Rich A. Marino | Platform Engineer
Phone (UK): +44-7888-867565
Phone (US): +1-857-288-8884
E-Mail:  q@rm.vg
Web: https://rm.vg/
London, UK | Miami Beach, FL

Passionate, personable technologist and engineer. Quick learner, problem solver, and thrives in high-stakes environment.

Specialties in high performance trading infrastructure, networking, virtualization, and operating systems, both with respect to development and implementation.

Very passionate about making things run as fast and reliably as possible. Expertise in both Windows and Unix environments

Professional Experience

Internships

Professional, Independent and University Projects

  • Global CDN and Fast Packet Routing (2022-Present)
    • Implemented a private global network utilizing BGP on the internet and OSPF for minimal latency routing of internal and incoming traffic.
    • The network facilitates both fast edge content delivery (CDN) as well as providing reduced latency bi-directional communications.
    • Implemented a proprietary proxy to route packets onto the internet through the nearest global node.
  • Windows Kernel-mode Memory Map (C, C++, 2019)
    • Implemented a tool that maps kernel-mode memory allocations on Windows to assist in diagnosing kernel-mode memory leaks,
  • Hidden DNS Services (NodeJS, 2017)
    • Wrote an authoritative DNS server that allowed for both normal lookups and steganographic traffic tunneling and data exfiltration.
    • Developed a client that exposed a SOCKS proxy that tunneled arbitrary traffic over DNS.
    • Developed a client / server application that could provide access to specific web pages as TXT records.
  • Performant PHP Web Server (2013 - 2014)
    • Developed a full, high-performance web server written in PHP.
  • High Performance University CMS and style sheet (2010-2014)
    • Built a content management system to facilitate user uploaded and designed web pages by untrusted parties.
  • Near Field File Sharing (PHP, Node, 2014)
    • Developed software to facilitate quick and easy sharing of files between physically near computers via UDP Multicast or Internet.
    • Conducted extensive research into platform-agnostic zero-config communication.
  • iBeacon payment and location tracking platform (2014)
    • Designed and built out an experimental platform for locating customers within a retail environment, tracking their movements, and facilitating payments and interactions with other objects based on location within the building.
    • Implemented an iBeacon simulation API and front-end to allow for demonstration and testing of this platform.
  • Bootable Tor Hidden Site Server (2013 - 2014)
    • Created a minimal embedded Linux system that can be booted from read-only media and serve a Tor hidden site, by utilizing the Performant PHP Web Server (mentioned above).
  • Small Windows 95 (2007, 2010)
    • Created a Windows 95 installation that could be booted from floppies without other local storage for running specific embedded applications.
    • Componentization and dependency mapping was used to only include components required by the specialized applications that would be used, similar to standard Windows XP Embedded.

Hackathon Projects

  • WubLink
    • Developed backend for an app that allows crowd interaction with a live DJ that authenticates via an audio watermark.
  • Ultimate Party Playlist
    • Developed a web app that analyzed Facebook friends at an event, then created RDIO playlist based on collective interests.
  • GoToEvent
    • Developed a web app that allowed sending and tracking of event invitations via E-Mail, SMS, and telephone calls via Twilio.

Other Experience and Awards

  • UHACK 2014 - 2nd Place Winner:
    • Ultimate Party Playlist
  • UHACK 2012 - Best Use of Twilio:
    • GoToEvent
  • Engineering Advisory Board (University of Miami)
    • Director of Technology (Jan 2011 - May 2014)
  • Dickinson Scholarship, University of Miami
  • EPA 608 and 609 Certified Technician
  • Autonomous System: AS207419 Richard Marino

Education

  • University of Miami (Miami, FL)
    2010 - 2014, Computer Software Engineering / Computer Science

Expertise

Programming Languages
  • C
  • C++
  • C#
  • Java
  • Erlang
  • Elixer
Scripting / Query Languages
  • PowerShell
  • Python
  • PHP
  • Perl
  • Shell / Bash
  • Windows Batch
  • JavaScript
  • SQL
  • PromQL
  • Verilog
  • VHDL
Databases
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Oracle SQL Server
  • PostgreSQL
  • PostGIS / PGrouting
  • sqlite
  • redis
  • MySQL
System Management
  • Okta
  • Microsoft InTune
  • VMWare Workspace One / AirWatch
  • Azure Virtual Desktops
  • Amazon AWS Workspaces
  • MicroMDM
  • Active Directory
  • Puppet
Servers
  • VMWare ESXi
  • nginx
  • Apache
  • IIS
  • Citrix XenApp
  • System Center
  • SCCM
  • GitHub Enterprise
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • NetApp
  • Enterprise Vault
APIs
  • WINAPI / Win32s
  • MFC
  • Windows Forms
  • WPF
  • WinSock
Development Tools
  • Git
  • Perforce
  • SVN
  • Vim
  • Xcode
  • Visual Studio
  • Visual Studio Team Services
  • Visual Basic for Applications
Networking
  • Cisco iOS
  • Ubiquiti UniFi
  • Client / Server programming
  • Low-level stack and driver implementation
  • zScaler
Cloud
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Amazon AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • DigitalOcean
  • Vultr
  • Twilio
  • Office 365
Networking
  • TCP/IP
  • UDP
  • VLAN
  • NAT
  • DHCP
  • DNS
  • BGP
  • OSPF
  • PXE
Trading Technology
  • ION
  • Bloomberg
  • UDP Market Data
  • FIX
Monitoring
  • Telegraf
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • System Center Operations Monitor
Operating Systems
(Development and Administration)
  • Windows Server
  • Windows 11, 10
  • Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu)
  • Unix
  • macOS
  • OpenBSD
  • FreeBSD