Resume

• 2001

  Postdoc

  Physical Chemistry

  Numerical methods for calculating quantum propagators for dynamical collisions.

  McMaster University

• 1988

  Ph.D.

  Theoretical Physics

  Research in theoretical solid state physics. Hubbard Model. Excitations in Superfluid Helium 4. Quantum Hydrodynamics.

  Cornell University

• 1986

  M.Sc.

  Theoretical Physics

  Numerical methods for calculating spectra in collision induced absorption.

  University of Guelph

• 1982

  Italian

  English

  B.Sc.

  Theoretical Physics

  Undergraduate education. Molecular dynamics calculations of specific heats for anharmonic solids in FCC and BCC lattices.

  Brock University

• PHP

  Virtualization

  Linux System Administration

  System Administration

  Programming

  C

  Git

  Databases

  Security

  High Performance Computing

  Operating Systems

  Perl

  Java

  MySQL

  Bash

  Physics

  Linux

  Free Software

  Apache

  Python

  Basile

  Basile

  Orchard Systems

  Gentoo Linux

  D'Youville College

  I designed and built a musl-based Operating System using Gentoo Linux for a Point Of Sales system. I developed a Release Engineering system which not only mastered releases but also built and delivered update packages. See https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:RelEng_GRS

  Orchard Systems

  Developer

  I am part of the Hardened Team and I am the lead developer of the hardened kernel. I also maintain various packages

  like tor.

  Gentoo Linux

  e-Learning Systems Administrator

  * Administer Moodle in a LAMP (Linux

  Apache

  MySQL

  and PHP) environment.\n* Support and administer the infrastructure of add-ons and plug-ins to Moodle

  e.g. web conferencing tools and WordPress.\n* Maintain configuration changes

  patches

  enhancements

  and security of the e-Learning infrastructure in concert with the networking staff of Information Services.\n* Manage storage requirements to ensure that the systems have adequate capacity.\n* Develop a disaster recovery and failover strategy for e-Learning assets in tandem with the networking staff of Information Services.\n* Develop plans to scale the hardware

  software and services in line with the strategic goal of the College to enhance its e-Learning capabilities.\n* Optimize database and core programs performance

  security and storage utilization to ensure that the College’s Moodle users can access their courses with minimal delay.\n* Participate in strategic meetings and discussions within the CIO’s leadership team.\n* Perform other duties not listed above that are necessary to maintain the e-Learning systems.

  D'Youville College

  D'Youville College

  Buffalo

  New York USA

  I am a professor of Information Technology at D'Youville College. I directed the program from 2001 until 2012 during which time I am in charge of all aspects of the curriculum and the department budget. My research involves the design of systems with resist forensic analysis --- see my work for Gentoo.\n\nCourses I've taught include:\nIT101 - Introduction to Information Technology\nIT111 - JAVA Programming I\nIT112 - JAVA Programming II\nIT231 - Computer Organization and Architecture (MIPS

  ARM

  x86 Assembly)\nIT241 - Data Structures and Algorithms (Perl

  Python)\nIT251 - Linux System Administration and Networking\nIT252 - Windows System Administration and Networking\nIT261 - Introduction to Bioinformatics (Perl)\nIT304 - Object-Oriented Computing (C++)\nIT315 - Interactive Interface Design (C#

  Flex

  Bison)\nIT323 - Database Design and Development (SQL)\nIT331 - Internet Working and Communication\nIT338 - Modern Operating Systems\nIT390 - (Special Topics) Numerical Methods for Engineers (C)\nIT390 - (Special Topics) Computer Security\nIT390 - (Special Topics) Embedded Systems\nIT390 - (Special Topics) Xen based virtualization\nIT390 - (Special Topics) Open Source software development (git

  C)\nIT390 - (Special Topics) Linux Kernel development (C)\nIT415 - Systems Development Concepts and Methodologies\nCSC110 - Computers and Computing \nCSC151 - Introduction to computer programming with Python\nMAT122 - Algebra and Trigonometry\nPHY101 - General Physics I - calculus based\nPHY102 - General Physics II - calculus based\nPHY103 - Physics for Engineers I\nPHY104 - Physics for Engineers II\nPHY111 - Introduction to Physics I - non-calculus based\nPHY112 - Introduction to Physics I - non-calculus based\nPHY151 - Physics for Poets

  Professor of Information Technology