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Kent Phelps heads software development for WitsEnds Software, and is the author of the products offered at this web site. Kent is trained as a physicist and mathematician, and is, as well, a Mensan, pilot, sailor, auto racer, luthier, and guitarist. He has written articles for PC Magazine and business journals.

Kent has more than thirty years' experience in the computer industry, including skills in PICK operating systems, DOS-based Windows programming, and management, accounting, and consulting experience with Fortune 500 companies. Kent's background has included: technical sales and support for national computer companies, vice president and general manager of a computer software company, MIS director for a $30M construction company, and software custom inventor for unique and specialized PC-based applications. Since the parent company of WitsEnds Software, CommuniConsultants, Inc., was established in 1984, Kent has designed and managed the creation of over thirty major applications. He has had numerous articles published in regional and national magazines on computer-related subjects.

Kent has state-of-the-art expertise in designing, building, and servicing document imaging systems. He is experienced in Windows Thru version 7, C++, C, Pascal, Delphi, assembler, embedded processors, SQL and, ODBC Database, client/server, image format programming. He has a strong and comprehensive background in all aspects of relational database systems, from design through development and marketing to sales, after-sales support, and resale of upgrades. Kent is knowledgeable about advanced PC systems, networks and servers, as well as PICK OS, Revelation 4GL databases,  R/BASIC, PC Assembler, PC basic, Palm OS and Prolog.

Visit Kent's interests page to learn more about Kent the person, whose interests are varied and extensive, though they lie principally in cars, boats, airplanes and music.