Posts Tagged ‘Paradox’

Cable Network Advertising System

Work with staff of eight consultants to maintain and enhance several Paradox based systems. Together these systems are responsible for managing the entire flow of advertising from Quotations to On Air Scheduling.  They process and report on over $200 million in business on an annual basis. My expertise has been applied to design, code and install a true “Production” environment featuring change control, redundant backups, security and alpha and beta development areas.

US Government Mainframe Conversion

Acted as Lead Consultant for an ongoing DOE Conversion effort. Designed and wrote flexible conversion software for converting mainframe data to PC Databases. Reviewed and finalized data element migration between existing mainframe data and new Oracle database. Interfaced with various contractors. Conducted search for additional staff.

Cable Network Advertising Sales

For a major cable network, led a small team of developers making enhancements to and deploying a system that provided salespeople with the capability to maximize advertising revenue. It let them quickly scan amongst a large demographic database and cross-referenced with the programming catalog and scheduling system to allow salespeople to suggest the most profitable time-slots and packages available at the time a potential  advertiser submitted a inquiry.

Access Report Server

Enhance an existing Client-Server reporting tool for one of the world’s premier Cable TV Networks.  My contribution consisted of adding several new reports as well as packaging and documenting the system for “Production” use.

Help Desk Software

Designed and led the development of a comprehensive Help Desk ticketing system. Software had an Artificial Intelligence component to facilitate expedient responses. It allowed a technician to key in a description of the issue. It would then suggest a series of solutions ranked based on their previous effectiveness.  Many Management Reports were also provided.

Additionally, it also facilitated a revenue boosting subscription service whereby data was shared with other organizations allowing them to use and contribute to the ever growing knowledge base.