Information Technology Manager

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Prabodh Shrestha

Mobile Phone: 240-***-****

E-mail: *.*******@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Information Technology professional with ten years experience managing,

planning & supporting Multi-platform systems, networks, and users in a

business environment.

Pre/post sale technical presentation, Integration and Training class for

clients

Data analysis and presentation, academic research, training, university-

level classroom teaching.

Ability to learn new products and technologies and an understanding of the

user perspective, as well as the ability to communicate technical verbiage

to any user or client in a format that suits their technical understanding.

Video Streaming technologies: IP-networking, video compression, encoding,

and signaling protocols e.g H.264, MPEG 2/4, rtsp, rtp, rtmp, transcoders,

unicast, multicast, live streaming, mobile streaming, Adove Flash Media

Server, Wowza-Media Server, Darwin and Apple QT Server and third party

CDNs.

Experience in creative design and presentation on all types of media such

as video production, print production and graphic design and presentation.

Experience in newer and emerging technologies such as web 2.0 social

networking, HTML5, HTML5 Video Standards,

MANAGEMENT:

Manage Staff, New Hires, Interviews, Training, and Best Practices Business

Policy for an organization. Manage Contracts, Proposals, Vendors, Budgets,

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Procurement.

Direct, plan, and implement policies and objectives for organizations

Information System and Technology needs.

Directs activities of organization to plan procedures, establish

responsibilities, and coordinate functions among sophisticated scientific

research and projects.

Analyzes operations to evaluate performance of Information Technology and

vendors, and to determine areas of cost reduction and program improvement.

Confers with board members, organization officials, and staff members to

establish policies and formulate Information System plans.

Reviews financial statements and budget and activity reports to ensure that

organization's objectives are achieved.

Directs and coordinates activities of business involved with buying and

selling Information Technology related products and services.

Establishes internal control procedures.

Presides management committees, or other governing boards.

Manage staff, preparing work schedules and assigning specific duties.

Analyze surveys, reports and other raw data scientifically to determine

areas needing cost reduction and program improvement.

Establish and implement Information Technology policies, goals, objectives,

and procedures, conferring with board members, organization officials, and

staff members as necessary.

Determine staffing requirements, and interview, hire and train new

employee/interns, or oversee those personnel processes.

Monitor businesses and agencies to ensure that they efficiently and

effectively provide needed services while staying within budgetary limits.

Oversee activities directly related to Information Technology products or

providing services.

TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT:

Windows desktop OS, Windows Servers, Linux desktop & server (Debian,

Fedora, Redhat, SuSE, & Ubuntu), Sun Solaris server, Mac OS X, DOS 5.x &

6.x, mac OS X, Novell

Some programming experiences in JavaScripts, PHP, HTML, XML, flash action

script, Linux/Unix Shell /batch Scripting, MySQL, MS-Access, batch

scripting, Python

In-depth technical knowledge in various computer hardware, software

applications and servers.

Understand various programming logics and methods.

Websites and web interfaces design such as web forms, video embedding,

professional creative graphic design. Experience using most adobe products

such as: Photoshop, Indesign, Premiere, PDF document creator, Dreamweaver,

Fireworks, Flash.

Strong knowledge in audio/video capturing, editing, encoding and streaming

Data analysis and presentation, academic research, user training

WORK HISTORY

Independent Consulting:

Client: Federation of American Scientists

June, 2010 - Present

Project: Satellite Intelligence

Descriptions: Design and Develop Satellite Intelligence for research

project based on Google Earth APIs. Responsible for a complete software

development life cycle. Write technical documents, proposals, contracts,

manage projects, programmers, system design, develop, release versions.

pre/post development presentation and training. Weekly meeting with the

client.

Independent Consulting:

Client: Advanced Molecular Imaging and Therapy

April, 2010 - Present

Project: SNM Online Testing System

Descriptions: Design and Develop Online based learning and testing system.

Responsible for a complete software development life cycle. Write technical

documents, proposals, contracts, manage projects, programmers, system

design, develop, release versions. pre/post development presentation and

training. Weekly meeting with the client.

Multimedia Technology Manager

October, 2009 - August, 2010

Federal Communications Commission/AAC Inc Contractor

Job Descriptions:

Manage all aspect of video streaming technology for large audience. Job

including, customization, configuration, installation and maintenance of

video streaming servers, test, design and implement front end video

streaming interface and streaming, encoding SD, HD videos and deliver

stream to web and mobile platforms.

Analyze, develop and implement for all types of information technology

issues that require extensive research and custom such as designing and

developing process, work-flow and automating the process.

Experiment and create a prototype applications using immersing technologies

such as HTML5 Standard, Semantic Web, Web 2.0. Experiment with new touch

screen and 3D TVs.

Build and automated a parser system based on python and batch script to

convert timed encoded caption file into other caption standards

Recommend various technologies to FCC client, such as computer hardware,

software and third party solutions and vendors.

Accomplishments:

Standardize process, methods, work-flow for large scale live video

streaming technology.

