James W. Kovic
29 Cuprak Road
Norwich, CT 06360
Phone: (860) 892-5072
Email: [email protected]
BACKGROUND
An energetic, mature and hardworking individual possessing extensive and flexible problem-
solving skills and enthusiasm for meeting challenges head on. Strong organizational skills.
A team player, with a distinct ability to function and produce independently. Extensive
cross-cultural experiences.
IT RELATED PROJECTS
Payroll Application: Designed application with C++ to calculate payroll
for commissioned-based sales personnel as well as straight and overtime employees.
Student Record Database: Made use of structs and/or multidimensional
arrays in Java for reading, writing, and retrieving data from an online server via a
password interface.
Digital Clock: Used Visual Basic to make modifications to already
existing digital clock interface to include alarm settings and 24 hour time
configuration.
Ticket Sales User Interface: Using Visual Basic to design a theater
ticket sales and seating assignment application via relational database using key
field entry with 2 dimensional array structure.
Utility Bill / Database: Utilized while, for looping and file allocation
algorithms in C++ to access customer file for electric utility company and generate a
monthly bill in a tables formated within a console application.
Web Site: Created personal home page with web authoring tool and html
that presents photo library. Present modifications include a guest book, password
access and ftp data / media access with the use of Perl scripts for string
manipulation, parsing data and data retrieval as well as automated response to user.
IT TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
Visual C++ 5.0, Java (jdk1.2.2), Visual Basic 5.0, Perl 5, Office 97, Netscape
Communicator 4.7, Internet Explorer 5.0, HTML, WS_FTPLE, Adobe PhotoDeluxe,
System BIOS configuration for new software, hardware and peripherals.
WORK HISTORY
Residential Counselor
1998 - Present Mount Saint John's Home For Boys, Deep River, CT
1997 - 1998 Devereaux Foundation, Red Hook, NY
Provided counseling and services for various developmentally disabled persons in
residential settings. Worked in conjunction with peripheral staff to maintain each
resident's welfare.
Fiberglass Engineer
1980 - 1982 Master Marine Inc., Long Island City, NY
Produced fiberglass 28' sports fishing vessels. From prototype development to production-
grade models.
Purchase Agent
1984 International Seafood of Alaska, Kodiak, AK
Responsible for purchasing salmon form commercial fishermen for large seafood mfg.
Boat / Engine Mechanic
1987 Ocean Challenge, Gloucester, Mass
Boat and engine preparation for tuna fishing fleet for seamanship training workshop.
Repaired / upgraded electrical systems, fiberglass surfaces, and outboard marine engines.
EDUCATION
1998 - Present A.S. in Computer Science, Three Rivers Community College Norwich, CT
1991 - 1992 B.S.. in Liberal Arts, University Of The State Of New York, Albany, NY
1992 - 1995 M.A. in Religious Education, Unification Theological Seminary, Barrytown, NY