About us

People

Vega developers are authors, instructors and conference speakers. All are trained in multiple languages and platforms. Our developer community is highly interactive bringing a blend of skills to all applications.

Michael L. Brachman, Ph.D.
(mbrachman@vegadev.com)

Michael Brachman is President of Vega Applications Development. Dr. Brachman has been programming for over 30 years. He has programmed in wide variety of languages including Assembler, C, dBase and Visual Basic. Dr. Brachman has developed applications for Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Janssen Research, REDA Pump, Marriott International, Chemical Bank, JP Morgan, the United Nations, Banco Nacional de Mexico, WEFA, Advanced Telecommunications Network and many others.

Dr. Brachman has had articles published in Data Based Advisor, FoxPro Advisor, FoxTalk, Dr. Dobb's Journal, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Brain Research, Science and many others. He wrote The FoxPro 2.5 API published as part of the Pros Talk Fox series by Pinnacle. Along with George Goley, Dr. Brachman is co-author of Creating FoxPro Applications, published by Que.

Dr. Brachman has been a featured speaker at four Microsoft FoxPro Developer's Conferences as well as four FoxPro User Conferences in Minnesota and at Tech-Ed '93 and Tech-Ed '94.

Bryan T. Kinkel
(bkinkel@vegadev.com)

Bryan Kinkel is a Senior Project Manager at Vega. Bryan has been developing database business applications with Visual Basic and the FoxPro family of languages since 1991. His client list includes KPMG Peat Marwick, Enterprise Wide Technologies, GNYHA Services, Inc., Advanced Telecommunications Network, DataEdge, LLC., and Managed Healthcare Associates.

Bryan is also an accomplished database-enabled Web site developer. The more interesting sites include an Adobe Acrobat PDF document warehouse, a site that lets you send anonymous emails for "delicate situations." Bryan has also built e-commerce sites with real-time credit card processing.

Bryan independently publishes and distributes a software package called Printer's Apprentice. This applications has been cited in industry publications such as PC Magazine, InfoWorld and Computer Shopper. Bryan is a Microsoft Certified Professional (Visual FoxPro) and has been a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals since 1994.

Karen Loftus
(kloftus@vegadev.com)

Karen Loftus is our Media Designer. She has been designing for print and new media for over 5 years. She's worked for various companies in various industries including Time Warner and The New York Times Magazine Company. You can view some of her work in her online portfolio.

Pat Camacho
(pcamacho@vegadev.com)

Pat Camacho is our Office Manager. She's the person to contact for all administrative and billing functions.

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