Allan Syiek

Consultant/Principal

Commandtext, Inc.

Santa Rosa
California
United States Of America

Email: allans@commandtext.com

Biography:

Allan Syiek is a founding partner in Commandtext. One of his primary responsibilities is helping companies identify ways to increase the return on their information resources and add value to their information. He consults with clients on large software development projects to identify and clarify their requirements, assess end-user needs, provide workflow, systems and data analysis and write custom XML authoring and conversion software. Allan works closely with the end-users' to assess their needs and has the unique ability to communicate complex ideas in a way that is easy for non-technical users to understand. Allan is well-versed in SGML/XML document analysis, DTD/Schema development, workflow and systems analysis, custom conversion software. Allan came to Commandtext after a successful engagement in the Professional Services branch of Corel's XMetaL product. Prior to co-founding Advanced Data Engineering, Allan served as Assistant General Counsel at Maxicare Health Plans for five years and Systems Analyst for CCH, Inc. Allan received a BA Degree from Holy Cross College in Massachusetts and a Law Degree from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA.

Papers:

Can SCORM Make the Grade?

How XML is enabling the next generation of elearning systems at Cisco.