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Petro O. Bochan
[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) Associate Professor at Chernivtsi National University
Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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I bring over two decades of software development experience
Top Skills
oriented for the Web. In particular, I specialise in cross-platform
Teaching
and cross-device real-time interactive applications, media content
University Teaching
experiences, audio/video systems leveraging unicast/multicast
Language Teaching
deliverables, complex CMS / multi-tier management systems, and n-
scale webcasting solutions.
Languages
English (Full Professional)
I'm an Adobe certified.
Ukrainian (Native or Bilingual)
Russian (Native or Bilingual)
Adobe Certified Expert, Advanced ColdFusion 8
Adobe Certified Expert, Captivate 3
Certifications
Adobe Certified Expert, ColdFusion 8
Regional Award in Education
Adobe Certified Expert, Dreamweaver CS3
Adobe Community MVP (Most
Valuable Participant) Adobe Certified Expert, Dreamweaver CS4
Adobe Certified Expert Adobe Certified Expert, Flash CS3
Adobe Certified Instructor Adobe Certified Expert, Flash CS4
Adobe Community Professional Adobe Certified Expert, Flash CS5
Adobe Certified Expert, Web Specialist CS3
Adobe Certified Expert, Web Specialist CS4

Adobe Certified Instructor, Advanced ColdFusion 8 Development
Adobe Certified Instructor, Captivate 3
Adobe Certified Instructor, Contribute CS3
Adobe Certified Instructor, Contribute CS4
Adobe Certified Instructor, Director 11
Adobe Certified Instructor, Dreamweaver CS3
Adobe Certified Instructor, Dreamweaver CS4
Adobe Certified Instructor, Fast Track to ColdFusion 8
Adobe Certified Instructor, Flash CS3
Adobe Certified Instructor, Flash CS3: Flash Video
Adobe Certified Instructor, Flash CS4
Adobe Certified Instructor, Flash CS4: Flash Video
Adobe Certified Instructor, Flash CS5
Adobe Certified Instructor, Web Specialist
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Adobe Community Professional
Adobe Community MVP (Most Valuable Participant)

Experience
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
23 years 6 months

Associate Professor
September 2009 - Present (15 years 6 months)
Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Teaching the following aspects:

- English as major;
- ESL (English as a Second Language);
- Contemporary Information Technologies in Education;
- Computer Text Processing;
- History of Translation;
- Theory of translation;
- Translation of Texts of Various Discourse Styles.

Assistant Professor
September 2001 - August 2009 (8 years)
Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Teaching the following aspects:

- English as major;
- ESL (English as a Second Language);
- Contemporary Information Technologies in Education;
- Computer Text Processing.

HR Tech International
Senior Web Developer
January 2015 - December 2018 (4 years)
Hong Kong SAR

Architected and implemented an HR Tech platform to automate video interview
experience. I was responsible for all things related to this project: starting from
design and ending with deployments on the client side. The solution featured
the following functionality:

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- fully automated video interview process of candidates;
- controlled environment for max interview quality;
- different angle video captures using multiple cameras simultaneously;
- misc sensors to measure the video interview flow;
- real-time metrics for in-depth interview analysis.

Tools and technologies: iOS, Android, Sony Camera SDK, PHP, .NET C#,
MSSQL, Azure.

Skillful Communications
Senior Flash Developer
September 2014 - August 2016 (2 years)
Kyrenia, Cyprus

Me and other team members have designed and implemented an extensive
audio/video interviewing platform that would allow businesses, government
and educational institutions, legal entities et al to interview and train personnel
using a feature-rich system. This online system featured the following
functionality:

- highly scalable audio/video interviewing module;
- built-in video player to incentivise interviewees for better answers;
- end-to-end video recording of the interviewing process.

Tools and technologies: Adobe Flash, Adobe Media Server, Ruby, AJAX.

YouSeeU
Senior Flash Developer
March 2015 - May 2016 (1 year 3 months)
Kyrenia, Cyprus

For the YouSeeU client I was responsible for implementing a Flash-based
audio/video recording tool that would allow students to record their home
assignments and hand those in for review. The tool was feature rich and had
the following options:

- regulated the length of the recording;
- allowed to adjust quality settings for audio & video streams;
- ability to mute audio & video separately during the recording;
- allowed to re-record any media content on-demand.

Later, I have started rewriting the tool for WebRTC support as well.

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Tools and technologies: Adobe Flash, Adobe Media Server, PHP, AWS,
WebRTC.

MeetingBurner.com
Senior Flex Developer
April 2014 - September 2015 (1 year 6 months)
Kyrenia, Cyprus

The meetingburner.com site was an enhanced conferencing tool built for wide
audience. It featured numerous functional modules such as:

- one-to-one and many-to-many streaming/conferencing;
- screen sharing;
- call-in/call-out functionality with VoIP/SIP (Voice over IP)/(Session Initiation
Protocol);
- meeting recordings;
- cross platform support with Adobe AIR.

Tools and technologies: Adobe Flex, Adobe Media Server, Adobe AIR, VoIP/
SIP, FreeSWITCH.

Virtual Ivent
Senior Flash Developer
January 2013 - August 2015 (2 years 8 months)
Chernivtsi, Ukraine

I have designed & implemented a feature rich and scalable web-casting
solution for the modern Web. The solution was robust and cross-platform
with next to zero latency. The streaming was done at an HD (High Definition)
level reaching out to devices that ran desktop, mobile, handheld, and tablet
deliverables. Baked up by AWS (Amazon Web Services) CloudFront load
balancer, the multicast functionality was distributed seamlessly among
thousands of viewers.

Tools and technologies: Adobe Flash, Adobe Media Server, EdgeCast, PHP,
MySQL, JavaScript, CSS.

