Leo Paalvast

Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Employment status: Available from March 2014
E-mail: Leo@Paalva.st

Key Skills

Sound experience in software development within international spheres
Solid experience in initiating / implementing major corporate projects
Ability to orchestrate multi-disciplinary teams and achieve significant results
Ability to work on own initiative under pressure and to challenging timescales
Accustomed to managing high volume of data and working to specific targets
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate on all levels
Adapt well to challenges, resilient and tenacious

PROFESSIONAL / RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS

Dec 2002 LPI Level 1 Certification (Linux Administration).
Skills in Internet and Network Computing on Linux platform. Attended several Linux conferences in New York.
   
1987 - 1991 Bachelor of Science (Computer and Software Engineering) at the Haagse Hoogeschool in The Hague (Netherlands).

PROFESSIONAL / CAREER

Apr 2007 - Feb 2014 Länsförsäkringar, Sweden
LIFE400 / SMART400 Senior Application Developer
Configure MSP for incoming and outgoing web services.
Setting up environments to enable incoming and outgoing web services. 
Customize JAVA code for additional SOAP requirements.
Design and implementation of incoming and outgoing web services to/from the LiFE400 system.

Design and implementation of several medium and large projects such as applying fund discount, automatic bank statement processing and XML transformation for external letter processing.
   
Jan 2006 - Mar 2007 Fortis ASR, Holland
LIFE400 / SMART400 Senior Application Developer
As part of a small team, design, implement and test fund migration through business objects and feedback to the mainfraim. Convert batch programs to multi-thread to assure acceptable processing times for the bulk migration. Address and solve any issues raised during the migration.
   
Jan 2003 - Dec 2005 Sabbatical
Linux, Network and Internet Developer
Took some time off to study internet related technologies and protocols. Established two networks of 12 mixed Linux and Windows XP computers connecting through gateway sharing one internet connection. Also established network services such as mail, printer sharing, file sharing, fax and name service Implemented several applications in Linux environment including C, C++, Perl, PHP, shell scripting, MYSQL, OpenSSL, HTML, CSS, XML, XSL, SOAP, AJAX, Javascript and QT.
   
Feb 1997 - Dec 2002 IFDS, United Kingdom
FSU400 / SMART400 Consultant
Undertook comprehensive management of major projects, orchestrating multi-tasked technical teams and implementing strict quality assurance policies Analysed business requirements, conducted impact analysis and provided solutions.
Estimated implementation and compiled technical specification documents for coding. Provided support to the Change Control department with code promotions, ensuring code integrity in all levels. Also provided consultancy in problems within 5-20 production environments and 25-45 model office. Conducted quality assurance, acceptance test, support and development environments across five AS400 machines, analysing and solving problems in overnight batch run. Created virtual machines on AS400s with 24 / 7 on-call support.

Other duties involved converting new versions of General Ledger structures in production, supporting Accounting department in identifying imbalances on transaction level. Instigated Retrofit Y2K code, promoting production environments without interruption to business. designed / implemented API calls between core application and FSU400/SMART400 for financial systems such as BACS and overnight Batches.
   
Sep 1996 - Feb 1997 Nationale Nederlanden, Slovakia
Life400 COBOL S.A.P
Responsible for all technical design, functionality and specifications and coding, unit testing, acceptance and production testing support. Provided support for overnight batch processing, analysing and implementing effective solutions to problems. Promoted codes into all levels including clients production machine, devising and facilitating staff training programmes.
   
Aug 1994 - Sep 1996 Wasa Liv, Sweden
Life400 COBOL A.P
Main remits involved coding and unit testing from technical specifications, retrofitting several base releases into clients Life400 system. Promoted code into levels, including clients production machine, customising and overnight batch jobs to accommodate multiple-thread runs.
   
June 1994 - Aug 1994 Continuum, United Kingdom
Life400 COBOL A.P.
Responsible for analysing, coding and unit testing AQRs, adhering to international coding standards. Updated documentation as required.
   
Jan 1992 - June 1994 Nationale Nederlanden, Holland
Cobol / C A.P.
Initiated / compiled technical details from business specification. Spearheaded contractors during peak seasons and ensured code was implemented in accordance to Nationale Nederlanden standards. Coded and unit tested from technical specifications.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Full driving licence with no points
Hobbies : Golf, Pool, Travel
Non Smoker

Interests:
From 2002 till 2005 I was appointed President of the Romford, Brentwood, Billericay and district Licensed Victuallers association and Beer Retailers Protection Association. I am the first person in the 120-year history of the Association to host three consecutive annual functions.

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST