Alexander Chervinsky

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Chief Technology Officer

Feb 2024 - Current (2 years 9 months)

• Leading the development of Life - The Human Network from concept to its successful initial launch on the Apple App Store, creating a social networking platform that empowers users with full control over their content
• Building and managing a high-performing, cross-functional team of 12+ Swift engineers and data scientists, driving innovation in AI-powered recommendations, video recognition, and content personalization
• Successfully implemented a proprietary recommendation algorithm, leveraging machine learning and user behavior analysis to optimize content discovery, engagement, and retention
• Architecting and optimizing the system infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring scalability, security, and high av

Senior Director, NextGen Data Platforms

Circana

Feb 2021 - Aug 2023 (2 years 7 months)

• Led and mentored global teams through various project lifecycles, delivering successful outcomes from inception to completion.
• Demonstrated exemplary leadership during challenging times, guiding a 30+ Engineer Ukraine team efficiently during wartime conditions, with no delays in releases due to war-related blackouts.
• Enabled the successful setup and deployment of project running across Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle, and AWS, creating servers on-the-fly as needed.
• Provided technical guidance and conducted code reviews to ensure project success.
• Collaborated closely with Data Scientists and Database teams, architecting a solution involving Azure components successfully scaling projects on Databricks and improving p

Senior Director - Big Data Services

John Hancock

Jun 2018 - Jul 2020 (2 years 2 months)

• Led the team from creation of HDP based US Data Lake to populating it with applications.
• Hired and managed local and offshore teams.
• Provide technical leadership, driving and performing best engineering practices to initiate, plan, and execute large-scale, cross-functional, and company-wise critical programs
• Designed monitoring and tuning approach of the Hadoop ecosystem. Created central logging and automated data QC checking process, utilizing ELK Stack
• Developed metadata management best practices utilizing Atlas API
• Worked with data governance and risk team on setting up standards and processes for secure data storage, best data governance practices, and secure delivery
• Led design of common inge

Director of IT Architecture and Data Warehousing

IQVIA

Feb 2011 - Jun 2018 (7 years 5 months)

Provided consulting and leadership in areas of Global Enterprise Architecture including Netezza Performance Tuning, establishing best practices, MDM, Data Modeling, enterprise database and applications architecture including SOA design and deployment for Healthcare EDW and BI delivery systems in the Americas, EMEA, and Japan. Setting strategic direction on solving software and data architecture challenges across the organization and Big Data initiatives.Utilize the following tools: Netezza 7.2.1.5, Cloudera Hadoop, Impala, IBM BigSQL, Oracle, Elasticsearch, HBase, Kibana, Zoomdata, MicroStrategy, AWS, Redshift, KSH Shell scripting, ABInitio, Oracle, SQL Server, Cybermation ESP, Kudu, HBase, Unravel, Jira

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Founder, CEO

Feb 2011 - Jun 2018 (7 years 5 months)

Assist large organizations establish their BI/EDW environment including logical/physical data modeling, standards and best practices. Design/deploy end-to-end ETL/EDW appliance-based solutions.

Netezza Database Administrator

Endo

Nov 2010 - Feb 2011 (4 months)

(3 month contract) Responsible for all DBA tasks for production 10100 Netezza Appliance database. Redesigning database objects to improve performance with Microstrategy 9 reports. Wrote a custom data synchronization process using shell scripts and nzmigrate.

Netezza DB Administrator / BI Developer

CIDC

Mar 2007 - Nov 2010 (3 years 9 months)

Responsible for populating, maintaining, administering, optimizing, and creating ETL for 10+ terabyte Netezza 50100 database appliance for online casino company. Worked on building datamarts for using Business Objects Data Integrator. Produced custom reports in Business Objects XI and Crystal reports. Wrote code in Java to update Salesforce and upload daily data to 3rd party Email Service provider via a webservice. Setup MDM repository using Metacenter tool.

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Database Programmer

May 2005 - Mar 2007 (1 year 11 months)

Maintained a large 10g database, containing data for over 85 clients, such as: NFL, Cheap Tickets, Ann Taylor, Tesco, Smartbargains. Created PL/SQL stored procedures and shell script to automate daily/real-time data loads and data synchronization between client databases and company’s Oracle 10g database. Created tools to produce data loads with custom control files. Wrote numerous stored procedures to trigger sending emails. Produced various custom reports.

(CONTRACT) Sr Database developer

Fidelity Investments

Oct 2004 - May 2005 (8 months)

Performed data analysis utilizing Oracle Financial data for Fidelity FSM Project. Created star schema data model in Visio/Fabforce dbDesigner and wrote SQL scripts to populate dimension tables. Wrote custom Oracle unloader stored procedure that produced SQL●Loader control files automatically. Added build control mechanism/scheduler to have audit trail during data acquire/data process. Produced numerous Korn Shell scripts to load data files in parallel and process vendor feeds in different formats. Performed SQL●Loader and Oracle database tuning. Build custom BRIO reports and designed BRIO dashboard interface.

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(CONTRACT) MCAD Instructor

Millennium Training Institute

Mar 2004 - Sep 2004 (7 months)

Taught 10 week, 5 days a week, Microsoft Certified Application Developer course. Course includes technologies: VB.NET, C#, XML, SOAP, SQL Server, Web Services development, ADO.NET, programming for wireless devices, reporting with Crystal Reports, IIS, and Security. Prepared formal schedules, sample MCAD Certification exams, and handouts on daily basis. Taught additional courses at various client site locations in MA.

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(Part Time) Computer Instructor

Boston Computer School

Jul 2000 - Dec 2003 (3 years 6 months)

Taught evening classes 12-16 hours a week. Created 36 three-hour classes program for QA Engineers. Taught courses on PERL, SilkTest, Networking, Astra QuickTest, VBScript, HTML, Load Testing, Internet QA, UNIX Shell Scripting to different groups. Prepared formal schedule, handouts and exams for groups of 30-50 students. Managed two employees who prepared classrooms for lectures.

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Database Analyst

WorldWinner

Jan 2000 - Jan 2003 (3 years 1 month)

Developed detailed database reports and dashboards for marketing requirements in BRIO. Created and optimized queries. Built custom data marts to simplify creation of reports. Maintained database containing over 200 tables, holding game and financial data for over seven million customers. Migrated from Informix to Oracle 9i Database. Utilized Perl to create automated reports. Updated and maintained a bulk mailing tool, written in Perl. Created targeted mailing lists and sent out biweekly 4+ million emails.

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(COOP) QA Engineer

Funk Software

Jan 1999 - Jan 2001 (2 years 1 month)

Wrote automated test scripts in VB and Visual Test. Set up and troubleshot various network conditions with remote control software. Set up Windows 2000 Active Directory on several machines.

(COOP) Web Developer

PTC

Jan 1997 - Jan 1999 (2 years 1 month)

Developed and maintained web pages for company’s main web site. Maintained company’s 12 international web sites. Designed original artwork for web pages in Photoshop. Prepared and corrected images for the web. Wrote PERL and shell scripts. Optimized search engines’ keywords placement for the company’s homepage.

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