About Me
Hello, my name is Jon Scott. I started my computer career as an IBM AS/400 system operator at Landstar Systems, Inc. in 1995. Moved on to Novell/Windows networking then finally self-taught my way into Windows programming with Delphi 2.0. That was just the beginning.
Companies I worked for include:
- Landstar Systems, Inc.
- Blue Ocean Software, Inc.
- Intuit Information Technologies
- Numara Software, Inc. (presently)
Development environments include:
- Build scripts (Batch files, NMAKE, MSBUILD)
- C++ (Visual Studio .NET 2003)
- C# (Visual Studio 2005-2010)
- Delphi 2-7
- InstallShield Express/InstallShield Professional 6.3-2011
- NullSoft Script Installer
- Visual Basic 6.0
Development technologies include (but not limited to):
- .NET Framework 2-4
- Application Extensions (DLLs)
- ASP/HTML/Javascript
- ASP.NET/MVC 3
- COM, Type Libraries
- Console applications
- Crystal Reports
- Email communications (POP3/SMTP, Lotus, Exchange Server)
- MTS Web Server applications
- Nevrona Designs Reports
- Windows 32/64-bit applications, desktop and client-server apps
- Windows Services
- XML
Database experience include:
- Advantage Database Server
- Borland Database Engine
- Microsoft SQL Server 7.0-2008/MSDE/SQL Server Express 2005 & 2008
- Microsoft Access
- Oracle 8i-11g
I've been fighting an everyday battle with RP since I was diagnosed in 1987 after complaining about it to my parents for a couple of years. RP (Retinitis Pigmentosis) is an incurable eye disease that damages the retina gradually over the years. However, I don't let that stop me.
When I'm not working too hard, I enjoy time with my wife and 3 kids. I also do a lot of photography as a hobby, and you can see some of my photos here (go to the "Public" photos).