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PSM Design is a Consulting Services Firm specializing in ColdFusion Programming, SQL Database Design Planning and Execution, Graphic Design and Illustration, Marketing Programs Planning, Design and Execution, Website Design and Programming, Systems Networking Design and Implementation, Microsoft and Apple Server Design and Installation.
Providing advice and hands on support for IT Services ranging from Networking and Infrastructure Design to HelpDesk support and implementation. PSM Design can help streamline the design and deployment of a vast range of infrastructure technologies to meet any budget. With over 15 years of management and implementation experience in IT services spanning Windows, Unix and Apple environments we can help your company realize a competitive R.O.I. with any sized budget.
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PSM Design is a Consulting Services Firm specializing in Graphic Design and Illustration, Marketing Programs Design and Implementation, Website Design and Programming, Cold Fusion Installation and Programming, Systems Networking Design and Implementation, Microsoft and Apple Server Design and Installation.
Providing advice and hands on support for services ranging from Networking and Infrastructure Design to HelpDesk support and implementation. PSM Design can help streamline the design and deployment of a vast range of infrastructure technologies to meet any budget. With over 15 years of management and implementation experience in IT spanning Windows, Unix and Apple environments we can help your company realize a competitive R.O.I. with any sized budget.
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- Apple Server Installation and Maintenance
- Windows Server Installation and Maintenance
- Apple and Windows Desktop Systems integrated into either Windows Active Directory or Apple's Open Directory
- Network Design and implementation using Windows Active Directory domain services, Cisco routers, firewalls and appliances, and Apple Open Directory
- Cold Fusion Server Installation Maintenance Monitoring and Clustering
- Microsoft SQL Server
- MySQL
- Citrix
With Special Emphasis in cross platform domain authentication combining corporate IT departments with graphics environments utilizing the Apple OS X platform and Windows Active Directory binding.
Technology is a constantly evolving landscape of ideas and developments; there is no single person or even company that can say they specialize in everything related to a corporate computing and technology environment. PSM Design strives to be informed and educated as much as possible in the special needs of corporate technology environments especially as it relates to small and mid sized businesses, especially those with integrated graphics and marketing departments utilizing the Apple platform.
If we don't have the experience or resources you need to accomplish your goals, chances are we can point you to an expert who does. We won't charge you for the call!
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All Services Include R.O.I. Planning and Reporting
Server Upgrade Planning
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Specializing in building enterprise web applications to achieve performance improvements utilizing data within your corporate enterprise using a variety of both commercial and open source tools. We specialize in Cold Fusion and JavaScript driven applications to drive marketing campaigns, CRM application frameworks, and metrics reporting within a variety of data driven resources.
Tools and languages supported
- Web languages: Cold Fusion / HTML / JavaScript / PHP
- Backend Data: Microsoft SQL / MySQL
- Source Control: Subversion
- Server Setup: Apache / IIS / Cold Fusion
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Live Performance Audio and Lighting Design
 With over 20 years of professional sound design and live mixing experience with systems ranging from the fully digital Yamaha MC-7L to the low budget church analogue consoles like the Mackie SR24•4. We have the experience you need to make the most out of your budget.
Let us come in and evaluate your installed system and train the people that normally mix audio for your events..
Have a special event coming up and need that special touch behind the mixing board for your performers. A musician himself - let Owner Operator Shaun McNicholas use his magic to bring life to your musicians.
 There is no substitute for the experience of a live audio mixing engineer, nor is there any substitue for an engineer that truly cares about the way your performers sound.
We've planned events ranging from 200 to 10,000 people in venues ranging from small hotel conference rooms to Large stadiums, indoors and out and can handle all aspects of your events from negotiating rental contracts to setup and breakdown.
Give us a call to discuss options available for your next big event and let us make it as professional as you hope it will be.
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Shaun McNicholas
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 Shaun McNicholas
Owner Operator
shaun@psmdesign.com
phone: 773.620.7410
With over 20 years of experience in Marketing, Graphic Design, Illustration, Web Design, Professional Stage and Lighting Design, Retail and IT; Owner Operator Shaun McNicholas, brings to the consulting industry a fresh look at the business of conducting, advertising and maintaining a competitive edge in business.
A Strong track record of driving growth and profitability through strategic planning and execution, including revitalizing established brands and businesses, developing and launching new product platforms, and identifying, executing, and integrating technology to improve business development and execution. Extensive experience developing, coaching, and mentoring high performance teams.
A fine artist by nature, Shaun specializes in thinking "outside the box" and delivering high-yield and high-performance results from people and technology, often in un-conventional ways. By combining his experience with creative teams, as well as executive management, and possessing thorough knowledge of systems infrastructure technologies and programming languages spanning all available computing environments, Shaun is able to see the big picture and achieve high-yield results from people and technology.
