Daniel Sternklar
dan@clearstarinternational.com
Daniel Sternklar has over 27 years experience in business process analysis, sales, joint ventures, website creation and promotion, commercial data processing, and multimedia production. Mr. Sternklar has impressed clients with the depth, breadth, creativity and quickness he regularly demonstrates on even his most technically challenging assignments. This includes real-time computer controls, specialized computer monitoring systems, networks, graphic and image processing, securing networks and desktops from malware, object oriented software development and application of database technology. This expertise provides the background required to operate from the lowest machine level code to artificial intelligence-based development systems. This experience provides Daniel Sternklar the ability and background to analyze your needs and requirements to choose the right tools for the job.
Capabilities
Needs and
workflow analysis, software design and development, training, support, software
and hardware recommendations. Coordinated and managed development among
developers who were geographically separated by hundreds and thousands of
miles. Unique use of telecommunications and software version tracking was
implemented. Written documentation and proposals.
Executive technical advisor. Co-development
with MIS staff of various clients. Conducted classes
for non-computer literate personnel as well as data processing professionals.
Administered complete client satisfaction as a
“word-of-mouth” marketing campaign. Presided on
software and hardware manufacturer committees to determine needs and future
directions. Alpha and beta test new hardware and software.
Administration of
Sample Projects
Help Desk
and Network Administration
Secured
desktop computers by installing anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, various
security updates and other software. Performed updates
of windows, software drivers, and Microsoft office software. Disinfected
computers infected by various spyware, virus, trojans, and other malware. Recovered data off of damaged hard drives. Built custom desktop and server computers. Configured
wireless and wired networks. Secured wireless routers.
User administration. Liaison between
Video Production
Provided various videos for corporate and government clients including training, special events, press releases, product promotion, web encoding and more. Producing music videos complete with computer animation and complex virtual set composition and post production. Have created a library of 3D stereoscopic video footage ranging from fashion shows, nature shoots, architectural walkthroughs, aerial, special events, product promotion, tourism, and much more. Participating in the evolution of uncompressed digital video non-linear editing systems by contributing to the software, hardware and workflow development.
Video and image encoding, compression and streaming content
Provided video and image encoding, compression, watermarking, and streaming content services for various websites and intranets.
Website Template Technology
Created web template technologies that would enable non-computer literate users to update their own coorporate web content. Areas such as news, events, job announcements, images, and more could be updated by simply filling in a webform. The database engines behind the website would then dynamically create webpages for visitors to the site.
Website Design and Integration
Developed, designed and Implemented various intranet/internet web sites using the
latest internet technologies. Java Applets, ActiveX, Netscape Plugins, Streaming video/audio, VRML, Active Server Pages, Onlive Servers, database integration, Domino, PHP, MYSQL,
animated agents, and more were utilized. Animated agents were used to allow the
visually impaired to have the website content read to them, and also
functioning as, tour guides and teachers.
Conversion
of Revelation financial application to an Oracle ASP database system
Developed methodology and procedures to convert a revelation system to oracle. Remapping of data structures, new interest calculations, intelligent agent cleansing of inaccurate data, and dual system testing were among the many tasks. Ongoing support and enhancement of the revelation application was also a requirement.
Advanced Revelation Document Tracking System
Interacted with over 20 users and various department heads and project managers to upgrade, debug, and support an Advanced Revelation document tracking system. Innovative audit techniques, indexing, and user input workflow were developed. Critical reports were generated to prove government regulations and compliance to congressional mandates were adhered to.
Managed Care Workflow Automation
Developed
a suite of products utilizing proprietary event-based scaleable parallel
processing, and data harvesting and reporting technology that brings automation
to the managed care administrative process. Parallel processing refers
to the powerful capability for PCs to share the load of processing
transactions, running reports, executing business rules, executing mass
communications (e-mail, faxing, mail merges). These
products help to achieve significant cost savings through head count reduction
of administrative personnel and operating efficiencies that benefit insurers,
provider networks and their respective enrollees.
These products provide what is normally considered mainframe mission-critical power for its unique managed care activities such as:
• Harvesting authorization requests entered via touch tone phone
• Harvesting, processing, and automatically adjudicating claims entered via touch tone phone.
• Continual creation of management reporting information customized to each division’s specifications.
• Execution of large numbers of automated business rules, e.g., route automated e-mail and history when a patient is admitted to hospital; escalate a customer service case if not completed in X number of hours/days.
• Atomic Structure. Granular events are the building blocks for automating workflow and creating Corporate Memory for all Paradigm 7 software modules. Each event record has timestamp (effective and end date/times), user, security, and rule execution information embedded. The following are examples of events:
• Linking of a name to roles, organizations, categories, addresses, etc. When any of these attributes change over time, older versions are end-dated, new ones have new effective dates, and the indexing system adjusts to the new view.
• Requesting or executing any type of communication including mail, fax, e-mail, paging, setting up a meeting between people or automated processes.
• Opening or closing a "Case" to be tracked and completed. Each case manager’s response, action, etc.
