Gunnar
Skogsholm - President and Chief Software Architect
Gunnar
is a senior software architect, with expertise in custom software development
of business and engineering windows applications.Special
interests include rapid, object oriented C++ development, XML, Business
Applications, and real-time embedded control systems. Gunnar has been writing
software since he was 14 years old.As a
college lab assistant, he created a graphics software package that was used to
create a new course on engineering graphics.He
earned his Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from Gannon
University in 3 ½ years.As an aircraft
generator engineer at Sundstrand Corporation, he designed portions of a new 3
stage synchronous generator, and as simulation lead, he coordinated the
simulation effort for the Boeing 777 Electric Power Generating System.At
AEG, he designed algorithms to implement moving block algorithms for trains.At
General Electric, he designed a generic control class library, and provided
technical leadership to the development team.The
class library formed the foundation for controlling the new GE AC6000
locomotive.At ARINC, he provided
technical leadership for a 2000 requirement custom software project for Trane.He
designed a generic application framework based, and completed the project on
time and under budget.He served as the
VP of development for a small Maryland company and architected a comprehensive
accounting suite for law firms.This work
included the recruitment and management of 15 remote software engineers,
extensive database design, and active participation in design, development, and
analysis of the application software.The
project, implemented in 1.5 years, consisted of 57 C++ windows applications,
specified by 5872 requirements. At Conning Asset Management, he has been
working on insurance related actuarial software using Microsoft's DotNet
technologies. Gunnar created
Couloir Software and designed a generic framework utilizing a new XML based
software technology for creating web enabled, SQL based, GUI applications.