Raymond Raud, Ph.D. Computer Engineering

 Sarasota FL, 34251   prof@raud.net        Ph: (941) 322-6305 


OBJECTIVE: Strategic computer technology leadership in telecommunication, financial services or other industries, Management consulting in strategic enterprise IT issues.

SKILL SUMMARY:

Managerial: Distributed, multicultural team motivation and goal setting, Operational and strategic leadership, Technology evangelist, Business planning and contract or investment negotiations, Effective presentation verbal and written communication.

Analytical methods: Statistical and empirical modeling of complex systems, Data mining, Self-organizing and back propagation neural networks.

Telecommunications Technical: Business processes, OSS Architectures and Integration, TMN Q3, CMIP/CMISE, SNMP, TL/1, GDMO, ASN.1, ATM, SONET and SDH, TCP/IP and LAN Protocols and inter working, high speed TDM network maintenance methods, Restoration Algorithms.

Software Engineering: Large scale distributed operation support systems, CORBA, OO analysis and design in UML, Function Point Analysis, Project Risk Analysis, Data Modeling, Expert Systems.

Languages: Fluent in Estonian, English, conversational in Russian, Finnish and German.

EXPERIENCE:

PRIVATE CONSULTING                                                                                                  2004 – present

-          Statistical modeling of financial market real-time behavior with neural networks

-          Proprietary empirical financial market trading algorithms and systems

TELEINSIGHT                                                                                                                                     1999 - 2004

-          Strategic technology leadership in telecom operational data mining and visualization product suite

-          Competitive analysis of telecom OSS integration strategies Management of Java/CORBA based product development

-          Management consulting for telecommunications OSS architectures and implementation strategies, business process organization and support

-          General management of the company Business plan development for Venture Capital funding

ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS                                                                                                      1998 - 1999

-          Lead multiple network management products architecture, marketing and development strategy

-          Representation in industry standard organizations (Object Management Group, SONET Interoperability Forum, TeleManagement Forum)

-          Lead introduction of CORBA into corporate network management processing platform

-          Technical sales support and prototyping

-         Information Modeling and MIB development Introduction of advanced network management technologies and tools in large, distributed organization

SMART SOFTWARE COMPANY                                                                                                    1992 - 1999

-          Technology leadership for multiple financial market modeling, sales management automation and market research products using data mining, neural network and adaptive statistical modeling technologies

-          Management consulting for telecommunications OSS technology strategies CORBA based distributed network management architecture and information modeling (MIB development)

-          Lecturing on Telecommunications distributed standards based OSS development strategies

ISR GLOBAL TELECOM                                                                                                                   1996 - 1998

-          Lead for new network management product strategy, information modeling and MIB development

-          Representation in industry standard organizations (SONET Interoperability Forum, ATM Forum)

-          Distributed TMN architecture for SDH and ATM networks Event correlation strategies in TMN architectures

-          Prototyping and technical sales support

AT&T BELL LABORATORIES                                                                                                      1991 - 1996

-          Lead systems engineering for high speed telecommunication network (ATM, SONET) maintenance systems.

-          Systems engineering of global data communication network management systems.

-          Evaluation of self-organizing neural networks for telecommunication data classification applications.

-          Department's development process re-engineering. CASE tools evaluation and introduction.

-           Evaluation of high speed data networking equipment and network management systems for private line networks.

COOPERS & LYBRAND                                                                                                                  1989 - 1991

-          Evaluation of new software and hardware technologies for financial applications.

-          Pilot projects using Expert System Development Tools EXSYS, Kappa and NEXPERT.

-          Design and implementation of Data Translator with intuitive user interface using Object Oriented Design and Artificial Intelligence methods.

INSTITUTE OF CYBERNETICS                                                                                                      1968 - 1988
Division Manager with P&L Responsibility. Projects:

-          CAE Environment for Application Specific Integrated Circuit Design, first in the Soviet Union (1984 - 1988) Concept of multiple language space in computer system design process; Object Oriented Digital Hardware Design Language with flexible syntax; Architecture of integrated Logic Simulator, probability based Timing Verificator and tester; Object Oriented DBMS of designs and components; Prototype version of the system operating by 1988.

-          CASE System for real-time software development (1976 - 1984). Cross compiler-compiler, high level hardware description language, multiple processor simulator, was successfully used in a number of commercial and military institutions throughout the Soviet Union.

-          General purpose operating system (1973 - 1976). OS with real-time features and JCL interface compatible with OS/360 for a soviet mainframe computer. The system was in use over several years.


STATE COMMITTEE OF INFORMATICS AND COMPUTING OF THE SOVIET UNION 1981 - 1987
Chairman of 72 expert workshop from all firms involved in microcomputer technology.

The workshop served as body of experts for the Government of the Soviet Union.

-          Directed compiling and editing of the regular "State of the Art" reports for the government of the USSR;

-          Directed expert analysis and reviews of microcomputer software projects seeking government financing;

-          Organized professional conferences, seminars and publications on innovative topics of the Microcomputer Software Engineering.

Initiated and sponsored development

-          State Program of Personal Computers for the educational system of the Soviet Union;

-          Proposal for legislature to protect computer software under soviet patent law;

-          Proposal for standardized engineering procedures for micro-controller development projects.


