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.

Professional Experience

Work Experience

11/2017 - Present	Cloud Project Manager, Educaship Alliance LLC, Dumfries, Virginia Project Management. Manages CNM Cloud Project to create cyber services for patrons of the Career Network Ministry (CNM), Vienna, Virginia and for students of Shanghai Jian Qiao University, Shanghai, China Systems Engineering. Contributes to systems design and makes final decisions on the architecture; the software suites include dozens of software systems including enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) Software Coding. Using HTML5/CSS3/JS/PHP, contributes to and directly oversees coding endeavors and their implementations
11/2018 - 8/2021	Shanghai Jian Qiao University Instructor, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology (partner), Shanghai, China Teaching. Taught a variety of business and management courses for undergraduate students matriculated into airport management and aviation maintenance program
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 the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) funded and overseen by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
1/2009 - 5/2018	Adjunct Management Department Instructor, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, Flushing, New York Teaching. Remotely taught a variety of courses 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 (based on both PMBOK® Guide), software development (based on Agile methodology), HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, JavaScript, and PHP web languages Curriculum Development. Designed an innovative curriculum for the U. S. Marine Corps Flight Student Language Program, as well as curricula for entrepreneurs, c-level executives, and startup business officers requested by an investment group 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 e-learning software for an Ukrainian client
7/2010 - 7/2011	U.S. Marine Corps Culture Instructor, Professional Solutions LLC (government contractor), Quantico, Virginia Teaching. Taught for the Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning (CAOCL)
12/2006 - 11/2014	Ural Federal University Consultant, The Economic Group (contractor), Yekaterinburg, Russia 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 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.net 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	Lead -- Cyber Team, Career Network Ministry at McLean Bible Church, Vienna, Virginia
4/2012 – Present	Organizer -- CNM Cyber Meetup group, https://www.MeetUp.Com/TechDC

Competencies

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

Code Development

Development tools -- Eclipse IDE, GIT, GitLab, Apache Subversion (SVN); Android Studio Core web tools -- SSH, SSL certificates, TLS, BIND (DNS server software) Web languages -- HTML/HTML5, SVG, XML; CSS/CSS3; JavaScript/Node.js; PHP/Yii Web platforms -- Linux/Ubuntu, LAMP stack, SQL, NoSQL, API/RESTful API Web protocols -- DNS/DNSSEC, TCP/IP, FTP, HTTP/HTTPS, IMAP, TLS/SSL, LDAP

Conferencing Software

Live presentation -- SmartBoard Webconferencing -– Cisco Webex, GoToMeeting, Skype for Business, Jitsi, VooV Meetings, Apache OpenMeetings, Zoom software, BigBlueButton, etc.

Document Software

Digital visualization -– Axure Pro, Balsamiq Graphic production -- Adobe Creative Suite (including InDesign, Photoshop), CorelDRAW, Inkscape Office suites such as Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, etc. -- document processors, presentation programs, spreadsheet editors, personal information managers, desktop-publishing apps Video production –- Camtasia Web design –- Elementor Page Builder

End-User Applications

Content management software (CMS) -- Drupal, WordPress, Joomla, MediaWiki Customer relationship management software (CRM software; standalone) -- SugarCRM/SuiteCRM, Salesforce Document management software and office suite platforms -- Alfresco, Liferay, MS Sharepoint, Office 365 Enterprise E-learning software -- Moodle, Canvas LMS (Instructure Canvas), OpenEdX, Sakai, Blackboard Learning System, Desire2Learn, SuccessFactors Email software -- Dovecot, Postfix, Roundcube Enterprise resource planning software (ERP software) -- OpenERP/Odoo, MS Dynamics Project management software (standalone) -- Redmine, MS Project, MS Project Server, Atlassian Jira/Confluence, Taiga software, ProjeQtOr Social network software -- HumHub

Server-Side Systems

Cloud computing platforms -- OpenStack Cyber-security -- Backdoor, denial-of-service attack, direct-access attack, eavesdropping, polymorphic attack, phishing, privilege escalation, social engineering, spoofing, tampering Database management software (DBMS) -- Apache Cassandra, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL Enterprise integrators (business integration software) -- MuleESB, Apache Camel, Fuse ESB, Keycloak/JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform, WSO2 Enterprise Integrator Identity and access management (IAM) and SSO -- SAML2, OAuth 2.0, OpenID, OpenLDAP, Shibboleth software, WSO2 Identity Server Web servers -- Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat, Nginx

Third-Party Credentials

Educational Credentials

Ph.D. student, Marketing -- Belarusian State Economic University, Minsk, Belarus M.B.A., Business Administration -- Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus M.S./B.S., Mechanical Engineering -- Belarusian-Russian University, Mogilev, Belarus

Professional Certifications

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

ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management | Number GR671222755GJ, AXELOS Limited, London, United Kingdom

Other Achievements

Alumnus, International Visitor Program (2001), funded and overseen by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Aspirations

Currently, Gary lives in the Washington DC metro area, but 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. As of October of 2020, the current, third phase of this project is at about 45% of completion; the phase is scheduled to be fully completed in December of 2021.

For the next opportunity

In his next opportunity, 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.