Reporting Systems

I can help you to consolidate data from multiple sources into a unified set of reports with:

• flexible criteria
• meaningful summary information
• expandable detail views
• automated data preparation

My background in economic modeling and statistics informs my approach to data analysis.
We start from the real world context of your business and end with reports that are reliable, meaningful and insightful.

Custom Software

Custom software can be time consuming and expensive.  Fortunately, over the last decade many complex processes have been standardized.  Features that once took weeks to design and build can now be obtained inexpensively, often-times for free.

I work with clients to find the right balance between prebuilt and custom software.  Our goal is to leverage cost-effective prebuilt components while identifying where customization will provide the most value.  Most often this means writing custom code to address the truly unique aspects of a clients business and integrating prebuilt and custom functionality into a single system.

Microsoft Access Databases

I’ve worked with Access since version 2.0 and have created many full featured applications, ranging from clinical study management to financial tracking to managing statewide cookie sales for the Ggirl Scouts.  I still consider Access the most productive application environment I’ve worked with.

However,  Access does not fit well within today’s web based infrastructure and it plays a less central role in most organizations that it used to.

Today my work with Access involves:

• upgrading Access applications to web based systems
• mixed web and Access systems
• building functional prototypes for larger systems
• data intensive applications for small groups (typically 20 or fewer users)