MEHUL RUWALA

303 Uranus, Rajeshwar Planets, Harni Road, Baroda - 390022

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

A challenging position in Technical IT Training

SUMMARY:
Over 25 years + experience in training, systems support & development
Experience on major platforms & operating systems like SOLARIS, AIX, HP-UX, Linux, AS/400,
DRS-6000, ICL TeamServer, Windows & Linux
Worked independently and in teams on small to large and complex projects in India, Bahrain
(Middle East) and Malaysia (Far East)
Successful working in multiple countries with companies and people of diverse cultures and
delivering above expectations

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Databases and Development Tools:

ORACLE, SYBASE, MS-SQL Server, DB2, C, RPG/400,

CL, COBOL/400, SQL/400.
Hardware Platforms: SUN SPARC, IBM AS/400, IBM P-Series, HP, DRS-6000, ICL TeamServer

BUSINESS SKILLS

Business Development - Manage large corporate accounts and their expectations

Communication, presentation and teaching skills
Develop custom courses based on customer requirements independently
Learn new products and deliver quality training on new products in a short time
Live projects on Migration, server & Database Performance Tuning
Planning infrastructure including Fileservers, Webservers, Database Server, DHCP Server, DNS
Server, Mailserver, TCP/IP Configurations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
May'98 - Present: Independent Consulting
Trained Global 2000 and corporate clients from TOP500 Indian companies. Design,
Implement & Support Systems and Networks
Conducted Corporate Training in technical areas such as planning and implementing LAN/WAN,
Windows & UNIX Server Administration, Oracle, Sybase, DB2, MS-SQL Server programming
and Database administration, shell programming, & systems Admin on Oracle Solaris, IBM AIX,
HP-UX, SCO Unix, Linux, etc.
Customized training to meet the corporate requirements to train their Technical Support staff,
System and Database Administrators, System Developers and other end users.
Trained Global 2000 and corporate clients from TOP500 Indian companies like Johnson &
Johnson, IBM, BMC Software, OTIS, Siemens, Amdocs, Deloitte, Dell Perot, Accenture,
Citibank, Bank of America, JPMC, HSBC, Barclays Bank, Nomura, Infosys, HCL, Wipro
Technologies, Wockhardt, Reserve Bank of India, Indian Army, Baan Infosystems, Larsen &
Toubro, LTITL, National Leather Cloth, Mumbai Port Trust, Wipro Infotech, Nelito Systems,
Elbee Courier, Lupin Laboratories, Global Telesystems, Aptech, Asset International, Godrej
Infotech, ICICI Bank, Saraswat Bank, Iflex Solutions, FLex Ex Technologies, Shoppers Stop, P
& O Nedlloyd, Hexaware, OPUS Software, Geometric Software, Mphasis, Logica CMG, CITOS,

Isoft, TCS, Xavient, Syntel, EMC 2, Persistent, Scope Int., Dun & Bradstreet, Eclipsys, Sparsh,
John Deer, TechMahindra, SSGA, Headstrong, Tata Motors, S1, Synechron, etc.
Designed and implemented networking solutions to meet customers 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 workstations, Windows 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 - Apr98: Lecturer and Systems Support Executive at FTMS-ICL (Website:

ftms.edu.my), Kuala Lumpur, 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 SUN SOLARIS,
DRS-6000 (ICL-Unix), AIX, Windows and Novell Netware.
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 users needs, Monitoring Performance & Fine-tuning systems, monitoring and directing
the network traffic on our DRS-6000, SOLARIS, AIX and Windows Servers.
Supervised planning, procurement & implementation of systems at branch offices & franchises.

Dec93 - Sep96: Lecturer and Systems Administrator - Bahrain Informatics, Bahrain

(Middle-East)

Delivered corporate training on UNIX, LAN/WAN, RDBMS (ORACLE), DATA STRUCTURES.

Teaching students for PG Diploma in Computer Studies validated by the University of Oxford.
Install and maintain various networks (UNIX [SCO, SOLARIS and AIX] & Novell Netware)
Procuring new hardware & Software, Inventory & License Management.
Customizing User environment.

Feb92 - Mar93: Training Officer & Programmer - Syspro, Mumbai

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

Design and developed Payroll System & report-printing programs in RPG/400.
Developed Student Information System - track inquiries, registrations, payment using RPG/400.
Testing & Documentation for Sales Analysis and Administration project for P&G India Ltd.
Responsible for testing modules and maintaining documentation standards.
Developed Statistical Analysis System for stocks for a financial institution using FoxPro.

QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Pune Institute of Computer Technology, University of Pune
completed 3 years

DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY - 3 years full-time diploma with first class from
Bombay Institute of Technology under Board of Technical Education, Maharashtra.

Courses on MCSE, Oracle, IBM AS/400, OS/400 & Ingres