Hotspots offers hotel reservations in the Santa Barbara area. I have long worked on and maintained an MS Access database application to help keep track of the reservations and commissions earned. (See hotspots project)
I recently added the ability to charge cancellation fees using Verisign's COM objects and VBS within the Access database.
An existing report showed canceled reservations, this project simply added the ability to charge the credit card by pushing a button on that report.
Sellers can use the system to define products and zones. They can then set minimum order goals for a product in a zone.
Buyers use the system to order products. Buyer requests are aggregated by zone to meet minimum orders.
Buyers can take advantage of bulk discount yet still order just the ammount they need. Sellers can cut their fulfilment costs by handling larger orders, yet sell to smaller customers.
Provide ASP front end for making SNMP queries, displaying query results as options in a configuration form, then sending configuration information to another server via remote procedure calls.
Configuration information is then used by a Perl script to write an MRTG configuration file so that the user can see the information they'd like to see graphed for that device.
ASP front end and Perl backend communicate later to provide further customization of reports by the user, and to organize links to the MRTG reports.
I was responsible for creating a development strategy that would provide our company with software and server infrastructure capable of scaling to meet massive usage, and of being very reliable.
I wrote a custom transaction server application and client software to provide transactions against accounts held in our data center. This included building in fault tolerance, recovery and monitoring to ensure availability of the service. It also included client verification, security controls, and transaction integrity to prevent fraud and assure the accuracy of our account data.
On-line education environment for teachers and students. It includes a user authentication system with quick messaging, integrated educational components, and a tightly integrated user interface designed in shockwave by a colleague.
Created a database driven listing of properties for sale by region, allowing the editors of Ranch and Country to easily post the listings from their magazine on-line.
I created an application for an order fulfillment house that allowed their wholesale customers to place orders online. It also allowed their suppliers to view the inventory of product that particular supplier provided. It would set visible flags and sent email warnings to suppliers when stock at the order fulfillment company dipped below acceptable levels.
Invoices and account information were also available online. In a separate project I implemented an online payment solution.
This system replaced a communication system that used many fax transmissions each day and required considerable person to person interaction on the phone. It also allowed the companies on both sides to respond more quickly to inventory levels, to avoid rush delivery costs, and in many cases to hold a leaner inventory.