Brian James Gurka

4 Park Avenue Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 (973) 879-2060 gurkab@student.wpunj.edu

OBJECTIVE To obtain an entry level position or internship within a company where I can maximize my programming, mathematical and analytical skills to make an impact in an Information Technology environment ACADEMIC William Paterson University of New Jersey (2010-Present) - Wayne, NJ Bachelors of Science in Mathematics Minor in Statistics Projected graduation: December 2013 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2008-2010) - Troy, NY Major in Electrical Engineering Relevant coursework and skills: Programming with Perl, SAS, MATLAB, C/C++ and Visual Basic. UNIX. Mathematical/analytical skills (experimental design statistics, regression analysis, applied mathematical models, mathematical models of operations research). Information Technology skills. Microsoft Office. EMPLOYMENT New York Life Insurance Company - Clinton, NJ Full-time summer internship within New York Life's Corporate Information Department (May 2012 August 2012) Assisted the Managed File Transfer Team with designing and writing Perl scripts in a UNIX environment and was responsible for administrative work and troubleshooting with file transmissions Worked part-time during the Fall of 2012 continuing efforts assisting the team with programming and administrative support Schindler Elevator Corporation Randolph, NJ Full-time summer internship in the Research & Development Department (May 2011 August 2011) Responsible for testing elevator systems within the electrical, mechanical and integrated systems testing engineering department Responsible for preparing detailed data analysis reports and presenting them to appropriate project managers for further data analysis Crestron Electronics Rockleigh, NJ Full-time summer internship in the Tradeshow Department (May 2010 August 2010) Responsible for the planning and preparation of future Tradeshows When needed, worked in the Engineering Department performing product testing ATHLETIC, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS Member of the William Paterson University Math Club (2011-current) Member of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Swim Team (2008-2010) Member of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity - Rho Chapter (2008-current) Captain of the Pequannock Township High School Boys Varsity Swim Team (2007-2008) (4-year letter winner) Recipient at the Pequannock Township High School Senior Awards (2008) o First Honors in Mathematics o First Honors in Accounting