Gustavo White

1996 Wynhurst Crossing Home: 770-981-0983 Email: grwhite2@gmail.com

Stone Mountain, GA 30088 Cell: 762-217-6990

Objective
To obtain a programming position within a company where I utilize and enhance my programming
skills.

Skills
 Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX/Linux, MVS and Macintosh
 Programming Languages: Java, Java SE, Java EE, C++, COBOL, JCL, Pascal, Informix 4GL
 Databases: Informix, Oracle, DB2, Access
 Knowledge of AP and MLA Styles
 Software: Microsoft Office, JpadPro, QMF, DCLGEN, Eclipse, Apache Ant
 Other: Hardware Installation, Hibernate, css, react

Employment History
Self-Employed, Atlanta, GA
Programming /Freelance Writer, February 2006 - Present
 Wrote movies and music reviews for Boheme Verite online magazine
 Wrote technical (Java) articles for The Atlanta Voice

Atlanta Spirit, LLC (Philips Arena), Atlanta, GA

Security Guard (Full-Time), October 2007 – October 2012
 Ensure the safety of the facility
 Write incident reports
 Monitor CCTV monitors
 Troubleshooting computer issues
 Configuring CCTV and computer connections

Entertainment Arts Research, Atlanta, GA

Programmer (Unpaid Internship), November 2004 – March 2005
 Designed brochures for Urban Video Game Academy
 Coded player/camera code on “Kaotic Foolz” project

The Home Depot, Inc., Atlanta, GA

Associate Systems Engineer, July 2002 – July 2003
 Scheduled and conducted Tool Rental change set meetings that led to a 5% reduction in program
errors
 Liaised for Tool Rental team during Change Set Advisory meetings
 Distributed weekly update reports on Tool Rental Java programs
 Wrote Informix queries for reports
 Printed and faxed contracts to managers
 Made enhancements/bug-fixes for Tool Rental Java programs and Javascript scripts
 Created program sets to send to 800 stores
 Troubleshot Tool Rental issues
 Reviewed exception reports
 Ran month-end reports
 Added printers to UNIX servers
 Sent Excel spreadsheets and Word documents of products to the stores via UNIX
 Edited HTML pages for Intranet sites
 Coded JCL, COBOL programs for Benefits systems
 Compiled an Excel spreadsheet of tables used in KRONOS

SPSU Social and International Studies Department, Marietta, GA

Foreign Language Lab Coordinator, August 2001 – May 2002
  Installed and configured ESPIRIT software and hardware
 Developed system evaluation document
 Constructed and organized student attendance logs
 Created instructional documents to facilitate students’ learning

The Home Depot, Inc., Atlanta, GA

Intern (through INROADS/Atlanta), May 1998 – August 2001
 Composed SAP tutorial document for future team members that reduced training time by 15%
 Determined and selected methodologies to reduce development time and costs to international
stores
 Coordinated development of intern web page on Intranet
 Programmed metadata transfer application using Java.
 Provided technical support for PC Rollout
 Assembled PC's with Windows95 and WindowsNT
 Prepared File Upload Application for Intranet using Java servlets
 Provided testing for Internet site re-launch
 Performed Y2K testing on programming modules using Informix 4GL

Education
B.S., Computer Science, 2002
Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, GA
 Additional course work toward Spanish minor.
 Vice President, President - Association of Computing Machinery
 Programs Chair, Telecommunications Chair – National Society of Black Engineers

Awards and Accomplishments

 Crowd Pleaser of the Year (Atlanta Spirit, LLC)
 Dean’s List (AIU- Buckhead and SPSU)
 HOPE Scholar
 Torch Bearer, NSBE
 3.0 Crew Member of the Year, NSBE