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SoftWriters Inc.: Pittsburgh, PA developer of Framework LTC. Selected as preferred vendor to engage in development of proprietary data conversion mappings from older LTC pharmacy management packages such as QS/1 PrimeCare and RNA Eagle to Framework LTC.
Kinney Drugs: Gouverneur, NY based retail and LTC pharmacy chain. Designed, programmed and implemented multiple pharmacy data conversion projects from Honeywell minis to PC-based systems while under contract to International Computers Ltd / Fujitsu.
NeuroTexas, PLLC: Engaged by Austin, TX neurology practice to extend data collection capabilities of their mMD.net Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system and MedStar Practice Management System (PMS). Initial project included designing enhanced patient encounter note system to be entered via tablets at check-in. Required discovery/creation of data dictionary, design of custom SQL Server tables, user interface development, and client and server-side programming. Technologies included Adobe AIR & Flex (including Flex Catalyst), Microsoft SQL Server, tablets, Windows Server 2008. MedStar, mMD.net.
Cardinal Health (formerly Owen Healthcare): Houston, TX based hospital pharmacy management company. Designed / programmed generalized Medicaid EDI interface to 3rd party payor, managed multiple subcontractors and client staff for various Y2K remediation projects, architected and implemented OOPs-based real-time transaction management systems, upgrades & customizations to core product line. Designed interfaces for automated medication dispensing equipment (Pyxis). Netware, NT, Dataflex, C. [letter of reference 1] [letter of reference 2]
Kendall McGaw Laboratories (acquired by B. Braun): Dallas, TX based medical equipment manufacturer. Wrote FDA mandated technical documentation for Large Volume Fusion Pump. Performed reverse engineering on the actual assembler code used to drive the embedded micro controllers to produce complete structure charts and data flow diagrams according to Ward-Mellor methodology. Involved embedded microcontrollers and 8048 Assembler, and CASE tools.
Baywood Medical Associates: Houston, TX based medical clinic. Design and programming of large complex Medical Office Management system including billing, claims processing, and scheduling. Procedural and object-oriented Dataflex. [letter of reference]
Birthmarks.com: Austin, TX based publishing company dedicated to providing information and support for people with skin malformations such as port wine stains and pigmented lesions. Designed, engineered, and support website, newsgroup, and newsletter resources. Search engine optimization (#1 ranking in Google for the term 'birthmarks'). Website powered by Cold Fusion MX, Microsoft SQL Server.
Dermsurgery Laser Center: Houston, TX medical group specializing in laser therapy and MOHS Surgery for a wide variety of aesthetic and surgical needs. Redesigned subpage menu navigation. Ongoing support of website includes encoding of streaming video in WMF and Real formats.
Charles Moore, M.D.: Austin, TX based integrative medicine practice. Hardware & software systems support for PCs and Mac.
Shoal Creek Dental Care: Austin, TX based dental practice. Managed relocation of information technology component of practice to premiere office space. Interfaced with all aspects of buildout electrical, architectural, phone, cabling, operatories, vertical market applications, interoral cameras, digital x-ray, CAESY educational media. Specified, procured, installed, configured new 100BaseT CAT-5 shielded network, server, workstations, etc. running Microsoft Small Business Server 2000, Windows XP Professional, Dentrix v9.0, ScanX. Our strategic partner Niroomand Works designed the client's website and new corporate image.
Texas Dental Consultants: Austin, TX dental consulting practice. Hardware & software systems support for PCs.
Software Development
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Infomark Software Corporation: Silicon Valley software company. Multiple engagements. (1) Usability testing and programming of Content Management System (CMS) for use by non-profits, educational and training companies. Cold Fusion MX, SQL Server 2000. (2) Build web interface for one of top 5 mortgage credit reporting agencies on west coast. Included security design and implementation, installation and administration of SQL Server 7.0 and Btrieve, interfaces to legacy systems, research into CORBA and COM interfaces. Designed / programmed prototype GUI front-end in PowerBuilder to interface with legacy database system in Dataflex and Btrieve. Cold Fusion, Javascript, HTML, ODBC, SQL Server 7, COM, SQL, IIS, Fast Track. [letter of reference]
Pixel Elite Technologies: Dallas, TX based software startup of desktop-based image sharing technologies. Reviewed business plan, implemented company operating procedures, oversaw engineering project team, led infrastructure, e-commerce and website graphical design and build-out, implemented core invitation management system (ver 1.0 only). ASP, XML, HTML, SQL Server 2000.
Viewics: Dallas, TX based software developer of real-time visual communication technologies. Co-founded company. Business plan review, fund-raising, implemented company operating procedures, invented core real-time technologies, oversaw engineering project team, assisted with infrastructure and website build-out, intellectual property development. Cold Fusion, C++, assembler, real-time device drivers, COM, SQL Server 7, Visual Basic, Access.
