Alison Balter is the president of InfoTech Services Group, Inc., a computer
consulting firm based in Newbury Park, California. Alison is a highly experienced
independent trainer and consultant specializing in Windows applications training
and development. During her 28 years in the computer industry, she has trained
and consulted with many corporations and government agencies. Since Alison
founded InfoTech Services Group, Inc. (formerly Marina Consulting Group) in
1990, its client base has expanded to include major corporations and government
agencies such as Cisco, Shell Oil, Accenture, Northrop, the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration, Prudential Insurance, Transamerica Insurance, Fox Broadcasting,
the U.S. Navy, the University of Southern California , Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, and others.
Alison is the author of more than 300 internationally marketed computer training
videos and CD-ROMs, including 18 Access 2000 videos, 35 Access 2002 videos, 15
Access 2003 videos, 14 Access 2007 User Videos, and 18 Access 2007 Developer
Videos. Alison travels throughout North America giving training seminars on
Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, and Visual Basic for Applications.
Alison is also the author of 13 books published by Sams Publishing: Alison
Balter's Mastering Access 95 Development, Alison Balter's Mastering Access 97
Development, Alison Balter's Mastering Access 2000 Development, Alison Balter's
Mastering Access 2002 Desktop Development, Alison Balter's Mastering Access
2002 Enterprise Development, Alison Balter's Mastering Microsoft Access Office
2003, Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Access 2003 in 24 Hours, Access Office 2003
in a Snap, Alison Balter's Mastering Access 2007 Development, three e-books onMicrosoft Access 2007, and Teach Yourself SQL Express 2005 in
24 Hours. Alison is a co-author of three Access books published by Sams Publishing: Essential Access 95, Access 95 Unleashed, Access 97 Unleashed, andUsing Microsoft Access 2010.
An active participant in many user groups and other organizations, Alison is a past
president of the Independent Computer Consultants Association of Los Angeles
and of the Los Angeles Clipper Users' Group. She served as president of the
Ventura County Professional Women's Network for 2 years.
Alison's firm, InfoTech Services Group, Inc., is available for consulting work and
onsite training in Microsoft Access, Visual Studio .NET, and SQL Server, as well as
for Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8,
PC networking, and Microsoft Exchange Server. You can contact Alison by email
at [email protected], or visit the InfoTech Services Group website
at http://www.TechIsMyThing.com.