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BUSIN ESS S YSTEM HE S ATH CA RE SYS TEM S Our Mission The goal of Opal Computing is to distinguish itself through high quality and expert service and careful attention to the needs of the client, while providing database, Internet, and connectivity solutions at a reasonable cost. We know that quality in all aspects leads to the greatest client satisfaction and success.
"I enjoyed working with you very much. Your calm manner, attention to detail, and focus on careful planning were very helpful. I think we were able, with your help, to anticipate most of the issues that might arise and deal with them before they arose." - Michelle Baker, President, Umbanet Inc.
Calm under pressure
Dedicated to helping societally-beneficial organizations including: Environmental, Healthcare, Educational, and Not-for-Profit organizations
COMPANY PROFILE Opal Computing has been providing software services since 1986, and currently leads a family of companies that includes Green Wave Email Marketing and PlanetThoughts.org. These three entities, led by David Alexander, provide software development services, online marketing, and environmental content for organizations and companies that wish to help society through their missions or through targeted initiatives. Opal Computing has made a significant impact in streamlining clients' information, in providing greater visibility of their accomplishments and offerings, and in allowing expanded interaction with their clients and community members.
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Opal Computing / 206-38 46th Avenue / 2nd floor Bayside, NY 11361 / Tel: (718) 229-2609
OPAL SUMMIT EVENT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY READY TO USE:
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Have confidence in our experience; we have helped manage hundreds of events, conferences, and meetings with special energy and dedication. We work with you to support your success. Ask our clients; references are available on request.
We know that you need to make your mark as an organization, and we know how to use the Internet for that purpose. With Opal Summit, we provide the major puzzle pieces: dynamic Web sites, Internet marketing, Email list management, and Event and Ecommerce management
+ Unsurpassed ease of use + Fast startup + Flexibility + We accommodate your special needs Opal Summit: events and e-commerce since 2001 our transactions (registrations, contributions, memberships...) roll in on our easy-to-use control center. Flexibility allows a branded look for your organization, including logo, colors, and more subtle items such as solicitation texts for charities, opt-in / opt-out, selected prompts, and more. We accommodate your special needs with unmatched responsiveness and availability. Not a Web and technology expert? We create graphics, Web pages and sites, and email handling, as needed. Have confidence in our experience; we have helped manage hundreds of events, conferences, and meetings with special energy and dedication. We work with you to support your success. Ask our clients; references are available on request.
"Opal Computing came to our rescue... Opal Computing stepped in and promptly provided an easy-to-manage and highly practical online solution tailored to our needs." Â Â - David Abeshouse, VP, Long Island Entrepreneurs Group
E-COMMERCE & INTERNET MARKETING:
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I have been fortunate enough to work with Green Wave emailing system for over 3 years at our Medical Spa. I have found this system to be quite user friendly and the support has been exceptional... Â Â - Camille Morrison, CM Aesthetics
Free initial qualifying consultation. Contact Opal Computing at (718) 229-2609 for additional details.
HAVE YOU: Invested in a Web site, but received no visible business benefit from it? Been told by visitors that it is difficult to find what they are looking for on your site? Attempted to accept payments and registrations on your Web site, but had little or no success? Been unsure how to get people to come to your Web site, stay there, and come back again another day?
Opal Computing will analyze your current efforts, and create a plan to generate REAL RESULTS from your investment in technology. We use proven methods developed from years of study and testing, and gaining results, including:
WEB DESIGN WITH GROWTH IN MIND SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION HIGH CLICK-THRU AND CONVERSION RATES
EMAIL LIST SERVICES GENERATION OF QUALIFIED LEADS GOOGLE ADWORDS QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL
HEALTHCARE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS Clinics, Hospitals, Insurance Companies, Nonprofits, Pharmaceutical Industry
Custom Software is provided for insurance companies, major hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and more. Users of these systems include IMS Health, Medtronic Corporation, Meta Pharmacy Systems Inc., Newark Beth Israel Hospital, Union Hospital, and a major New York school of medicine (details on request) as well as a multi-state Blue Cross / Blue Shield alliance.
"Opal Computing has provided quite excellent results for our timesensitive interfacing project, which involves connecting large, very different computer systems, and converting from serial to TCP/IP protocols... the results have been very pleasing, as the work has been completed well under budget, ahead of schedule, and with the reliability and accuracy that are clearly critical in hospitals." - Edward Dullard, Chief Information Officer, Union Hospital.
DAVID ALEXANDER Opal Computing / PlanetThoughts.org / Green Wave Email Marketing www.OpalComputing.com
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David Alexander, President of Opal Computing, is a developer of leading-edge integrated software systems and Internet marketing solutions. To fulfill his personal mission of helping companies thrive using the Internet, he has implemented e-newsletter / e-vite emailing services, online credit card acceptance and event registration, search engine optimization, social media, and Web site integration, all to support online business activity.
