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E-commerce database-driven website using SSL, PayPal and web services
A client wanted to start a web-based image enhancement business using his pre press experience and Photoshop training skills. The complete solution involved the use of a MySQL database to manage the images as they progressed through the process of uploading by the client's customer, downloading for manipulation, uploading results, and tracking payments made using PayPal or other means. A web service for image conversion was also incorporated in the site as well as Google Adsense advertising as a means to enhance the revenue generated by the site. You can view the results at the Big Island Color website.
Informational website for small business
A small business in the vending machine industry wanted a web site to promote itself and provide information to potential customers about the goods and services it offered, without spending a lot of money. They also wanted the site to be maintainable by its own employees once the initial website was completed. NetObjects Fusion, a visual website design and HTML generation tool, was used to address the low-cost and user-update requirements. Go to the Dr Dessert website for an example of a low-cost basic website.
Web site conversion and Section 508 compliance
A corporate web site needed to be converted to the new corporate format, including upgrading to the use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), more complex navigation techniques, and compliance with the accessibility standards of the U. S. Government's Section 508. By using a new HTML generation tool, I was able to complete the conversion of over 1,000 web pages within 6 weeks, less than one-half the time projected by the project manager.
Online executive presentation using a web site
An executive wanted to broadcast a Microsoft Powerpoint presentation to his 5,000+ employees over the corporate intranet. While new presentation technology was available, it did not adequately support the presentation techniques, nor were the lead time requirements for its use flexible enough to meet his schedule. Therefore, I developed a procedure that could take the raw presentation file, convert it to web pages, upload the web pages to the server and, using a pre-coded JavaScript program, allow the audience to access it on their normal intranet server, all within less than a half an hour.
Conversion of quarterly newsletters to online "ezine"
Several groups in the organization were spending many hours producing an email newsletter quarterly, taking up valuable sales and management time in the process. Also, such a schedule insured the much of the information was already three months out of date when published in this manner. I proposed and implemented an online magazine ("ezine") whereby content was submitted directly to me as it occurred, and published to a section of the web site that was regularly updated.
Develop online help system using Java Server Pages
An internal customer needed someone to quickly review the specifications for an online Internet application still in development and then write a complete set of help web pages using the Java Server Pages (JSP) technology on WebSphere to integrate with the ongoing application coding. I was able to quickly research the end user requirements and application source code, and completed the JSP coding ahead of schedule and using less than the budgeted number of billable hours.
Conversion of an OS/2 REXX program to Java
A client was using an OS/2 REXX program to process project management files into a consolidated report. Since the OS/2 platform was being discontinued, they wanted the program converted to a more usable platform. I chose Java, since it is platform-independent (the same compiled Java code will run on Windows, Linux, Unix, etc.) if done properly. In addition to converting the code, I added a modern graphical user interface to what had been a command-line program, and provided more flexible input and output features to reduce code maintenance during the life-cycle of the program.
Design a nationwide AS/400 network for performance and availability
A client inherited a network of AS/400 systems installed at each of its several hundred operating locations throughout the country. In order to provide the maximum flexibility in controlling the remote systems from corporate headquarters, and provide for availability of the systems for reporting back to the corporate data center, I worked with our technical support centers to design a complete solution using both SNA/APPN and TCP/IP network topologies.
Design a mainframe network solution to provide subsecond response to remote users
Remote users of a large multinational oil and gas company were complaining of the slow response times they were experiencing at their mainframe terminals. Using newly-available remote communication controller technology, I designed and implemented a solution that provided remote users with the same subsecond response time enjoyed by those at corporate headquarters. Before the solution was accepted, I managed an extensive modeling and design effort by the members of the telecommunications marketing team.
Design a worldwide mainframe network for maximum availability
A large multinational oil and gas corporation needed their mainframe network to be available 24/7, since their operations literally spanned the globe and all time zones. Using the communications management configuration technique, I helped them to modify their mainframe network such that, for the following year, the host network experienced 100% availability, with no scheduled or unscheduled outages.
Develop a marketable computational program for a small engineering firm
A small engineering firm was using an old-style command-line FORTRAN program to calculate projected valve life in nuclear plants. The program used complex mathematical algorithms to model wear levels on the valve components, and required the input of 40-50 variables to produce its predictions. The firm's engineers would have to travel to their customer's site, spend hours inputting those variables and running various models before coming up with the solutions needed by their customer. While the hourly billing revenue was substantial, the engineers were not as productive as they could be due to the limitations of the modeling program's use of command line input. While converting the program to the dBASE language, a full-screen user interface and database capability were added, and I proposed that additional work be done to allow the program to be sold to their customers. This plan was accepted, and, within a few years of completion of the project, the firm achieved over $350,000 in revenue from sales of the program, in return for an investment of only $10,000 in design and coding.
Design and develop a distributed outpatient billing system
As smaller minicomputers were developed to augment the larger mainframe computers, the capability to do remote computer processing became available. I was asked to design and develop a program that would process outpatient billing records at outlying clinics of a county health care department, with a remote connection to a central database of patient records. While doing so, it became apparent that such a system would be applicable to similar outpatient clinics for other healthcare providers, so I enhanced the program to allow its use by other customers. The program was ultimately designated an IBM Field Developed Program and marketed worldwide.
Design and develop a network trace analysis program
As smaller mainframe computers were introduced with integrated network capabilities, the available network trace analysis programs were unable to be used on the new hardware. Serving as technical support for customers using this hardware, I recognized this deficiency and designed and developed a program that retrieved the host-based trace records and interpreted them in a user-friendly manner to enhance network problem determination. Due to its applicability to all customers installing these new mainframes, the program was designated an IBM Field Developed Program and marketed worldwide.
Develop a PC-based system for processing repair tickets for a car repair shop
A small automobile repair shop was experiencing growing pains, and needed an automated way to process and store their repair tickets. I designed a program that was not only comprehensive in function, but also so easy to use that those uncomfortable with computers (and, in this case, the English language) could successfully integrate a network of computers into their everyday jobs.
Develop a PC-based system for timing race events
At the time, the scoring of auto race events based upon net lap times required a dedicated timer system with no data processing capability, which made the administration of such events very labor intensive. By utilizing the timer chips already present in all personal computers, I designed and developed a program that not only recorded the lap times of the participating cars, but integrated those times with a classification and scoring system that allowed the timing and scoring function of the event to be performed by only one person, instead of the 4-10 people normally required.
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