James Rantanen

EDUCATION
Greenville College
Computer Science (B.S.), Digital Media (B.S.)
Cumulative GPA: 3.74 of 4.0 		Greenville, IL
May 2005
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AT&T (Formerly SBC)
Analyst
  • Design and Development of J2EE enterprise applications
  • Utilizing Websphere, MQSeries, Oracle, Log4j
 St. Louis, MO
June 2005 - Present
JARinteractive Web Design
Self Employed
  • Designed and implemented data-driven websites
  • Managed assistants
  • Communicated with clients
May 2001 - May 2005
Greenville College: Art Department
Computer Lab Manager
  • Updated and maintained Macintosh computers and peripherals
  • Advised faculty on lab related purchases
Greenville, IL
September 2002 - May 2005
Greenville College: Internet Communications
Web Developer
  • Developed the GC Athletics website: www.gcpanthers.com
  • Involved in the full life cycle of the project
Greenville, IL
August 2003 - August 2004
Synthesys Computer Solutions
Intern
  • Developed an application to track "Joint and Several" payments in Illinois
  • Implemented remote system monitoring tools on a Linux server
Greenville, IL
Summer 2004
Como Photo and Video
Photo Restoration Specialist
  • Utilized Photoshop to restore and retouch photographs
Watertown, WI
Summer 2003
Watertown Unified School District
Web Design Paraprofessional
  • Instructed junior high students on basic web design
Watertown, WI
Summers 2002 & 2003
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY
Platforms: Linux, Mac OS X Client/Server, Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
Primary Languages: Java, PHP, SQL, XHTML
Secondary Languages: C#, C++, Objective-C, SQL
RELEVANT COURSEWORK/TRAINING
Application System Analysis and Design, Computer Science Theory, Database Administration, Graphic Design, J2EE Development, Networking, Principles of Programming Languages, Programming & Data Structures I - III, System Analysis and Design, Web Page Design, WWW Programming