The scope of our professional business and consulting services includes a variety of disciplines, most of which embrace modern technology to deliver solutions for entrepreneurs and for organizations large and small.  

With talent and expertise in the fields of graphic design, database engineering, desktop publishing and the networks that connect the world, the synergy of our various enterprises yields a unique combination of consulting advice, tangible applications, documents and productivity solutions.

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FileMaker Database Engineering

Our primary tool for the development of unique, custom database solutions is FileMaker, the world's most popular multi-platform database software.  We provide hosting services, too, for our clients in North America, Australia, Europe and Asia. With more than 3 decades of FileMaker experience that began in 1985, we create remarkable solutions that operate on Windows and Macintosh computers, Apple iOS devices, and on most Internet browsers, including mobile devices, for web access. 

Our online portfolio is a representation of a number of our successfully installed solutions.  Without FileMaker Pro (18 or higher), you can view it in FileMaker Web Direct.   Users of FileMaker Pro 18 (or higher) can click to launch the Portfolio.

We invite you to inquire and learn why we say:  "If it can't be done in FileMaker, it isn't worth doing."

(Note: The video shown below was created before FileMaker, Inc. became Claris, Inc. in 2019.  The company continues to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple.)

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Pear Tree Consulting

Our consulting practice began in 1983 with research and development of a molecular chemistry solution for Gillette's Paper-Mate division.  Over the course of the next 4 decades we have been engaged by clients in many diverse fields: writing instruments, incentive travel, publishing, leather goods, medical diagnostics, insurance, payroll management, education, import/export, lingerie, professional recruiting, dentistry, photography, film production, trade shows and trade association management, not-for-profit, hospitality, language translation, inventory control, child neuropsychology and credit-card processing.
To each discipline we bring a combination of our experience, common sense and a hands-on approach to the application of modern technology with respect for tradition and sound business practices.

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Strategic Documents
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STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS is focused on the creation of unique Custom Apps:  brilliantly conceived and skillfully executed business applications designed exclusively for vertical markets, consumers of clever technology resources, and targeted productivity functions.  While custom apps are not deployed only for mobile devices, it's a fact that mobility is becoming increasingly more prevalent in contemporary business and modern culture.

The custom apps that Strategic Documents creates and distributes almost always leverage and harness the power of carefully structured data, either provided by the user or accessible from widely available published content. 

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It's A SNAP!

A SNAP! put down roots in the early days of the desktop publishing revolution (1991) with a niche enterprise that converted crude drawings and images sent to our studio via fax into high-resolution line art, using overnight courier delivery for just-in-time pre-press at hundreds of promotional product vendors.  In the 1990's we evolved to produce color-separated film.  Then,  electronic delivery of our flawless digital files gradually replaced the use of diskettes, Syquest media and Linotronic® output.  Our toolset for the production of ads, catalogs, magazines, signage and other forms of print literature includes Adobe Photshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Quark Xpress, and other professional applications.  In addition, we apply our expertise with fonts, colors and the written word to merge traditional print media with new online publications using Dreamweaver, Acrobat, FileMaker, RestAPI, and PHP plus the ability to host these websites, too.  

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Your Imprint Here

This 256 page book was written and Illustrated by Dennis Burnham, MAS in 2004 during a successful quality improvement program that transformed an entire industry's proficiency with electronic artwork.  A handbook of required reading for anyone with a career in the promotional products industry, Your Imprint Here traces and explains imprinting processes from the genesis of printing and engaving in previous centuries to the various decorating methods that dominate today's marketplace.  Burnham's unique sense of humor punctuates each easy-to-understand chapter.  Foreword by Mark S. Gilman, MAS.

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Your Imprint Here

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