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David feels that technology can provide some of the keys needed for increased collaboration, improved efficiency, and reduced waste, towards creating a "greener" world. He has presented at a number of conferences and user groups. In his free time, he practices and teaches Tai Chi Chuan.
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"Whether this involved developing a tool to allow deploying code to up to four hundred servers, or nightly providing automatic synchronizing of product image files from our set of 75,000 images, or providing Javabased data compression and decompression tools that we can access directly from our Web servers, Opal Computing has set up systems on which we now rely on a daily basis.... Mr. Alexander has been able to pull together information from a number of different groups and internal customers, and clearly is experienced in prioritizing and clarifying project needs, and has the other skills needed to arrive at realistic and productive development efforts for the benefit of the overall project." Â Â - Robert Hyland, VP, Technology, Toysrus.com LLC
Opal Computing / 206-38 46th Avenue / 2nd floor Bayside, NY 11361 / Tel: (718) 229-2609
THE NEW YORK SOFTWARE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION Business Systems -(NYSIA) was lacking in all forms of interactive offerings on their industry news and eventsoriented Web site, and their site also needed a cosmetic redesign. We provided both, leading to a site with greatly increased traffic, increased user satisfaction, and a high search engine page ranking.
"I highly recommend Mr. Alexander and Opal Computing for the quality of their work. Mr. Alexander has helped us in an important transition from DOS-based to Windows-based software....Along with publishing of sample information from our proprietary drug database onto our web site by Opal Computing, we are quite pleased with the site and are expecting it to be an important component of our marketing efforts....we feel confident recommending them for their judgment and performance." - Salvatore Barcia, President, Meta Pharmacy Systems, Inc.
EMPIRE MEDICAL BILLING SOLUTIONS, INC. (EMBS) wanted more clients to be handled by their sizable staff, and made achieving this their primary technology goal. Opal's budget for this project allowed for minimally adjusting the pre-existing Web site, and then creating a new, strong sales letter and a well-strategized Internet marketing campaign. Within two months of our first conversation, the owner was saying "Amazing" repeatedly due to the large number of new leads and signed contracts that he said resulted from our Internet marketing campaign. "Opal Computing has provided quite excellent results for our timesensitive interfacing project, which involves connecting large, very different computer systems, and converting from serial to TCP/IP protocols... the results have been very pleasing, as the work has been completed well under budget, ahead of schedule, and with the reliability and accuracy that are clearly critical in hospitals." - Edward Dullard, Chief Information Officer, Union Hospital Opal Computing / 206-38 46th Avenue / 2nd floor Bayside, NY 11361 / Tel: (718) 229-2609
SOUTHAMPTON ROSE SOCIETY Non-Profit: Southampton Rose Society (http:// Southampton-Rose-Society.org) - (this one also has little in the resumes so I am writing it here) Created an interactive Web site for the non-profit Southampton Rose Society (SRS). SRS runs a number of events during the warmer part of the year, and now has a structured location where they can list events, accept registrations for events and memberships online, follow-up with attendees, and engage children and families as well as traditional older rose devotees. "The software you designed for us has proved to fill all of our bookkeeping needs, including billing, cash receipts, and accounts payable, and general ledger, and has helped cut our personnel needs, as well as improve our professional image. The most recent project you created for us, the Commission Tracking system, not only meets all our specifications, but correctly accumulated (first time out!) exactly what it should, which was a surprise given the complexity of our calculations." - Daniel DeFilips, Director of Accounting, Service Corp. International (Fortune 500)
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK Business Systems - Chase Manhattan Bank; MyFootage.com (http://MyFootage.com) Here is a description of MyFootage.com (because little is in the resumes): Developed a commercial stock footage vending Web site with membership and cinematographer roles. Sales are automated, as are upload to YouTube and to MediaFire for vending large items. Keeps track of clips within reels, searchable, organized by multiple categories, and other easy-to-use features. "We now have a system that works quite well, and has an appealing and effective set of user interface screens for rapidly entering and maintaining information. A good deal of the credit for a focused and effective march towards that goal goes to Mr. Alexander. David Alexander has displayed determination, creativity, and good planning in accomplishing the tasks we requested [and] also devised an auditing system developed from scratch which takes advantage of the built-in integrity of Oracle triggers and stored procedures. We now have a graphical interface that allows us to turn auditing on or off for any combination of fields in any table in any database of our system." - CIO, major NY school of medicine (details available on request) Opal Computing / 206-38 46th Avenue / 2nd floor Bayside, NY 11361 / Tel: (718) 229-2609
At Opal, we support the environment by raising awareness for sustainable business activities, by purchasing carbon offsets, by limiting paper and plastic use, by using CFL bulbs for light, by reducing the use of air conditioning and heating, by placing computers in hibernate mode, by using virtual solutions instead of travel when possible, and through other measures.
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