Welcome to StanleyKnutson.com

I'm a computer systems expert with a lot experience in making computers do what people want them to do. In my career, I've delivered solutions covering a broad spectrum of applications that combine my skill with computers and my background in mechanical engineering and knowledge-based systems.

Career

My title within D&B is "Director Of Technology" for the Purisma group. In this role, I'm working closely with product management and the engineering team to craft future D&B/Purisma products in a way that increases customer satisfaction.

Major News

December 2009: Amy and I filed for a building permit to remodel the house. That will be the main project for the first half of 2010. I should be blogging about it soon

November 2007: Purisma was acquired by Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) for enough cash to make the VCs happy.

July 2003: I've taken the role of "Director of Back-End Engineering" at Purisma. It is a funded startup with great potential and a nice group of people. I plan to grow the team in a way that creates a fun and exciting company which brings its products to market quickly and with quality. The job is really allowing me to use all of my talent as manager, system architect and developer. One opportunity I have is learning to be The Coach (and not a manager) of a team applying Agile Processes of software development.

Jan 2003: I'm now Director of Engineering at Open Country Inc. It is not yet funded (even as of July 03), but I am enjoying the opportunity to practice a variety of Agile Software Development methods (including some parts of Extreme Programming).

Sep 2002: My contract at Active Decisions has completed. I've built a pretty impressive web application there. I had hoped to put up some screen shots, but unfortunately I did not get permission to do so.

Jan 18, 2002: I have set up Functional Knowledge as the name of my consulting and contract programming company.

This is a pretty simple website - I'd rather be skiing or bicycling in my spare time.