Greg Van Holland
Greg Van Holland is the owner of Central Software Solutions, Inc. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science from Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa.
While working for Datametrics System Corporation as a programmer/analyst, Greg's responsibilities included the design and development of a commercial software application. The application was designed to analyze and improve mainframe performance. He was responsible for developing communications between the mainframe and a personal computer. Greg was also responsible for customer service and technical support. Application development was performed using Microsoft C and the IBM PC assembly language in a Microsoft Windows environment.
As a senior software engineer for a major seed company, Greg was responsible for the design and development of a plant breeder information system. He was responsible for developing and implementing solutions to allow the remote breeder sites to communicate with a centralized database. Application development was performed using the C language, OS/2, DB/2, and utilized a graphical user interface similar to Microsoft Windows.
While working for McGladrey & Pullen as a consultant, Greg was responsible for meeting with clients to determine their needs and developing products to meet those needs. Greg served as the lead designer and developer on a custom software project for a major testing company using Oracle development tools on an Oracle database. Greg completed professional training from Oracle Education in Oracle Developer/2000. Greg worked on a variety of other projects that utilized the Visual Basic programming environment.
Greg founded Central Software Solutions in 1996. The company was founded to serve the agricultural industry with software products and consulting. The company released PRISM, Plant Research Information Sharing Manager, in November 1996.
While working for Datametrics System Corporation as a programmer/analyst, Greg's responsibilities included the design and development of a commercial software application. The application was designed to analyze and improve mainframe performance. He was responsible for developing communications between the mainframe and a personal computer. Greg was also responsible for customer service and technical support. Application development was performed using Microsoft C and the IBM PC assembly language in a Microsoft Windows environment.
As a senior software engineer for a major seed company, Greg was responsible for the design and development of a plant breeder information system. He was responsible for developing and implementing solutions to allow the remote breeder sites to communicate with a centralized database. Application development was performed using the C language, OS/2, DB/2, and utilized a graphical user interface similar to Microsoft Windows.
While working for McGladrey & Pullen as a consultant, Greg was responsible for meeting with clients to determine their needs and developing products to meet those needs. Greg served as the lead designer and developer on a custom software project for a major testing company using Oracle development tools on an Oracle database. Greg completed professional training from Oracle Education in Oracle Developer/2000. Greg worked on a variety of other projects that utilized the Visual Basic programming environment.
Greg founded Central Software Solutions in 1996. The company was founded to serve the agricultural industry with software products and consulting. The company released PRISM, Plant Research Information Sharing Manager, in November 1996.
Mike Haverdink
Mike Haverdink joined Central Software Solutions, Inc. in 2010. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science from Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa, and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Mike started his career at Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, Iowa, working primarily on an online system for 401k plan disbursements. Application development was performed using the Customer Information Control System (CICS) and COBOL, along with JCL for offline processing.
During his time as a student at Iowa State University, Mike worked as a Teaching Assistant for many graduate and undergraduate courses, including Introduction to Programming (CS 227), Introduction to Data Structures (CS 228), Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis (CS 311), Specification and Design in Software Engineering (CS 411), and Formal Methods in Software Engineering (CS 512). After earning his M.S. degree, Mike also served as an Instructor for the Introduction to Programming course.
Prior to joining CSSI, Mike served in a number of software development and leadership roles at a major seed and biotechnology company. He was initially responsible for developing software to support a molecular marker lab. During this time Mike developed databases and systems to support marker allele visualization and scoring, laboratory information management systems for project tracking, and visualization and selection of graphical marker genotypes for backcrossing projects. He also authored systems for marker haplotype definition and phenotypic prediction.
As IT Project Lead for North America Corn Breeding, Mike led the development effort for several solutions deployed as desktop software, web sites, Excel macros, and handheld programs used by breeders across all crops and geographies. These include a population tracking and selection system, a harvest analysis and line coding program, genotype display and search tools, and an inbred/variety attribute and pedigree tracking and visualization system. Mike and his team developed software products using the Microsoft .NET Visual Studio environment, programming primarily in C# and Visual Basic, and designing and implementing databases in Microsoft Access, Oracle, and SQL Server.
Mike started his career at Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, Iowa, working primarily on an online system for 401k plan disbursements. Application development was performed using the Customer Information Control System (CICS) and COBOL, along with JCL for offline processing.
During his time as a student at Iowa State University, Mike worked as a Teaching Assistant for many graduate and undergraduate courses, including Introduction to Programming (CS 227), Introduction to Data Structures (CS 228), Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis (CS 311), Specification and Design in Software Engineering (CS 411), and Formal Methods in Software Engineering (CS 512). After earning his M.S. degree, Mike also served as an Instructor for the Introduction to Programming course.
Prior to joining CSSI, Mike served in a number of software development and leadership roles at a major seed and biotechnology company. He was initially responsible for developing software to support a molecular marker lab. During this time Mike developed databases and systems to support marker allele visualization and scoring, laboratory information management systems for project tracking, and visualization and selection of graphical marker genotypes for backcrossing projects. He also authored systems for marker haplotype definition and phenotypic prediction.
As IT Project Lead for North America Corn Breeding, Mike led the development effort for several solutions deployed as desktop software, web sites, Excel macros, and handheld programs used by breeders across all crops and geographies. These include a population tracking and selection system, a harvest analysis and line coding program, genotype display and search tools, and an inbred/variety attribute and pedigree tracking and visualization system. Mike and his team developed software products using the Microsoft .NET Visual Studio environment, programming primarily in C# and Visual Basic, and designing and implementing databases in Microsoft Access, Oracle, and SQL Server.