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About APConnsulting, LLC

Located in Andover, Massachusetts, APConnsulting, LLC brings a broad background to technology-based consulting that combines deep technical knowledge with a market and business focused approach to applying technology.

We help businesses and organizations design successful products and solutions that “fit” a particular business or application area.

People perceive value and purchase products when they see a good fit to their needs.

  • Fit could mean, “I don’t have to change the way I already do things.” The product helps me accomplish what I need to do more easily, more quickly, or less expensively.

  • Fit could also mean “I need a better way to do a particular task, but don’t change what’s working”

Valued products solve problems or enable capabilities without disrupting the established working process.

When marketed effectively, valued products can lead to increased sales, higher return on investment, lower costs, and other immediate benefits.

Our home page shows nine dimensions of usage-centered product improvements. Any single category can improve your product or solution. Address more than one dimension and you may achieve a substantial return on your investment.

Dr. Alex Paul Conn, Principal, received his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley in computer science with a dissertation that focused on gathering and representing requirements for large-scale reliable software systems. His earlier degrees in engineering and computer graphics at Dartmouth College and Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering exposed him to business and creative “methods engineering” approaches. A workflow and task analysis of any system—even highly successful ones—can almost always result in improvements and increased efficiencies.

These ideas were not invented in a vacuum. At InfoClarus, Alex redesigned a BlackBerry interface reducing entry of an attorney time reporting application by an order of magnitude. He designed the information and navigation architecture for a wireless email user provisioning application. He is currently helping a startup focused on building a novel data capture and electronic medical record (EMR) system.

As a “hands on” manager of a technical office and as a high-level technical architect and consultant reporting to vice presidents at Digital Equipment Corporation/Compaq and Nortel Networks, Alex brought clarity to areas ranging from security to internationalization and software methodologies to compound document architecture. During the rise of the Web and Internet, Alex developed and delivered all modules related to security and privacy; information architecture; and content management, navigation, and graphics design for maximum usability. He played a central role in defining the solution architecture program including delivering highly successful workshops and training symposia that often incorporated high-profile customers.

During much of the cross-component architectural research and development of bodies of knowledge and best practices, John Parodi worked directly with Alex in developing very effective technical white papers, articles, guidelines, policies and procedures, and other material as a very senior technical writer. Those who work on a technical project soon realize that their understanding of the area improves significantly while working with John. APConnsulting, LLC is pleased to include John as a resource.

Note: This web site is a work in progress. As you explore this web site, you will notice there is less flash than is often seen on today’s sites. Flash is exciting, but is often hard to use, especially by individuals with impaired capabilities, non-standard software, or slow connections to the Internet. We are attempting to make virtually all information keyboard accessible (that is, not requiring mouse dexterity), and readable by screen readers for the blind. The web does not always make this easy, there are many tradeoffs (especially for highly visual individuals) and Dreamweaver doesn't always cooperate. Any feedback and tips are always appreciated.

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