Reza Naima

Email: reza@reza.net
Phone: 415-713-3753



OBJECTIVE Currently not seeking employment


SKILLS
  • Operating Systems: Solaris, Linux, BSD
  • Languages: Perl, C, Java, Python
  • Database: Sybase, Oracle, MySQL
  • App/Web Servers: Weblogic (EJBs), StoryServer, mod_perl / Apache, Netscape
  • Hardware / Embedded Systems: PIC,AVR / CompactFlash,MMC,SmartMedia / GPS
  • Misc: Monitoring, Networking, Cryptography, Security, Systems Administration, XML/XSL/HTML/CSS




EDUCATION
9/04-PresentUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY & SAN FRANCISCO - BERKELEY / SAN FRANCISCO, CA
  • Degree: PhD in BioEngineering
  • Research: Wireless neural recording system (Epstein Laboratory)
  • Research: Electroic-Nose for Viral/Bacterial Infection Detection (Sobel Lab)
9/92-12/96UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO - SAN DIEGO, CA
  • Degree: Bachelors of Science, Bioengineering (3.84 GPA)
  • Phi Beta Kappa honors society.
  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude.
  • Recipient of the American Heart Association research fellowship.


EXPERIENCE
8/04-Present Pinpoint Tracking Solutions - PACOIMA, CA
Engineering Contractor
  • Designed and buit an OBD2 (VPWM,PWM,ISO,CAN,KW2000) interface with higher level functionality to interface into wireless telemetry system for automobiles
7/02-9/04 R&J Dynamics - SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Founder
  • Designed and built small GPS-enabled portable data acquisition system for bicycles based on the Atmel AVR series microcontroller (C and Assembly)
  • Wrote bootloader and associated reflashing PC software
  • Currently working on web presence, and PC visualization software
7/00-9/01 Loudcloud, Inc. - SUNNYVALE, CA
Senior Engineer
  • Technical lead and acting manager of monitoring engineering group.
  • Architected and built enterprise-wide monitoring configuration infrastructure (for thousands of servers distributed globally). The system consists of a Distributed multi-tiered configuration system for Micromuse's Netcool monitoring suite (HTTP, ICMP, LDAP, DNS, etc), and an auto-configuration infrastructure for SystemEdge to reconfigure server monitoring based on hardware, OS, and software changes. (JSP, Python)
  • Worked on appliance-based monitoring solution for small-footprint deployment into customer's datacenters (Secure tunnels, multi-homing ability, and authentication). (Perl)
  • Educated key customers on the current monitoring technologies and determined future monitoring needs.
  • Represented Loudcloud at DefCon security conference.
  • Contributed to many other projects, such as enterprise-wide web log analysis architecture and design, security software evaluations, as well as gave company-wide talks on internal technologies.
9/98-12/99 BuyDirect / Beyond.com, INC - SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Senior Member, Technical Staff
  • Architechted and build Electronic software upload and download systems utilizing various fraud detecting subsystems (mod_perl).
  • Designed and Built aspects of next-generation back-end order processing systems (Enterprise Java Beans).
  • Established server and network monitoring architecture. (Perl)
  • Wrote apache module to redirect partnered customers to co-branded sites. (mod_perl)
  • Wrote web based (StoryServer) tools to manipulate production data.
  • Designed encryption and authentication system to store and manage credit card information.
  • Configured PIX firewall and VPN; Setup corporate backup solution.
4/97-4/98 Cisco Systems - SAN JOSE, CA
Network/Web Security Consultant
  • Responsible for OS/web application security on world's largest Internet commerce site (www.cisco.com).
  • Reviewed newly deployed code as well as legacy code for any security vulnerabilities (Perl, Java).
  • Wrote review, tracking and deployment software for web applications (Perl).
  • Established CGI coding standards and security policy; introduced mandatory developer training program.
9/95-1/97 University of California Supercomputer Center - SAN DIEGO, CA
Graphics Expert
  • Designed, and wrote macromolecular animation suite (Perl).
  • Used above software to develop an animated sequence, Structural Changes In Hemoglobin, for educational use in undergraduate chemistry courses.
  • Animated sequence to demonstrate newly discovered dynamic properties of Hemoglobin (used at various conferences).
PUBLICATIONS AND SOFTWARE