Kristopher Wackerman is an independent software engineer and has over eight years of experience designing, building, and maintaining custom database and website applications. He is highly skilled in: Visual Basic 6.0/.NET, VBA, Transact SQL and SQL Server, ActiveX, ASP .NET, XML, HTML, and Microsoft Access.

He has worked in database development and website design since 1996. He undertook the initial programming of the HAB-funded CARE Act Agency Database (CAAD), a relational database system that stores RWCA grantee and subgrantee data for use in constructing survey samples and HAB program evaluation and management activities. CAAD includes a mechanism for exporting data to SPSS and was fully integrated with a fax distribution software program to distribute and track a national surveys of RWCA-funded direct service providers. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Wackerman was employed by Positive Outcomes, Inc. (POI).

In 2000, he joined the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) in Washington, DC as Lead Programmer and Project Manager. He administered and developed eight SQL Server databases, designed and programmed custom desktop and web applications, create complex queries and reports for industry analysis, and oversaw website development and maintenance. He implemented a web-based, database driven quarterly survey to collect information from ACLI’s membership, designed an XML based data feed system to collect and transfer legislative data from 50 states into a central database on a daily basis, and implemented a corporate-wide intranet/extranet website for employee to access and upload information from different locations.

Since 2003, Mr. Wackerman has worked as an independent consultant to design a web-based data collection survey to evaluate various aspects of the impact of the RWCA and MAI and designed corporate websites for POI and other corporations. He is now designing an NIH-funded website portal that centralizes disease-specific burden data and key information from over 27 NIH Institutes and offices on several key diseases and conditions. He also is designing an automated PowerPoint slide library and tracking system to manage presentations by NIH staff.

Mr. Wackerman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland. He completed advanced certificate programs in Microsoft SQL Server database development and administration, ASP and Visual Basic .NET web programming, and Information Technology project management.