Karen Lahey is one of the founders of Huron Valley Software Consulting. She has over twenty-five years of experience designing, implementing, and managing the development of software products and custom applications. She has developed software for database applications, LAN/WAN communications, machine control, graphics, user interfaces, materials handling, real-time systems, and operating systems. She has:

• Managed first line development groups in several business areas.
• Experience in job estimation, scheduling, and project management.
• Skilled in Visual C++ with MFC, Visual FoxPro, SQL, PL/SQL, DHTML, SGML, C, Borland C++, PL/1, FORTRAN, BASIC, and assembler languages for numerous machines
• Experience with a wide variety of platforms (personal computers to mainframe, LAN, WAN, etc.), including Windows 2000/98/95/NT/3.x, UNIX with X Windows and MOTIF, IBM MVS and VM, QNX, vxWorks, VRTX, and OS/9. Ms. Lahey has hands-on experience with Intel, Motorola, IBM 370, Data General, HP, DEC, and other hardware environments.

This section briefly lists some of the many successful projects Ms Lahey has led:

• Developed IIS Application to serve data from a TM1 database
• Designed and developed several Active X controls and DLLs, using C++ and MFC, for use with Visual FoxPro.
• Integrated application with Lotus Notes, using both Notes database development and the API.
• Created text translators to convert service manuals to online presentation format. Consulted in the design of an authoring system used to create automotive service information.
• Managed software department responsible for a user configurable data acquisition and control product. Developed new graphical user interface that runs on both MS Windows and X Windows.
• Developed software for a communications device supporting multiple communication protocols
• Developed a directory database service (X.500 like) to be used with X.400 mail,
• Combined the session and transport layers of a proprietary LAN operating system on the PC.
• Managed development of a successful executive information system.
• Developed real time linking technology years before DLLs existed.
• Developed presentation graphics and a business graphics language.
• Designed and implemented a relational database and application generator for the IBM PC.
• Designed, implemented, documented and installed material handling systems.

B.S., cum laude, Computer Science, University of Michigan 1973
  

Huron Valley Software Consulting LLC    
702 Sunset Rd.    
Ann Arbor, MI  48103    
(734) 797-1675    
klahey@hvsc.com