This list includes some of the major projects that I planned and managed in the 6 years before moving to the West Coast.

1985

Aztec Finance Finance House

• Loans Management
  • DBase II: Design, Coding, Implementation and Staff Training

Geo Scales International Shipping

• Share Register
  • DBase II: Design, Coding, Implementation, Training
  • Share Allocation for Issues
  • Printing Share Certificates

Dunbar Sloane Auctioneer

• Auction Master
  • Using this software, Dunbar's staff were able to process and settle NZ's first $ million-plus Art Auction on the day of the auction
  • Version 1 Forth (MacLion): Design, Coding, Implementation and Staff Training
  • Version 2 Omnis Database: Design, Coding, Implementation and Staff Training

Lavelles Restaurant

• Payroll
  • DBase II: Design, Coding, Implementation and Staff Training

1986

Pacific Commemoratives Coin & Bullion Dealer

• Mail Order Management
  • This is a mail-order company with a clientele of international collectors. My software handled the process from pricelists and indent ordering to printing bank deposit lists
  • Omnis 3 DataBase: Design, Coding, Implementation and Staff Training

Mr F Fergusson Medical Specialist

• Filing, Debtors System
  • Omnis 3 DataBase: Design, Coding, Implementation and Staff Training

NZ Royal Society

• Membership & Billing System
  • 4th Dimension: Design, Staff Training

Toyota NZ Head Office

• Parts Ordering
  • Omnis 3: Co-Design, Implementation and Staff Training

Dunbar Sloane - Private Ledger

• Omnis 3: Design, Implementation and Staff Training

1987

Lauren Robb Producer

• Lauren was producing a documentary on Peasant Life in Russia. The software had to deal with multiple currencies, changing exchange rates, the cost of film footage, budgeted and actual expenditure. In addition to enjoying the challenges, I gained great insight into the media production process.
  • Omnis 3: Design, Coding, Implementation and Staff Training

Art Research Catalogue

• Omnis 3: Design, Implementation and Staff Training

EZ-Pay Payroll - Multiple sites

• Omnis 3: Design, Co-Coding, Implementation and Staff Training

Paul Craig Picture Framers

• Job Tracking
  • Omnis 3: Design, Coding, Implementation and Staff Training

Sound Trax Music Studio

• Specialised G/L, Payroll & Debtors
  • Omnis 3: Design, Coding, Implementation and Staff Training

Kasey Corey Restauranteur

• Bar Stock Control, Credit Card Returns Manager
  • Omnis 3: Design, Implementation and Staff Training

Mac'n'Count - Integrated Accounting, Indent Ordering, Stock Control. Multiple sites

• Omnis 3: Design,Co-Coding, Implementation and Staff Training

1988

EZ-Pay DOS Version

• Pascal: Design, Coding

Marriage Guidance NZ Head Office

• Branch Activity Analysis package

1989

Jill Moss Lawyer

• Trust Account Management system

Update 2006

And so I took some time out and moved to Blackball, West Coast in late 1989

After about 4 years, I was tempted into Microsoft Access development. And completed 4 large projects, one of which was purchased by a New Zealand Government Dept. and distributed to their branches. While I found Access good to work in, Windows caused me no end of grief.

When the Yum iMacs were released we returned to the Mac. I developed a range of small utility programs in RealBasic and one that linked the iMac to some very fancy Deer Scales.

OSX was released.

So with RealBasic moving to "cross platform" and Cocoa/Carbon going through many updates, just keeping up became a struggle. I also had other family and business commitments.

With the request to help support SchoolMaster and developing the S@S module, my interest in 3D graphics and a simple Poser Utility and finally a Good IdeaŠ has got me programming again.