Hello,
my name is Vlad Grubman. I am an ASP.NET, VB.NET and MS SQL Server developer with over 12 years of solid IT industry experience. Having been in IT industry for so long, I possess a depth of knowledge - related to hardware, software, networks and how they intertwine in contemporary world.

As to the skills, my primary set revolves around .NET technology. I’ve been writing Windows and web applications in VB.NET with MS SQL Server as a backend ever since the .NET framework has been introduced. The industries I worked (from the most recent one) include health insurance, pharmaceuticals, general insurance, hedge fund/financial, computer consulting, medical research and telecom. Knowledge of full SDLC, ability to take end user’s input and translate it into a programmable concept in addition to technologies such as VB.NET, ASP.NET, JavaScript, AJAX, MS SQL Server are my daily tools.
Since November 2008 I am also a certified Ektron developer.

Previously, I worked heavily with VB 6, MS Access, Excel and VBA. However, I try not to get involved with outdated technologies, like .NET framework 1.1, classic ASP or VB 6, unless it is a migration or upgrade project.

Next on the list of my skills is managing small groups (up to 8 people) of developers and designers. Working on the web projects for over 3 years I have learned a great deal of “people skills” - how to translate business language into either functional or technical specifications, pure code or database structures. Additional benefit is that I know how to work with remote teams: people who speak various languages and are in different time zones. Setting goals, managing budgets and getting things done on tight deadlines are no foreign subjects to me.

Moving along to writing experience - I do know how to write technical specifications, articles, research documents and user manuals. One of the greatest advantages I always had was my ability to concentrate on usability of the end product - be it a web site, an application or a manual. In either case the goal is to make the experience of using the product the most efficient and the least painful to the end user.

Additionally, I am familiar with LAMP platform. Simply due to a number of web sites that I developed (or managed the development of) using Linux-based OSes (RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu, Fedora), Apache web server, PHP and mySQL on the backend, I have advanced knowledge of different angle of the software development world.

Also, having spent over 5 years in end-user desktop and network support I do understand inner functionality of operating systems, hardware and networks.