Bob Velke

Robert "Bob" Velke [ [http://www.facebook.com/people/Bob_Velke/773656169 Facebook | Bob Velke] ] (born 24 September 1960s [ [http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index.php?showtopic=10582&start=0&p=40036&#entry40036 It is sing-along time - Wholly Genes Community:Michael Dietz - 24 Sep 2008, 10:29 AM] ] in Alexandria, Virginia, USA) is a computer programmer, owner of [http://www.whollygenes.com/ Wholly Genes Software] [cite web|title=Ancestry - Genealogical Computing 7/1/2002 - Innovators: Bob Velke|url=http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=7608] , and creator of The Master Genealogist, genealogy software. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in criminology in 1985 [cite web|title=National Genealogical Society Board of Directors Profile:Bob Velke|url=http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/aboard.cfm] and applied his early computer course work and experience to working on database concepts and mapping for that field. He later taught at the University on the same subjects until 2000.Fact|date=August 2008 Bob began to develop computerized databases in the 1980s. He was a member of the Board of Directors of GENTECH,definition a participant in its Lexicon Working Group,definition and a co-author of the GENTECH Genealogical Data Model (GDM).definition He has been involved in the Member Ancestor Chart (MAC)definition and other National Genealogical Society projects and currently serves the organization on the GENTECH Advisory Committee (GTAC) [cite web|title=National Genealogical Society Board of Directors Profile:Bob Velke|url=http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/aboard.cfm] . He also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Genealogical Society. [cite web|title=National Genealogical Society Board of Directors Profile:Bob Velke|url=http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/aboard.cfm]

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