Dataforce International: Dallas, TX based systems house. Multiple projects. (1) Multi-year contract for creation of large Payroll Service Bureau system. Responsibilities included designing / programming the job control of the system, the payroll processing, reporting, and output management modules. Project required liaison with several other programmers, database administrator, end users, and management. Review alternative programming languages and wrote the primary technical documentation. (2) Programmed surety bonding system. Dataflex, Novell. [letter of reference]
International Computers Ltd/Fujitsu: Irving, TX North America R&D presence for Europe's largest computer company. Developed multiple Point-of-Sale systems using RM & MicroFocus Professional COBOL, C, DesqView, LANs. Systems sold to Pier 1, Michaels, Colortile. Spearheaded 6 month Pharmacy data conversion project from Honeywell minis to ICL DRS. Assisted in development of Quality Assurance System in PARADOX. Installed and supported Novell LANs.
Bermac Communications: Dallas, TX based systems house specializing in large multimedia projects. Installed company-wide Novell network including Macintosh nodes. Led initial design of Southwestern Bell's advanced wireless communications system for use at 1992 National Republican's Convention. Contracted as project manager to oversee design and implementation of a C++ based multimedia inventory system for Houston based Amoco Oil. Project design included C++, Q&E link libraries for SQL access to Oracle mainframe database, Novell networks, and multimedia.
Helikon Systems: Santa Clara, CA based systems house providing POS software to national clients like Supercuts and Relax Your Back stores. Custom modifications to Purchase Order software per client specifications using Powerflex, a Dataflex variant. [letter of reference]
Minerva Associates: San Diego, CA based systems house specializing in automated warehousing systems. Upgrades to existing programming systems; conversion of procedural code base to object-oriented code base. Dataflex. [letter of reference]
EZ-Scrip, Inc.: Austin, TX based online scrip management and fulfillment service for the non-profit sector. Revamped website, extensive upgrades to existing ColdFusion and SQL Server software including design and implementation of business processes to site. Designed and implemented day-to-day operational processes, fundraising, SEC filings, bulk mail management.
Financial Services
Boston Agrex: Boston, MA global commodities trading company. Retained to upgrade and enhance company's Management Information System from VDF7 to VDF11 and WebApp Server. Visual Dataflex (VDF), WebApp Server, Netware, Windows, Citrix.
Bass Brothers Enterprises/Richard Rainwater & Associates: Fort Worth, TX based investment group. Installed multiple Novell networks, installed and customized third party Dataflex accounting system. Network and PC hardware/software support. Installed multiple Platinum Accounting systems. Involved in design of C-based Portfolio Management System.
Dun & Bradstreet Pension Services: Well-known business ratings company FL subsidiary. Designed and implemented remote pension plan data collection system. OOPS, Dataflex Application Framework, DataDict II and additional proprietary classes.
KPMG (formerly Peat Marwick Mitchell & Main): Dallas, TX office of Big 8 accounting firm. Performed system analysis on COBRA system and made detailed recommendations for enhancements.
Capital Investments Corp.: Dallas, TX based venture capital group specializing in turnaround opportunities and acquisitions. Technical due diligence on potential deals and business plan reviews, website support. [letter of reference]
Transportation Casualty Insurance: Ft. Lauderdale, FL commercial casualty insurer. Converted paper form-based binder printing system to form on-demand binder printing system saving company $100K annually in form costs, workflow streamlining, Y2K remediation on primary information system, multiple IT projects. Netware, Dataflex. [letter of reference]
Other Clients
Austin Exploration, Ltd: Retained by ASX listed Austin Exploration, a relatively young oil and gas exploration company with global headquarters in Austin, TX, we were provided the rare opportunity to design from scratch the information technology infrastructure to support our client’s global oil and gas ventures (Australia, USA, India). Designed customized SharePoint site, implemented datacenter hosted redundant servers providing website, SharePoint, Exchange, and SQL Server services to globally deployed resource base.
Renner Petroleum: Enhance website and database functionality of 60-year old Eureka, California-based independent marketer of petroleum products. Projects included: PCI Compliance upgrade to existing credit card and bank account MySQL databases and supporting PHP scripts. Included addition of AES encryption / decryption and security compliance best practices. Use of Zend Guard and Optimizer. Moved website to virtual server from shared host. Using PHP and MySQL provide ability to batch update customer AP financial information from inhouse Unix server to website database
The Flyer: Large Tampa, FL based trade newspaper. Multiple projects. (1) Revamped ad entry text editor application written in Dataflex 2.3b with custom C library extensions into standard Dataflex 3.1 text editor maintaining full compatibility with previous application. (2) Design and implement national DNC (Do Not Call) into existing classifed ad system. (3) Ongoing system support and enhancements. [letter of reference - Adobe PDF format]
DSA Community Publishing: Harte-Hanks (Newsday) Long Island, NY weekly newspaper publishing subsidiary. Contracted to make major database and programming improvements to their custom information systems. Dataflex, UNIX, OOPS. [letter of reference]
Americana Oil & Gas Corp: Dallas, TX based independent producer of oil and gas wells throughout the South Central United States. Converted website from static HTML to ColdFusion dramatically lowering monthly content maintenance requirements. Ongoing website support.
