During his tenure at the helm of OCG, Doug has won many awards for the training and employment of disabled people. The team at the DRS plays the critical role of assisting disabled citizens with vocational counseling, training and placement support. Three years ago, OCG launched a full-service software development center. Market demand for software automation and the accessibility of talented home-based information workers created the opportunity. The Center specialized in producing and marketing Access database applications.
Disabled individuals develop databases, design graphics, run the accounting and market the products.
Telecommuting with Microsoft NT Server, Exchange Server and Outlook makes collaboration with these remote employees possible. With the skills in place to archive and manipulate data through the Internet, the group formulates a marketing concept for warranty, insurance and memorabilia details to be kept off-site for the growing population of Internet savvy consumers. Before quoting a premium, agents use this info to calculate rate factors. After a loss, full recovery of a claim requires this vital data too. We looked at other methods for tracking what people own and reasoned that many folks will want an easy, inexpensive, off-site solution like this.