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Our Vision

Overview:

Paragon Concepts, LLC desires to provide the highest degree of quality in any endeavor they choose to pursue. “A job worth doing is worth doing right.” We want to see ourselves as a preferred business when it comes to what we provide.

Words we desire people to think of when they reflect on us:
Honest
Reliable
Professional
Efficient
Dependable
Caring
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Management Team

Overview:

Paragon Concepts, LLC is currently owned and managed by Bill Christenson. Bill has a wide variety of IT experience and education. This coupled with his strong desire to provide top quality IS services & development gives

a promising future.

Education:

Bill has a degree from College of the Ozarks in Computer Information Systems with a minor in Business Administration. He also obtained his Master's of Science in Computer Information Systems from Missouri State University. Education plays an important role in many areas of IT. One such area that we have a role in is the development of computer applications. Whether it is on the web, windows, or in databases; proper software development methodologies need to be practiced to ensure quality software applications are developed quickly, are on target, and fulfill the stakeholder's needs.

Bill Christenson - Owner

Education at a Glance:

Institution

Related Fields of Study

College of the Ozarks
Major: Computer Information Systems
Minor: Business Administration

	Fundamentals of Computer Science
	Structuring Techniques (C++)
	Data Structures (Advanced C++)
	Database Systems
	COBOL
	Programming Paradigms (Java)
	Systems Analysis
	Architecture/Assembler
	Advanced COBOL
	Systems Design
	Senior Project CS

Missouri State University
Master's of Science in Computer Information Systems

	Information System Planning
	Staffing the Information System Function
	Network Planning and Administration
	Information System Project Management
	Comparative System Development Methodologies
	Management of End-User Computing
	Information System Management
	Data Modeling and Database Administration
	IT Legal Issues
	Information System Resource Acquisition
	Organizational Transformation
	Special Topics in IS

Experience:

Bill has had a lot of hands-on experience outside the classroom through freelance and full-time jobs. His experience really does span many facets of the computer industry such as windows forms programming, web application development, database administration, systems analysis, pc technical support, help desk administration, and network installation & support. Education coupled with experience is truely a powerful asset to Paragon Concepts and what we can do.

Experience at a Glance:

Company / Job Title / Time Frame

Responsibilities & Experience

HealthMEDX / Senior Developer / 2007-Present

	ASP .NET 2.0 development with VB .NET
	MS AJAX for ASP .NET 2.0 experience
	ASP .NET 2.0 web control development
	ASP 3.0 development with VB Script and COM
	SQL Server 2000 and 2005 development
	SQL Server - BI Report development
	Work in a team environment (20+ developers)
	Tech Document Writing
	Database and Web Interface Design
	Software Versioning Techniques & Practices
	Touchscreen Solution Development

HFEC / Programmer Analyst / 2002-2007

	SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Database Administration, Development, Warehousing, and Support.
	SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Database Administration, Development, Warehousing, and Support.
	C# Programming on both the .NET 1.1 and 2.0 platforms.
	Microsoft Analysis Server (OLAP) administration & support.
	SQL Server Reporting Server development & management.
	Experience with setting up security, automated tasks, procedures, designing DTS packages, developing databases, and analyzing performance issues on a MS SQL Server 2000 Enterprise DBMS.
	Developed all corporate current ticketing data warehouses & their data pumps from 3rd party applications.
	ASP & ASP .NET development of company Intranet and Internet web applications.
	Experience with Visual Studio .NET & Macromedia Projects for web, windows & database development & programming.
	Currently used languages & technologies include: TSQL, Java, C# .NET, C++, HTML, JavaScript, VBScript, CSS, XML, ASP .NET, & ASP.
	Taught SQL Training courses.

HFEC / User Support Administrator / 2001-2002

	Managed 3rd party IT work order database: "Track-IT!" & reports.
	Handled all Help Desk calls and delegated tasks to the IT Team.
	Purchased PC hardware and software.
	Supported UNIX ticket operations on a RISC 6000 and associated equipment/hardware.
	Installation and troubleshooting networking over Ethernet LAN/WAN.
	Helped support Point-of-Sales hardware, software, and communications.
	Assisted in supporting Silver Dollar City’s ticketing operations.
	Assisted Network Administrator with managing User Accounts and permissions on Windows Server platforms.
	Instructor of some of the corporation’s IT Security Training seminars.
	Intranet ASP/SQL development.
	Extensive troubleshooting & installation of PC hardware & software.

HFEC / AS400 Systems Operator / 2001-2002

	AS400 software and hardware support/operations.
	Manage AS400 print/job queues.
	Assisted users with system jobs and print functions.
	In charge of backup routines and documentation.
	Periodic PC software and hardware support.