Arete Industries Incorporated

	Arete Industries LLC

Client Profiles
MCA Records Inc.	Jul 2001 - Jan 2002
Arete Industries designed, developed and deployed a multi-tier Intranet business process tracking system to allow MCA Records Production Department to schedule, coordinate and monitor all the activities associated with the production of advertising copy for all corporate product releases.
	The system duplicates and enhances those functions previously coordinated by a staff of seven. The approval process, previously a manual process handled telephonically and via eMail, is now automated. Routing/distribution of the Artwork to the various approval authorities is automated from within the intranet site. All required activity is tracked automatically by the system. Data is stored in a SQL Server database and accessed
using Visual Basic database and businessobjects running in a Windows 2000 COM+ environment.

Direct Partners Corp.	Sep - Dec 2001
Arete Industries designed, implemented and deployed a complex data transfer and processing system to integrate an operational AS400 legacy database system, and an Internet Web Site Oracle based database, with a data processing and reporting system being developed by Direct Partners Corp. for their client. The system manages the back and forth exchange of marketing data on individuals, and their communications (orders and inquiries) with the various partners involved. Data Processing includes order processing, address correction, and de-duplication (merge/purge). The system was developed with tracking and logging functionality built in. A management console was designed and implemented to allow remote operation and monitoring of all regularly scheduled data processing tasks.

GreatDomains.com.	Apr 2000 - Jun 2001
Arete was called upon to convert an entrepeneur-developed database driven Web Site into a scaleable and highly available transaction based business internet site. Arete was primarily responsible for the overall architectural design and development of the company's multi-tier redundant and scaleable web site system. When complete, the site was handling over 350,000 page reads/day and had been continuously available twenty-four hours a day for seven months with minimal unplanned outages. The Web site formed the core of the corporate business model and generated monthly revenue in excess of $250,000. Arete personnel also assisted in creating and staffing the firm's network administration, desktop support systems, technical inhouse software development and quality assurance departments, and assisted in the acquisition and purchase of all corporate hardware and software infrastucture.

WMC Mortgage Corp.	Jun 1999 - Apr 2000
Arete Industries was called upon by WMC Mortgage Corp to assist in-house developers in the development of an online wholesale mortgage loan submission system, designed to allow independent mortgage brokers in the sub-prime market to submit mortgage applications directly via the Internet, and monitor submitted loan applications as they progress through the underwriting process. The system was designed and implemented using SQL Server and COM based Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) components. The system processed submitted loan files and validated and persisted the data to an MS SQL Server database (driving the Internet site), as well as to the the company’s legacy loan origination and processing database system. Arete developers also designed and implemented the COM components for an automated underwriting system, currently in use by the company to underwrite all Internet submitted loans, and which will be deployed throughout the company’s wholesale branch offices to allow underwriters and loan agents to manually initiate an underwriting process on demand from any of the companies branch offices.

Universal Studios Inc.	Feb 1998 - Jun 1999
Arete Industries developed or contributed to five client server multi-tier database applications for Universal Studios Information Technology Group (USITG): Application to manage data associated with Universal’s major motion picture premiere events. This system managed invitations, transportation and seating arrangements, guest lists and seating charts. It handled extensive address and contact data for over 15,000 celebrities and entertainment industry executives. A data entry and management application for the data associated with MCA Records’s Artist's itineraries was also designed and developed. Developed with MTS/SQL Server and IIS DHTML/ASP, this intranet/extranet Web application allowed the public to easily access artist planned musical events. It also allowed internal MCA Records personnel to monitor Artist’s recording sessions and other scheduled itinerary events. Critical components of a content Management system. Arete developed several middleware and business objects running as MTS components, which implement database connectivity for an idatabase ntranet application designed to allow the Motion Picture group to globally manage all audio, video, and photographic publicity data files associated with Universal released motion pictures. Designed and developed the SQL server, MS Exchange Server and MTS Middleware components for an Intranet Classified Advertisement site. Designed SQL Server and MTS Components for Intranet Job Posting Site.