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Abstract

Tom, a NWCPP member, will introduce his company, Intuitive Edge Corp., and Datatypes++, Intuitive Edge’s first product. Datatypes++ is a C++ class library for Windows that extends C++’s datatypes to text, exact numeric, date, time, binary, bitset and others. Tom will start by covering the process of starting a software company and the evolution of the company’s accomplishments and goals. The primary body of the talk will focus on dreaming up an idea for a software product and bringing it to market. Tom encourages members to download the beta 1 version of Datatypes++ from the Intuitive Edge Web site , www.IntuitiveEdge.com. This way, he can field specific questions about the product and the design decisions he has made about the product.

Bio

About Tom Dowdell:

• Programming since 1982, professionally since 1986, C since 1987, C++ since 1991
• Graduated from Nicholls State University in Louisiana in 1987 with Computer Science B.S.
• Developed a free-form database product for PCs in Pascal, Torrent!, (independent of full time job) which achieved limited success
• Hired by Microsoft in 1990 as a Software Design Engineer in the SQL Server database group
• Left Microsoft in 1996 to start a software company, Intuitive Edge
• After 2 years R&D, focused specifically on designing a C++ class library, Datatypes++