QUAKER PARK APPLICATIONS

I've been doing business as Quaker Park Applications since April of 1990. The focus of my work has been the development of software applications that try to make sense out of complexity. Before starting QPA, I was a staff member at Arthur D. Little for thirteen years, and then manager of Consulting and Educational services at Gold Hill Computers for three years... For one of the original computer service providers, I developed AutoScan which was an automated system for reading and classifying bulletin board messages. This was used to identify those messages that needed a look by the moderators to determine if the content, was offensive, illegal or off-topic. At its peak the system was processing over 2.5 million messages per week. (Quite a lot at the time when you consider the alternative of the moderators reading each message before posting.