Prestwood Staff  (44 Members)

The Prestwood Staff

The Prestwood staff prides itself on staying up-to-date on
leading and emerging technologies.

Top: Sally Saunders, Wes Peterson, Gary Mulcahy, Joshua Delahunty, Fred Stevens, Andrew Kern
Bottom: Char Berta, Kim Berry, Brian Prestwood, Mike Prestwood, Lisa Prestwood

The Prestwood Principals

Brian Prestwood Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Commander Joined: Nov 2000 MB Posts: 10 KB Articles: 0 Location: Citrus Heights, CA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 7/16/2008 10:10:03 AM Display Name:  Brian Prestwood (Unique UserID: bprestwo) Title:  Chief Technology Officer Last Visit:  7/16/2008 # of Visits:  30 MB Posts:  10 Member Points:  54    Member Points Initial Reason for Joining:   MB Reason: My younger brother Mike. MB Reason: My younger brother Mike. MB Reason: My younger brother Mike. MB Reason: My younger brother Mike. Visual Studio.Net, Visual Basic, MS Access, ASP, OO, UML, DotNetNuke 20 Years Industry Experience 15 Years Microsoft Software Development Toolset Exprerience 10 Years as Technical Lead (Architect) on Multi-User N-Tier Projects wth the Microsoft Toolset
Mike Prestwood Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Fleet Admiral Joined: Oct 2000 Visits: 21411 MB Posts: 980 KB Articles: 872 Location: Citrus Heights, CA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 8/21/2008 3:23:24 PM Display Name:  Mike Prestwood (Unique UserID: mprestwood) Title:  President & CEO Last Visit:  Today@12:23 EST # of Visits:  7137 MB Posts:  980 KB Articles:  872 Member Points:  10541    Member Points Initial Reason for Joining:   I own it. MB Reason: I'm the President & CEO so I have to be here! Delphi, Visual Studio.Net, Paradox, ASP, OO, UML, Process, ASP Classic Mike has established himself as a leader in the programming community. His contributions include numerous articles and six computer programming books. His books include the infamous "What Every Paradox Programmer Should Know". Mike's latest book contribution is WordPerfect Office2000 for Linux. Mike currently specializes in Borland's Delphi and Kylix and is chair of the Sacramento Delphi User Group. About Me: As Prestwood Software's President & CEO Mike Prestwood works with the company's development teams to turn great ideas into innovative software and services. As an author, Mike's goal is to publish one article a month and one book a year. Personal Message: The grass across the street is always greener. The trick is to allow yourself to yearn for greener grass while enjoying yours now.

Office Workers

sisa Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Commander Joined: Oct 2002 MB Articles: 0 KB Articles: 0 Location: Citrus Heights USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 12/29/2007 4:45:56 PM Display Name:  sisa (Unique UserID: lisajane) Title:  Director Last Visit:  12/29/2007 # of Visits:  81 Member Points:  69.5    Member Points
Nicole Prestwood Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Commander Joined: Jan 2006 Visits: 2916 MB Articles: 0 KB Articles: 8 Location: Citrus Heights, CA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 8/19/2008 2:34:50 PM Display Name:  Nicole Prestwood (Unique UserID: nicolep) Title:  Office Admin Last Visit:  Tue@11:34 EST # of Visits:  972 KB Articles:  8 Member Points:  544    Member Points Initial Reason for Joining:   I work here duh! About Me: Office Admin for Prestwood Software. I wear many hats at Prestwood such as billing, agreements, and payroll. I keep things at the office running smoothly.

