http://www.tappsolutions.com/Mobile Technology for automating Insurance Sales, Claims processing and P&C Inspections.Our flagship product is Tapp: mobile app which allows users to quickly fill out forms and submit to the home office. This not only replaces paper it also allows collecting payments.We also produce custom mobile solutions for Insurance Companies and their Agents.

Software and Consulting Services for migrating applications from Mainframe to Linux, UNIX, and Windows.In June of 2009 I completed a conversion of agent data from LIDP (The Administrator) to FIS (ALIS) for Columbian Financial Group. The conversion involved consolidating agent data from several systems and many spreadsheets into a single database called XBase. Hundreds of tests were performed on the source data to catch incompatible data. Complex SQL queries were used to deal with the many-to-one relationships in the data, that is: many source records were consolidated to a single destination record. Groovy scripting was used to access a Java based address validation library (MelissaData).Success demonstrated by no post go-live issues on a project involving the conversion of 96,000 agent accounts.

I was active in UniForum Chicago as a volunteer, board member, and President over the span of almost 20 years. UniForum Chicago is a professional organization promoting open systems and UNIX.

Programmed Automotive Electronic Control for Heavy Equipment.