George Hepworth

Current

• Development Advisor at Advisicon

Past

• Owner at Grover Park Consulting
• Consultant at Archive-CD
• Database Analyst at Premera Blue Cross

• Instructional Designer at Safeco

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Education

• Utah State University

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Industry

Computer Software

George Hepworth’s Summary

George specializes in designing and building custom data management systems for small and medium sized businesses.

We build database solutions using MS Access and MS SQL Server.
We analyze organization workflows and design data management processes to support them.

George Hepworth’s Specialties:

I specialize in revising existing databases (primarily table schema) which are not performing as expected. Inappropriate table design is the most common reason "home-grown" databases are inflexible, inefficient and prone to collecting bad data.

Normalization, or the process of converting bad table design to good table design, is one of my key strengths. I build relational models that work now, scale up as your business grows, and offer flexibility as your business model changes.

George Hepworth’s Experience

• Development Advisor

  Advisicon

  (Computer Software industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

• Owner

  Grover Park Consulting

  (Computer Software industry)

  March 2003 — June 2008 (5 years 4 months)

  Doing business as Grover Park Consulting, I provide Data Management Services to small and medium sized organizations.
  
  My specialty is working with existing databases (MS Access or MS SQL Server) to resolve design and performance problems.
  
  The most important element in creating databases that are efficient, flexible and scalable is to start with a solid data model, or table schema. I follow the principles of Normalization--supplemented with my own conceptual models of table design--to make your database work better for you.
  
  I wrote Grover Park George On Access as a guide for new Access users based, in part, on my own experience. It is the book I looked for, and couldn't find, when I was just starting out with Access.

• Consultant

  Archive-CD

  (Computer Software industry)

  2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

• Database Analyst

  Premera Blue Cross

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Insurance industry)

  April 2001 — February 2003 (1 year 11 months)

  Developing Custom Databases(MS Access) for units and departments within the organization

• Instructional Designer

  Safeco

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SAF; Insurance industry)

  1988 — 2001 (13 years )

George Hepworth’s Education

• Utah State University

  MS , English with an Emphasis in TESL , 1972 — 1978

Additional Information

George Hepworth’s Interests:

Data Modeling Data Management

George Hepworth’s Groups:

Pacific NW Access Developers Group

•    MVP@work - most valuable professionals
•    Safeco Alumni Network
•    Auto FE Updater

George Hepworth’s Honors:

Microsoft MVP For Access, 2007
CPCU
ARM

George Hepworth’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
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