The document is a resume for Jerald R. Dawson Jr. that outlines his education, including a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Jackson State University and a Master's degree in Computer Science from the same institution, as well as his relevant work experience as a Java Developer for General Motors and in various research roles related to cyber security, data mining, and control systems. Dawson has skills in programming languages like Java, C++, and Ruby as well as tools like Datastage, Autosys, SQL, and ArcGIS.

1. Jerald R. Dawson, Jr.
1804 Monterey Parkway
Sandy Springs, GA 30350
601.955.2127(C) / 601.813.5459(H)
jerald.dawson@gm.com
OBJECTIVE: To secure a position in the field of software development or information
security.
EDUCATION: Jackson State University Jackson, MS
College of Science, Engineering & Technology
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering December 2011
Overall GPA: 3.078 Major GPA: 3.108
College of Science, Engineering & Technology
Master of Science, Computer Science May 2014
Overall GPA: 3.1
EXPERIENCE: General Motors IT Innovation
August’15-Present Java Developer for GCCX (Formerly OnStar) Roswell, GA
 Work on various projects for GCCX.
 Provide leadership and technical expertise to enable multi-layered
solution architectures that comprehend and specify business,
application, data and infrastructure designs.
 The role involves close interaction with the systems architect,
development team leaders, business team members and other
members of the development team, and demands a high level of
design and coding to implement and deliver enhancements.
 Use Single View to create, fix and manage billing processes.
July’14-July’15 Developer for Finance IT Roswell, GA
 Worked on various projects for Finance IT.
 Create, monitor and execute jobs for various projects using
Datastage
 Create SQL statements for Datastage jobs
 Create, import, export and manage JIL scripts for autosys
development
 Participated in release management training
 Participated in release management for projects dealing with
Finance IT
 Participated in datastage and IIB training
Jackson State University Department of Computer Science
Jan’12-May’14 Research Student for LSMAMP: Bridge to Doctorate Jackson, MS
 Conduct research on Cyber Security
 Produce a paper each week on various research documents.
 Conducted Research in Beijing China on Data Mining

2. Indiana University, School of Informatics and Computing
June’12-Aug’12 STEM Research Intern Bloomington, IN
 Conduct research on Security
 Produced code and research for the project:
"Attire: Conveying Information Exposure through Avatar Apparel"
 Paper was submitted to a conference and was accepted
Jackson State University Department of Computer Science
Sept ’11- Dec’11 Research Student for LSMAMP Jackson, MS
 Conduct research on Cyber Security
 Produced a paper each week on various research documents.
Jackson State University REU
June ’11- Aug ‘11 Research Student Jackson, MS
 Develop an android application using java that will track a
hurricane and will give a safe evacuation route.
 Research android applications
 Wrote a paper that described mobile application development
Trent Lott Center for Geo Spatial Data & Research Jackson, MS
Feb ’10 – May’11 Research Student
 Analyze and learn about MODIS data focusing on the AOT products
 Program using ArcGIS software package, acquired skills include:
Importing/exporting data from various formats (text, spread
sheets, etc), analyzing data, mapping the data, and publish data
 Adapt previous downloaded MODIS data, import it into ArcGIS
environment and create a map book
June 2010 DSSI, University of Illinois Urbana, IL
Research Student
 Participated in tutorials on data mining and mathematical skills
 Produced a research project dealing with crime mapping
 Researched police reports: Crime type: location, officer, time,
victim, offenders, arrested; Offender search: offender’s age, eye
color, height, etc
 Wrote a program on Ruby to put match the reports with news
articles and other media sources: Facebook, Twitter, etc
Summer 2009 TRUST, University of California Berkeley, CA
Summer Research Student
 Researched control systems and false data injections
 Presented a paper and poster at the end of the program
 Investigated attacks against state estimation algorithms
 Ran the chi-squared and normalized residual tests on different
attacks and evaluated their detection abilities
 Used an IEEE 14-bus system to demonstrate by simulation

3. SKILLS: C++, Java, Datastage, Autosys, SingleView, SQL, Oracle, Matlab, PERL, Ruby, ENVI,
ArcMap, Excel, Access, HTML, JavaScript, Microsoft, IIB, SeeBeyond, autosys JIL
creation
Spanish – Beginner/Intermediate
HONORS &
AWARDS: Jackson State University Band, Sonic Boom of the South
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
McNair Scholar
Anderson United Methodist Church
REFERENCES: Available upon request