About
We are seasoned business professionals at Silver Lake Productions, Inc. Consulting, with recognized technical expertise. We are about that rare combination, which means that we not only understand your needs, we also offer best-in-class programming skills to address them effectively and efficiently. In fact, we’re known for developing solutions that go above and beyond what our clients thought possible.
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We are all about helping clients solve business problems and make better decisions by taking raw data and converting it into actionable knowledge. We design, develop and build cost-effective, custom database solutions using Claris FileMaker that empower our clients with data-driven, value-added information.
Our Methodology
Businesses are drowning in data. The promise of harnessing new information and enabling data-driven decisions has – in reality – been a painful clash between business needs and complex technology. Silver Lake’s goal is to cure your pain as fast and efficiently as possible.
Every project is different but we always start by understanding your business, culture, industry and growth and scalability needs. The approach we would typically take with your project follows the industry standard Systems Development Life Cycle.
Small By Design
Silver Lake is a small company, and that’s the way we like it. Small size means we only deploy senior consultants, so our clients get best-in-class solutions:
- Best-in-class technical and development skills
- Best-in-class practical business experience working with all levels of management and IT to bridge the gap between business needs and technical solutions
- Best-in-class capabilities of transforming a daunting and complicated issue into a simple and logical framework, to resolve one step at a time.
Small size means our clients get personal attention to their business problems.
Company Culture
Silver Lake’s passion for customer service, responsiveness, and attention to detail are ingrained in our culture and embodied in every team member. When Jeff Scornavacca started the company, he made a commitment to hire people who are self-motivated, smart, and totally focused on client needs. You know the type – these are people who are driven to succeed because they love what they’re doing. They are eager to please and happy while they work. What a concept! Every new project is like a brain teaser, challenging them to find the most effective and efficient solution, and they won’t stop until the client is happy.
Our Team
Jeffrey Scornavacca, Principal
Jeff Scornavacca is the Principal of Silver Lake Productions and oversees all database development, project management, and business analysis. The value that Jeff brings to clients is unique. He is that rare person who understands both business needs AND technology-based solutions. He bridges the gap between business and IT to solve his clients’ problems.
Jeff started developing databases to solve business problems 20 years ago while serving as tour manager for world-class musicians George Benson and John Hiatt. With a passion for efficiency, organization and planning, Jeff created his own systems for managing tours across multiple continents, coordinating stage crews, musicians, instruments, performance venues, and operations and logistics – all on time and on budget.
Word spread about his work and, when the tours ended, Jeff began consulting to other organizations. Over the years, Jeff’s expertise has benefited clients like Johnson & Johnson, adidas, Reebok, General Dynamics, Real Networks, Ocean Spray Cranberries, LaminatedFILMS & Packaging, AMI Entertainment, Metropolitan Entertainment, Middlebury College, M.I.T., Tufts University, and Inotek Pharmaceuticals
Jeff also worked as Chief Data Architect and Chief Information Officer for HomePortfolio, Inc., which had the largest online presence in the fine home furnishings space, including furniture, lighting, appliances and kitchen and bath. Jeff was responsible for designing and building the company’s database of almost 100,000 items, as well as the attribution scheme which accommodated multiple attributes per product (i.e. sofa, 7 ft. long, red, velvet, mahogany legs, available at XYZ store). Jeff was also responsible for integrating a new Oracle database – best-in-class application for speed and scalability – with the Claris FileMaker database used by the editorial staff.
Jeff Fewlass
As a business analyst, software developer, and project manager Jeff Fewlass has successfully designed and implemented Claris FileMaker solutions for many companies including Johnson & Johnson, GTECH, Harvard University, The University of Rhode Island, and many more. He has successfully integrated his solutions with enterprise systems using accepted industry standards such as XML, ODBC and XSLT.
Jeff has 20 twenty years of professional experience bridging the gap between business and technology. Jeff began his career in 1990 working for Apple Computer by leading the design and implementation of an $11 million state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for the Macintosh computer, which included a Claris FileMaker system to track assembly line testing.
After Apple, Jeff joined start-up Amplitude Software where he served as Director of Systems Engineering. He was instrumental in the success of the company by bringing in clients like AT&T, MCIWC, Sprint, KPMG, Deloitte Touch, Arthur Andersen, HP, IBM, General Electric, and State Farm. As the new market leader, Amplitude was acquired by Critical Path for over $200 million. Jeff continued in the new company, working with enterprise-level relational database systems such as Oracle, Sybase, and MS SQL Server.