Connect with me online at:
Download my resume: Shaun McNicholas resume.doc
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Information technology consulting (IT consulting, Computer consultancy, Computing consultancy, technology consulting or business and technology services) is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives. In addition to providing advice, IT consultancies often implement, deploy, and administer IT systems on businesses' behalf.
There is a relatively unclear line between management consulting and IT consulting. There are sometimes overlaps between the two fields, but IT consultants often have degrees in computer science, electronics, technology, or management information systems while management consultants often have degrees in accounting, economics, Industrial Engineering, finance, or a generalized MBA (Masters in Business Administration).
According to the Institute for Partner Education & Development, IT consultants' revenues come predominantly from design and planning based consulting with a mixture of IT and Business Consulting. This is different from a Systems Integrator in that you do not normally take title to product. Their value comes from their ability to integrate and support technologies as well as determining product and brands.
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The term graphic design can refer to a number of artistic and professional disciplines which focus on visual communication and presentation. Various methods are used to create and combine symbols, images and/or words to create a visual representation of ideas and messages. A graphic designer may use typography, visual arts and page layout techniques to produce the final result. Graphic design often refers to both the process (designing) by which the communication is created and the products (designs) which are generated.
Common uses of graphic design include magazines, advertisements, product packaging and web design. For example, a product package might include a logo or other artwork, organized text and pure design elements such as shapes and color which unify the piece. Composition is one of the most important features of graphic design especially when using pre-existing materials or diverse elements.
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An illustration is a visualization such as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that stresses subject more than form. The aim of an illustration is to elucidate or decorate textual information (such as a story, poem or newspaper article) by providing a visual representation.
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Marketing is defined by the American Marketing Association as the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large. The term developed from the original meaning which referred literally to going to market, as in shopping, or going to a market to sell goods or services.
Marketing practice tends to be seen as a creative industry, which includes advertising, distribution and selling. It is also concerned with anticipating the customers' future needs and wants, which are often discovered through market research. Seen from a systems point of view, sales process engineering views marketing as a set of processes that are interconnected and interdependent with other functions, whose methods can be improved using a variety of relatively new approaches.
Marketing is influenced by many of the social sciences, particularly psychology, sociology, and economics. Anthropology and neuroscience are also small but growing influences. Market research underpins these activities. Through advertising, it is also related to many of the creative arts. The marketing literature is also infamous for re-inventing itself and its vocabulary according to the times and the culture.
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ColdFusion is an application server and software language used for Internet application development such as for dynamically-generated web sites. In this regard, ColdFusion is a similar product to Microsoft Active Server Pages, JavaServer Pages or PHP. ColdFusion was the first amongst these technologies to provide the developer the capability of creating dynamic websites that were attached to a backend database.
Originally introduced to the market in 1995 by a company named Allaire:
Allaire Corporation was a computer software company founded by Jeremy and JJ Allaire in Minnesota, later headquartered in Cambridge, then Newton, Massachusetts. It commenced operations in May 1995, had its initial public offering on NASDAQ (trading as ALLR) in January 1999, and was acquired by rival Macromedia in early 2001.
Allaire released the first version of the ColdFusion server in 1995, the first database-driven web-content server. In its early history, the name of the language for ColdFusion (then known as Database Markup Language (DBML)) was changed to ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML). The company also produced two web design IDEs: HomeSite (purchased from Bradbury Software) and ColdFusion Studio (based on HomeSite with enhancements tailored to development of ColdFusion applications).
Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) closed its acquisition of Macromedia, Inc. on December 3, 2005
Click here: To learn more about the current status of ColdFusion and it's capabilities.
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SQL (Structured Query Language) is a programming language for querying and modifying data and managing databases. SQL was standardized first by the ANSI and later by the ISO. Most database management systems implement a majority of one of these standards and add their proprietary extensions. SQL allows the retrieval, insertion, updating, and deletion of data. A database management system also includes management and administrative functions. Most – if not all – implementations also include a command-line interface (SQL/CLI) that allows for the entry and execution of the language commands, as opposed to only providing an application programming interface (API) intended for access from a graphical user interface (GUI).
The first version of SQL was developed at IBM by Andrew Richardson, Donald C. Messerly and Raymond F. Boyce in the early 1970s. This version, initially called SEQUEL, was designed to manipulate and retrieve data stored in IBM's original relational database product, System R. IBM patented their version of SQL in 1985,[4] while the SQL language was not formally standardized until 1986 by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as SQL-86. Subsequent versions of the SQL standard have been released by ANSI and as International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards.
Originally designed as a declarative query and data manipulation language, variations of SQL have been created by SQL database management system (DBMS) vendors that add procedural constructs, flow-of-control statements, user-defined data types, and various other language extensions. With the release of the SQL:1999 standard, many such extensions were formally adopted as part of the SQL language via the SQL Persistent Stored Modules (SQL/PSM) portion of the standard.
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