Cactus Computer Services

Projects

PC Projects | PDA Projects | Web Projects


PC Projects

Best Software Corporation - CRM Division

Primary development resource for maintenance projects related to the ACT! Contact Management software.

Assumed primary development duties on standardizing the VC++ source code to support proper localization practices and corporate standards; team lead on code reviews and rewriting to fit current standards.

Researched and implemented improvements to the ACT! Outlook integration e-mail driver to bypass new security restrictions in the Outlook API by replacing some EXCHANGE functions with MAPI functions.

Skills:

  • VC++ 6.0
  • MFC
  • AT
  • Win32
  • COM
  • multi-threaded
  • shrink-wrapped software
  • EXCHANGE
  • MAPI

 

Hypercom Corporation

Designed and implemented several ActiveX controls providing access to Hypercom’s centralized terminal configuration databases.


Developed an application to provide control over these terminal configuration databases.


Created several OPOS (OLE for Retail Point-Of-Sale) compliant ActiveX controls for interfacing with the company’s point-of-sale hardware products.

Skills:

  • VC++
  • MFC
  • Win32
  • COM
  • ODBC
  • Client/Server

 

United Guaranty

Designed and implemented several Java-based software robots to collect data from several database systems to be included in automatically generated business correspondence.

Skills:

  • Java 1.2
  • JDBC
  • Voyager

 

ICG Consulting

Developed a 16-bit Dynamic Link Library for Windows 3.1 encapsulating FileNet functionality, supporting Visual Basic, PowerBuilder and C/C++ client/server applications.


Implemented several Visual Basic software robots and OLE servers.


Provided technical support to the development team.


Designed and implemented parts of several large Client/Server WorkFlow applications.


Devised and implemented an algorithm to automate vendor identification from scanned invoices, enabling retrieval of all invoice data from the scanned invoices without human intervention.

Skills:

  • VC++ 1.52
  • VB
  • COM
  • Client/Server

 

McCormick Systems Inc.

Developed estimating software for the electrical contracting industry using Microsoft Access 2.0, Microsoft Jet database engine, OLE 2.02 and VC++ 1.52. Application consists of one code MDB and multiple data MDBs. Main user interface was implemented in Access, with some functionality provided by OLE custom controls. Main responsibilities included system and database design, OCX design and supervision of a team of three Access developers.

Skills:

  • VC++ 1.52
  • COM
  • OLE 2.02
  • Microsoft Access 2.0

 

IPRO Tech Inc.

Designed and implemented a proprietary Windows-based object oriented database system for storing and indexing large volumes of scanned images on CD ROMs for litigation support, using Microsoft VC++ 1.52.

Acted as mentor for junior VC++ development staff.

Skills:

  • VC++ 1.52
  • DOS

 

Canadian Tire Petroleum

Refactored and enhanced more than 50 MS-DOS based C programs for a large point of sale system into a single Windows 3.1 application, using Borland VROOMM overlays.

Designed and implemented a collection of hardware emulators and test control software to enable automated regression and stress testing of the POS system.

Skills:

  • C
  • VROOMM
  • DOS

 

The IBM Toronto Software Lab

Designed and implemented DataHub Support/VM and DataHub Support/2, which are the VM and OS/2 server portions of a multi-platform Database Administration tool, allowing access to and manipulation of all IBM database platforms from a single OS/2 workstation.

Working from low-level designs, I was responsible for the main body of the server program and communications modules.

Provided expert C advice to the programming team.

Performed C/370 compiler verification testing on both MVS and VM platforms, working from test plans and problem reports from beta test sites. Coded new tests and test variations and automated the execution of the tests using REXX procedures.

Skills:

  • C
  • AS/400
  • OS/2
  • MVS
  • VM
  • REXX

 

The Co-operators

Designed and implemented a Funds Concentration application, consisting of a deposit collection and reporting program (MS-DOS, written in C) and a funds concentration and reporting application (MVS, written in COBOL). These two applications communicated with each other via up/down loads to a commercial clearinghouse. Working from design documents and prototype, I was responsible for the main program flow, user access modules and database access modules.

Skills:

  • C
  • COBOL
  • DOS
  • MVS

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PDA Projects

PocketTop LLC

Designed and implemented the synchronization engine for a shrink-wrapped PocketPC contact manager application, enabling the product to synchronize contact and calendar data with both Microsoft Pocket Outlook and ACT!

Skills:

  • VC++ 6.0
  • eMbedded VC++ 3.0
  • MFC
  • ATL

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Web Projects

The $199 Tagline

Create an effective sales page for a copy writing service.

Skills:

  • HTML
  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • Photoshop

 

Michal Hasek Real Estate Ltd.

Create an effective web presence for a boutique real estate firm.

Skills:

  • HTML
  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • Photoshop

 

Julie Herckenrath - Copy Writer

Create an effective online presence for a professional copy writer.

Skills:

  • HTML
  • Photoshop

 

Four Corners Hotels

Maintain and enhance e-commerce web site offering online hotel bookings. Site communicates with hotel brokers via XML datafeeds and XML messages. Incorporated syndicated city information in XML format. Added CIA country information to site.

Skills:

  • HTML
  • PHP
  • Smarty Templates
  • MySQL
  • XML

 

Real Estate Fortune

General site maintenance of Real Estate Education web site.

Skills:

  • Perl
  • Mason
  • HTML
  • PhotoShop

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