Gary Ihar
Gary "Igor" Ihar (hereinafter, Gary) is a project manager, college instructor, technologist, Career Network Ministry's volunteer, and an independent recruiter currently living in the Washington DC metro area.
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Resume
Project Manager, Educator, Techonogist, Recruiter | Washington D.C. Metro Area – open to travel
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
- Curriculum Development. Creates curriculum for current and prospective entrepreneurs and c-level executives drafted at Septem Artes Administrativi
11/2018 - 12/2018 Shanghai Jian Qiao University Instructor | Vaughn College of Aeronautics & 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 & 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, Instructional Technologist | Freelance – Virginia, New York, Washington, DC, and remotely - Recruitment. As a retained recruiter for The Economic Group, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, sourced and selected 250+ new hires of its various clients, mostly international ones
- 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 and integrated a Moodle-based learning management system into 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
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 | 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
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
Community Service
2/2012 – Present Vice President | Belarusian Community Center, Brooklyn, New York 2/2012 – Present Information Technology and Tech Skills Training Lead | 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
Digital Development Competencies
- Coding familiarity -- OpenStack, Linux/Ubuntu, SSH
- Advanced coding capacity -- HTML/HTML5, SVG, XML; CSS/CSS3; JavaScript, PHP
- Administration -- Drupal, MS SharePoint/Office 365 Enterprise, MediaWiki, Moodle, WordPress
- Identification and access management and SSO - SAML2, OAuth 2.0, OpenID, LDAP/OpenLDAP
- Development tools -- GIT, SVN; Android Studio
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
Professional Certifications
Project Management Professional® | PMP® Number 1646031, Project Management Institute®, Pennsylvania, USA
Aspirations
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.