Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer and Information Science, Minor in Economics, December 1985 with Honors
Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA  

Technical Experience

• February 2004 - present: President, White Light Computing, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI, USA
  Software development and IT services company guiding Information Technology investments toward success. Working on all phases of software development for business solutions implemented for our customers. Mentoring software developers in all aspects from the fundamentals to solving the most difficult problems.  Provide expertise in testing applications and deployment of software solutions.

• April 2001 - April 2004: Partner, Geeks and Gurus, Inc., Detroit, MI, USA
  Software development and IT services company serving small to medium size organizations, and other software development shops. Working on all phases of software development for business solutions implemented for our customers. Solutions developed for PC workstation, client/server, and Web.

• September 1998 - March 2001: Director of Development, Kirtland Associates, Inc., Troy, MI, USA
  Contributed to development of workers' compensation administration and claims processing applications, waste hazard tracking application, developed website to input state of Michigan First Report of Injury via Acrobat Reader, developed prototype order entry website. Managed all aspects of largest projects, assisted developers with most difficult debugging issues, and directed staff training. Worked with company owner to set corporate policies and direction, charged with hiring additional developers, worked with company owner on new sales opportunities, and evaluated developer performance.

• January 1997 to September 1998: Advanced Systems Engineer, EDS, Troy, MI, USA
  Designed all new data warehouse for existing transaction processing system tracking automotive loans and improved performance of existing reporting system. Responsible for publishing FoxPro and Sybase database information to web pages for potential customer Intranet.

• April 1992 to January 1997: Advanced Systems Engineer, EDS, Detroit, MI, USA
  Project Leader and lead developer for numerous LAN based applications in DOS and Windows. Developed in-house cross-platform FoxPro framework used on all team projects. Primary developer on adding collections enhancement to the auto loan tracking application in less than 24 hours, when the mainframe equivalent (with less features) took over 2 years to implement.

• October 1989 to April 1992: Systems Engineer, EDS, Warren, MI, USA
  Lone PC developer on account of mainframe developers. Provided GM Tech Center Financial staff with PC application to track electronic signature authority, employee purchase referrals, and visitor security system which tracked people visiting GM and EDS facilities.

• February 1986 to October 1989: Systems Analyst, UNISYS, Detroit, MI, USA
  Created and maintained COBOL batch reporting system, developed design and specifications for a complete rewrite of the reporting system in a fourth generation language on the mainframe. Installed PC hardware and implemented local area network.

• July 1985 to January 1986: Assistant Systems Analyst, Genzlinger Associates, Troy, MI, USA
  Performed several system conversions to expand field sizes in a number of manufacturing application modules and installation of PC computers.

• February 1985 to July 1985: Accounting Assistant, Sears, Troy, MI, USA
  Developed spreadsheet reports and data entry of the spreadsheets from mainframe reports, developed backup processes for disaster recovery and recommended downloading of mainframe data to eliminate the majority of data entry duplication.

• July 1984: Geek, Sterling Heights, MI, USA
  Released first shareware application that printed banners on the TI-99/4A home computer. Two versions, premier version ran in full blown 48K memory, watered-down version ran in 16K memory. One registered user from California, total revenues: $5.00!

• Advertising

• Auto Financing

• Auto Insurance

• Automotive Supplier

• Customer Service

• Electronic Signatures

• Employee Purchasing Referrals

• Facilities Security

• Fast Food

• Financial Services

• Fire Fighting Services

• Fund Raising

• Hazardous Waste

• Human Resources

• Manufacturing

• Medical Diagnosis

• Mental Health

• Parts Supplying

• Retail Management

• Safety Eye Glasses

• Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2, Sedna

• Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP1

• Visual FoxPro 9.0

• Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1

• Visual FoxPro 8.0

• Visual FoxPro 7.0 SP1

• Visual FoxPro 7.0

• Visual FoxPro 6.0 Certification Exam

• Visual FoxPro 6.0

• Visual FoxPro 5.0

• Visual FoxPro 3.0 ODBC Driver

• Mastering Visual FoxPro (computer based training)

• Visual FoxPro 3.0

• FoxPro 2.6 (DOS/Windows)

• FoxPro 2.5 (DOS/Windows)

• Co-author of Visual FoxPro Best Practices for the Next Ten Years (ISBN 1-930919-70-0)

• Co-author of What's New in Nine: Visual FoxPro's Greatest Hits (ISBN 1-930919-64-6)

• Co-author of Deploying Visual FoxPro Solutions (ISBN 1-930919-32-8)

• Co-author of MegaFox: 1002 Things You Wanted To Know About Extending VFP (ISBN 1-930919-27-1)

• Co-author of 1001 Things You Wanted to Know About Visual FoxPro (ISBN 0-9655093-3-8).

