Derrick White
251-***-**** *** Melrose St., Maryville, TN 37803 c **********@*****.***
Enthusiastic military veteran with a passion for technology and educational experience in the development, implementation, testing, and support of stable, user-friendly, and secure information systems. University of South Alabama January 2012 - May 2016 School of Computing B.S. Information Technology
GPA: 3.53 Business Minor
● Gained experience in project management methodologies and strong understanding of SDLC, UI/UX design, prototyping, requirements gathering, object oriented programming, MVC, and relational database design.
● Skilled communicator possessing the ability to collaborate with team members, stakeholders, end-users, and vendors to streamline key processes and technologies for supporting organizational goals.
● Positive attitude with exceptional multitasking, customer service, and organizational skills, capable of providing analysis, documentation, and troubleshooting for complex systems.
● Basic understanding of networking and security principles including packet switching, routing, firewall, storage, printer management, encryption, WAP, WAN/LAN, and VPN.
● Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, Java, and VB. Proficient in MS Office tools (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
Key Projects
MakoDroid - Security app for Android. Built with Java in Android Studio and based on Debug Bridge (ADB). Used for identifying vulnerabilities to GPS location services. Creates an interface for implementing Linux command line tools to dump logs of location requests to SD card and exporting for analysis. Links to project: h ttps://goo.gl/yrZ2h6 h ttps://goo.gl/cLz3eS
King of the TV - HCI project developing the UI for a mobile app that connects with smart TVs and allows users on separate devices to challenge each other in trivia games. Winner gets digital remote control access and decides what can be watched on the TV. Link to project: h ttps://goo.gl/lWWMn3 Network Admin and Server Management - Used VMWare and Oracle VirtualBox virtualization to install and configure Windows Server, IIS, MS SQL Server, Linux Ubuntu and Apache web servers. Managed DNS, DHCP, Active Directory and Group Policy while utilizing HTTP, TCP/IP, FTP, SSH, and Telnet protocols. Cutting Records Hair Studio February 2014 - Present
● Provided technical support for family owned company while in school. Developed a proprietary web based information system for client management. Produced print and digital marketing materials and website. View website at h ttps://goo.gl/2Azuy2 and Facebook at h ttps://goo.gl/lQ8CyL Guitar Center Inc. September 2009 - January 2014
● Sales manager of professional audio equipment. Trained sales staff and taught technology seminars. Self Employed October 2006 - September 2009
● Provided commercial maintenance services and audio/visual equipment installations. U.S. Marine Corps August 2001 - August 2006
● Calibrated, maintained, and repaired electronic equipment used for testing military aircraft navigation, communications, and weapons systems. Served as supervisor and QA, ensuring calibration procedure compliance. Maintained large inventories of Navy owned equipment.