Akorn Komputing acorn logo

 

Akorn Komputing

Paul Van Akkeren

Flag waving
Home
Up
Proposal Dev.
Technical Writing
FoxPro/Visual FP
Systems Analysis
Training/ISD
Test
PM
Web Dev
Marketing
SDLC
Technology
Other

Background

Capabilities

*  Proposal and Grant

    Development

*  Proposal

    Management/Coordination

*  Proposal/B-D

    Analyses/Recommendations

*  Proposal/Grant/Project

    Review and Critique

*  Documentation &

    Technical Writing

*  Requirements Analysis

*  System/Application

    Design and Development

*  Database Design

*  Program/Project

    Management

*  Systems Analysis

*  Software and Hardware

    Selection

*  Web Site Development

*  Web Site and Content

    Development

*  Complete Life Cycle

    Support

*  Personnel Recruiting
*  Instructional Systems

    Design

*  Information Technology

    Support

*  Marketing Support
*  Business Process

    Re-engineering

Proposal and grant support has been provided to customers of all sizes in the Washington, DC - Baltimore, MD area as well as around the country.  Proposals have addressed many vertical markets and consisted of a variety of products and services, including IT and health care related.  Proposals have been written to many federal, state, and local agencies.  Grants have been written to federal agencies and commercial sources.

Systems analysis services are provided to assist customers in evaluating operations, legacy applications, and COTS products.  Services include detailed analysis of requirements and existing code.  These services have been applied in numerous vertical markets.

Business process re-engineering services are provided to analyze existing operations and recommend and/or implement products and improvements that will result in (any or all) less manual handling, lower cost, faster handling, and improved accuracy.

Design and development of computer applications and relational database management has been provided in several computer languages and DBMS packages for a variety of applications and clients.  Implementations have ranged from simple data entry processing to complex order entry and management.

Technical writing of Information Technology and health documents has been provided that relies on extensive knowledge of the health care industry and technologies.  Documents have consisted of proposals related to health care and user and technical manuals for health care products and technologies.

Instructional systems design (ISD), training program development, and hands-on technical training has been provided to numerous customers.  ISD programs have been custom designed to support agency programs and operations.

Provide full life-cycle support for scientific, business processes, and other applications. Support can range from initial analysis through developing specifications, development, and final implementation, including documentation and training. Provide support in FORTRAN, C, SQL, Informix, FoxPro/Visual FoxPro, and assembler on personal computers, workstations, minicomputers, and mainframes in stand-alone and networked environments. Experienced at project management and can provide highly qualified associates to assist on projects. Test program development and implementation.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP). Formerly member of Board of Directors of Capital PC User Group (CPCUG).  Former chairman of Legislative Committee of Association of Home-Based Businesses (AHBB).

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

Processors: IBM PC and compatible (x86, Pentium x), RS/6000, 4381, 9370, 1130, 7090, & 1620, NAS 9000, DEC PDP-11, LSI-11, & PDP-8, XDS 930, Varian 620i, TI 980B, CDC 1604 & 3600, Xerox 6085.

Other hardware: FPS & AP120 array processors, AMD2900/29000 embedded microprocessors.

Languages: FORTRAN, Xbase (Visual FoxPro, FoxPro, FoxBase, dBase III+), BASIC, QBASIC, Assembler, C, Visual Basic, and knowledge of PASCAL, COBOL, C++, and Java Script.

Operating systems: MS/PC-DOS, MS-Windows, Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT, Windows 95/97/2000, AIX and UNIX, OS/MVS/XA, VM/IS, TSO, RT-11.

Packages: Visual FoxPro, FoxPro (DOS/Win), Dbase III+, Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, Visual Basic, Procomm Plus, WordPerfect (5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.0, 8.0), Word (6.0, 7.0, 97, XP, 2000), DrawPerfect, Visio, WordPerfect Presentations, RoboHelp, MS FrontPage, PowerPoint, Freelance Graphics Plus, Norton Utilities, Vitamin C, KNOWOL, Crystal Reports, many word processors, DSS, QMF, SAS, SPSS, LIMS, ISPF, SQL/DS, Informix, Viewpoint, DB2, Focus.

More specific experience and background information is given in the pages accessed from the navigation buttons at the upper left. 

 

by: Paul Van Akkeren

Copyright 2001, 2002, 2003. 2004, 2005, 2006 Akorn Komputing
Last update: July 2006 All rights reserved