There is only one principal -- Greg Shannan, B.Sc.(Math - McGill), M.Sc.(Comp.Sc. - UBC)

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Greg Shannan has been programming computers since 1966; on mainframes, minis, and Personal computers and networks.

His specialty is system design, bolstered by the ability to understand both the user and their problem domain and, as important, the tools used to solve the user's problems. His experience in programming is wide: from applications programming, to system programming to research in language design and artificial intelligence. Recently mostly software design and programming in business support systems and radio engineering systems. Some of the areas of exposure in the non-academic world are:-

• Radio Engineering
• Logging
• Accounting Systems
• Health Care and Medical
• Advertising

Ignoring mainframe, mini and DOS systems, recent systems used include:-

• Windows:-
  • C++ with MFC
  • Visual Basic
  • MS Access
• Unix (HP/Compaq/Digital/Linux):-
  • C with full advanced system interface
  • Ingres relational database programming
  • Microsoft SQL Server database programming
• Web and Internet:-
  • HTML
  • ASP on IIS using both VBScript and Javascript
  • PHP on Apache using MySQL
  • .NET development and C sharp