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Kelvin Sparks

Nelson,
New Zealand

Web Page:

http://www.nelsondata.co.nz

Member Since: 2004/03/11

Industry: Computer & IT

Top Skills:

Microsoft Access Microsoft SQL Server

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Work in Access and Access over SQL Server. Learned through many years of experience, been playing with various versions of Access since 1992.

Have built this up to a small business employing 2 other staff. Mainly working on NZ Central and Local government contracts and redeveloping software packages. Provide DBA services (SQL Server and Oracle) to a large multinational company. Business offers full web development.

Provide most development and support via remote systems and support clients from one end of New Zealand to the other - in some cases have never visited the client or even met them.

Am available for any development work that can be supported and delivered via a remotelink (RDP, Citrix, Terminal Server etc....) Email kelvin [at]nelsondata[dot]co[dot]nz

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