INDEPENDENT PART-TIME CONSULTANT                                                                                              1980 - 1988
Directed and managed the projects as a private contractor with members of my team from the Institute as well as with subcontractors from other institutions. Partial list of projects:

-          Compact car control computer with fuel consumption, digital tachometer and speedometer on Intel 8748 (1986 - 1988);

-          Computerized office phone system with diary, clock/calendar and appointment list, on Intel 8085 (1983 - 1984);

-          General-purpose regional computer network in Tallinn (1980 - 1982).

 

EDUCATION:

1983 St. Petersburg State Technical University,(former Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, USSR); awarded degree of Candidate of Engineering Sciences (equivalent to Ph.D. in Computer Engineering). Thesis: "Software Engineering Methods and Tools for Distributed Computer Control Systems."  Certified copy of diploma available upon request.

1969 Tallinn Technical University, Degree in Electrical Engineering (equivalent to M.S.E.E.), major in computer science.

  

PERSONAL:

Citizen of the United States of America. 

SELECTED (out of 82) LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

 1. R. Raud, M.A.Fallig, "Automating the Coding Process with Neural Networks", Quirk's Marketing Research Review, May 1993, (English).
2. V. Olman, R. Raud, A. Lepp, "Probability Based Timing Verification", Microprocessing and Microprogramming, Elsevier Sci.North-Holland, March 1989, (English).
3. R. Raud, "A Language Environment for ASIC Design", Microprocessing and Microprogramming, Elsevier Sci. North-Holland, #24, 1988, (English).
4. R. Raud, H. Vetik, T. Vinter, "Hardware Design Language HIDELAN", Report of Institute of Cybernetics Estonian Academy of Sciences, 1987 (English).
5. A. Lepp, J. Prilutski, R. Raud, "Digital Hardware Simulation Methods and Acceleration Problems", Report of Institute of Cybernetics Estonian Academy of Sciences, 1987 (English).
6. R. Raud, "A Personal Hierarchical Design System for Digital Hardware", Proc. on Microcomputers and Microprocessor Applications, Budapest, 1987 (English).
7. R. Raud, R. Smeljanski, "Cross-systems in USSR", Microprocessor Devices and Systems, Moscow, 1987.
8. A. Milner, R. Raud, "Software Engineering Tools for Control Computer Development in USSR", Proc. Application Software, Tallinn, 1986.
9. A. Lepp, R. Raud, "Using Systolic Arrays for Logic Simulation", Proc. of NIIMM, Erevan, 1986.
10. A. Lepp, J Prilutski, R. Raud, "Architectures of Digital Hardware Simulation Accelerators", Proc. of Moscow's House of Science and Engineering, 1986.
11. B. C. Tamm, M. Oit, R. Raud, J. Vain, "Industrial Application of CAD Packages for Control Systems in the USSR", IFAC Computer Aided Design in Control and Engineering Systems, Lyngby, Denmark, 1985 (English).
12. R. Raud, "Trends in Digital Hardware Design", Proc. of Moscow's House of Science and Engineering, 1985.
13. V. Olman, R. Raud, "Control Computer Software Test Coverage Criteria", Automatika i Vychislitelnaja Technika, Riga, 1984.
14. V. Olman, R. Raud, "An Algorithm for Fast Multiprocessor Hardware Simulation", Automatika i Vychislitelnaja Technika, Riga, 1983.
15. R. Raud "Real-time Software Development Phases and Tools", Proc. Software Engineering Tools and Methods, Sofia, 1983.
16. A. Kurjama, R. Raud, "Control Computer Hardware Description Language MICODEL. Synthesis of the Simulator", Proc. of WG on Microcomputer Software Engineering, Tallinn, 1982.
17. R. Raud, "Multiprocessor Computer Control System Software Design and Testing", Proc. of Moscow's House of Science and Engineering, 1982.
18. R. Raud, B. Tamm, "Microcomputer Programming Tools", PROGRAMMIROVANIE, Moscow, 1982.
19. R. Raud, "Control Microcomputer Software Development System SERP", Proc. Software Engineering, Kalinin, 1981.
20. A. Bergson, R. Raud, "Using Functionally Equivalent Programs for Control Computer Software Debugging", PROGRAMMIROVANIE, Moscow, 1981.
Papers without reference on language were published in Russian. Items 13 ,14, 18 and 20 have been translated into English in the U.S.A. and can be referenced as follows:
13. Raud R., Olman V. "Some Completeness Criteria for Test of Programs of Microprocessor Control Devices", Automatic Control and Computer Science, vol.18, #5, 1984,p.85-89.
14. Olman V.N., Raud R.K. "Simulation of Multiprocessor Hardware", Automatic Control and Computer Sciences, vol.17, #4, 1983, p.23-27.
18. Raud R. K., Tamm B. G. "The State of the Art in Microcomputer Programming (a Survey)",Programming and Computer Software, vol.8, #5, 1982, p.256-267.
20. Bergson A., Raud R. "Program Development for Numeric Control Computers Using Functionally Equivalent Modules",Programming and Computer Software, vol.7, #4, 1981, p.217-222.