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	<header>
		<name>
			<firstname>Avi</firstname>
			<surname>Alkalay</surname>
		</name>
		<birth>
			<date>
				<year>1973</year>
				<month>12</month>
				<dayOfMonth>06</dayOfMonth>
			</date>
		</birth>
		<address>
			<street>88 Love Street</street>
			<ward>Universe</ward>
			<city>São Paulo</city>
			<state>SP</state>
			<zip>01111-011</zip>
			<country>Brazil</country>
		</address>
		<contact>
			<phone location="mobile">+55-11-9659-9059</phone>
			<phone location="home">+55-11-XXXX-XXXX</phone>
			<phone location="work">+55-11-2132-2327</phone>
			<email>avi@unix.sh</email>
			<instantMessage service="google">avibrazil@gmail.com</instantMessage>
			<instantMessage service="msn">avibrazil@hotmail.com</instantMessage>
			<instantMessage service="icq">52671754</instantMessage>
			<url>http://avi.alkalay.net/</url>
			<url>http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=5014891333322535886</url>
			<url>http://www.new.facebook.com/profile.php?id=543888243</url>
			<url>http://www.linkedin.com/profile?&key=306278</url>
		</contact>
	</header>
	<history>
		<job>
			<jobtitle>Solutions and IT Architect</jobtitle>
			<employer>IBM Industry Solution Center</employer>
			<period>
				<from>
					<date>
						<year>2008</year>
						<month>01</month>
					</date>
				</from>
				<to>
					<present/>
				</to>
			</period>
			<description>
				<para>IT architect for IBM Industry Solution Center construction. ISC is a briefing center that hosts customer shows, presentations and demos, focused on vertical industry solutions. Industries covered are telecom, retail, public sector, consumer packaged goods, petroquimical and other. Definition of IT aspects of the center, datacenter policies, cabling, network topology, security, sizing, equipment quotation, etc.</para>
				<para>Industry solution architect responsible for receiving industry solutions in the center.</para>
			</description>
		</job>
		<job>
			<jobtitle>Linux Market Developer</jobtitle>
			<employer>IBM Linux Impact Team</employer>
			<period>
				<from>
					<date>
						<year>2001</year>
						<month>09</month>
					</date>
				</from>
				<to>
					<date>
						<year>2007</year>
						<month>12</month>
					</date>
				</to>
			</period>
			<description>
				<para>Linux solutions sales. <emphasis role="underline">Interaction with customers</emphasis> in all industry sectors to indentify the opportunity, develop the plans linked to customer business initiatives, technical solution design, negotiate contract and scope, and close the sale. Development of Linux skills in <emphasis role="underline">partners</emphasis>.</para>
				<para>Linux Marketing. <emphasis role="underline">Press relationship</emphasis>. Definition and implementation of <emphasis role="underline">marketing tatics</emphasis>, events planing.</para>
				<para>Strong <emphasis role="underline">communication skills</emphasis> and to make presentations.</para>
				<para><emphasis role="underline">Project management</emphasis> and implementation of client solutions like POSs, ATMs, <emphasis role="underline">high-availability</emphasis> and <emphasis role="underline">cost reduction</emphasis>. Allways focused on Linux.</para>
				<para>Architect and deployment of solutions like high performance clusters, deep computing visualization, <link href="http://www.research.ibm.com/bluegene/">Blue Gene</link> (super computing) and Grid.</para>
			</description>
		</job>
		<job>
			<jobtitle>IT Architect and Specialist</jobtitle>
			<employer>IBM Global Services</employer>
			<period>
				<from>
					<date>
						<year>1997</year>
						<month>06</month>
					</date>
				</from>
				<to>
					<date>
						<year>2001</year>
						<month>08</month>
					</date>
				</to>
			</period>
			<description>
				<para>e-Business Hosting Services sales. Technical solution <emphasis role="underline">architect</emphasis>.</para>
				<para><emphasis role="underline">Technical leadership</emphasis>. Definition of technological and <emphasis role="underline">security</emphasis> strategies and processes. Efective participation in creation of big, <emphasis role="underline">well known web portals</emphasis>.</para>
				<para>Member of IBM Internet Coordination Council, which defines IBM global security strategy and voice on the Internet. <emphasis role="underline">Responsible for Internet security of IBM Brazil</emphasis>.</para>
				<para>Systems administration, specially UNIX. Administration of Web Servers, FTP, Sendmail, POP, <emphasis role="underline">DNS</emphasis>. Port and packaging of several GNU software and libraries, including GCC, BIND, SSH, Sendmail, Socks etc. Works with IBM&apos;s Net.Commerce and SET Technology, Load Balancers, AFS, DCE/DFS. Development of scripts and automations in C, <emphasis role="underline">Shell</emphasis> and <emphasis role="underline">Perl</emphasis>. Introduction of Linux in IBM Brazil. </para>
			</description>
		</job>
		<job>
			<jobtitle>Book Writer, WebSphere Family Integration Workbook</jobtitle>
			<employer>IBM International Technical Support Organization - Raleigh, NC</employer>
			<period>
				<from>
					<date>
						<year>1999</year>
						<month>05</month>
					</date>
				</from>
				<to>
					<date>
						<year>1999</year>
						<month>06</month>
					</date>
				</to>
			</period>
			<description>
				<para>Creation of a "Redbook" (deep technical manual about IBM products, <link href="http://ibm.com/redbooks">ibm.com/redbooks</link>) explaining the integration of all components of WebSphere, including AFS, WebTraffic Express, Apache, WebSphere Application Server etc.</para>