Secure "Corporate Memory." Each record (Events, Names, Addresses, Roles, Cases, Providers, Claims, Fees, Benefits, etc.) in the system has time-stamp, security, routing, and rule execution information embedded when it is created. Updates are new versions with new effective dates (all date/time information is stored internally in UTC, Universal Time).
Customizable Intelligence. Each access of a record (read, write, delete) is intercepted by the rules engine before presentation to a user or before written to disk. System rules and custom rules are then processed, some in real time, some delayed for later execution.
Scaleable
Parallel Processing. Accommodates the large numbers of
rules that might be queued up to be executed. If an additional PC or PCs
are added to increase processing power,TPS
agents automatically start sharing tasks with the newly joined member(s). OpenInsight, Advanced Revelation, Visual Basic, SQL Server,
Show and Tell were the development environments. Integration with Windows
Training Tracking and Evaluation System
Developed and designed new
capabilities for a corporate training and evaluation system. OpenInsight was the development environment. Novell
networking was used. Provided support and debugging for users. Client data was
converted from various other databases into the system.
PowerPay Software HR/Payroll System/Ceridian
Designed, developed,
tested, and converted a complex tightly integrated sequential Advanced
Revelation application to an object oriented event driven Windows application
environment called Openinsight. Development included
dataset objects, low level select tools, windows
Service Operations System
PC Single
user or network package which includes Service Request, Work Order, Field
Reporting, Invoicing, and Historical Tracking. Unusual
Integration between Inventory & Installation modules with still video
images of parts and installation techniques. This software package was
developed with the cooperation of twelve
different clients. Advanced Revelation and OpenInsight
were the development environment. Client data was
converted from various other databases into the system. Novell networking was
used. C and assembler programming used for multimedia integration. Customer
demographics and other data was integrated with the
MapInfo environment.
Payroll
Integrated
data between legacy systems and PC HR systems.
Crime Reporting Information System
Crime scene incident
reporting and statistical summaries for federal reporting for several law enforcement agencies. Revelation and
Advanced Revelation was the development environment. Client data was
converted from various other databases into the system.
Health Care Marketing Utilization System
Raw mainframe data was converted into management reports. Patient demographics, Operating room logging, DRG statistics, Procedure statistics, Insurance provider tracking, and profitability reports . Software was used by several hospitals and market research firms. Revelation and Advanced Revelation was the development environment. Lotus 123 was integrated with the revelation data to allow data analysis. Novell networking was used.
Medical Records Activity Tracking
Standard Operating Procedure Document Tracking
Revision dates, Procedure
merit, Station utilization, and many other statistics organized in a useful
form for many critical decisions. Software was used for the federal government.
Advanced Revelation was the development environment along with integration with
Word and WordPerfect. Novell networking was used.
Wind Tunnel Data Acquisition & Data Reduction
Real-time analysis of
tunnel data including heat transfer and other
aerodynamics parameters including graphical display. Assembly language
was the development environment.
Hypnotist
Innovative mass marketed
program for the home which included habit modification, super-learning,
biofeedback, and regression. Assembly language and basic was the development
environment. Various graphic and audio design tools were used as well.
Computer Animation, Modeling and Multimedia applications
Many
Original 2D and 3D computer animations that were used for broadcast or in
industrial Videos. Custom kiosk information systems
design and implementation. Various multimedia tools used.
Virtual Reality Applications Pioneer
Devised an original
approach to Virtual Reality Applications that utilize a "second-person
unencumbered" interface. Applications include Virtual worlds connected via
satellite, physical therapy, entertainment, education and more. Proprietary
environments were created and used.
Interactive Agent Technology Pioneer
Animated desktop agents
implemented in various client applications to inform and respond to user
requests.
Stereoscopic Video Production
Using
leading edge technology to produce 3d videos and 3d imagery.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Hardware:
Operating Systems
MSDOS, Windows, Windows 95,
Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Linux,
Caldera, Novell
Application Environments
Revelation, Advanced
Revelation, OpenInsight, SQL client/server , Visual
Basic,
Internet Application Tools
Microsoft Visual InterDev, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft FrontPage, Macromedia UltraDev, Macromedia Flash, PHP, ASP, MYSQL, various opensource tools, HotDog Professional, ShockWave, Vivo Professional Tools, Mbed Interactor, Various web Page/VRML Editors, Java Applets, VBScript, JavaScript, IIS; Netscape; Domino Web Servers.
Internet Technologies
Content management systems,
blogging/vlog software, podcasts, shoutcast, e-commerce shopping carts, web template
technologies, authorize.net gateway, mobile applications, interactive agents,
text to speech technologies, web video compression, web galleries, anti-spyware, anti-virus, firewall technologies, Linux Cpanel and WHM server administration.
Multimedia and Image Processing Environments
Commercial Computer Wide Area & Database Network Systems
Compuserve, GENIE, BIX, Portal,
Teaching Experience
Advanced Revelation and OpenInsight Classes for users as well as DP Professionals. Computer literacy classes. DeskTop Video and Multimedia uniquely designed 12 week course. Introduction and advanced internet training including web navigation, workflow collaboration, Video Conferencing, 3d Space Navigation and Creation, and plugin capabilities.
Digital Dictation and Voice Recognition System
Installation and configuration of the Unified Voice Network Dictanet System.