Michael Perry (software engineer) 1058457 169848992 2007-11-07T11:52:17Z MetsBot 2030868 clean up and adding [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] '''Michael D. Perry''', is a United States [[software engineering|software engineer]]. He is the founder of InterCommerce Corporation. Originally a programmer and software designer, he founded Progressive Computer Services, Inc., which published utility software for the IBM PC market. The company was best-known for EZ-Menu, a utility that was declared ''[[PC Magazine]]'' "Editor's Choice", ''[[PC Home Journal]]'' "Best Product", and ''[[Personal Computing Magazine]]'' H "Publisher's Pick". Perry was the principal designer and architect of the prototype online [[yellow pages]] system for [[Bell Atlantic]], an environmental database for the [[United Nations]] and an online hotel reservation system acquired by hotels.com. {{wikiquote|Michael Perry}} Perry founded the [[e-commerce]] company InterCommerce Corporation, of which he is [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]]. The company provides advanced e-commerce and Internet technology solutions through networks in the United States, England and the Isle of Man. [[As of 2005]] it handles over US$2M in online transactions a month. During the 1990s Perry developed many dot-com portal projects including Survey.net, an early online polling system, the [http://voe.icorp.net/ Virtual Order Engine], one of the earliest online shopping cart systems available on the Internet. He also registered a number of common domain names such as folk.com, nerd.com, wisdom.com, humankind.com and others. In 2000, Perry sold wisdom.com for US$475,000. At the time this was the third-highest cash sale for any domain name. Perry is currently involved in a number of projects including a new content management system and a wine-tasting portal [http://lawineclub.com/ LaWineclub.com]. He contributed a chapter to ''HTML & CGI Unleashed'', and contributed to ''The PC User's Survival Guide''. He resides in [[New Orleans]] and was a survivor of [[Hurricane Katrina]]. He also runs a recording studio, [http://wisdomstudios.com/ Wisdom Studios]. ==References== *Aspinwall, Jim & Burke, Rory & Todd, Mike. ''PC User's Survival Guide'', (New York: M&T, 1989) ISBN 1-55851-053-2 *December, John & Ginsburg, Mark. ''HTML & CGI Unleashed'', (Lebanon, Indiana, U.S.A.: Macmillan Computer, 1995) ISBN 0-672-30745-6 ==External links== * [http://www.mikeperry.org/ Mike Perry's home page] * [http://MikePerryMedia.com/ Mike Perry media] - showcasing photography [[Category:American writers|Perry, Michael]] [[Category:People from Louisiana|Perry, Michael]] [[Category:Living people|Perry, Michael]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)|Perry, Michael]] [[Category:Stained glass artists]]