The Kellogg School of Science and Technology Online Application System:  
System development by Blacks Design, Inc.
A web-based application and workflow system. Prospective graduate students can apply online for admission to the Kellogg School, and faculty admissions committees can review, comment on, and categorize student applications. This system manages the admissions workflow process for the Kellogg School by collecting application information from prospective students, then coordinating the evaluation workflow process between the graduate office administrative staff and the faculty admissions committees. The system features password-protected user accounts, administration interface for the graduate school staff, and admissions committee accounts. Technologies: PHP scripting and MySQL database running on Linux-based server.

ZipMeeting:  
Site design and system development by Blacks Design, Inc.
This online application service provider site provides a quick, efficient way for people to arrange meetings among large groups of attendees. The system consists of a marketing web site with application demo, 30-day trial signup and payment processing via PayPal. The application features password-protected user accounts, a back-end administration interface for the site owners, and an automatic e-mail distribution system with embedded links to voting/survey features. Technologies: PHP scripting and MySQL database running on Linux server.

Galapagos Cruise Links:  
Site design and system development by Blacks Design, Inc.
An online application service provider site for exchanging information about low-cost, last minute Galapagos cruise deals. The application features password-protected user accounts, a back-end administration interface for the site owner, automatic e-mail distribution system and dynamic display of last-minute cruise information. Technologies: PHP scripting and MySQL database running on Linux server.

Professional Education Center:  
Site design by Professional Education Center. System development by Blacks Design, Inc.
A custom, web-based shopping cart that allows seminar / course attendees to select courses, register for courses, and pay for books, materials and tuition for the various continuing education courses, seminars, workshops and conferences offered by Professional Education Center. The application features dynamic display of course listings, collection of each course registrant's information (kept separate from billing information), and automatic e-mail distribution of sales receipts. Technologies: PHP scripting and MySQL database running on Linux server.

Purchasing Support System (Intranet system).  
System development by Blacks Design, Inc.
This web-based system coordinates purchases made by the faculty and staff of a large university medical school. Purchases from several hundred faculty and staff are tracked by central purchasing agents, from initial request through delivery. The system manages purchasing workflow, including request submission, request approval, order modification / cancellation, receipt / return of goods, reconcile of credit card statements, posting of journal entries and historical reporting. Automatic e-mails are used for reminders and status reporting. Users consist of requesters, account signers, purchasing support specialists and system administrators. Each purchase request tracks vendor and item details as well as a chronology of comments, status changes, and attached documents. Extensive administrative interface for editing, importing and exporting Chart of Accounts (16,000+ records), employee, department and other data tables. Technologies: PHP, Javascript, and MySQL running on Windows IIS server. This is an internal (Intranet) application only – please contact us for references.

Sales, order and job fulfillment tracking system for managing customer jobs from initial sales call through final work performed (Intranet system).  
System development by Blacks Design, Inc.
A web-based system, whose users include: Dispatchers, who receive calls from customers and enter customer contact and job information; Account Managers, who assign and track personnel for specific tasks; Parts Managers, who order and track parts deliveries; Administrators, who manage user accounts and access levels. Features include multiple users, multiple user access levels, administrative controls, task status tracking and forum-like job notes and automatic e-mail notification of job assignments. Technologies: PHP scripting, MySQL database on Linux server. This is an internal (Intranet) application only – please contact us for references.