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Dave Thompson
Dave Thompson Consulting Home Page408 Rose Drive
Allen, TX 75002
(Dallas - Ft. Worth Metroplex)
Contact Information
Voice: 972-727-5670 (days & evenings)
Email: davethompsonconsulting@msn.com
Internet: http://www.dave2001.com
Professional Services
Access programming (VBA – Visual Basic for Applications, DAO/ADO – dataset manipulation)
Database design
End-to-end Access database projects (define, design, program, implement)
MS Word automation projects - MS Access data sent to Word (mail merge, form letters)
Programming for fixes/modifications of existing Access applications
Self-help instruction
Data conversion and loading into Access MDB
Typical Application
Multi-user, small workgroup (2-20 users) on a local area network with Access secure workgroup (user logon with password) implemented as split application (front-end/backend) model. Number of data records per table from 100 to 100,000.
Project Experience by Industry
(See also: Project Examples)Track crew duty data of flight crew for FAA compliance and payroll tracking.Air Crew Duty Log.
Communications. Circuit information and status database for communications center of national credit reporting agency (multi-user).
Employee Review Process. Annual employee review process with passwords and upstream supervisor access.
Numbers shown as thousands, and rounding algorithm with VBA code procedures provide consolidated reports that can be reconciled with individual company reports. Increased functionality over legacy software to support multi-user and enhanced ad hoc reporting.
Corporate structure is groups and companies. Reporting is available for individual companies and groups. Additionally, reports can be assembled by combining companies (either within a group or across groups) and printing ad hoc group reports for analysis. At the top level, groups can be selected to print consolidated reports, or any combination of companies can be selected to form an ad hoc, top level consolidated report.
Hotel Industry. Various group/department level multi-user applications for promotions and customer relationship tracking.
Legal. Client
information, multi-user database for class action law firm. Access secure
workgroup logon with users in several states updating (online) backend Access
database in
Management Consulting. Multi-part performance/goals questionnaire for management consulting firm. Project tracking software for consulting firm in joint development with major airline.
Manufacturers Rep Firm. Monthly commission reporting for multiple rep groups representing manufacturers' lines across multiple retail locations with commission structure by location. Import POS sales data from delimited, text source files.
Medical/Healthcare. Prescription lookup, print, and log file capture for E/R use. Provider (M.D.) credentialing program for medical industry consulting firm.
Quote Program for Electronics Company. Multi-user, quote program to assemble quotes from standard products, outside purchase, and services. Allow setting of quote margins and present internal-use analysis of quote by line item. Print/export customer copy of quote. Maintain quote history.
Related Experience
Authored five chapters for the book, Access 97 Programming Unleashed (SAMS Publishing) – Three chapters on VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) and two chapters on ActiveX controls for Access.
Previous PC industry experience: VAR for Informix ISQL (Unix and PC DOS), software development with IBM BASIC (BASCOM), Microsoft QuickBASIC and PDS (Professional Development System) BASIC.
Professional experience in telecommunications and manufacturing.
Education
Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA) – Bachelors in Engineering
UCLA (Los Angeles, CA) - Masters in Engineering
University of Dallas (Irving, TX) - MBA