Established and operated my own business providing custom software development consulting for a variety of Web, Windows and DOS based applications. Microsoft Access, Visual Basic and ASP were used to develop and implement fully automated small to large-scale relational database systems in various DBMS's including Oracle, Access, SQLServer, Sybase, Teradata. Total project management from specs to implementation. Integration and automation of various PC software applications (MS-Office, Fax, Host Emulation, Email) for turnkey systems. Partnered with other consulting companies to jointly develop successful applications. Recent development for the Financial, Transportation and Healthcare industries. Desktop Publishing services performed for a variety of businesses. Voice recognition technology. PC Hardware and LAN technical expert including interface to Mid-range and mainframe host computers. Self taught and motivated, excellent book learner, on-site PC hardware and LAN, own Web Server.  See our web site under Projects for details of projects we participated in.

Subcontractor to Merck pharmaceuticals. Project Leader role, managing two other developers. Project design and management using MS-Project, created specifications for development efforts. customer interface for specs and integration. Designed, developed and implemented medium-scale, distributed n-tier solution, including a GUI front-end, to integrate a document management system using Documentum with Merck’s internal data and processing systems. Documentum accessed through third party Document Compliance software. Application produced printed output with specific binding instructions, overlays, watermarks and section breaks.  Designed and developed all low-level VB classes for encapsulated processing of database activity, DocCompliance interface, XML data extraction, MS-Word integration, Table-driven forms assembly and data merging with custom formatting.  Form Rules via metadata and Field rules via class. Produced a Customizable, Metadata (database tables) driven system that automates the extraction of internal data via SQL, merging this data with MS-Word documents and/or PDF documents, and prints to a high-end Xerox printer for complete bound output.

Designed, developed and implemented large-scale, distributed n-tier credit decision systems for business credit cards and business leasing services.  Object and Component based Visual basic applications used to process an application, pulled credit reports, create scores and a decision and stored in the database.  Object DLLs utilized and manipulated.  Created Intranet based ASP web pages to display Credit information from database.  Developed and Managed High-end Sybase DBMS used to store and retrieve credit application and report data including stored procedures and triggers.  Worked as team leader for ongoing development effort with two analysts and two additional developers.  Performed business and technical analysis of core system and enhancements.  Managed three separate environments used for development, QA Testing and Production.  Designed and developed custom applications for managing the processing environment, data management, process control and reporting using VB, ASP, Sybase, SQL Server, MS-Access.

Developed, implemented and maintained PC based applications including database processing, report generation, communications and file maintenance. Development in DOS, Windows and OS2 platforms. Windows/Word/Excel proficient including macro programming. Dbase III and IV (Xbase) relational databases and application development.  Created utilities for a map drawing application using CAD software. Responsible for technical evaluations of hardware and software.  PC trouble shooter and technical advisor for department of over 150 employees.  Received extensive training and participated in "Continuous Quality Improvement" programs.

Assisted customers with implementation of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) with Conrail. On-site consultation as to technical standards and integration with existing computer systems. Responsible for in-house development and implementation of new EDI applications. Committee member of a nationwide EDI standard's maintenance organization. Developed specifications for a PC based, railroad EDI system. Speaker at Conrail EDI seminars for customer training. Hosted various trade shows.