Kraft Plus Textiles
Translator & Interpreter
September 2005 - August 2015 (10 years)
Chernivtsi, Ukraine

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Contract translation and interpretation services for the knitwear industry.

FreeCRM.com
Senior ColdFusion Developer
May 2014 - April 2015 (1 year)
Kyrenia, Cyprus

I was responsible for fixing bugs, implementing new features, and coordinating
other support developers on establishing a development workflow. The product
is a high-end CRM tool with a plethora of features such as:

- contact/company management;
- calendar support;
- on-on-one and group calls;
- workflow for cases & deals;
- mass sending of forms and emails;
- extensive support for campaigns, tasks, and documents.

Tools and technologies: Adobe ColdFusion, Adobe Drewmweaver, MSSQL
Server, JavaScript, CSS.

Arcturus Technologies, Inc.
Senior Flex Developer
February 2014 - October 2014 (9 months)
Chernivtsi, Ukraine

I was participating in the development of an advanced Java-based profiling
tool and my main responsibilities were:

- support and maintain an existing Flex project;
- add new features to extend functionality;
- fix exiting bugs and thoroughly test the outcome;
- establish a reliable communication method between client-side and server-
side technologies.

Tools and technologies: Adobe Flex, JMX, Jasper, MySQL, MSSQL, Eclipse.

Virtual Therapist Network
Senior Flash Developer
September 2013 - August 2014 (1 year)
Chernivtsi, Ukraine

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Designed and implemented an online system for medical virtual meetings
between clients and patients. The system encompasses a rich feature list
including: online meetings scheduling with reminders, cross-platform real-
time meetings with recordings, payment integration, HIPAA compliance, and
search. The system has quickly grown from a couple of doctors and patients to
hundreds.

Tools and technologies: Adobe Flash, Adobe Media Server, PHP, JavaScript,
MySQL

Adobe
Instructor
August 2012 - April 2014 (1 year 9 months)
Chernivtsi, Ukraine

I was responsible for creating localised training materials to enhance existing
knowledge base for the following software products:

- Adobe Acrobat;
- Adobe Captivate;
- Adobe Connect;
- Adobe Presenter.

I also provided reviewing services for a couple of printed materials oriented for
the Ukrainian market. Apart from that, there were translations, presentations,
and small trainings conducted on an ad hoc basis.

Tools and technologies: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Captivate, Adobe Connect,
Adobe Presenter.

Todays Growth Consultant
Senior Flash Developer
September 2010 - August 2012 (2 years)
Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Designed, implemented, and supported an online music mixing system that
allowed DJs to come together online and mix their samples together in real-
tine. The online experience featured a rich set of high-quality music samples,
sounds, and shorts along with sharing capability. Joint music sessions allowed
for enhanced streaming events for the constantly growing music lovers.
Flash technology powered instant media content exchange for streamlined
interaction.

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Tools and technologies: Adobe Flash, Adobe Media Server, PHP.

appSTUDIO
Senior Flash Developer
October 2010 - September 2011 (1 year)
Chernivtsi, Ukraine

I created a fully-customisable media content greetings service deployed
on the Facebook platform. End-users would record their own audio/video
greetings with misc special effects applied and distribute those among all
of their Facebook friends (aka today's built-in filters, masks, and stickers,
however back in 2010 using Adobe Flash). The tool quickly gained traction as
was among the first ones to offer such novel experience.

Tools and technologies: Adobe Flash, Adobe Media Server, Facebook SDK,
PHP.

Visual Net Design LC
Senior Flash Developer
September 2009 - November 2010 (1 year 3 months)
Chernivtsi, Ukraine

I was working with the Visual Dot Net Design (VND) team to create a new
product for enhanced math learning. The product encompassed many features
calibrated for advanced e-learning of math enthusiasts. The complete solution
was then deployed to many educational institutions. I was then responsible for
technical support and further features development of a launched product.

Tools and technologies: Adobe Flash, Adobe Media Server, MS VS 2010,
MSSQL, Ajax, et al.

Refined Data Solutions Inc.
Senior Flash Developer
June 2008 - August 2009 (1 year 3 months)
Chernivtsi, Ukraine

I was responsible for implementing a new type of communication pod for
the Adobe Connect eco-system. The pod was designed to enable users
experience high quality audio/video conferencing within the Adobe Connect
infrastructure along with offering more features such as chat, file exchange,
media content saving & storage, UI customisation, and more.

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Tools and technologies: Adobe Flash, Adobe Connect, Adobe Connect Pod
SDK, Adobe Media Server.

SoftServe
Flash/Flex Developer
July 2006 - June 2007 (1 year)
Lviv, Ukraine

Worked on projects connected with Flash/Shockwave technologies.
In particular, I was responsible for debugging, testing, refactoring, and
implementation of new features of a series of products:

- Online printing tool for enhanced print and automation workflows to
implement digital ideas onto fabric;
- Online cup/t-shirt designer to superimpose creative media content onto
printed materials;
- Online weather forecast system for pilots to stay informed pre-flight.

Tolls and technologies: Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Adobe ColdFusion, .NET,
UML, MS VS 2005, MSSQL Server 2005, Ajax, and others.

Secondary School
Teacher of English
January 2001 - December 2001 (1 year)
Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Teaching English at primary school and development of teaching materials for
various English-related subjects.

Education
University of Saskatchewan
Summer Internship, English Methodology · (2005 - 2005)

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
B.Sc., Computer Engineering · (2004 - 2007)

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
M.Sc., Computer Science · (2007 - 2008)

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
Ph.D., History of Ukraine · (2001 - 2008)

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Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
M.L.A., English · (2003 - 2004)

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