Gary Ihar

Gary "Igor" Ihar (hereinafter, Gary) is a project manager, college instructor, technologist, Career Network Ministry's volunteer, and an independent recruiter currently residing in the Washington DC metro area.

Resume

Gary lists his entrepreneurial spirit, thinking "outside the box," and finding "a way to get it done" as his strongest abilities.

Professional Experience

11/2017 - Present	Cloud Project Manager, Educaship Alliance LLC, Dumfries, Virginia Project Management. Manages CNM Cloud Project to create technology that supports digital services for Career Network Ministry, Vienna, Virginia, USA on a private cloud Information Technology. Makes final decisions on architecture and implementations of various software for the project, as well as directly oversees coding iterations of its identification and access management (IAM) system Business Development. Landed additional customers for the technology to be created Curriculum Development. Oversees creation of curriculum particularly for current and prospective entrepreneurs and c-level executives, and startup business officers requested by a venture capital group
11/2018 - 12/2018	Shanghai Jian Qiao University Instructor, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology (contractor), Shanghai, China Teaching. Taught two courses, Organizational Behavior and Principles of Accounting, for undergraduate students matriculated into airport management programs
5/2012 - 6/2018	U.S. Department of State Project Director, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Washington, DC Project Management. As a subcontractor, directed projects for official visitors invited by the Department of State through the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)
1/2009 - 5/2018	Adjunct Management Department Instructor, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, Flushing, New York Teaching. Remotely taught management courses including business management and public relations for undergraduate students matriculated into management programs
9/2010 - 10/2017	Independent Recruiter, Trainer, Curriculum Developer, Technologist, Freelance – Virginia, New York, Washington, DC, and remotely Recruitment. As a recruiter for The Economic Group, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, secured 250+ new hires for various clients, including Skolkovo Innovative Center, Moscow, Russia Hands-On Training. Designed and led hands-on training for 3,200+ people in accounting, project management (PMBOK® Guide), web tools like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP Curriculum Development. Designed an innovative curriculum for the U. S. Marine Corps Flight Student Language Program Lecturing. Presented a lecture on multicultural management for Washington DC Chapter of Project Management Institute (PMI®), Wasgington, DC, USA Technology Development. Designed an enterprise platform using ERP software, email software, video sharing software, and learning management software for an Ukrainian client
7/2010 - 7/2011	U.S. Marine Corps Culture Instructor, Professional Solutions LLC (government contractor), Quantico, Virginia Teaching. Taught international culture courses for the U. S. Marine Corps Flight Student Language Program at the Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning
12/2006 - 11/2014	Ural Federal University Consultant, The Economic Group (contractor), Yekaterinburg, Russia (remotely) Consulting. Advised the university leadership on Bologna Accord, learning management systems, educational software implementations, and business opportunities
7/2007 - 5/2009	Instructor, Lecturer, Curriculum Developer, Programmer, Freelance – New York City, New York and remotely Lecturing. Presented a lecture on international marketing campaigns at School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) of Columbia University, New York, USA Teaching. Developed and taught extracurricular business courses for Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, and Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus Programming. Coded the first version of Opplet using PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
7/2006 - 12/2007	Adjunct Business Department Instructor, SUNY Westchester Community College, Valhalla, New York Teaching. Taught business courses including general marketing, international business, and international marketing for undergraduate students matriculated into business programs Web Development. Using basic web languages, developed educational webpages in order to support students.

Community Service

2/2012 – Present	Vice President | Belarusian Community Center, Brooklyn, New York
2/2012 – Present	Lead | Computer Services, Career Network Ministry at McLean Bible Church, Vienna, Virginia
4/2012 – Present	Organizer | Events for Managers and Entrepreneurs Meetup, https://www.MeetUp.Com/TechDC

Educational Credentials

M.B.A., Business Administration | Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus

M.S./B.S., Mechanical Engineering | Belarusian-Russian University, Mogilev, Belarus

Code Development Competencies

Advanced coding capacity -- HTML/HTML5, SVG, XML; CSS/CSS3; JavaScript; PHP; DNS Coding familiarity -- Python, Node,js, Linux/Ubuntu, SSH, Yii Cyber-security and identity and access management (IAM) and SSO - SAML2, OAuth 2.0, OpenID, LDAP/OpenLDAP Development tools -- GIT, SVN; Android Studio

System Development Competencies

Content management systems (CMS) -- Drupal, WordPress, Joomla, MediaWiki Learning management systems (LMS) -- Moodle Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) -- Odoo, SuiteCRM Cloud computing platforms -- OpenStack Project management systems -- Redmine, MS Project, MS Project Server Office suite platforms -- MS Sharepoint, Office 365 Enterprise, Liferay, Alfresco, HumHub Email software -- Roundcube

Office Software Competencies

Graphic production – Adobe Creative Suite (including InDesign, Photoshop), CorelDRAW, Inkscape Video production – Camtasia Digital visualization – Axure Pro, Balsamiq Presentation and webconferencing – SmartBoard, Cisco Webex, GoToMeeting, Skype for Business, Jitsi, Apache OpenMeetings, BigBlueButton, etc. Office suites such as Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, etc. – word processors, presentation programs, spreadsheet editors, personal information managers, desktop publishing apps. Project management -- Redmine, MS Project

Professional Certifications

Project Management Professional® | PMP® Number 1646031, Project Management Institute®, Pennsylvania, USA

Aspirations

Currently, Gary lives in the Washington D.C. metro area, but Gary is open to relocation and/or travel both domestically and worldwide.

For the current project

As the instructor, Gary has always been excited about a combination of formal training and apprenticeship. As the recruiter, Gary has always experienced difficulties to find qualified candidates for his major clients such a venture capital group, angel investor, and startups. To address this discrepancy, Gary is managing CNM Cloud Project. Currently, the current phase of this project is at about 85% completion.

For the next opportunity

As an aspiring PhD student, Gary is looking for some combination of employment and learning. Being alphabetically listed, Gary's:

1. Research areas include computer science, education, human development, human resource administration, learning, and/or linguistics.
2. Promising occupations include:
   • in education -- (math, physical science, and/or other) teacher, (business, culture, English, and/or science) faculty member, (technical) trainer, etc.
   • in new developments -- project manager, product owner, Scrum master, project sponsor, team lead, mentor, etc.
   • in recruitment -- recruiter, senior recruiter, technical recruiter, etc.
   • in technology -- chief information officer, chief technology officer, information technology manager, instructional technologist, etc.
3. Industries include education, recruitment, vocational training, and workforce development.