantronix Print Server, Various Synchronous and Asynchronous Modems

 

 

 

 

 

 

Software Platforms

& Tools: IBM AIX 4.1.4, SCO UNIX (V. 3.2, V. 4.0), SVR4, DOS (V. 6.22), Novell NetWare V4.11, Wang VS, MS-Windows 95, MS- Office 97, CC-Mail (V. 6.0), Co-session, PC/TCP (V. 4.1), LAN Workplace, Netscape (V. 3.04), Acrserve, NetWare Connect, Novell NFS, HACMP and ADSM for AIX, etc.

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Languages Known: COBOL, Dbase, Focus, Clipper, C (ANSI C, Turbo C, Borland C, Microsoft C), C++ (ANSI C, Borland C++, Turbo C++, Zortech C++), 80x86 Assembly Language (Turbo Assembler, Microsoft Assembler)

 

 

Networks Protocols

& Services: TCIP/IP on 10BaseT and 10Base2 Networks, SLIP and PPP, IPX/SPX on 10BaseT and 10Base2 Networks, NFS, NDS, DNS, DHCP, BOOTP, ARP, RARP, BOOTP, FTP

 

 

Work Profile: Projects

Migration

 

 

Migration of Material Planning, Raw Material Purchasing, Warehousing, Bill of Materials and Production Systems from WANG VS to AIX on IBM RS/6000. Setting up the System environment for a successful migration. Managing the Migration project.

 

Role

Planning, designing, testing, implementation and training; Led a team of developers doing the conversion. Installed and set up the AIX environment incorporating HACMP and ADSM.

 

Networking

 

Was involved in the restructuring of the entire network in the company at the factory site. Replaced the old 10Base2 backbone with a fiber-optic backbone and installed a 3COM Netbuilder II router as the central distribution point catering to 4 fiber-optic, 1 100MBPS and 6 10MBPS segments. Setup the network from scratch in their distribution center after it moved to a new location. In the Distribution Center, UTP category 5 was used to daisy chain stackable hubs across the building.

 

Role

Planning, Product Selection, design, implementation and supervision. Configured over 120 terminals, 7 printer servers and numerous remote printers in the factory building. Set up the environment for a successful migration from Wang to IBM.

 

Connected the LAN at the factory, the Distribution Center and the Marketing Offices of Triumph Intl. across dedicated telephone lines. Equipment used includes Cisco 2500 series routers and Multitech 28.8 synchronous modems.

 

Role

Planning, Product Selection, design, implementation and supervision. Configured over 7 remote terminals at the marketing office and 15 remote terminals at the distribution center using IPX/SPX and TCP/IP protocols.

 

Consultancy

 

Audited the security of the AIX and Solaris based systems and identified the security loopholes and proposed ways of improvement.

 

Role

Single-handedly analyzed and studied the system and prepared the audit report.

 

Provided technical support for developing instructional material for the Instructional Research and Development Division of NIIT. The projects were based on subjects like OOPS, OOAD, C++, C, Microprocessors, Distributed Databases, SSAD, etc. The material developed is being utilized both for overseas training and in over 80 education centers across the country.

 

Role

Led a team of developers working on the project; Guided the team for analyzing and designing the material based on audience profile; Provided subject matter expertise for fixing the contents; Reviewed the design for technical correctness, content and flow. Monitored the progress of the team through walkthroughs. Reviewed the final product for quality.

 

Software Development

 

Was involved in the development of this module for the stock taking operation in the factory warehouse and at the sales counters. The module incorporates specialized equipment like hand-held barcode readers and involves multiple operating platforms.

 

Role

Coded the interface modules and led a team of 2 programmers in coding the data processing and reporting modules.

 

Involved in computerization of the process of question paper generation and correction. The Language used was C++, and Assembly (8086).

 

Role

Led a team of programmers working on the project; Analyzed and designed the system; Monitored the progress of the team through walkthroughs; Tested and implemented the final product in 4 regions across the country.

 

 

Involved in protecting the machines of NIIT across the country. This was based on a unique idea conceived by me. The language used for this project is primarily Assembly language with some minor modules written in C. The system works on all versions of DOS and Windows 3.1. The system is successfully used by all NIIT offices across the country.

Role

Single-handedly analyzed, designed and constructed the system; Tested and implemented the final product in 4 regions across the country.

 

Analyzed, designed, constructed, tested and implemented the system. The package was initially written in C on the Unix platform. It was later ported to DOS.

 

General Projects

 

Developed numerous utilities like utilities for copy protection, data encryption, data compression, graphic editors, etc. On the AIX and the PC environment. Developed numerous games for the NIIT computerdrome. (The computerdrome is a concept introduced in India by NIIT, where anyone can walk-in at any time and work on any software.) Most of the utilities and games are written in C and C++.

 

 

Managerial:

for the development of instructional material

 

 

Training (Conducted):

 

Unix Fundamentals and Shell Programming

Unix System Administration

Unix Libraries and System Calls

Unix Development Tools

C Programming

Advanced C Programming and Data Structures

OOAD

OOPS

C++ programming

Application Development using C++

The profile of audiences includes System Managers, System Administrators, Company Executives and Businesspersons

 

 

Training/Seminars (Attended):

 

 

 

AIX 4.1 Basics (11 –13 December, 1996, Conducted by, IBM Singapore)

AIX Version 4 Basic Administration (16 – 20 December, 1996, Conducted by IBM Thailand)

Adstar Distributed Storage Manager (ADSM) (24 – 27 June, 1997, Conducted by IBM Thailand)

AIX Version 4 Performance Management (13 –17 October, 1997, conducted by IBM Thailand)

 

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