Application Developer
Paul Pedersen Consulting
Experienced programmer for:
New applications from scratch
Migrating existing applications to Visual FoxPro 9
Upgrade and maintenance of
existing applications
Conversion of applications from
FoxPro for DOS or Windows 3.1 to VFP
Programming background
Twenty years experience programming in business and
engineering environments
FoxPro for Windows since 1995; Visual FoxPro since 1998
SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008
AutoMate, Access, Store Automated Systems (SASI),
Excel, InsureSoft Diamond 3/4, Create!Form
Also familiar with PHP, MySQL, Pervasive SQL (formerly Btrieve),
Java, C++, and others
Industry experience
Insurance, retail point of sale, finance/investing, manufacturing, engineering, research, import-export, medical office/billing, human resources, customer service/phone bank, financial reporting, inventory control, sports betting, computer matchmaking, commercial leasing, and others
Special technologies
Bar codes, touch screen, instrument control, data conversion, receipt/label printers
Major projects
Membership maintenance and class
check-in system for a dance studio and ballroom (built from scratch). This application can use
either FoxPro data or SQL Server as the back end.
A system to help individual investors choose stocks.
The system continually updates data during the day, and presents the user with a simple
interface in front of sophisticated analysis. Built from scratch.
Financial reporting and price tag printing, accessing
Pervasive SQL (Btrieve) data (built from scratch)
Order, invoice, and inventory control
system for a medium-sized factory (upgrade from FoxPro for DOS)
Order and invoice system for a
food import-export house (upgrade from FoxPro for DOS)
Operator tracking and reporting
system for a large (250+) customer service phone bank (built from scratch)
Human Resources management system
(maintenance and upgrades)
Accounting system for a food
manufacturer (maintenance and upgrades)
Bar code based object tracking
system (maintenance and upgrades)
Automated system for measuring spectral
attenuation of communication-grade optical fiber (built from scratch; included
hardware system design and construction)
Clients
A partial client list:
Allegro Ballroom, Emeryville, CA
ClinAxis Outcomes, San Francisco, CA
CompX Timberline, Lake Bluff, IL
Commerce West Insurance, Pleasanton, CA
Havilah Enterprises, Inc., Diamond Bar, CA
H. P. Schmid, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Just Dance Ballroom, Oakland, CA
Premier Rental-Purchase, Lightfoot, VA
Providian Financial, Pleasanton, CA
Northern Telecom, Pleasanton, CA
Versatrac, Oakland, CA
Education
BA in Physics from University of
California, San Diego
MBA from San Francisco State
University
Contact Information
I can work locally in the San Francisco Bay Area, or telecommute to anywhere. It works!
From small part-time maintenance jobs to larger full time projects, I can do yours! Try me.
Please contact me for information or to discuss your needs.