Bernadette McMahon, who has worked with 4th Dimension since 1990, has upgraded or developed databases for association management operations, a real estate investment trust, and, in her first career as a U.S. Food and Drug Administration chemist, analytical details associated with methods for pesticide residues in foods. Her current efforts are concentrated on upgrading existing WIMSA databases and developing a new one to track the foundation’s growing oral history collection. Bernadette has a bachelor of science degree in chemistry.

Jack Des Bouillons, has over 19 years of experience with the 4th Dimension™ development environment. His work has always involved large, complex, multi-user, client/server systems covering a wide range business applications. He started his career in 4D as a programmer with Honeybee Software, a Canadian company selling customizable accounting system to wholesale and retail businesses, and was a Senior Programmer & Analyst when he left the company to pursue independent consulting. In 2000, he joined Site of Care™, a medical software development firm designing clinical systems for OB/GYN departments in hospitals across the country, where he lead a team of four developers. Since 2003, he has been Director of IT for an advertising agency in Orange County, CA where he has overseen the design and development of 5 independent 4D systems that connect via web services (SOAP) to manage all aspects of the creative business. Jack has been a features speaker at several 4D Summit™ conferences, and last Fall gave a presentation on using 4D v11 SQL and the 4D Ajax Framework to create a web-based reporting system for a back-end 2004 4D system. Throughout his professional career, Jack has specialized in working with existing systems to extend functionality.

Ty Hallsted has been providing real world business software solutions since 1976 with expertise in all phases of software development. Ty's scope of expertise spans development and/or project management of small business databases, enterprise-wide data/database solutions and proprietary systems work (operating systems, device drivers, compilers etc.). Two recent projects include analysis and design of an Oracle-based corporate fleet aviation maintenance system and complete development of an ISP's billing system for photographs and other content uploaded and downloaded by major print and TV media. By asking himself "If I were using this software what would I want it to do?," Ty frequently identifies overlooked but highly valued new functionality in his projects.

Greg Loya has been working with 4th Dimension since 1994. His experience includes extensive integration of 4D with Oracle-based systems. Greg holds a master's degree in economics from the University of Virginia.

Ed Heckman has more than twenty years of experience as a software developer in the manufacturing, distribution and professional services industries. Ed's current activities involve the development of the 4th Dimension DBMS for Dealership Software, a product that is sold to independent leasing companies. Ed has specialized in 4th Dimension development since the inception of 4D and is considered an expert in accounting systems.

George Tiller has more than thirty years of experience as a programmer, systems analyst, and manager. As a developer of custom and vertical market database applications, he has a long-standing reputation as a technical leader, and has authored articles for national professional journals. Mr. Tiller's is currently involved with the development of custom database and information systems applications in the 4th Dimension DBMS for clients in government and private industry. He is also active in professional organizations related to the 4th Dimension environment, writing articles, delivering technical presentations, and mentoring.

Brent Raymond has considerable experience in Software and relational database architecture design and programming. His 4th Dimension RDBMS experience is concentrated in the publishing industry where he analyzed existing design and workflows to develop innovative, efficient solutions to high profile, time sensitive business requirements. Active in and responsible for troubleshooting live systems in a strict deadline driven environment. Designed database maintenance methods and recovery tools. Developed an Oracle communication and archiving module a medical data management software.

James McKay graduated from Algonquin College of Ottawa, Ontario, in 1996. Since then Jim served as a technical consultant at several U.S. and Canadian government agencies, an import/export business and several freelance positions. His professional strengths are data analysis, systems analysis and systems development. He has experience developing and supporting software on mainframe, client/server and distributed system platforms. He has used COBOL, Basic, PHP and Java to implement systems in standalone, web, and Service-Oriented architectures. His industry experience is in civil databases, retail, inventory, accounting and content management systems. He is a proponent and user of open source software.

Karen Riecks has over 25 years of varying experiences in the IT environment. As a Marine Corps officer, she received her masters in science in information systems management from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. For the next 13 years, she provided systems management for more than 15 personnel systems at the Headquarters Marine Corps level, including the Marine Corps' unique integrated personnel and pay system. She managed all facets of systems development and the associated contractual documents, providing the interface between the users of the system and those developing the system. She gained significant hands-on testing experience during these years. Since her retirement from the Corps, she managed the IT operations at a college for eight years and provided data integrity services and systems testing at a non-profit for two years. She now enjoys focusing on testing for Objective Systems, LLC.

Meredith Dittmar is a graphic designer with more than 20 years of related experience. Her specialties include logos and corporate identity systems, websites, print publications, and presentations. She is proficient in Adobe Creative Suite products such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Other skills include photography, animation, proofreading, and illustration. With experience working in both public and private organizations, Meredith emphasizes hands-on project management and ongoing customer service. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in studio art from the University of New Hampshire.

Taylor Williams is the most creative runner of Cat 5 cable in the area. He will find a way to route the cable over ducts, through cinder block or under flooring. He has hand-built a server rack and modified server rack supports to fit a cabinet. He continually receives compliments on how pleasant he is to work with. And, he's done multiple installs of equipment, operating systems and software. He's the "go to" guy of Objective Systems.

Mary Granger is our on-call support for our Montana node. She has assisted in re-programming the router and setting up scripts for backup. She is proficient in both Windows and Macintosh environments. When an emergency occurs, Mary is there to help us.