Lion Crest Software Services Frequently Asked Questions.What is Lion Crest Software Services? Lion Crest Software Services is a software development organization that has 25+ years of experience creating custom desktop applications, transforming data and enhancing software development processes. What does Lion Crest do? Lion Crest develops custom applications that capture, process, display, and report information to meet your unique needs. When data is locked away in one format or computer system while it is needed in another, Lion Crest creates data transformation solutions to set your information free. Lion Crest can coach your in house software development team to improve both the development process and the final the delivered software. What are some of the types of companies has Lion Crest worked with? Ink and dye manufacturing, Computer manufacturing, Chemical distribution, Medical, Printing and Bookbinding, Direct mail marketing, TV networks, Private investigation, Telemarketing, Educational, Retail window coverings. What are some examples of applications that Lion Crest has experience creating and enhancing? Manufacturing raw material and finished product tracking, chemical distribution, automated fiber optic testing, work order tracking, home nursing management, medical application interfaces, network TV schedule management. What services beyond custom software development does Lion Crest offer? Lion Crest is very adept at data transformations, converting the data you have into the data that you need. Your company may have purchased a large mailing list that contains specific business information. Lion Crest can take that list, remove existing clients by comparing it to your firm’s current customer list, determine which of several letter templates to use based on a business needs formula and create thousands of much customized letter files that a print ship will take, print and mail. Lion Crest has experience helping clients when they upgraded their accounting, medical, manufacturing control or other mission critical application that has millions of pieces of data that need to be transferred from the old system, manipulated into a new format and then loaded into the new application. When your firm has an in-house development team, Lion Crest can boost your team’s efficiency with customize development training or seminars. Lion Crest has over 20 years development experience, enjoys teaching and coaching software engineering best practices. Lion Crest is available to audit your development processes, pointing out the areas where good practices are being employed, areas that can benefit from improvement with specific recommendations on how to improve. Lion Crest is fully qualified to handle requirement gathering, program design and architecture, managing development, writing user guides and internal application documentation. Who are some of Lion Crest’s local clients? Lost Creek Consulting: Medical EMR consulting and software tools. Lion Crest is developing for L.C.C. software tools for resell and medical data transformations. QSL Printing: Printing and Publishing. Lion Crest is hired by QSL to assist with complex data intensive custom print projects. Marketing by Mail: Direct marketing. Lion Crest rewrote, upgraded and continues to enhance their primary business application. This multi-user application has proprietary algorithms which allow the firm to produce highly customized direct mailing produces for their customers. Is a long term contact required? No long term contracts required. Lion Crest works on a project by project bases. However Lion Crest has business relationships which have spanned over a decade. This project by project relationship allows your firm great flexibility in using Lion Crest as a support resource. Lion Crest can be retained for specific time periods as needed. How will Lion Crest handle my data? Lion Crest understands how important your data is and abides by any reasonable non-disclosure agreement. In addition Lion Crest takes several measures to insure that your data is kept safe including having all data and application development on encrypted hard drives. What is the Lion Crest development philosophy? Do what is appropriate for the client and project. Lion Crest has worked with many different development philosophies and methodologies and has found most to be very helpful when applied appropriately. Lion Crest listens to the client’s needs and then proposes options to meet or exceed client requirements. It is Lion Crest’s goal to end each project with a very satisfied client. What normally happens the first time Lion Crest comes to my office? The first visit is normally complementary. Lion Crest gathers information on your firm’s current and future needs and goals. If Lion Crest and your firm believe that Lion Crest can be of service Lion Crest will prepare a project proposal for your review. What are Lion Crest’s clients and other IT professionals saying about Lion Crest? Superior knowledge Dramatically improve the performance of the software product Technical expertise Natural mentoring abilities Reliable, hard working and honest Integrity is unsurpassed Top quality systems on time and under budget Well thought out object-oriented approaches Ability to dive into a project and fix it is second to none Very responsive and diligent to get the jobs done on time. What is the Lion Crest story? In 1988 a Startup Medical Device Manufacturer which had a need for custom software knew of a gentleman named Anthony Testi that could create the perfect application for their needs. Mr. Testi formed Anthony L Testi Computer Services and created the software for the startup, which allowed the manufacturer to grow into a multi-million dollar company. A.L.T.C.S. quickly began helping several clients, with one eventually hiring Anthony as a full time. Over the years Anthony has held several full time software development positions and continued A.L.T.C.S. in a mixture of full and part-time bases. Since mid 2006 A.L.T.C.S. has been helping Oregon firms full time. A.L.T.C.S. was converted into Lion Crest Software Services llc. in mid 2008
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