About CCC

About Candia Computer Consulting
   Candia Computer Consulting began business in 1993 to provide small and medium sized businesses with custom built Microsoft Access PC applications when commercial software to meet their unique business requirements was not available. Our aim is to provide businesses without IT resources with cost-effective and practical solutions to fundamental, real-world business needs.

   I grew up in Conway NH, and have been a resident of NH for 50 years. I attended Illinois Institute of Technology, majoring in Architecture, and afterwards enlisted in the United States Marine Corps for 4 years including a tour of duty in Viet Nam.

   In 1973 I was hired by IBM Corporation, and was employed as a Field Engineer in the Nashua, Manchester and Concord areas. I maintained and repaired a wide variety of business computing hardware, starting out with key punches, communicating selectrics, and printers, and eventually moved up to mainframes, I/O devices, store systems, PCs, ATMs, and banking systems. I retired from IBM in 1992 after 20 years of service.

   Since 1981 I have been heavily involved with personal computers, both as a hobby and a possible career. My first computer was a Texas Instruments TI/99A CPU with 3K (that's K not M!) of memory, a cassette tape drive I/O device, and an old black & white tv for a for a display. A rather meager beginning, but my love of computers and computer programming led to me on to learn Pascal, Turbo Basic, QBE, SQL, Lotus, and more recently Visual Basic and HTML.

   In 1983 a new concept in personal computing arrived on the scene... shareware! I got a copy of Jim Button's PC-File, a flat (non-relational) database program, and as far as databases go... I haven't looked back since. I've programmed applications in PC-File, RBase,DBase, Approach, Paradox, FoxPro, Visual Basic, and all versions of MS Access, from V2.0 to V2003. I've found that relational databases provide the power of a Word Processor, a Spreadsheet, and a Database... all in one integrated vehicle.

In 2007, 2008, and 2009, I received the Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award for my work assisting Access users on the Microsof newsgroups.. and my pro bono community work for the Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire, and the Manchester Animal Shelter.

   As Confuscius once said, "Find a job that you love, and you'll never work a day in your life." For me, that job is programming applications that solve problems. A joy as well as a job...