Ken Bluttman has been developing custom business applications for PC platforms since the 1980s. He worked for more than a decade as a contract programmer specializing in Microsoft Office products and has worked with Microsoft Access since version 1 was released. Ken also has experience as an Office/VBA specialist for companies ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 firms, developing solutions that combine Office with Oracle and SQL Server as back ends. For the last few years, he's worked on XML and web-based solutions in addition to traditional client/server applications.