I have worked for over 20 years in application
development and data analysis.  I have an MBA from


and an MA in Political Science from

Outside interests include running and Security Issues.

What I have learned

• Nobody reads specs that are longer than  page 20  3 pages
• There is always at least one end user in a department who knows how things work. Make him or her your friend!
• End users (whoever they are) make an application a success or failure
• Excel is not a database
• Being good in relational database design can be a problem when it comes to Dimension and Cube design. Unlearn normalization
• Security rules and procedures work better when they do not work against human nature
• One size does not fit all and tailored solutions provide the best fit
• Certifications require you to learn many features about an application that you will never use and by the time you actually may need one of them you forgot how to use it
• Being nice to your boss keeps you your job, being nice to end users makes your work easier and more productive
• Finding the Problem is the first step to step to developing a solution
• Finding the real source of a bug can be the toughest part of solving it
• No application is well  tested until the users have a go at it
• Error messages are sometimes misleading, and so are line numbers
• You can re-read a document 10 times and then see a typo after you hit the ‘Send’ button
• A compiler is more reliable in finding errors than a spell checker