MEHUL RUWALA

F/201, Sylvan Heights, Sanewadi, Aundh, Pune - 411007

Cell (+91-98924-11738)
Email: mehul_ruwala@hotmail.com

OBJECTIVE: A challenging position as a Technical Trainer

Summary:

 Over 20 years + experience in training, systems support & development

 Experience on multiple platforms like Windows, AIX, HP-UX, SUN
Solaris, Linux, AS/400, DRS-6000, ICL TeamServer
 Experience on major operating systems Windows 2K3/2K, NT 4.0, UNIX,
Novell Netware, and OS/400.
 Worked in teams on small to large and complex projects in India, Bahrain
(Middle East), Malaysia (Far East)

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX, HP UX, SUN SOLARIS, AIX, SCO, Linux,
Novell Netware, IBM OS/400, etc..

Development Tools: C, MS-SQL Server, SYBASE, DB2, Oracle, RPG/400, CL,

COBOL/400, SQL/400, Visual Basic, Ingres.

Hardware Platforms: Windows, SUN, IBM AS/400, IBM AIX, HP UX, DRS-6000,
ICL TeamServer

BUSINESS SKILLS
 Business Development
 Manage corporate accounts and their expectations
 Develop courses independently
 Create custom courses based on customer requirements
 Learn any new products and deliver quality training on new products in a
short time
 Assisted Live projects on Migration
 Assisted server & Database Performance Tuning
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
May'98 - Present: Independent Consulting
Training Corporate Customers in India including many Fortune 500 clients.
Design, Implement & Support Systems and Networks

 Conducted Corporate Training in technical areas such as planning and

implementing LAN/WAN, Windows 2000/2003 Administration, Oracle,
Sybase, DB2, Ingres, MS-SQL Server programming and Database
administration, shell programming, Perl & systems Admin on Sun Solaris
and HP-UX, IBM AIX, SCO, Linux, etc.
 Customized training to meet the corporate requirements to train their
Technical Support staff, System Developers and other end users.
 Trained corporate clients from TOP500 Indian companies like Johnson &
Johnson, Wockhardt, IBM, Reserve Bank of India, Hong Kong Bank, Baan
Infosystems, Larsen & Toubro, LTITL, National Leather Cloth, OTIS,
Mumbai Port Trust, Wipro Infotech, Nelito Systems, Elbee Courier, Lupin
Laboratories, Global Telesystems, Siemens, Infosys, Aptech, Asset
International, Concourse Information Technology, Godrej Infotech, ICICI
Bank, Saraswat Bank, Iflex Solutions, FLex Ex Technologies, Shoppers
Stop, P & O Nedlloyd, Citibank, Hexaware, Amdocs, OPUS Software,
Deloitte, Indian Army, Geometric Software, Mphasis, Logica CMG, CITOS,
Isoft, TCS, Xavient, Syntel, EMC2, HCL, Wipro Technologies, Persistent,
Scope Int. D & B, Eclipsys, Bank of America, Sparsh, John Deer,
TechMahindra, SSGA, Headstrong, Dell Perot, Barclays Bank, Tata
Motors, etc. to name a few.
 Designed and implemented networking solutions to meet customer’s
requirements.
 Support & administration of Systems/Networks – give the specifications of
the production system setups.
 Customized, designed and implemented the LAN with Shreyas Business
Systems which comprised of windows NT/95 workstations, Windows NT
Servers, Webserver, Configured all major TCP/IP server configurations
including, DHCP, DNS and also managed subnetting & routing to manage
traffic & isolate certain important traffic as a security measure. Also had
integrated the Sun Solaris UNIX Servers and various printers.

Oct’ 96 - Apr’98: Lecturer/Systems Administrator, FTMS-ICL,

Malaysia (Far East)

 Directly report to the management & assist in making budgets for systems
department, which amounted to half million Malaysian Dollars. Main duties
also included liaising with vendors for purchase of new H/W & S/W and
also for services like leased line for web and maintenance contracts etc.
Also maintained inventory of various IT related equipments within the
premises.
  Conduct technical courses such as Data Communications,
Internet/Intranet, Operating Systems, Advanced Data Structures,
Communications & Networking, and Systems Administration.
 Install, upgrade and maintain networks in-house and at customer sites
including Windows NT 4.0, Novell Netware, and DRS-6000 (ICL-Unix),
AIX, SUN.
 Managing the Web server (Internet Information Server) & Video
Conferencing facilities provided to external clients and employees.
Responsibilities include Network Installations, Planning & Implementing
Security Policies, Setting up Remote Access Services, managing user
accounts, forming backup procedures, Configuring Data & Application
sharing, customizing environments as per user’s needs, Monitoring
Performance & Fine-tuning systems, monitoring and directing the network
traffic on our Windows NT backbone.
 Supervised planning, procurement & implementation of systems at branch
offices & franchise centers.

Dec’93 - Sep’96: Lecturer/Systems Administrator - Bahrain Informatics,

Bahrain (Middle-East)

 Delivered corporate training on courses like UNIX, LAN/WAN, RDBMS

(ORACLE), DATA STRUCTURES (C & Pascal) & Office automation using
MS-Office.
 Teaching students for Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Studies
validated by the University of Oxford.
 Install and maintain various networks (UNIX [SCO, SUN, and AIX] &
Novell Netware), new hardware & Software.
 Customizing User environment.

Feb’92 - Mar’93: Training Officer & Programmer - Syspro, Bombay

 Software development and training on the IBM AS/400 environment.

 Design and developed Payroll System, in RPG/400.
 Developed Student Information System to keep track of all the inquiries,
registrations, payment details, etc using RPG/400.
 Developed a Statistical Analysis System for stocks for a financial
institution using FoxPro on a PC.
 Assisted team in Testing & Documentation for Sales Analysis and
Administration project for Proctor & Gamble India Ltd. Responsible for
testing modules written by colleagues and also assisted them in
maintaining documentation standards.
 Wrote report-printing programs using RPG/400.
QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Pune Institute of Computer Technology,

University of Pune
• DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY - 3 years full-time diploma
with first class from Bombay Institute of Technology
• Courses on MCSE
• Courses on Oracle, IBM AS/400, OS/400 & Ingres