Develop HTML5 based video players (alternative to the flash videos)

Manage CDNs and streaming servers for live and on-demand videos.

Designed app for iPhone, Boxee for SD/HD video streaming.

Designed a video conferencing application based on Wowza Media Server for

internal use.

Designed, develop and implement multi-casting solution for analog TV

signals, interface and player for end users.

Designed kiosk computer system for FCC Library.

Developed & designed FCC branded Screen-saver for public facing computer in

library.

Design and implemented a large scale scanning work-flow and write a script

to automate the process.

Communicate and resolve clients technical and logistical needs in streaming

technology and other IT related issues.

Manager: Information Technology

March, 2006 - July, 2009

Federation of American Scientists Washington, DC

Oversee internal and external vendors and developers. Manage internal and

externally hosted servers such as file servers, web servers, email,

networks, routers, VOIPs and pbx. Manage and developed various projects

such as web development, Interface design, creative graphics, video

streaming, animation. Manage projects such as 3D virtual world, implement

and oversee international developers, test software, games for bug and

quality before release.

Evaluate, plan and implement all aspects of technical needs for scientific

research team. Task includes: Major purchase decisions on software,

hardware, third party solutions, reviewing contracts, hiring interns,

training and design and develop prototypes.

Design and develop various technology and methodology to support research

related technical needs, such as designing and implement databases, project

specific websites and web apps, servers, software installation and

configuration such as: Suse Linux, MySQL, php, Perl, Apache, JavaScripts,

JAVA,Tomcat, Cascade Server (CMS), Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

techniques, Perl/cgi based application such as online calculator and

simulator, web forms, simple search, wikis.

Oversee large scale website development project: Configured and managed

Apache, Perl,Tomcat, MySQL, PHP, wikis, Blogs (wordpress, Movable

Type), Jira, Confluence. Managed multiple domain names, DNS, a-

record and mx record, List-servers such as mailman, Send Studio.

Embed various Web 2.0 technology and social networking components. Darwin

video/audio streaming servers. Created video streaming site similar to

YouTube, rss feed, blogs, flickr APIs.

Project specific multimedia development for online audience such as: video

encoding/embedding, graphics and logo design. Produce professional videos,

animations and interactive multimedia for research project.

Oversee 50 + Linux/Windows/mac multi OS network environment client

desktop hardware and OS configuration and administrate Windows and Linux in-

house and data-center servers.

Manager: Information/Multimedia Technology

January 2000 - February 2006

King Publishing Group Washington, DC

Job Descriptions:

Developed/Managed Website for subscription based Online publications for

60,000+ Online Subscribers, Perl based Archiving/searching system,

circulation system, email and List Servers, Internet, Novel, Windows, Linux

Servers and Web Servers.

Plan and budget all IT needs. Review IT related contracts, manage vendors.

Multimedia productions: In-house pre/post productions for television show

"White House Chronicle" broadcast nationally WHUT & PBS. News conference

Web-cast. Multimedia CD/DVD promotion/presentation.

System Engineer

July, 1998 - January, 2000

Systematic Software Engineering Fairfax, VA

Security Clearance (Secret)

Job Descriptions:

. Project: Hi-tech Military messaging system (IRS for ADatP-3, USMTF,

OTHGOLD, VMF, XML and others in a command and control system) for

US

Military and Defense agencies and NATO allies.

(http://www.systematic.dk)

. Testing for Software-Bug detection/fix

. Maintain Perl based license generator.

  . Pre/post sale technical presentation, Integration and Training

class for clients

  . Relation database for binary messaging system, software

installation, shell

  scripting or test

Network Engineer

May, 1997 - June, 1998

Defense Information System Agency contract employee: Prosoft Engineering

Arlington, VA

Security Clearance (Secret)

Job Descriptions:

. As a contractor for Defense Information System Agency. Day to day,

network/

    hardware/software administration and trouble shooting,

windows, UNIX, Linux

EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science

January 1997 - December 2000

George Mason University Fairfax, VA

Doctorate, Information System (Expected: 2011)

University of Maryland, Baltimore County Baltimore, MD

Research:

Independent Research on 3D Virtual Worlds and 3D e-commerce: Doing Business

in 3D Virtual Worlds such as Second Life.

Semantic Web, Social Networking & Web 2.0

Publication:

Shrestha, Prabodh (2008),"MAKING FOLKSONOMY MACHINE-UNDERSTANDABLE,

CHALLENGES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, published by World

Scientific (2008).

Doing business in Second Life: e-commerce in 3D online environment

by Dongsong Zhang, Prabodh Shrestha International Journal of Electronic

Business (IJEB), Vol. 8, No. 2, 2010

Conference Presentations:

INFORMS Conference - Oct 15, 2008

Session Chair

Presenting Author: "Doing Business in a 3D Online Environment"

Washington, DC

Web 2007 - December 9, 2007

Presenting Author: "E-Commerce in a 3D Online Environment" Montreal,

Quebec, Canada

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