Benbow Inn: Northern CA exclusive four-star inn. Retained to oversee selection and implementation of property management. Responsibilities included researching property management systems, overseeing vendor selection, network installation, interfacing energy management & call-accounting, producing functional system specifications, programming, technical support, and hardware/software sales.
Blue Star Gas: Northern CA gas supplier. Trouble-shooting, hardware/software recommendations, sales, installation, support, and Lantastic network administration.
Braun & Butler Construction: 25 year-old Austin, TX based commercial construction company. Converted Windows-based peer-to-peer network to Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 (then on to 2003) client-server network employing ISA (Internet Security and Acceleration Server), Exchange Server, GFI FaxMaker and MailEssentials (spam filter), and SharePoint. Upgraded all workstations to Windows 2000 and XP Pro from various older flavors. General hardware and software support. Exchange programming to support custom views and processes allowing fax broadcast thru FaxMaker and BrookTrout server fax board. Our strategic partner Niroomand Works designed our client's website.
Britt Lumber: Sister company of Pacific Lumber. FlexQL (a SQL-based report writer) consulting & report writing. SQL, Dataflex.
City of Eureka, Public Service Division: Eureka, CA city agency responsible for all public works. Upgraded 8-bit CP/M Molecular Technologies PC and Dataflex 2.00 to Novell network and Dataflex 3.01. Included physical data transfer, setup and data conversion, and enhancements to existing software. Wrote inventory system in Dataflex Application Framework using Data Dictionary classes. [letter of reference]
Dalfort Aviation: Dallas, TX one of country's largest private aircraft maintenance depots. Programming/database design, project management, and Novell administration/support. Applications involved extensive Inventory, real-time Time Management including barcode timecard entry, and Accounts Payable. Project management involved implementing appropriate procedures, batch files, and programs to track, QA, and release mission-critical programs into a 24-hour multi-server production environment. Heavy involvement in diagnosing network problems, diagnosing file locks and database corruption. Dataflex, Netware.
Garberville Movie Theater: Northern CA movie theater. Revamped and computerized business procedures and marketing programs to successfully cashflow debt-leveraged purchase of theater business and commercial real estate. Trained bookkeeping staff in Quickbooks. Ancillary services included selling tickets, making popcorn, reviewing movies and watching a lot of good films.
Jordan's Produce: Large wholesale food distributor in northern CA. Acted as the MIS department for this fast growing wholesale food distributor. Installation and support of W4W network, hardware and software, Quickbooks, as well as making information system recommendations.
Milky-Way Transportation Co.: Missouri based trucking company. Completely upgraded company's 2.3b Unix-based trucking system to a new Dataflex runtime (3.1d) and all source code examined and made Y2K compliant.
Progressive Management Systems: CA based property management company. All source code was reviewed and the company was upgraded to an enhanced Dataflex runtime for Y2K compliance. Ongoing development work.
Richeson Electric Co.: Garland, TX based electrical contractor. Converted mainframe COBOL estimating system to Dataflex based micro system.
RJ Covington Consulting: Austin, TX based management consulting firm specializing in services to the electric, natural gas, and water utility industries. Support Microsoft Small Business Server 2000, Windows XP Professional, ongoing network, hardware, software systems support, security and integrity of critical data. Installation of ISA, Exchange, and enterprise SPAM filtering.
Rockwell International: Richardson, TX aeronautics company. Revised and updated budget forecasting system used company-wide. COBOL.
Southern Methodist University: Dallas, TX university. Installed multiple Novell networks, wrote custom Postal System for campus post office, wrote Housing, Registration, and Finance systems, designed and programmed Vehicle Registration/Ticketing system on CDC 6600. COBOL, Dataflex, Netware.
Southland Corporation: Dallas, TX corporate owner of 7-Eleven stores. Performed system analysis for Job Tracking system.
Tax Remedy Inc.: Austin, TX based property tax protest service. Upgraded network to reduce maintenance and increase resource access. Implemented secure Internet connectivity solution using router, firewall, anti-virus, remote access. Windows 98, XP, 2000 Server, NAV CE.
Wm Ohs, Inc.: Denver, CO builder of high-end traditional handcrafted kitchens. Contracted to upgrade their legacy Dataflex 2.3b custom manufacturing system to Dataflex 3.2, including Y2K compliance and code streamlining, resolve network printing issues, upgrade legacy printer capability, interface to national Order Entry & Billing system. Dataflex, Windows 2000.

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