Core Developers

Adam Lum Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Captain Joined: Feb 2006 Visits: 5193 MB Posts: 29 KB Articles: 24 Location: Citrus Heights, CA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 8/20/2008 6:48:04 PM Display Name:  Adam Lum (Unique UserID: adamlum) Title:  Senior Software Engineer Last Visit:  Wed@15:48 EST # of Visits:  1731 MB Posts:  29 KB Articles:  24 Member Points:  1054    Member Points Initial Reason for Joining:   I am an employee with Prestwood Software. MB Reason: I am a Prestwood Software employee. .NET (C#, ASP.NET), Java, ASP, PHP
SomeYahoo Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Commander Joined: Dec 2007 MB Posts: 5 KB Articles: 5 Location: Manteca, CA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 7/31/2008 11:11:04 PM Display Name:  SomeYahoo Title:  owner Last Visit:  7/31/2008 MB Posts:  5 KB Articles:  5 Member Points:  56.5    Member Points Delphi, ASP.NET, C#.NET, Oracle, MSSQL Experienced programmer, mentor, analyst, and leader. Personal Message: Distraction is what makes us all feel better on our walk toward Hell. - Blaise Pascal
Char Berta Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Commander Joined: Dec 2003 Visits: 918 MB Articles: 0 KB Articles: 0 Location: Citrus Heights, CA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 8/21/2008 3:01:14 PM Display Name:  Char Berta (Unique UserID: char) Title:  PM & Quality Specialist Last Visit:  Today@12:01 EST # of Visits:  306 Member Points:  182.25    Member Points Initial Reason for Joining:   You made me do it. Business Analysis * Quality Control * Testing * Quality Assurance Char works in our corporate office located in Citrus Heights CA (near Sacramento) and is generally available Monday through Friday during business hours for quality assurance, testing, project management, and technical writing.
Daniel Fought Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Commander Joined: Oct 2002 Visits: 729 MB Posts: 272 KB Articles: 11 Location: Fresno, CA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 8/18/2008 10:00:30 AM Display Name:  Daniel Fought (Unique UserID: dfought) Title:  Sr Programmer Analyst Last Visit:  Mon@07:00 EST # of Visits:  243 MB Posts:  272 KB Articles:  11 Member Points:  475.75    Member Points Corel Paradox * MS Access * Visual Basic * Visual Studio.Net Dan specializes in Access, Visual Basic, and Paradox for Windows. Dan also remembers Paradox for DOS (mostly). Availability: Dan works in his home office in Kerman Ca. and is generally available Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM PST. Send Dan an email to contact him before or after his posted office hours. About Me: I'm the lead Paradox programmer at Prestwood Software. I also program heavily in Access and Visual Basic.
Gary Mulcahy Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Commander Joined: Dec 2003 MB Articles: 0 KB Articles: 0 Location: Citrus Heights, CA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 8/20/2008 5:50:25 PM Display Name:  Gary Mulcahy (Unique UserID: Gary) Title:  Account Rep, PM, QA Last Visit:  Wed@14:50 EST # of Visits:  85 Member Points:  72.5    Member Points Initial Reason for Joining:   That Prestwood guy told me I had to make this my home page. Now I am stuck coming here. :-) Project Manager * Business Analysis * Quality Control * Quality Assurance * Testing Gary works in our corporate office located in Citrus Heights CA (near Sacramento) and is generally available Monday through Friday during business hours. About Me: I have been involved in the IT industry since 1982. I have been a certified quality analyst, and certified software test engineer since 1995. My goal is to provide the best quality product for the customer that can be provided. Personal Message: Failing to test a product properly prior to deployment has cost companies and agencies millions upon millions of extra dollars because of defective software.
Nancee Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Commander Joined: May 2004 MB Posts: 1 KB Articles: 0 Location: Citrus Heights, CA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 8/20/2008 4:01:29 PM Display Name:  Nancee (Unique UserID: nltoft) Title:  Senior Software Engineer Last Visit:  Wed@13:01 EST # of Visits:  193 MB Posts:  1 Member Points:  127.5    Member Points Initial Reason for Joining:   MB Reason: Mike Visual Studio.Net * Borland Delphi * MS Visual FoxPro (VFP) * C++ * Visual Basic * OO * UML Nancee's language skills include C/C++, Visual Basic, Delphi, HTML, and XML. She is proficient in object-oriented analysis and design and the Unified Modeling Language (UML). Her application development experience includes graphical user interfaces (GUI), distributed client/server and n-tier systems, database design, computer telephony, acoustic emission detection, real-time processing, graphics, TCP/IP, serial communication, and various science applications.
