1997 was before PHP, JSP, MySQL or ASP.  The web consisted of static pages and dynamic via CGI. The University of Northern Iowa asked if I could create a “talent database” where individuals could login via a web interface and volunteer as local experts in various fields and keep in contact via email. 

Written entirely in Perl via CGI using DBD/DBI libraries with a mSQL back-end (the precursor of MySQL). In order to make the system completely automated I created a Perl to sendmail to database interface.

Often clients with mission-critical applications need to track every update and change to a MySQL database system. This is useful not just for security but to also for replicating user actions when there's a complaint.

Being able to say "User X logged in and did these exact actions" from a DB review is often invaluable both in Q/A and in production and the time to resolve database-related user trouble tickets can be done in minutes when 100% of a user's actions can be replicated.

In 1998 the concept of "middleware" for the web was just getting started.

Created bid, set deliverables and timeline, persuaded a key decision maker about feasibility of the emerging technology of web-based information management despite incredulity from hospital IT staff.

Worked with embedded device team to create a vertically integrated system from field devices to server system to end user. Part of the investigation was looking at raw TCP/IP to generate minimal HTTP requests to minimize network traffic from the numerous, mobile-connected devices. 

Investigated technologies and built from scratch web-system used to manage of deployment, monitoring, reporting, TFTP updates, calculations, and real-time display of data from sensors deployed along roads and connected via mobile traffic.

Led team to build demo mobile traffic and travel ap.

Application recorded a users driving via GPS probe points and then used
real-time traffic data to estimate travel time over the routes that were recorded.

System was used as the framework for a system built later for Fortune 5 automotive company.