Hello everyone and thank you for visiting my little corner of the internet. You may know me from my FileMaker design blog posts or perhaps the contributions to FileMaker Success Tips podcast. This is a fresh and new website for me. I hope you like this new centralized location for past content and the new content coming doing the pipeline!
PASSION FOR HIKING AND FOR DOGS
I decided to add a personal element to my site because I think every project starts with the people involved within it. Here you can see a frequently updated journal of hikes I've taken with the wonder dog Bogie. Most of our hikes cover the Pacific Northwest in the general Seattle area but don't be surprised if you see an Oregon hike from time to time. By all means, please feel free to let me know if you have hiking or hiking web site recommendations!
PASSION FOR FILEMAKER DATABASE DESIGN
I've been designing databases in FileMaker Pro since 1989 and a full time FileMaker developer since 1993. I've been lucky enough to work as an in-house developer for two great companies (Apple - Hasbro), a wonderful development house with talented professionals such as Laura Bowyer, Angelo Luchi and Jason Young (SolutionMakers) and even a decade as a one man show.
These diverse environments has really helped give me a well rounded set of design and management experiences and I try to share some of the knowlege gained in my FileMaker Thoughts journal.
PASSION FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGIES
Every FileMaker developer has had projects that have gone sideways. I was reflecting on that a few years ago and it struck me that few (if any) of them are due to FileMaker design limitations. I decided to enroll in a project management certification curriculum in 2009. Less than a year later, I completed the 150 course program and attained project management professional certification from PMI. I'm currently pursueing Agile Scrum Master certification and enrolled at the University Of Washington in a Software Project Management certification curriculm.
