Paul Cronk

Current

• Consultant at SoftWin Consulting

Past

• InstallShield Consultant at Renesas Technology Corp.
• InstallShield Consultant at EVault, Inc
• InstallShield Developer/Consultant at Citation Technology Inc

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant at SecureWare Solutions Ltd.
• InstallShield Consultant at Redclay Consulting
• InstallShield Developer/Consultant at FICS Loanware
• InstallShield Developer/Consultant at Scribe Software Corp.
• InstallShield Developer/Consultant at DeskTop Alert, Inc.
• InstallShield Developer/Consultant at Network World
• InstallShield Developer/Consultant at Pitney Bowes
• InstallShield Developer/Consultant at Ardence, Inc.
• InstallShield Developer/Consultant at Factiva – a Dow Jones Company
• InstallShield Developer/Consultant at Artisoft, Inc.
• InstallShield Developer/Consultant at SteelPoint Technologies
• InstallShield Developer/Consultant at Sentillion, Inc.
• InstallShield Developer/Consultant at Caradas Inc
• InstallShield Developer/Consultant at Bridgeline Software
• InstallShield Developer/Consultant at Sony Electronics
• InstallShield Developer/Consultant at Nelson Technology Associates, Inc.
• InstallShield Consultant at TF Software

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Education

• University of Massachusetts Boston

Recommended

3 people have recommended Paul

Connections

60 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website
• My Company
• Weir River Malamutes

Paul Cronk’s Summary

InstallShield and Microsoft Setup Development since 1995.

Microsoft Windows Development since 1990.
C/C++ since 1990 – 64/32/16 bit 2008/Vista/2003/XP/2000/NT 4.0

Setup Development
InstallShield 2008
InstallShield 12.0
InstallShield 11.5
InstallShield 11.0
InstallShield 10.5
InstallShield 10.0
InstallShield 9.0
InstallShield 8.0
InstallShield 7.0
InstallShield 6.0
InstallShield 5.5
InstallShield 5.0
InstallShield Professional for Windows Installer
InstallShield Multi-Platform Enterprise Edition
InstallShield Express
InstallShield PackagefortheWeb
InstallShield WebUpdate
InstallShield Update Server

Microsoft
Visual Studio .Net 2008
Visual Studio .Net 2005
Visual Studio .Net 2003
Visual Studio .Net 2002
Visual Studio 6.0
Visual Studio 5.0
MFC, J++, VB, ASP, DHTML, JScript, VBScript, ActiveX, ADO, ATL
COM, DCOM, ISAPI, SMTP, …
Platform SDK – 2008, Vista, XP, 2000, …
Windows Installer API (MSI)
Custom Actions in C, C++, VBScript, JavaScript, & InstallScript
Setup SDK, Orca, IEAK, CAB/Code Sign SDK, …
Device Drivers Kit (DDK) – Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, ...

Other:
VMWare Workstation, VPN, VSS, Perforce, SourceOffSite, ClearCase,
CVS, Active Setup

Paul Cronk’s Specialties:

Setup Development Specialist - InstallShield and Windows Installer (MSI) technologies, Setup API and C++

Paul Cronk’s Experience

• Consultant

  SoftWin Consulting

  (Computer Software industry)

  February 1999 — Present (10 years 10 months)

  Software Design and Development - Microsoft Windows and some Unix.
  · InstallShield – Premier, Developer, Enterprise, Standard, Professional, Windows Installer, Multi-Platform, Java Edition, WebUpdate, PackageForTheWeb, InstallFromTheWeb, Express
  · Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI), Setup SDK, Platform SDK, Cab SDK
  · C, C++, VBScript, JScript, InstallScript, Windows Scripting Host
  · SoftWin Setup Library – 83 C++ classes designed specifically for Setup development.
  · SoftWin Prerequisite Installer – A DHTML skinned executable to install setup prerequisites.
  · SoftWin Dynamic Runtime Library – implements InstallShield IDE functionality using custom script language to dynamically define installation objects at install time.
  · Custom C++, VBScript, JavaScript, Perl & Shell script
  · MFC Extension DLL’s and custom InstallShield Objects using C++.
  · Installations for Internet and CD distribution, Web front ends, OneClick, Cross-platform, and many third party packages.

• InstallShield Consultant

  Renesas Technology Corp.

  (Computer Hardware industry)

  2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

  InstallShield 2008, Vista Platform SDK, Visual Studio 2005 – Two new Basic MSI installs to install tools, SDKs, and 7 prerequisite packages on XP & Vista with .Net & Flash.

