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I am a 2007-2011 MS Access MVP Awardee

Why You Need My Expertise

I started Grover Park Consulting to solve one common problem:

Smaller businesses and organizations need the same business tools used by Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. We just need them in a more accessible, more affordable, format.

Smart Tools

Every business needs tools to

• manage productivity
• track personnel records
• control inventory
• and dozens of other activities

For example, I began my own business career as an independent insurance agent, learning how to market products and services, manage employees, control expenses, and balance many competing demands on scarce time and resources.

Back then, I mostly had to do it the old fashioned way, with paper and pencils. However, from that experience, I learned the value of investing in automated systems to track and control everything from my daily calendar of appointments to the most recent sales results. Every successful small business owner performs those functions day in and day out. We just need the right tools to do it. I believe there is a place for cost-effective, easy-to-use business tools that fall somewhere between one-size-fits-all, off-the-shelf software packages and the multi-million dollar Information Management Systems built by corporate IT staffs.

Building Smart Tools for Smart Businesses

Today I design and build these automated tools, which I call "Smart Tools", at reasonable cost for the small and medium sized organizations which are the backbone of our economy.

Large Project Experience

For a a little over two years, I was a Senior Development Advisor on the staff at Advisicon, a Portland, Oregon based Project Management and Development company. I delivered or helped deliver extended projects for a large sports clothing and equipment manufacturer in Oregon, and a large government agency, headquartered in Portland. I also supported several of our small business clients in and around Portland. Working for a Project Management organization exposed me to both the concepts and principals of good project management and to the tools they use, specifically MS Project^© and MS Project Server^©.

Delivering Production Access Databases

Most recently I was on the staff of Data and Domains, a Seattle area database development organization. Working with the professionals at D & D enabled me to do a lot of SQL Server and Access work for a variety of organizations, including successful entrepreneurs, Not-For-Profit, and other organizations.

SharePoint and Access Web Services

I'm working with some of my former colleagues at Advisicon on a new book on Access 2010 and SharePoint. Look for it early in 2011.

Take a look at Grover Park George on Access.

As soon as our book on Access and SharePoint is completed, I'll be gearing up to do a new edition of GPG on Access.