COVER LETTER
Why I think I'm the perfect match for your company

I have training and experience in several languages and technologies, including C#, ASP.NET, XML, XSLT, CSS, JavaScript, perl, regular expressions and SQL Server. I am experienced with Visual Studio, and Windows XP Professional, as well as with Linux. I have completed six years of college, with an emphasis in Computer science, and Business Information Systems.

I have four solid years of developing perl applications to gather and parse information, and to interface with Microsoft SQL Server, creating queries, tables and updates, and regularly dealt with XML-formatted records from electronic records vendors. I created several utilities in support of facility research, including conversion of UTF16 XML files to UTF8 XML files and XSLT transforms to extract and present data from XML files. In addition, I have ten years experience with HTML, developing personal and corporate websites. I created a C#/ASP.NET web-based application to track changes to corporate insurance product databases.

I developed and maintained Delphi-based cell-phone invoicing systems, various internet-based applications and service applications in support of billing and invoicing.

I developed, maintained, and documented a large mortgage banking application, developed with Delphi and using the Advantage SQL Server. The application includes user-customizable reporting, user-customizable SQL queries and options to export records to HTML and Excel, and is now being marketed to the investment banking industry in Los Angeles.

I was the sole technical resource in support of Sales and Operations for a hazardous waste company in Arlington, Texas. I wrote and documented programs in C++, Delphi and perl using Access and Paradox for database development, and created the corporate web pages for the local branch office.

I hope you'll agree that not only do I meet your requirements, but that I am perfect for the position. Resume and salary requirements available upon request.

Thank you for your consideration, and please contact me if you have any questions.


[signed]
Mark Edwards