Oh dear.  Just new to this site, love the idea of ONLY experts answering questions (and avoiding the cacophony of everyone else) let's see what happens ...

We are result-oriented, making sure you get a tangible Deliverable for your money.  We fix four aspects of any project or assignment, large or small:
" Fixed Quality (we only produce work that is compliant to external and internal standards)
" Fixed Deliverable (that has to be clearly identified before-hand)
Those are not negotiable.  Additionally you can choose one of:
" Fixed Price
" Fixed Delivery Date

Not available for long-term assignments; but we always have time for short assignments, performance and tuning, improving your database in-place, and ongoing mentoring.

info@softwaregems.com.au
+61 (0)4 1936 1345

Solaris: Sybase ASE, EAS, FFS ...
Apple: iWork, OmniGraffle, Eudora, iLife, iPhoto ...
DBArtisan, PowerDesigner ...

Database Guru: 32 years in databases (yes, folks there were real transactional Dbs before relational was invented). Performance & Tuning; Database Design; HP Transactions; Standards.  Sybase.  Standards. Top-Down approach: you understand the law of diminishing returns.  Standards.  Design integrity.   Standards.  Designing software (database + applications) that do not break, and are easily extensible.  Standards.  How to avoid 99% of the problems out there.  Standards.  10 years true consulting and support, before venturing out on my own.  Standards.  17 Financial industry experience.  Standards.

I get my kicks from making DBs perform one or two orders of magnitude faster.

Tune machines, symphonise databases, ride Arabians, chase women, hunt deer, fight fires.  Ensure I do not switch them around.  NSW A Grade shooter.  Accomplished endurance rider.  Active FireFighter (volunteer) Bush Fire Service. Previously Boy Scout leader.  Permaculture.