BRIAN A. ROBERSON, J.D.
**** ******* **. ? Savannah, GA 31405
Residence: 912-***-**** ? Cell: 832-***-****
E-mail: *****.*.********@*****.***
PROFILE: Enthusiastic, results-oriented law graduate and IT professional
with a solid business and information technology background. Excellent
analytical ability, programming, writing, counseling, negotiation,
presentation, problem solving, and research skills. An articulate self-
starter of high integrity and commitment to accountability.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Corporate Paralegal
(06/08 -11/09)
Stock Building Supply, Raleigh, NC
40 hours/week
Supervisor: Bryan Yeazel, 919-***-****. May be contacted.
Assisted general council with various corporate legal matters including the
following primary duties:
. Managed corporate compliance. Maintained critical corporate records of
Stock's subsidiaries, ensuring all corporate documents (minutes,
resolutions, bylaws) are prepared, reviewed and filed in a timely
manner, as well assisting with dissolving, merging, restructuring and
incorporating Stock's subsidiaries. Updated legal database, electronic
filing system and minute books.
. Drafted legal documents and correspondence. Drafted Powers of
Attorney, Delegations of Authority related to Stock and subsidiaries,
legal memoranda and prepared case summaries, legal correspondence, and
form complaints. Fulfilled discovery requests relating to legal
disputes, corporate mergers, and acquisitions. Prepared and reviewed
complex legal documents for the company, including representation
contracts, purchase agreements, closing statements, deeds, and leases.
Ensured data accuracy and completeness.
. Conducted legal research and analysis. Performed legal research as
requested by attorneys with the Westlaw system, evaluating cases and
synthesizing them with factual information to present recommendations
on courses of action.
Law Clerk (01/07
- 12/07)
Law Offices of Dennis Spurling, Esq., Houston, TX
20 hours/week
Supervisor: Dennis Spurling, 713-***-****. May be contacted.
Assisted supervising attorney evaluate cases filed with the Court. Examined
briefs, case records and legal authorities applying legal analysis to
perform essential job functions:
. Drafted legal documents. Drafted petitions, motions, and case briefs
for various clients that were filed in federal and state courts,
including Texas court of appeals and the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Prepared case summaries for supervising attorney and conducted
extensive legal research;
. Assumed leadership role. Served as point of contact and leader in
acclimating incoming law clerks.
Commission Systems Manager
(02/05 - 08/05)
Trinsic Communications, Tampa, FL
40 hours/week
Supervisor: Wendy Barber. 813-***-****. No longer with company
Managed commission payment data for a leading business communication
provider through the execution of monthly commission reports with
proprietary batch programs
. Managed financial incentive system. Provided research, modeling,
analysis and documentation related to the design and implementation of
the Trinsic Communications incentive programs that were competitive,
cost effective, and consistent with goals and incentive commission
philosophy.
. Reconciled commission errors. Processed and validated incentive
amounts in accordance with current plans and identified and resolved
disputes related to incentives.
. Analyzed financial data. Applied intensive data analysis using both
Microsoft Access and Excel.
E-business Developer
(02/04 - 10/04)
Supervisor: Ted Hassenfelt.. 813-***-****
Created and modified banking software using Visual Basic, ASP, Visual
Basic .NET and ASP .NET.
. Augmented existing systems. Enhanced user experience and interaction
of existing banking website.
. Gathered user requirements. Conducted interviews with members of
various departments in order to collect and document unique needs as
input for more efficient software.
Computer Programmer
(11/01 - 05/03)
Edwards Fine Foods, Norcross, GA
40 hours/week
Supervisor: Greg McNulty. 770-***-****. No longer with company
Led development in the development life cycle of the bar-coding system used
for processing the production of pies in the main production plant.
Supervised and trained end users on newly created applications
. Developed critical system components. Led a team of co-workers on the
design and implementation of factory - wide pie production software
involving the usage and interaction of Visual Basic and an AS400
database, improving the efficiency of pie production by at least 30%.
. Resolved existing interoffice software and website issues. Solved
routine problems, using knowledge of Visual Basic, Active Server
Pages, HTML, XML, Microsoft Access, Excel, VB Script, and JavaScript.
. Documented processes and procedures. Applied fundamental practices and
procedures in documentation of software development and instruction.
Consulting Analyst
(10/00 - 09/01)
Accenture, Atlanta, GA
40 hours/week
Supervisor: John Rice. 678-***-****. No longer with company
Applied different technologies and processed design work for various
businesses. Gained exposure to diverse clients, business issues, and
people, in team-oriented environments Highlights of client engagements
included the following:
. Made recommendations based on analytical methods. Analyzed and
documented as-is capabilities about business processes, people, and
technology, while implementing value-Targeting and Category
Optimization for the Home Shopping Network.
. Developed and modified system software. Developed and tested of
supporting technologies for Retek and Dekor. Developed deployment
deliverables using various programming languages/technologies, namely
PL/SQL, C, HTML, Access, VBA, and JD Edwards.
. Designed system applications. Performed application design activities
(e.g., writing functional designs) and participated in performing
portions of technology build, test and deployment activities
Forms Developer (09/99
- 09/00)
Peregrine Corporation, Atlanta, GA
40 hours/week
Supervisor: Joanne Nowak. Company is defunct
Created and edited e-commerce related documents (Purchase Orders, Advance
Shipping Notices, Invoices, etc.) through EDI coding manipulation.
. Performed EDI-based data mapping. Created electronic forms based on
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) specifications.
. Maintained high productivity. Participated and excelled in achieving
company productivity incentives, performing consistently at 95%
accuracy and above.
TELLER (10/97
- 05/99)
Bank of America, Atlanta, GA
40 hours/week
Processed customer transactions during peak times of banking activity.
Provided management with effective solutions to improve customer service.
. Articulated account information to bank customers with congenial
personality and product confidence; and
. Assisted consumer bankers in the selling or creation of new and
additional customer accounts.
EDUCATION
Graduate Coursework: Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.), University of
Houston, Houston, TX, 2007, 78 credits
Undergraduate Coursework: Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA),
double major - Computer Information Systems (CIS) and Business
Economics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2000, 183 credits
TRAINING
Commercial and Domestic Arbitration (University of Houston Law
Center)
Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (December 2002)
AWARDS
HOPE Scholar (State of Georgia), Presidential Scholarship (Morehouse
College), Presidential Assistantship (Georgia State University)
COMPUTER PROFICIENCIES
MS Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, C++, Objective-C,
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ActionScript, Visual Basic, SQL, VB.net, ASP,
ASP.net