Sally Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Commander Joined: Oct 2003 Visits: 1068 MB Articles: 0 KB Articles: 1 Location: Citrus Heights, CA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 4/6/2008 7:41:07 PM Display Name:  Sally Title:  Programmer Analyst Last Visit:  4/6/2008 # of Visits:  356 KB Articles:  1 Member Points:  212    Member Points Initial Reason for Joining:   MB Reason: Working at Prestwood Software Analysis * Project Man. * Corel Paradox * Crystal Reports * Paradox for DOS * MS Access * VS.Net Ms. Saunders has over 17 years experience in the computer industry. She is skilled in the areas of software design, computer programming, business analysis, process engineering, and project management. About Me: I've been in the tech world about 20 years. I started at Hewlett Packard and received excellent training in programming methodology, life cycle methodology, team leading and eventually became a programming manager. I then moved into consulting Personal Message: Although most of the work I do today is related to project management and business analysis, I still keep my fingers in programming and quality assurance.
Stephen Berry Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Commander Joined: Jun 2008 MB Articles: 0 KB Articles: 21 Location: Citrus Heights, CA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 8/21/2008 12:43:43 PM Display Name:  Stephen Berry (Unique UserID: StephenB) Title:  Programmer/Analyst Last Visit:  Today@09:43 EST # of Visits:  25 KB Articles:  21 Member Points:  122.5    Member Points Initial Reason for Joining:   I work here
Hoosier Boy Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Commander Joined: Apr 2004 MB Posts: 62 KB Articles: 2 Location: Citrus Heights, CA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 8/18/2008 2:44:55 PM Display Name:  Hoosier Boy (Unique UserID: stevecaple) Title:  Programmer Analyst Last Visit:  Mon@11:44 EST # of Visits:  74 MB Posts:  62 KB Articles:  2 Member Points:  161    Member Points Initial Reason for Joining:   MB Reason: Interest in Paradox Corel Paradox for Windows * Analysis * Database Design Steve Caple is a long time Paradox user and programmer. He wrote his first Paradox program, a basic bulk mail sort, using an evaluation copy of version 1.1 in 1986. He became a Paradox member of Borland TeamB in 1991, and later was a member of Corel's CTech group, providing online support for database design and PAL and ObjectPAL programming. He started developing business database applications in Paradox 2.0 back in 1987. Since then he has continuously developed in all versions of Paradox and currently specializes in Paradox for Windows versions 5 through 11. Availability: Steve works in our corporate office located in Citrus Heights CA (near Sacramento) and is generally available Monday through Friday during business hours. About Me: Steve Caple I first saw Paradox in 1985 when a guy named Rick Albers came to demo Ansa's new 1.1 release to the Sacramento PC Users Group. The feeling was like going from WordStar to WordPerfect 3.0, a sense of freedom and power. I was hooked; I Personal Message: Resistance is never futile.
Wes Peterson Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Commander Joined: Jan 2004 Visits: 759 MB Posts: 67 KB Articles: 96 Location: Citrus Heights, CA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 8/20/2008 6:38:08 PM Display Name:  Wes Peterson (Unique UserID: Wes) Title:  Senior Software Engineer Last Visit:  Wed@15:38 EST # of Visits:  253 MB Posts:  67 KB Articles:  96 Member Points:  857.75    Member Points Initial Reason for Joining:   My boss makes me come here. <just kidding>. I originally came to prestwood.com looking for work. MB Reason: Searching for a local Delphi Users Group Visual Studio.Net * Borland Delphi * DBISAM * OO * PSDP * Analysis * Design Wes Peterson is a seasoned Delphi programmer specializing in business database solutions. Beginning with dBASE II on CP/M, Wes became enthralled with database design and programming. Experienced with Btrieve, R-Base, Emerald Bay, Paradox, Data-Ease, Flash Filer, Access and multiple client server SQL databases, Wes has used C, C++ and Delphi to create numerous custom business database applications. Availability: Wes works in our corporate office located in Citrus Heights CA (near Sacramento) and is generally available Monday through Friday during business hours. About Me: Prior to my 10-year love-affair with Delphi, I worked with several other tools, several databases. My strong interests are good database design, and intuitive user interfaces. To me, the .NET revolution is as exciting as the birth of Delphi. Personal Message: Everything should be as simple as it can be made, but not simpler. Albert Einstein (paraphrased)

