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               Resume of
          WILLIAM  D.  ST.JOHN
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1465-D Willow Lake Dr.; Atlanta GA 30329-2888
Home (404) 321-6964; Cell (404) 307-2810; optimistgarage@yahoo.com
Full resume & writing samples at http://www.geocities.com/optimistgarage
                                                               
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EDUCATION
                                                                         
-- College of Wooster, Wooster, OH; B.A., International Relations, 1983
-- Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA; Linguistic Certification for
Chinese Mandarin, 1994.
-- Accepted to Drake University Law School, class of 2007.

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CURRENT POSITIONS
                                                                         
MUSICIAN (06/'03 - Present),Tenor Saxophone, Elektra-Glide
(www.elektraglide.com), Atlanta GA.  Responsibilities include:
-- Play sax, read charts, improvise with 11-piece 70s funk band. 
-- Transcribe, write & arrange for four-part horn section. 
-- Create & maintain band's website. 
-- Serve as horn section leader.
  
COOK (02/'04-Present), Moe's Southwest Grill, 2484 Briarcliff Road;
Atlanta GA 30329.  Responsibilities include preparing menu items for
southwestern-style restaurant; cleaning & closing kitchen & dining area.

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I.T. EXPERIENCE

UNIX Programmer, Configuration Control, Amdocs, Inc., Chesterfield MO. FEB
2001-JUL 2002. Responsibilities included:
-- In UNIX & NT environments, supported developers by building, importing,
exporting & maintaining software. 
-- Wrote, tested, implemented & monitored Unix (C Shell) scripts that used
embedded SQL (Structured Query Language) to search, manipulate & format
data in support of online builds. 
-- Peformed on-line builds of software using Powerbuilder. 

UNIX Programmer (I.T. Contractor), Configuration Control, Robert Half
International, Chesterfield, MO 63127-1552; 2/01-6/01.   Performed same
duties as at Amdocs (above), which hired me full time from RHI.

UNIX Programmer, Law & Compliance Dept., A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., St.
Louis MO.; 5/98-9/00.  Responsibilities included:
-- Monitor & troubleshoot the automated production of reports that use
data generated from daily nationwide trades & sales of securities. 
-- Write, test, implement & monitor Unix (Bourne Shell) scripts that use
embedded SQL (Structured Query Language), SED & AWK to search, manipulate
& format daily trades data.
-- During off hours responded (via remote access) to paged alerts
announcing data processing errors.  Researched script-generated error logs
to correct programming errors.

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MILITARY SERVICE

U.S. Navy - Airborne translator / naval aircrewman, 7/94-3/98.  Petty
Officer 2nd Class [E-5 / CTI2(NAC)], Naval Security Group Activity, Kunia,
Hawaii.  Honorable discharge.

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JOURNALISM / WRITING EXPERIENCE

Reporter/Photographer.  Covered & photographed local government & general
news in St. Louis & Washington DC areas. Wrote cover stories, features &
headlines. Performed darkroom work. 2/88-10/91.  Papers worked at:
-- ST. PETERS [Mo.] JOURNAL
-- [Fredericktown, Mo.] DEMOCRAT-NEWS
-- MANASSAS [Va.] JOURNAL MESSENGER
-- ARLINGTON [Va.] COURIER
-- MCLEAN-PROVIDENCE [Va.] JOURNAL

Direct Mail Copywriter.  6/84-6/85 PRENTICE-HALL, INC., Business &
Professional Books Division, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Wrote & designed
direct-mail ads, fliers, space ads, book jackets.

Public Relations Intern.  8/83-6/84 COLLEGE OF WOOSTER, Office of News
Services; Wooster, OH. Covered & promoted campus events for regional media
& the college's quarterly reports. Developed film, made prints, organized
press conferences for visiting VIPs.

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INTERESTS

Running, reading, body boarding, bicycle commuting, & playing old tunes on
an old sax.


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