In 2002 Jeff co-founded JMCF, Inc., a $4 million commercial/residential painting company. He designed and implemented a custom Claris FileMaker solution that managed the entire business including sales tracking, proposal generation, product ordering, job setup, job tracking, payroll, and inventory control. The system increased operational efficiency by streamlining processes, resulting in reduced costs and increased revenue. He was instrumental in securing large contracts with The Home Depot, Burger King, and Auto Zone.
Jeff is a Certified Claris FileMaker Developer. He is a member of the Claris FileMaker Business Alliance and Boston-Area Claris FileMaker Developers Alliance.Jeff has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.
Scott McGuire
Scott has worked in software development for over 25 years, covering nearly all aspects of the field – technical writing, user support and training, interface design, quality assurance, system administration, project management, and even coding – and he brings this flexibility and range to each new project.
With a background in both technology and the humanities, some of his strongest talents are effectively communicating technical ideas and instructions to users of all skill levels, and considering the impact of application design on user success.
He has a B.A. in mathematics from Williams College, with a minor concentration in writing; and a Masters of Education specializing in Technology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has previously worked for the information technology department at MIT, where his team worked with Apple Computer to integrate the Kerberos security system into macOS; and for Fetch Softworks (creator of one of the original file transfer programs for the Macintosh).
Tony Miller
Tony develops custom solutions for FileMaker and iOS (iPhone, iPad, etc.) He has over 15 years experience with Claris FileMaker products, including development, training, and consultation. He currently is a certified developer in Claris FileMaker 7, 8, 9, and 10. He has experience with PHP, SQL Server, XML/XSLT, HTML, MySQL, and iOS as they relate to FileMaker.
For eight years,Tony worked directly for Claris International, Inc. as a Senior Systems Engineer. He gained a wealth of insight and experience by analyzing problems and finding solutions for hundreds of clients, across multiple industries. Armed with this expertise,Tony is recognized nationally for his best practices solutions, business aptitude, and ease with business executives as well as IT staff.
He has presented at seven Claris FileMaker Developer Conferences, with audiences of up to 1,500 people, and at innumerable user groups, product briefings, customer trainings, and press engagements across the United States and Canada, with customers such as Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Penn State, and MIT. He authored the original Claris FileMaker Server Best Practices document, co-authored a Claris FileMaker Advisor magazine article about Claris FileMaker Server, and co-authored a Claris FileMaker white paper about development standards.
Before working at Claris FileMaker,Tony was a FileMaker developer with C & H Consulting. C & H was one of the first 10 members of what is now called the Platinum FBA, a selective partnership with Claris International, Inc. While there, his clients included Dow AgroSciences and Rolls Royce.
A cum laude graduate of Indiana State University,Tony majored in Computer Hardware Technology with a minor in Computer Science.
Debi Fuchs
Debi is a gifted programmer and educator. She is a Certified Claris FileMaker Developer and is particularly skilled with Claris FileMaker scripts, custom functions, and XSLT stylesheets. Her current specialty is Claris FileMaker server-side scripts. Debi also has extensive experience with environments like C++, PowerBuilder, XML, XSLT, SQL, AppleScript.
Debi is well known in the Claris FileMaker community. She was a speaker at three Claris FileMaker Developer conferences where she presented advanced technical topics. She has contributed to articles, white papers, code snippets, and is a technical editor for the book, Special Edition: Using FileMaker Pro 7.
Debi graduated from MIT in 1991 with two degrees, Mathematics with Computer Science and German. She also earned a Masters in Education with a focus on Technology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Debi started her career as a programmer at Apple Computer and later worked for Taligent Corporation. She has worked as an independent consultant for clients like MIT, Harvard, Tufts, and the Office of Yo-Yo Ma.
Lisa Kurtz
Lisa began her career at SunLife Financial gathering requirements and system design specifications for custom group insurance software. There she learned and became proficient in SQL and created financial extracts for reporting by various users in the business.
After SunLife, she went to Cognos which was later acquired by IBM. At Cognos, she worked to design and build Cognos sales reporting solutions for Cognos and IBM. The role included helping to design and implement datamarts to be used by the reporting as well as learning to develop OLAP models and reporting. Cognos led Lisa to Avid Technologies where she continued to design and implement Cognos reporting for the financial planning organization. She worked closely with an offshore BI team to collaborate on knowledge transfer, mentoring, and requirements communication. 10 years ago, Lisa joined Silver Lake Productions Consulting. She has been using all of the prior skills she acquired to design and implement custom Claris FileMaker solutions.
Lisa has a BA in Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information and a minor in Computer Science from the University of Rhode Island and a Masters of Business Administration from Bentley University.
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