• InstallShield Consultant

  EVault, Inc

  (Computer Hardware industry)

  2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

  InstallShield 2008, Vista Platform SDK, Visual Studio 2005, Windows Server 2008 DDK. – New 32/64 bit Basic MSI install & C++ custom actions, and 3 prerequisites to install multiple legacy device drivers on XP, W2K3, Vista & W2K8.

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant

  Citation Technology Inc

  (Computer Software industry)

  2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant

  SecureWare Solutions Ltd.

  (Computer Software industry)

  2006 — 2008 (2 years )

• InstallShield Consultant

  Redclay Consulting

  (Computer Software industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant

  FICS Loanware

  (Computer Software industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

  InstallShield 2008, Visual Studio 2005 – Port 32 InstallShield 5.5 installs with Delphi frontend to 32/64 bit Basic MSI install. – 2 new Basic MSI installs & C++ custom actions that allowed building 16 different product package images using the same code base on W2K, XP, W2K3 with IIS & .Net.

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant

  Scribe Software Corp.

  (Computer Software industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

  InstallShield 2008, Visual Studio 2005 – Port InstallShield 7.0 InstallScript based installs with VB frontend to InstallShield 2008. 4 new merge modules and 2 new basic MSI installs & C++ custom actions for product installs, framework for rapid development of many adapters installs on W2K, XP, W2K3 & Vista with IIS, ODBC & .Net.

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant

  DeskTop Alert, Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year )

  InstallShield 12.0, Visual Studio 2003 – Two new Basic MSI installs to install server and client packages on W2K & XP with IIS & .Net.

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant

  Network World

  (Newspapers industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

  InstallShield 12, Update Service, HTML, VBScript – Update Manager customization for delivery of ePublication.

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant

  Pitney Bowes

  (Computer Hardware industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

  InstallShield 11.5, Visual Studio 2003, 2003 Platform DSDK, 2003 DDK, DifX – Port Wise script install to new Basic MSI to install Control Panel application, Serial Printer & USB PnP drivers targeting 18 languages for two sales channels on W2K, XP, W2K3 & Vista with .Net.

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant

  Ardence, Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

  InstallShield 12.0, Visual Studio 2003, 2003 Platform SDK, SetupAPI, XP DDK – 15 new merge module & 2 new Basic MSI 32/64 bit installs to install multiple legacy drivers, client & server packages with multiple edition/package configurations, and build scripts for W2K, XP, W2K3.

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant

  Factiva – a Dow Jones Company

  (Computer Software industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year )

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant

  Artisoft, Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

  InstallShield 11.0, Merge Modules, ADO, SQL, Platform SDK, .Net 2003/C++, VSS, Lotus Notes – Small to Large Business Telephony system utilizing 3rd party hardware/drivers, SQL Server 7.0/2000, MSDE 1.0 & 2.0. Numerous 3rd party controls. Install Clean, Version Upgrade, Rollback on 2000, XP & 2003. Merge Module, Nested Basic MSI installs. Custom Controls including ADO to retrieve install critical data. Mentor new Setup/Packaging Engineer. Advise on install package architecture to for optimal use in-house & customer sites.

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant

  SteelPoint Technologies

  (Computer Software industry)

  2004 — 2004 (less than a year)

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant

  Sentillion, Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years )

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant

  Caradas Inc

  (Computer Software industry)

  2001 — 2002 (1 year )

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant

  Bridgeline Software

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; BLSW; Internet industry)

  2001 — 2001 (less than a year)

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant

  Sony Electronics

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SNE; Consumer Electronics industry)

  2001 — 2001 (less than a year)

  InstallShield Professional Standard Edition, SetupAPI, DDK, VC++, VSS - Tape Drive Device Driver install and uninstall for NT 4.0, 2000 & XP.

• InstallShield Developer/Consultant

  Nelson Technology Associates, Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  2001 — 2001 (less than a year)

  InstallShield Professional 5.5 – Inventory package. Debug and fix client install for Access97 based package to install correctly and configure ODBC DNS, on Windows 95/98/98SE with MS Access2000 installed.

• InstallShield Consultant

  TF Software

  (Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 1999 (less than a year)

Paul Cronk’s Education

• University of Massachusetts Boston

Additional Information

Paul Cronk’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company
• Weir River Malamutes

Paul Cronk’s Interests:

Breeding and raising Alaskan Malamutes, Reading, Software Development, Wood Working

Paul Cronk’s Groups:

•    Application Packaging Engineers
•    MSI Packagers
•    Weir River Malamutes
•    Installer Development Consultants

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