Directed the design, development, and implementation of the AQUA (Automated QUality Assurance) 2000 Mid-Office Suite. Created the Universal CRS Interface (UCI) which provided a common and reusable foundation for AQUA 2000 and all subsequent products. These systems are targeted for sale to $50+ million companies in the global travel industry.
Career Successes
Managed full project life cycle of the AQUA (Automated QUality Assurance) 2000 Mid-Office Suite to successful completion.
Provided vision, leadership, and mentoring of development team through 40 combinatorial products in four years.
Worked with top management to develop goals and plan resources while consciously incorporating valued input from other departments for successful and profitable product designs.
Continually monitored product gaps and customer perceptions for incorporation into current and future product opportunities.
Worked intimately with QC department to ensure a thorough Beta Phase on the road to successfully releasing products on-time and on-budget.
Assisted Sales Department in team-based selling approaches including presentations and assistance in due diligence for prospective clients (pre- and post-sale), presenting meaningful content for seminars at users' conferences, and speaking at industry trade events.
Hands-on Visual C++ and Visual Basic coding, including assistance to development staff with escalated design and implementation issues and severe Windows Information Technology (IT) issues.
Major Clients
American Express
Orbitz
Travelocity.com
Navigant International
Rosenbluth International
AAA Travel Services
Product Highlights
POWERstation: Universal CRS Interface
Application:
An open Applications Programming Interface (API) providing a common interface to the five largest commercial databases in the world. This industry-first technology provides a common interface to these legacy systems, opening the doors for rapid deployment regardless of platform or underlying architecture.
Configuration:
The API is an ActiveX Control wrapping a Visual C++ library directed towards Web, Visual Studio .NET, and Delphi applications.
AQUA 2000
Mid-Office Suite
- - Automated QUality Assurance
Application:
Developed on the UCI engine, AQUA 2000 is a suite of ten distinct robotic applications ranging from business rules enforcement to large-scale data storage and reporting applications.
Configuration:
ANSI SQL-92 compliant database managing 100 Mb of new data daily, with Crystal Reports driving the reporting engine. Remote administration via communication servers for seamless connectivity, and providing an open architecture allowing clients to configure any aspect of the system to meet their specific application needs.
