Pete Lawrence

Education

Pete’s higher education is extensive and includes: Claremont Men’s College (now Claremont McKenna College): BA in Business Economics; Stanford University: BS, MS & PhD, Management Science and Engineering (previously Industrial Engineering); 4 years of ROTC with commission as a 2^nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Promoted to 1^st Lieutenant before the end of a two year tour of active duty.

Experience

Pete has many years of professional data processing experience, has developed more than 40 major software systems and has been a consultant for 8 major projects.

Dr. Lawrence served for two years as an Army Officer in a major Army Material Command data processing center.

After receiving his PhD Pete spent two years as a visiting professor at The University of British Columbia in the Transportation Division of the Commerce Department. While there he conducted research into port planning and developed a Computer Simulation of Port Operations for Planning. The simulation was used and calibrated in the Port of Vancouver, British Columbia.

In 1972 Pete began consulting with an international consulting firm. His major project with that company was a long range study to determine the future facility requirements for the Port of Tanjuk Priok, Jakarta, Indonesia. This study involved simulating future port operations under various economic growth plans.

In addition to the Indonesian project, the Port Simulation model was used to plan and analyze the operations of an off-shore salt loading terminal off the coast of Brazil. The simulation was enhanced to include simulation of the barge operations from the terminal to up-river destinations including the restrictions of tidal flow on the depth of the river.

He left that firm in 1976 to become an independent consultant and to develop business systems software. As an independent consultant he performed planning simulations at the Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia and the Port of Seattle, Washington.

1978, Peter A. Lawrence and Associates, Inc. (DBA Paldom and Paldom Systems) was incorporated in the State of Washington.

In 1984 Pete began developing his own set of business application development tools, including a data base management system. All of our current business applications are based on these capabilities. They make system design, development, support and system enhancement more efficient and less costly than more traditional programming methods. They also provide a more stable and more error free data processing environment.

Major systems included: Public Warehousing Management; Commercial on location and in-plant cleaning services; and Ski School management along with multi-company Sales Analysis and Automated Payroll systems.

Since then Pete has applied his software to numerous businesses and projects. In the late 1990’s the company began designing websites, followed by email marketing services.

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Liz Lawrence

Education

Elizabeth B. Lawrence brings a strong academic background to the company. She was her high school valedictorian, has a BA in Economics from Stanford University 1968 (Dean’s List), and an MS from UC Berkeley, 1969. At Berkeley, Liz’s Master Degree Thesis involved the study and statistical analysis of Force Reproduction in Athletics.

At Stanford Liz was president of the Women’s Recreation Association, a student body position. She was on varsity teams in tennis (conference champion and an alternate member of the US Jr. Wightman Cup Squad), basketball and bowling. She also spent a semester studying overseas at Stanford-in-Britain.

Experience

Liz has taught both middle and high school, has coached high school and college tennis (Seattle University), and was assistant pro at a private tennis club. She ran her own small business as a tennis professional for 10 years. She has also been active in the Snoqualmie Falls Ladies Golf Club for over over 20 years.

Liz’s major roles in the company are website set up, design and maintenance; email marketing set up and design; company accounting; marketing and photography. Liz first started developing websites in 1997, and has designed over 35 websites.

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We work out of our home in the beautiful Snoqualmie Valley.