Extended Developer Family

Andrew Kern Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Commander Joined: Jan 2004 MB Articles: 0 KB Articles: 0 Location: Seattle, WA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 11/29/2006 9:30:45 AM Display Name:  Andrew Kern (Unique UserID: kern) Title:  Sr Programmer Analyst Last Visit:  11/29/2006 Member Points:  33    Member Points Visual Studio.Net, Delphi, C#, C++, Java, OO, UML, DotNetNuke Andy has programmed fulltime in Delphi since version 1.0 and is fluent and passionate in computer graphics programming and DX8. For Borland, Andy spent several years on the Delphi team in Borland Delphi technical support, ActiveX/COM QA, and as a consultant helping with WebSnap. Andy is Delphi Client/Server certified.
fredstevens Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Commander Joined: Oct 2003 MB Posts: 3 KB Articles: 4 Location: Citrus Heights, CA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 8/2/2008 12:34:45 PM Display Name:  fredstevens (Unique UserID: snevets) Title:  Senior Software Engineer Last Visit:  8/2/2008 # of Visits:  36 MB Posts:  3 KB Articles:  4 Member Points:  65    Member Points Initial Reason for Joining:   To post my resume. MB Reason: e-mail from mike prestwood Microsoft Visual Studio.Net and Visual FoxPro (VFP) Fred is an experienced database analyst and application developer. He has created large-scale disease surveillance, herd-management and clinical decision support/expert systems for the veterinary profession, and has extensive reverse-engineering and data transfer experience with accounting and other business-oriented software. In recent years, he has been using VB.Net and web services to extend database application functionality to portable and hand-held devices such as the Pocket-PC. About Me: Senior Software Engineer with Prestwood Software -- Visual FoxPro, Visual Basic.NET developer
kberry Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Commander Joined: Oct 2002 Visits: 759 MB Posts: 53 KB Articles: 17 Location: Citrus Heights, CA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 6/23/2008 5:23:07 AM Display Name:  kberry Title:  Programmer Analyst Last Visit:  6/23/2008 # of Visits:  253 MB Posts:  53 KB Articles:  17 Member Points:  396.5    Member Points Visual Studio.Net, Delphi, ASP, Visual Basic, C, OO, UML Kim Berry is a programmer/analyst with 12 years experience, after graduating at the top of his class from CSUS with a B.S. in Computer Science in 1990. He has performed a wide range of tasks from analysis to coding firmware, but in the past few years has specialized in developing web applications using ASP, Javascript, Visual Basic, Delphi, ADO, SQL 2000, and Access. He has formal training in object-oriented analysis and design. His interests include Macromedia Flash, web services, .NET, XML, usability, and graphics. About Me: For about four years I worked fulltime at Prestwood Software and I still help out here and there with projects evenings and weekends. I was one of the main developers developing ASPSuite and I code in Visual Basic, Delphi, and Visual Studio.Net. Howe Personal Message: Help me stop the H1-B worker program and the offshoring of American jobs.
rmmuir Prestwood Software PS Staff Moderator Rank: Commander Joined: Nov 2002 MB Articles: 0 KB Articles: 0 Location: Citrus Heights, CA USA	Email Verified! Account Approved! Last Visit: 8/3/2008 1:39:37 PM Display Name:  rmmuir Title:  Sr Software Developer Last Visit:  8/3/2008 # of Visits:  13 Member Points:  37    Member Points Initial Reason for Joining:   Paradox, Delphi, and Visual Studio.Net. ASP.Net, C#, Delphi, Crystal Reports, Business Analyst