Jeff Gould (jgould@princetonol.com)

Princeton Online

Princeton Online is an internet web-community firm that provides local information about the greater Princeton area for people new to the region, long-time residents, and parents of students attending one of the various schools in the area. Princeton Online also provides web hosting and custom development, as well as high-end database architectures. I became involved in Princeton Online because it embodies everything in a company that I respect. It works extensively with the nonprofit community. It charges a fair rate. It is highly respected as a reliable source of information. Click on the "polclients" link above to see some of the websites in our portfolio.

The Gould Group, Inc.

Consulted for several multibillion dollar, multinational financial services firms to streamline back-office accounting processes and build custom software. Specialize in the analysis, design, development and marketing of custom Web and warehouse applications. Establishing database and development standards the critical first step in successfully completing any given project. Fine-tune methodologies used to ensure client satisfaction. Perform installations and upgrades of SS&C Technologies' various software products, especially CAMRA, and write custom reports and extracts linked to SS&C's database structures.

The Gould Group merged with Princeton Online on January 1, 2002. Consulting projects have continued to the present. Some of the clients I have worked with include Highland Financial Holdings Group, a New York-based hedge fund, Reliance Insurance, Gartmore Global Investments (formerly GroupAma Asset Management), ABM Asset Management, Swiss Re, Osterweis Capital Management, and Virginia Investment Counselors.

Information Paradigms, Inc.

Hired and managed development team, which consisted of IPI's systems architects, external consultants, and resources provided by our clients. Team designed, built and installed CAP, IPI's flagship system. CAP was high-end, mission-critical, rules-based middleware used by any organization receiving and transmitting information from a number of different external systems. Built on the Oracle platform, front-end was either HTML or Oracle Forms. Information was also routed to a data warehouse, from which reports were generated using Crystal, Brio, Cold Fusion, or any other reporting package.

ANT Internet Corporation

Oversaw the planning, design, development and support of over seventy Internet and Intranet Web sites. Clients ranged from small Mom-and-Pop shops, like Restaurant Row, to large corporations such as Publishers Clearinghouse and Weight Watchers. Managed development staff of programmers, designers and artists.

SS&C Technologies

Developed investment accounting applications using a powerful 4-GL and DBMS called pfxPlus and DataFlex. Wrote modules to calculate yields on fixed income securities and derivatives, functions for mortgage-backed TBAs and Dollar Rolls, and extensive cash flow reports for individual securities or entire portfolios. Responsible for all software releases and code integrity. Also played a primary role in client relations between functional and technical microcosms, both internally and externally.

Monarch Systems Group (a subsidiary of Monarch Capital Corporation)

Career that started as an Internal Business Analyst evolved into a Clipper developer on the Variable Life Insurance Product developed for Fidelity Investments. Responsibilities included the design and development of Entry, Service, Underwriting and Administrative functions, including Nightly Processing of policyholder activity. This was one of the first large-scale insurance administration systems to run on a local-area network in the world.