			</description>
		</job>
		<job>
			<jobtitle>IT Specialist</jobtitle>
			<employer>OriginNet, member of Philips Corporation</employer>
			<period>
				<from>
					<date>
						<year>1995</year>
					</date>
				</from>
				<to>
					<date>
						<year>1997</year>
					</date>
				</to>
			</period>
			<description>
				<para>One of the biggest Internet Service Providers in Brazil. Systems administration, specially Solaris and Linux. Works and ports of various free and Internet software, Databases, DNS, Sendmail, Radius, POP. Development of the Intranet and several <emphasis role="underline">CGI</emphasis>s in Perl, Shell and C.</para>
			</description>
		</job>
		<job>
			<jobtitle>Systems Developer</jobtitle>
			<employer>Procomp</employer>
			<period>
				<from>
					<date>
						<year>1995</year>
					</date>
				</from>
				<to>
					<date>
						<year>1997</year>
					</date>
				</to>
			</period>
			<description>
				<para>Development of <emphasis role="underline">XWindows</emphasis> administrative tools for fault-tolerant Stratus machines.</para>
			</description>
		</job>
	</history>
	<academics>
		<degrees>
			<degree>
				<level>Bachelor</level>
				<major>Science of Information Technologies</major>
				<date>
					<year>1994</year>
				</date>
				<institution>Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) - Rio Claro</institution>
			</degree>
			<degree>
				<level>High School</level>
				<date>
					<year>1990</year>
				</date>
				<institution>Colégio Rio Branco</institution>
			</degree>
		</degrees>
	</academics>
	<skillarea>
		<title>Linux &amp; Open Source</title>
		<skillset>
			<skill>Use of Linux as desktop and server <emphasis role="underline">since 1994</emphasis>. More than 8 years of experience.</skill>
			<skill>Deep experience from a simple desktop setup, Internet server, Firewall, to kernel hackings.</skill>
			<skill>Solid knowledge of OS and filesystem organization, <emphasis role="underline">security</emphasis> and internals.</skill>
			<skill><emphasis role="underline">RPM</emphasis> packaging of several Internet software like Apache, SSH, OpenSSL etc.</skill>
			<skill>Development and contribution of software for the Open Source community, available in Freshmeat, and personal web-site.</skill>
			<skill><emphasis role="underline">Open Source</emphasis> software model entusiast. Understantings of how it works, advantages, problems, etc.</skill>
		</skillset>
	</skillarea>
	<skillarea>
		<title>General Technologies</title>
		<skillset>
			<skill>All <emphasis role="underline">e-business</emphasis> technologies.</skill>
			<skill>IT <emphasis role="underline">security</emphasis> specialist.</skill>
			<skill>Blade servers, Grid, RISC systems, <link href="http://www.research.ibm.com/bluegene/">Blue Gene</link></skill>
			<skill><emphasis role="underline">XML</emphasis>, XSL, XSLT, XSL:FO, XPath.</skill>
			<skill>Java, <emphasis role="underline">J2EE</emphasis>, Application Servers, Portals and Portlets.</skill>
			<skill>HTML, JavaScript, CSS, CGI, LDAP, LDIF.</skill>
			<skill><emphasis role="underline">C++</emphasis>, Java, <emphasis role="underline">Perl</emphasis>, Shell, AWK.</skill>
			<skill>SSL, SSH, and general crypto.</skill>
		</skillset>
	</skillarea>
	<skillarea>
		<title>Languages</title>
		<skillset>
			<skill>Portuguese: Natural language</skill>
			<skill>English: Fluent (read, written and spoken)</skill>
			<skill>Spanish: Fluent (read, written and spoken)</skill>
			<skill>Hebrew: Fluent (spoken)</skill>
		</skillset>
	</skillarea>
	<skillarea>
		<title>Academic Developments</title>
		<skillset>
			<skill>Development of high-level, high-performance 3D graphics libraries in C++</skill>
			<skill>Development of <emphasis role="underline">Virtual Reality</emphasis> software for studying multidimensional mathematical functions, in C++</skill>
			<skill>Development of an Integrated Development Environment, Compiler and Byte Code Interpreter of a figure definition language called FIG.</skill>
			<skill>Study and development in C++ of Ray Tracing methods for high-quality and realistic computer-generated images.</skill>
		</skillset>
	</skillarea>
	<pubs>
		<pub>
			<artTitle><link href="http://elektra.sf.net/">Elektra Initiative</link></artTitle>
		</pub>
		<pub>
			<artTitle><link href="http://avi.alkalay.net/linux/docs/abertolivre/abertoLivre.html">Think Open, Think Linux</link></artTitle>
		</pub>
		<pub>
			<artTitle><link href="http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/HighQuality-Apps-HOWTO/">Designing High Quality Linux Applications</link></artTitle>
		</pub>
		<pub>
			<artTitle><link href="http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/TimePrecision-HOWTO/">Managing Accurate Date and Time on Linux</link></artTitle>
		</pub>
		<pub>
			<artTitle><link href="http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/">Optimal Use of Fonts on Linux</link></artTitle>
		</pub>
	</pubs>
	
	<misc>
		<para>Multicultural education and personality, and a sheer level of enthusiasm for dealing with people.</para>
	</misc>
	
	<interests>
		<interest>Contemporary Design and Architecture</interest>
		<interest>Modern Dance, Brazilian Folk Music and Culture, Jazz and Classical music</interest>
		<interest>Natural Sciences, Ecology, History</interest>
	</interests>
	<copyright>
		<year>2002</year>
	</copyright>
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