Vasile Catana
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8P 4R1
Tel. +1-289-***-****
E-mail: ************@*******.***
OBJECTIVE: Project Manager, Programmer Analyst, Statistician, Bioinformatician LANGUAGES: English, French, Romanian, and Russian
COMPUTER SKILLS
Operating Systems: Linux, MS Windows, Alpha Open VMS Languages: Visual Basic, C/C++, C#, Java, Perl, Python Databases: MS Access, Oracle, MySQL, S1032 (Alpha Open VMS), Postgres Software: SAS, SYSTAT, Stat graphics, Surfer, ArcGIS, Bioinformatics software EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Quality Control Specialist 2014 - Present
Tiercon Company - supplier of exterior components & systems to the automotive industry, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Bioinformatics Programmer, Data Analyst 2011-2013
Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Genomic data analysis generated by Illumina Hi-seq in order to establish the draft genome of plant Thellungiella salsuginea
Software Development and Implementation for analyzing genomic and transcriptomic data
Illumina cDNA data analysis in order to establish the level of genes’ expression and their isoforms under different stress factors
Environments & Tools: Linux – Ubuntu 12.04, NetBeans 7.0, Perl, Python, Java, C/C++, GBrowse, R, SAS Specialized Software: Mira, Mosaik, Bowtie, Tophat, Cufflinks, Samtools, Velvet, Oases, gsAssembler, Mats, SpliceGrapher, etc.
Bioinformatics Programmer, Data Analyst 2008-2010
Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A
MySQL database Development for Linux - Ubuntu Server in Wheat Genomic projects
Software Development and Implementation for analyzing genomic data
Web Application Development for genomic data visualization
Assembling of wheat DNA reads generated by the Roche 454 GS-FLX sequencing system
Analysis of assembled genomic data for gene detection and for establishing intron/exon gene structure Environments & Tools: Linux–Ubuntu 8.04, NetBeans 6.5, Perl, Python, Java, MySQL, WebFPC, GBrowse, R, SAS Specialized Software: GeneMapper, GenoProfiler, velvet, gsAssembler, phred-phrapconsed, polyphred, censor, blast, fpc, RepeatMasker, GeneSeqer, etc.
Programmer/Analyst 2003-2008
Department of Entomology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Oracle 9i Database Development for Windows 2003 Server in Area wide entomological projects
Client/Server Software Development for remote database access to manage sampling data
Software Development for insect population dynamic simulation at large scale
Web Application Development for sampling data visualization, analysis, and interpretation Environments & Tools: Windows 2000 Professional & 2003 Server, Oracle 9i, Oracle Net Manager, OO4O, Visual Studio .NET (Visual Basic & C#, IIS, ASP.NET), ArcGIS Programmer/Analyst 1998-2002
SYSTEMATIX, Montreal
Working for Client «Hydro - Quebec»
Database development & maintenance for Open VMS based telecommunications applications
Tools development for export/import and format conversion between Open VMS and Windows95 platforms
GUI development for telecommunications front-end applications
Graphic environment development for technical drawing with Java2D Environments & Tools: Open VMS, UNIX, Windows95, BASIC, DECForms, S1032, CADPAK, Access97, VB, VBA, Oracle 7.3 & 8i, Oracle JDeveloper 3.2.2, Java 1.2-1.3, Client-Server Technology Programmer/Analyst 1997-1998
SYNERGYTEK, Brossard, Quebec
Database development & maintenance for UNIX based industrial applications
Manufacturing software development
Project setups with security features (ActiveX) for customers Environments & Tools: UNIX, Novell, Windows95, Visual Basic 5.0, Visual C++ 5.0, MS SQL Server 6.5 and Access97
Programmer/Analyst 1993-1996
COMPUTING CENTER, ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, Kishinev, Moldova
Development of algorithms and software for mathematical modeling: numerical solution of differential equations
(Basic for MS DOS)
Statistical data analysis (Statgraphics, SYSTAT, SAS)
Development of software for statistical data analysis (C in UNIX for PDP11)
Development of software in Fortran for generalized regression analysis (Fortran, SVM IBM370) EDUCATION
B.Sc. & M.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science, Kishinev State University, Kishinev, Moldova 1993 Equivalent to a Bachelor of Science in Quebec
OTHER PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
Geographic Information Systems and Natural Resources 2005 Oklahoma State University, Department of Geography References available upon request