Dave Coxon - The man behind the White-Box-Solution Concept
David Coxon - Software Engineer
All the way through my career, I have worked as a systems analyst first, then a programmer, ensuring that I understand every element of the customers operation in order to write the program to fulfill all there current requirements and future expansion of the program.
This was a prestigious career, and involved lots flights offshore to load up the software in the main control room. Having the total responsibility of pressing STOP! on a safety system first and a control system second, was a job that earnt respect. As the sole responsiblity for the program working successfully and the database of 37000 points of information being accurate was down to me!. I then had to sit tight and ensure the new system was working and controlling every aspect of all the manned and un-manned platforms before I could return to shore.
A customer needs someone who understands their business entirely and can then write the application to handle and build their business online. The customer placed all their trust in the web designer, as they do not understand all the technology and need a technical manager for their application and web site presence. I know concentrate on writing database applications for customers and working on my own brand of commercial e-commerce software.
As a webmaster, I have the total responsibility for every aspect of the customers website performing accurately and ensuring smooth running of the online business.
The most ambitious project to date is the White-Box E-Commerce Engine. This is a total online e-commerce solution that is modular in design, expandable with additional modules and totally re-brandable for other companies to sell as their own e-commerce solution.
The White-Box Engine is completely running the Net1on1 warehouse, taking account for all their stock, online sales, purchase orders and has taken over 30,000 orders online in 1 year. The system also handles all their affiliate orders, producing commission statements for each affiliates orders placed on the site.
Networking Membership: The networking membership system was written for a customer that required people to sign up to the web site and network the membership to others to earn a commission on the membership. The system grants networkers access to the members only area of the site where they can purchase products for Network members only. The system had to calculate all the commissions down multiple levels of the network and issue statements for each memebrs commission earned. Several versions have been written for different types of network.
Faux - Janice Silvert
The Gourmet World - Todd Sadler
Solgar - Keith Wooley ....and many more customers past and present.
Experience: over 20 years of commercial programming
At the age of 14, I got seriously interested in writing programs for computers in the humble days of the Sinclair ZX81 and Sinclair spectrum, before the IBM PC was born and before Windows was even conceived by Bill Gates. Leaving school, i went into a Business Study course and started work as a programmer for a commercial company, were I engineered software onsite for customers.All the way through my career, I have worked as a systems analyst first, then a programmer, ensuring that I understand every element of the customers operation in order to write the program to fulfill all there current requirements and future expansion of the program.
Control Systems
For 7 years i worked as a Real Time System Analyst Programmer for the development team at Conoco Gas, Theddlethorp (Mablethorpe). This involved writing the firmware for the operators display computers and writing the software for the main control system that handled 20% of britains gas supply offshore.This was a prestigious career, and involved lots flights offshore to load up the software in the main control room. Having the total responsibility of pressing STOP! on a safety system first and a control system second, was a job that earnt respect. As the sole responsiblity for the program working successfully and the database of 37000 points of information being accurate was down to me!. I then had to sit tight and ensure the new system was working and controlling every aspect of all the manned and un-manned platforms before I could return to shore.
Web Designer : Applications Developer
Since then I have been a web designer programming in HTML, Javascript, Visual Basic and for the past four years ASP.A customer needs someone who understands their business entirely and can then write the application to handle and build their business online. The customer placed all their trust in the web designer, as they do not understand all the technology and need a technical manager for their application and web site presence. I know concentrate on writing database applications for customers and working on my own brand of commercial e-commerce software.
As a webmaster, I have the total responsibility for every aspect of the customers website performing accurately and ensuring smooth running of the online business.
Ambitious: Commercial Projects
I have always been ambitiuos and enthusiastic about all the programs I have written. I design applications on a fully commercial model, ensuring that the systems hold up to the excessive demand that can be put on them and making sure that they run smoothly in operation and in maintenance by the end-userThe most ambitious project to date is the White-Box E-Commerce Engine. This is a total online e-commerce solution that is modular in design, expandable with additional modules and totally re-brandable for other companies to sell as their own e-commerce solution.
E-Commerce Solutions : White-Box E-commerce Solution
The White-Box suite of applications handles every aspect of an online e-commerce website:- The shopping basket and card payment process
- Postage and Shipping costs
- Order Processing
- Membership system
- Affiliate tracking of commission on reffered orders
- Customer mailer
- Inline product ratings and reviews
- Sales order trending
- VAR (agents to membership)
- Catalogue Builder - Search Engine Gateway Pages
The White-Box Engine is completely running the Net1on1 warehouse, taking account for all their stock, online sales, purchase orders and has taken over 30,000 orders online in 1 year. The system also handles all their affiliate orders, producing commission statements for each affiliates orders placed on the site.
Networking Membership: The networking membership system was written for a customer that required people to sign up to the web site and network the membership to others to earn a commission on the membership. The system grants networkers access to the members only area of the site where they can purchase products for Network members only. The system had to calculate all the commissions down multiple levels of the network and issue statements for each memebrs commission earned. Several versions have been written for different types of network.
New Projects :
Shop Locally is a directory search engine program for finding local shops in your area. The project started with 145,000 businesses linked into local areas by postal code. The custom built search engine program will then launch with a database for a new site for finding local businesses.Long Standing Clients :
I have worked for many years with my customers, maintaining their systems and constantly improving on designs as they progress and develop their business. My customers are always pleased to give references to my work and I thank them for their continued support:Faux - Janice Silvert
The Gourmet World - Todd Sadler
Solgar - Keith Wooley ....and many more customers past and present.