After the local college gave a free two week course on programming to local high school students I was hooked. I've been designing and creating business solutions for almost thirty years. I first worked with punched cards but fortunately missed the era of paper tape. Access 1.0 came out in 1992 and I’ve greatly enjoyed working in it ever since.My major accomplishments are: - recognized by Microsoft as a Most Valuable Professional since 1999 in Microsoft Access, one of about 120 in the world. - over 35,000 postings in Microsoft Access related newsgroups. - Tony's Main Microsoft Access site is one of the top three or four visited Access websites with over 150 pages of technical content - Tony's Microsoft Access Blog is the most prolific Access related blog. - The relationships diagram of my largest Access system was printed on a plotter and was hanging in the hallway of the Microsoft Access development team for a year. - A small list of the systems I've developed can be found at the Granite Consulting home page - Uncle to three great nieces and nephews.Specialties: I've designed and built a very broad range of business applications from farmers to medical equipment manufacturer. Clients from one person oil patch outfits to an international division of a Fortune 10 company.