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By 1997 "The Net" was becoming a household word - that's when I realized the exciting opportunities that lay ahead to build database-driven (later coined "dynamic") web sites for businesses, scholastic systems, and organizations.  That summer I launched this ".COM' consulting firm and began programming MyWebManager™  - the most robust, yet affordable, dynamic web site solution on the market today.  But before I started this business I designed and programmed hundreds of applications on various platforms for numerous companies and attended and spoke at many IT conferences:


■  In 2009 I attended the 11th International Conference on Advanced Materials in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.  This symposium focused on Advanced Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Health and Biological Materials, Energy and Environment, Functional and Electronic Materials, Structural Materials, and Theory and Phenomena with regards to Computational Modeling and Data Driven Materials Discovery.  I took part in a series of one-on-one meetings with local companies, aimed at identifying new business opportunities in this emerging market.  This is my third trip to Brasil in the past 18 months aimed at generating valuable new business leads with long-term benefits in the world's largest eco-friendly economy. We are also building a dynamic web site called RiOlympico.com geared towards the 2016 Olympics hosted by Rio - the world's first Olympic Games held in South America.


■  In 2005 I attended the Expocomer 24th Annual Trade Exhibition in Panama, Central America.  Many Panamanian and regional businesses in Central, South America and the Caribbean use the trade show to introduce new products to the market, evaluate the competition and use the Colon Free Zone as a bridge to re-export products to the Caribbean, Central America and South America.  Panama is an excellent destination for sourcing goods and materials from around the world and serves as a key alternate supply source for importing products in the event of any interruption of service from our main US or Caribbean shipping ports.  We also built and launched ALLPanama.com - a fully-functional dynamic web site within two months of the event.


■  In 2003 I was invited to speak at the 2nd Annual Conference for the South Carolina Association of Public Charter Schools.  For this distinguished event, which Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina attended, I held a two day lecture and subsequent focus group on "Dynamic Web Site Design, IT for Charter Schools, and Integrating New Technologies with Older Scholastic Systems."  We also built and launched their fully-functional dynamic web site within one month of the event.


■  In 2000 I was interviewed by Ken Kurson of Money Magazine at Esquire Publishing in Manhattan for the premier issue of his new "GREEN - The Entrepreneur Issue" Magazine.  Money Magazine, with a circulation of 1.9 million, is the nation's largest financial management publication.  It is part of Time Inc's Personal Finance Media Group, which also includes Money.com, and Mutual Funds magazine.  The purpose of the interview was to inform him how I cultivated a lucrative subscription and banner-ad based multi-media web site from scratch, within three months of launch, by soliciting free advertising on Internet chat rooms and morning radio shows.  We were also cordially invited to their launch reception hosted by Simon & Schuster.


■  From 1991 to 1996 I held the position of Senior Programmer/Analyst for the software development firm Weber Systems, Inc. located in Hauppauge, NY (Long Island's esteemed Technical and Industrial Park).  With this dynamic company I developed applications on Windows 3.1/95/98 and Mac platforms for a large and diverse client base across the country.  Some of the software I designed and programmed for commercial resale included a full-featured Accounting System (Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Purchase Order, Sales Order, and General Ledger), Point-of-Sale System, Help Desk, Contact Manager, and a real-time Inventory Control System for a national retailer.

In 1995 I pioneered on the Internet with this inventive firm and developed some of the earliest database-driven web server applications - years before Microsoft's Active Server Page (ASP) platform was conceived.  I was responsible for programming the online Database Management Systems for the prestigious New York University's School of Continuing Education (Course Index) and Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Physician Referral Guide) - both of my original databases are still online today.

■  In 1988 I landed my first professional Programmer/Analyst job for SEC Online, Inc. also located in Hauppauge, NY.  SEC Online™ was the first company to distribute full-text U.S. Security and Exchange Commission filings via electronic means.  For this ground-breaking Electronic Information Provider I began writing applications and statistical reports in DBase and FoxPro, and advanced to Oracle and Progress 4GL/SQL database languages after certifying in one of the earliest ITS (Intensive Training Seminar) Programming classes offered in the North East.  In my second year of employment I conceived and programmed, entirely from scratch, a cost analysis system that calculated discrepancies in bills received from data-entry vendors.  My final report identified over a quarter million dollars in overcharges during a nine month period.  Shortly thereafter I was promoted to Database Administrator.

Over the next two years I was responsible for designing and managing every database application for a production department of over fifty employees - including the Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) that managed and analyzed over 5,000 New York and American Stock Exchange companies and more than 40,000 SEC filings.  Every company on the NYSE and AMSE, as well as over 2,000 NASDAQ companies, were included in our distribution to every major financial network in the World:  Standard & Poor's, Mead (Lexus/Nexus), Westlaw, ICC/London, and Dow Jones & Company.

In addition to managing our in-house databases, I was also responsible for documenting and demonstrating all facets of the system to potential clients and investors abroad, and occasionally traveled to London to consult with Direct Data Resources International - one of our global data-entry vendors.  I held the position of Senior Database Administrator until 1991, when the company was acquired and relocated to Maryland by Disclosure, Inc. - a unit of Primark Corporation (NYSE/PSE: PMK).


■  In 1982 I was chosen for the BOCES Institute for Gifted & Talented Youth.  In the first Computer Programming class offered by the school, I wrote a "Pac-Man" video game simulation for the CBM PET (16K) computer.  I programmed some of the code with the indelible help of the inventor of QMail - the first security-aware mail transport agent in the world.  My program demonstrated how the first affordable home computer at the time was sparking a revolution in computer programming, graphics, and animation, and was one of two projects showcased at the commencement ceremonies. 

In the years to follow I advanced my programming skills on the Apple ][+ and Commodore 64 personal computers.  From 1984 to 1987 I designed, programmed, and operated a full-featured Bulletin Board System (BBS) on the C-64 - the best selling PC of all time.  BBS's preceded the Internet and were the first popular means of telecommunication [Wikipedia: Bulletin Board System].  While other Sysops (System Operators) ran commercially available BBS software, I wrote mine.  Using CBM Basic and 6502 Assembly Language, I programmed user accounts, personal e-mail, public message boards, instant messaging, and file sharing routines entirely from scratch.  My BBS software offered the same exciting features the Internet does today, more than decade ahead of its time!