What
Sharp Connections is David Sharp and associates, a small people-oriented, technically-savvy, collaborative company.
Sharp Connections was formed in 1994 to provide technical services for others' communications needs. The company serves corporate, non-profit, small business and individual clients, in areas of online customer service and technical education, computer and software training, network and other computer-sharing plans and setup, technical troubleshooting and advice.
Sharp Connections views computers and software as tools not toil, which, when used properly, can be useful and effective for communicating ideas.
Patient planning, advice, training, and troubleshooting make the use of computers, software, and the Internet an efficient combination.
Why
Because people need help making ideas work.
The best solutions to communications challenges usually come about by making connections between people and needs, and by using the right tools to help with those needs.
Sharp Connections can help you identify, focus on and use the tools to enable, activate, or answer your communications needs.
Who
David Sharp
In 1994 David Sharp saw that people struggling with technology to communicate their ideas needed help "thinking outside the box" and looking at problems "sideways". David formed Sharp Connections with a vision to integrate learning and efficiency with choosing solutions that best suit people's comfort level and needs of technical challenges.
Since 1994 David has brought "sharp connections" to government ministries and commissions, Internet-related companies, small businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals.
"With Sharp Connections, I focus on finding solutions to communications
challenges through thoughtful planning, conceptual and graphic design,
and the benefit of resourceful partnerships."
Associates
Jim Nielson
A former English professor who is also a writer, designer, photographer, and dj, Jim Nielson worked at Bell Sympatico for five years, initially as a programmer, but then as a product manager, producer, and home page editor. Jim has worked closely with David since 2001, providing design, Flash animation, editing, client- and server-side programming, layout and markup.
Vikram Rao
Vik is also a former Sympatican and has worked with David for years
now, both at Sympatico and on his own. Vik does technical writing, instructional
design, usability reviews, quality assurance testing, project management,
and HTML, and can program in JavaScript, Perl, PHP, MySQL, C, and Java.
Mark Suosmaa
Well versed in both Macintosh and Windows, Mark brings to Sharp Connections a keen sense of design, expertise in building Flash Web sites, and a wealth of knowledge and experience in computer troubleshooting and networking.
