Kristyne McDaniel

Current

• Consulting Software Developer, Owner at McStyles Software LLC

Past

• Independent Associate at Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
• Co-Owner at Shamrock Trails Ranch
• Co-Owner at Emryld Advantage

• Consultant - Software Developer at Tax Compliance, Inc.
• Information Analyst at EDS
• Consultant - Software Developer at Countrywide
• Consultant - Software Developer at P+W Software Inc
• Software Developer at SAIC
• Software Developer at General Dynamics
• Mechanical Engineer at General Dynamics
• Engineering Technician at FMC Corporation, Northern Ornance Division

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Education

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• North Hennepin Community College

Recommended

3 people have recommended Kristyne

Connections

30 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company
• My Website

Kristyne McDaniel’s Summary

Senior level software developer with more than 20 years experience in the development of software for business and engineering applications. Intimate knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP). Expertise over the full software life cycle cross-platform, multi-user software for Windows and Macintosh computers. Author of articles in various trade magazines and newsletters about cross-platform development, presenter at Southern California user groups, and co-author of a reference book on VMS DCL programming for the DEC VAX.

Kristyne McDaniel’s Specialties:

Visual FoxPro, MySQL, SQL Server, ASP, PHP, C

Kristyne McDaniel’s Experience

• Consulting Software Developer, Owner

  McStyles Software LLC

  (Information Services industry)

  January 1992 — Present (17 years 7 months)

  Custom Software development for various clients hosted on Windows, Macintosh, and Unix/Linux. Visual FoxPro OOP and FoxPro applications; Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs) in C/C++; Web software development in ASP, PHP, and XML/XSLT. Database development using VFP, MySQL, and SQL Server.

• Independent Associate

  Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; PPD; Legal Services industry)

  May 2008 — October 2008 (6 months)

  Small Business Specialist focused on legal services plans for businesses from 1-100 employees.

• Co-Owner

  Shamrock Trails Ranch

  (Ranching industry)

  January 2001 — October 2008 (7 years 10 months)

  AKC Siberian Husky puppies

• Co-Owner

  Emryld Advantage

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  Small Business Specialist in the fields of software development, health insurance, and legal services plans

• Consultant - Software Developer

  Tax Compliance, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2007 — October 2007 (10 months)

• Information Analyst

  EDS

  (Public Company; Information Services industry)

  February 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 8 months)

  Software developer specializing in back-end processing using Visual FoxPro, web site development using ASP, JavaScript, ADO, XML, and XSLT. Developed front and back end applications for Toshiba's Warranty Services project, as well as tools for use by developers.

• Consultant - Software Developer

  Countrywide

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Services industry)

  June 2003 — February 2004 (9 months)

  Enhancements and upgrades to the Edge loan origination software. Import software using XML/XSLT.

• Consultant - Software Developer

  P+W Software Inc

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  November 1998 — November 2002 (4 years 1 month)

  Software architect for Windows system. Initiated port of software from Clipper Summer '87 in DOS to Visual FoxPro for Windows. Designed custom OOP framework and created methodologies for the GUI, import, and data structures.

• Software Developer

  SAIC

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Services industry)

  June 1989 — December 1991 (2 years 7 months)

  Software development work in support of an artificial neural systems board. Cross-compiler development work in C, built the linker/librarian and supported the development of the custom assembler and C compiler. Worked on the B1B Technical Support System, integrating the AutoCad drawings of damage repairs with the Ingres database, hosted on a Unix system.

• Software Developer

  General Dynamics

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

  1988 — 1989 (1 year)

  Simulation software for submarine target acquisition, reduce aircraft radar cross-section, Fortran to OCCAM translator

• Mechanical Engineer

  General Dynamics

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

  1984 — 1988 (4 years)

  Primary responsibility for software supporting Hybrid BiStatic Radar targeting simulations. Engineering lead for preliminary design of satellite power systems for static and dynamic thermal energy supporting the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Software design and analysis in support of ballistic missile battle engagement simulations

• Engineering Technician

  FMC Corporation, Northern Ornance Division

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

  July 1981 — December 1983 (2 years 6 months)

  Market analysis and proposal writing for New Business Development - Army Marketing

Kristyne McDaniel’s Education

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  BME , Mechanical Engineering , 1981 — 1984

• North Hennepin Community College

  AA , General Liberal Arts and Business , 1979 — 1983

  Pre-engineering and business coursework.

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Theta Kappa

Additional Information

Kristyne McDaniel’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website

Kristyne McDaniel’s Interests:

Visual FoxPro, web development, software development, programming, Siberian Huskies, Lindal Cedar Homes

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