• More than three dozen articles and tips published in FoxTalk and FoxPro Advisor.

• Over a hundred articles written for user group newsletters across North America.

• May 2007: Advisor DevCon, Anaheim, CA, USA
  "Visual FoxPro Debugging Essentials", "Get the Microsoft VFP Professional Developer's Toolkit"
  Expand Your SQL Server Toolkit for the Microsoft VFP Developer,
  Learn How To Use VFPX Tools and Components for Microsoft Visual FoxPro

• February 2007: OzFox Conference, Sydney, Australia
  "VFP Past, Present, and Future" (keynote),
  "Get More Productive with VFP", "Using and Extending the VFP Data Explorer"
  "Professional Developer's Toolkit"

• November 2006: German Visual FoxPro DevCon, Frankfurt, Germany
  "Best Practices: Error Handling and Reporting", "Debugging Essentials",
  "Professional Developer's Toolkit", "Using and Extending the VFP Data Explorer"

• October 2006: Southwest Fox Conference, Tempe, AZ, USA
  "VFP Past, Present, and Future" (keynote),
  "Professional Developer's Toolkit" and "Fishing with a Projecthook"

• August 2006: Advisor DevCon, Desert Ridge, AZ, USA
  "Using and Extending the VFP Data Explorer" and "Deployment in the Real World"

• April 2006: Great Lakes Great Database Workshop, Milwaukee, WI, USA
  "Best Practices: Error Handling and Reporting" and "Professional Developer's Toolkit"

•  November 2005: German Visual FoxPro DevCon, Frankfurt, Germany
  "Builders Made Easy", "Deployment in the Real World",
  "Developer Tools: Build, Grab, or Buy", "Get More Productive with VFP"

• October 2005: Southwest Fox Conference, Tempe, AZ, USA
  "Using and Extending the VFP Data Explorer" and "Help Made Easy"

• September 2005: Visual FoxExpress DevCon, Toledo, OH, USA
  "VFE Debugging Essentials", "Integrating Developer Tools", "Using Case Tool Techniques"

• October 2004: Southwest Fox Conference, Tempe, AZ, USA
  "Builders Made Easy" and "Get More Productive with VFP"

• June 2004: EssentialFox, Independence, MO, USA
  "Debugging Essentials" and "Get More Productive with VFP"

• October 2003: Great Lakes Great Database Workshop, Milwaukee, WI, USA
  "Builders Made Easy" and "Help Made Easy"

• April 2003:  EssentialFox, Independence, MO, USA
  "Builders Made Easy" and "Fishing with a Projecthook"

• November 2002: Great Lakes Great Database Workshop, Milwaukee, WI, USA
  "Get More Productive with VFP" and "Deployment in the Real World"

• September 2002: Visual FoxExpress DevCon, Las Vegas, NV, USA
  "VFP Jumpstart"

• April 2002: EssentialFox, Independence, MO, USA
   "Integrating Adobe Acrobat with VFP" and "Developer Tools: Build, Grab, or Buy"

• October 2001: Great Lakes Great Database Workshop, Milwaukee, WI, USA
  "Developer Tools: Build, Grab, or Buy" and "Introduction to VFP".

• October 2001: Oakland University Applied Technology in Business Program, Rochester, MI, USA
  "Public vs. Private Companies and the IT Industry in Today’s Economy"

• July 2001: Midwest FoxPro User Group, Kansas City, MO, USA
  "Developer Tools: Build, Grab, or Buy", "Fishing with a ProjectHook,
  "Working with Adobe Acrobat and VFP".

• December 2000: Oakland University MIS Club, Rochester, MI, USA
  "Future of Computing"

• November 2000: Great Lakes Great Database Workshop, Milwaukee, WI, USA
  "Fishing with a ProjectHook, "Working with Adobe Acrobat and VFP", and "Introduction to VFP".

• October 2000: Oakland University Applied Technology in Business Program, Rochester, MI, USA
  "Specing a Project"

• February 2000: Oakland University MIS Club, Rochester, MI, USA
  "Getting a Job in the Computer Industry"

•  January 2000: Oakland University Applied Technology in Business Program, Rochester, MI, USA
  "Deployment of an Application"

• September 1998: Microsoft Developer Days, Detroit, MI, USA
  "Visual FoxPro 6.0: Building Scalable Database Components and Solutions".

•  Frequent appearances at developer user group meetings in Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, and Grand Rapids.

• Organizer of Southwest Fox 2007 Conference.

• VFPX Administrator

• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP):
  Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft® Visual FoxPro® 6.0,
  Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft® Visual FoxPro® 6.0,
  Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures.

• Secretary/Treasurer, Detroit Area Fox User Group. (1995 - Present)

• President and Secretary, Sterling Heights Computer Club. (1990-2001)

• Most messages posted on the FoxForum.com technical support forum.