Justin DeKock

he/him/his
[email protected] 314-277-2550 St. Louis, MO

Summary

I’m a driven individual with 4+ years of professional experience, expecting to graduate with my M.S. in Information Systems in winter 2026. I’m passionate about software development, systems design/architecture, and systems/database administration. I’m an efficient problem-solver with proficiencies in a wide range of programming languages, automation technologies, data manipulation tools, and more. My professional experience is primarily in automation scripting and database reporting, and my ever-growing portfolio of personal open-source software development projects can be seen on my public Github account.

Skills

Programming Languages

  • Go (formerly Golang)
  • Python
  • C++
  • JavaScript
  • HTML/CSS

Software/Tools

  • Git/Github
  • UNIX Command Line
  • Docker
  • Qualtrics

Database

  • Oracle (PL/SQL)
  • Postgres (PL/pgSQL)
  • MS SQL Server (TSQL)
  • MongoDB (NO-SQL)

Data Manipulation/Visualization

  • Alteryx
  • Tableau
  • Maptlotlib/Seaborn
  • Plotly

Experience

Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO | July 2023 - Present
Systems Specialist - Student Financial Services | October 2024 - Present
  • Design & develop systems for administering federal and institutional financial aid
  • Utilize data manipulation tools like Alteryx and scripting languages like Python and JavaScript to automate processes
  • Write SQL reports for high-volume Oracle databases, particularly the Ellucian Banner SIS (student information system) database
  • Write scripts (primarily in Python) to generate SQL INSERT and UPDATE statements that automate Banner processes
  • Automate survey response collection in Python using the Qualtrics API
Federal Work Study Coordinator | July 2023 - October 2024
  • Managed FWS (Federal Work Study) program
  • Redesigned FWS community service agreement process in Qualtrics
  • Analyzed FWS vs. non-FWS Student Worker data to find opportunities to maximize FWS spending, resulting in an additional ~$600,000 in funds being spent
  • Designed electronic surveys in Qualtrics to digitize paper forms
  • Customized Qualtrics surveys using embedded JavaScript to improve survey quality & accessibility
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO | June 2022 - July 2023
Planning Assistant - Operations & Facilities Management | June 2022 - July 2023
  • Provided project support on the BJCIH Vertical Expansion Project, the Neuroscience Research Building, and the Ambulatory Cancer Building
  • Coordinated and documented executive level meetings
  • Created reporting materials using the Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, etc.
East West Gateway Council of Governments, St. Louis, MO | Jan. 2022 - June 2022
Urban Planning Intern | Jan. 2022 - June 2022
  • Studied urban planning principles, provided support to and observed several local planning projects

Education

M.S. Information Systems
Saint Louis University | 2024-Present
B.A. Educational Studies
Webster University | 2018-2022

Open Source Projects

This resume! | github.com/jdetok/resume
  • I built and maintain this resume using Hugo - a static website generator built with Go
My personal website: jdeko.me | github.com/jdetok/go-api-jdeko.me
  • Go
  • HTML/CSS/JavaScript
  • Docker
  • Postgres
  • MongoDB
  • Apache Web Server
  • Cloudflare
  • Designed REST API to access NBA/WNBA statistics from a Postgres database
  • Designed custom logging system that logs HTTP requests to a MongoDB database
  • Frontend built using plain HTML/CSS/JavaScript
NBA/WNBA Statistics Database | github.com/jdetok/bball-etl-cli
  • Go
  • Docker
  • Postgres
  • PL/pgSQL
  • Designed a fully normalized relational database to store NBA/WNBA stats
  • Calls official NBA API, cleans/restructures the returned JSON, inserts into database
GoPuml | github.com/jdetok/gopuml
  • Go
  • PlantUML (Puml)
  • Regex
  • Command line tool that scans a Go codebase for specific regex patterns, maps Go syntax to Plantuml syntax, and outputs a valid Plantuml script that renders as a UML class diagram