Cristian is a Java Software Architect with 14+ years of experience building robust, secure, and efficient back-end services in the IT and financial trading industries. He is also proficient in video streaming technologies, having designed and implemented several video access and distribution systems for top sites in the online entertainment sector. Cristian focuses on meeting business goals through best practices and automation, resulting in reliable, scalable, and maintainable deliverables. Whenever possible, he tries to give back to the community through blog tutorials and contributing as a lab teaching assistant in a mission to help individuals and companies become effective through software and mentoring.
Developed trading software components used by Fortune 500 companies and investment banks to manage stocks.
Documented, implemented, and unit tested production code for an iceberg order simulation algorithm, integrating it in the EDMA (Enhanced Direct Market Access) product.
Assisted programming changes during quality assurance, user acceptance testing, and post implementation.
Designed and developed rich interface applications using Flash/Flex technologies and video streaming services for the online entertainment and education industries.
Rewrote legacy Flash Multimedia Server scripts as modern Java-based Wowza scripts, which went on to reliably serve 3 times more concurrent users than was previously possible and provided essential development flexibility.
Set up basic architecture for streaming solutions, maintained existing code, and managed deployment.
