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Dania, US

IAN's mission is "Building better tools for better democracies."

Dania, US

Developing proof-of-concept prototypes aimed at building a social media platform intended to facilitate collaborative expression of converging and diverging opinion. Initial features include an Instant Runoff Voting interface with an interactive ballot and a highly innovative model for displaying election results. Early toolsets were based on LAMP open.

Glenview, Illinois, US

Franklin, TN, US

Dania Beach, FL, US

I have been building and upgrading custom databases and line-of-business applications for clients who need careful attention to their unique requirements. Most of my clients are based in South Florida, but I have also built systems across the United States and overseas. I have extensive experience developing state-of-the-art acquisition and servicing.

Glenview, Illinois, US

Troubleshooting and optimization, focused on data loading, for the firm's market-leading construction engineering and business management applications. Delivered multiple >10X performance improvements.

Focused on developing a system of ETL packages to automate the import of source data provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), along with in-house data that had been archived in disparate formats.This involved cleaning datasets from two distinct affordable care organizations and consolidating them under a single entity in order to.

Most recently, created a data management/document assembly system using C# and MS SQL 2012. That system integrates and upgrades a very successful suite of contact and billing database applications I built for this small law firm in the early 1990s.

Baltimore, Maryland, US

Developed a suite of mission-critical applications for the Tax Lien investment arm of a Real Estate firm. Custom creations included: ETL packages (SSIS) for conversion/merging of vendor-supplied data into relational form; rapid creation of C#-based Winform apps for diligence review, strategic modelling, auction support, and portfolio servicing.

Fort Lauderdale, FL, US

I architected, developed, and managed a mission-critical suite of data applications for a steadily growing, highly succesful investment department. Created the first two versions of the central application, and played a lead role in transition to the third. Tools included Microsoft SQL Server, VB.NET, Crystal Reports, Delphi, Paradox, InfoPower.

Coral Gables, FL, US

I enrolled in the International Studies graduate program in the mid-1980s, initially to pursue an MA. My initial research focus was US-Soviet technology transfer. I was then recruited into the Ph.D. program and awarded a very prestigious Fellowship. I left for a variety of reasons, and began working in Miami as a database application developer. I was later.

Miami, Florida, US

Consultant developing desktop automation tools, document assembly systems, and custom databases for a major South Florida law firm.

Ph.D, International Studies

M.A, International Studies

Ba, History